The ultimate Rite of Spring comparison: 46 recording clips in 3-1/2 minutes

The fine minds at Q2, the new music skunkworks at New York City broadcaster WQXR this morning posted an absolutely brilliant 3-1/2-minute compilation of 46 continuous clips of the “Augurs of Spring” section of Igor Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

Here is ultimate proof of the diversity of interpretation — even for a piece that the composer didn’t believe needed “interpretration,” but just simple playing of the notes from beginning to end. There is even some Canadian content, to make me smile:

John Terauds