On May 29th, 1913, one of the largest scandals in music history shook the walls of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.

Les Ballets Russes had created a revolutionary new ballet written by Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky. It was called  “Le Sacre du Printemps.”

To celebrate its centenary, François Xavier Roth, alongside Les Orchestra Siècles and the musicologist Louis Cyr, return the score to exactly how it was that fateful evening.

This musicological work utilised historical instruments in order to highlight the powerful colours of the original masterpiece.

Second Flute / First Piccolo: Paola Bonora