The Rite of Spring/Le Sacre du Printemps – Part 1

• Introduction
• The Augurs of Spring/Les Augures printaniers
• Ritual of Abduction/Jeu du rapt
• Spring Rounds/Rondes printanières
• Ritual of the Rival Tribes/Jeux des cités rivales
• Procession of the Sage/Cortège du sage
• The Sage/Le Sage
• Dance of the Earth/Danse de la terre

Composition completed in Clarens, Switzerland on March 8, 1913. Rehearsal marks here match the 1921 Edition Russe de Musique, RV 197/197b. Section 5 (3 bars) are intentionally omitted in this edition.

ScoreFlipper audio from the Washington Symphonic Brass recording “The Edge”

Instrumentation 444.01 brass ensemble and percussion:

• Piccolo Trumpet 1 in B♭ (Doubles on C Tpt. and Picc in A [adjust leadpipe])
• Trumpet 2 in C (Doubles on B♭ Piccolo)
• Trumpet 3 in C (Doubles on Flugelhorn and B♭ Piccolo)
• Trumpet 4 in C (Doubles on B♭ Trumpet)
• 4 Horns
• 3 Trombones (Trombone 3 doubles on Euphonium)
• Bass Trombone
• Tuba
• Timpani
• Percussion 1 (Vibraphone, Crotales, Xylophone, Tam-tam, Guiro)
• Percussion 2 (Bass Drum, Triangle, Xylophone, Tam-tam)