It's no secret that Classicalite is a big fan of both National Public Radio and Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
So, when our friend Anastasia Tsioulcas posted this do-it-yourselfie on NPR Music's "Deceptive Cadence" blog, we just had to share it will all you Classicalites.
Consider the following the most fun you'll ever have with the 100th anniversary of a pillar of modernism:
NPR is inviting professionals and the public alike to take the last minute of Stravinsky's inimitable score--in an exceptional performance by conductor Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky Orchestra--and create a new video to go along with the music.
(N.B. You can purchase the entire recording for your collection HERE.)
According to Tsioulcas, there are really only two rules...
RULE NUMBER 1: You have to use the music above, and you have to leave the music alone, just as NPR's provided it. You can't sing over it, speak over it, play over it, create your own musical arrangement or otherwise embellish the music in any way.
RULE NUMBER 2: Upload your finished video to YouTube between now and Tuesday, May 28 using the tag #ritenpr, and NPR Music will feature some of the best submissions. (You can also share a link in the comments section of the original page or tweet the entire team @nprclassical.)
"The rest is up to you," writes Tsioulcas--though she "strongly advises" against any actual human sacrifice.
This being NPR, though, might Classicalite suggest a cut-out cameo from Maria Callas?
All the same, this vid from Stephen Malinowski is one of our current faves.
