Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, Rehearsal Numbers 44 & 45

Overall, I think that Stravinsky and Ravel have something in common, or perhaps it's all composers have this in common: they will stick to an idea for a tiny bit of time, orchestrate at a very particular way, and then switch it up. Anything new afterwards will be orchestrated in a different way. I have focused too much on smooth orchestral transitions between each part. I could shake it up a little bit.

Ravel focused on tone color. You can see that in Daphne and Chloe perfectly, and he sticks to it pretty clearly. Stravinsky just don’t give a shit. He just does crazy shit every few measures and he seems to expect the players to fill the gap and make up for it. That's a mindset shift that I would like to have. I'd like to challenge them a little bit

Rehearsal number 44

• Trumpets are doing their measured triils that I love

• The French horn has the melody… At the very top of its range no less! Wow. Notice the stopped French horn at A5… not a bad idea to support the soloist when notating a part that high.

• Strings and trumpets, oboe and English horns, all of these are gorgeous. they are all playing an F7 chord while the French horn soloist seems to outline an A chord, very linear sound, could be an A Major or A Minor chord, but the linearness and polytonality of it seems to leave no question about it's intention.

Rehearsal number 45

• Nice descending figure. Sounds weirdly diminished

• I love the French horn in the section, as well as the trombones and tuba.

• I also love how Stravinsky writes the percussion to fill in the gaps beautifully. He does this with timpani and grand cassa