1.1K views · 217 reactions | Composer Igor Stravinsky's first ballet score, Firebird, swirls through the air and sweeps you away into the fantasy world of this narrative masterpiece. See it on winter's All Balanchine II program, FEB 5-18. | New York City Ballet | Facebook

88 reactions | In the early 1900s, Igor Stravinsky was approached by Sergei Diaghilev about composing music for a new work by the Ballets Russes based on a traditional Russian fairytale of the Firebird. What he created was a career-launching masterpiece that cemented his name as one of the great 20th- century composers. Enjoy this clip of the dramatic finale of the piece and hear the complete ballet score conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin April 3–5. | The Philadelphia Orchestra | Facebook