# Creative Inspiration

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Chamber Domaine
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Music
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/creative-inspiration)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From 1910-1913, Stravinsky blazed a trail with his stunning ballet scores The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring. Written for Diaghilev's legendary Ballet Russes, these ballets were groundbreaking events not only for their innovative, iconoclastic music but also for the bold set designs and revolutionary choreography. Diaghilev had assembled some of the finest creative artists of the day around him and the impact of these and subsequent productions is with us today. The pre-concert talk explores their relationship and examine what makes Stravinsky's music so specia

## Lectures

1. [Stravinsky and Diaghilev: The Alternative Russian Revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-creative-inspiration/6e392e0a9988) (YouTube)
2. [Britten and Auden: Inventive Days, inebriated nights at 7 Middagh Street, Brooklyn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-creative-inspiration/04bc38b0724c) (YouTube)
3. [Mahler and Freud: Understanding Mahler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-creative-inspiration/4e4ec92c0540) (YouTube)