Introduction, Background and Perspective
A Gentle, Other-worldly Start; No Sign of the Violence to Come
Music As Mosaic; The Composer As Constructor
Two Functions of Metrical Change: Going With the Flow...
...Or Disrupting It: A Sample of Metrical Violence
A Stealthy Entry (Clarinets)
Detour: The Destabilising Properties of Chromaticism
On Melodies, Themes and Motifs
The New Cor Anglais Motif Dominates
The Oboe's Rhythmic Motif Takes Over
A Primeval Awakening
A Panoply of Stravinskyan Birdsong
A Matter of Mode
Cue to Introduction
Introduction (Complete)
Part I: The Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring / Dances of the Young Girls: The 'Rite of Spring' Chord
The Great Arrival: Bitonality
Putting the Boot In: A Metrical Mugging
The Prevalence of Ostinatos, and a Righting of Wrongs
Metre Restores (Briefly) But the 'savage Motif' Returns
The Musical Savages Routed
An Important New Arrival (The 'Horn Motif')
Another New Theme from the Horns
A Crowded Conclusion
A Real Study In Contrasts
Panic and Pandemonium As Timpani Open Fire
Climactic Melee Haunted By 'Fear Motif'
Suddenly Another World, As Flutes Hover Over Harmonic Vapour...
...But a Transient One: New Movement Arises from the Deep
'Dragging Feet Motif' Over Ostinato Violins, Twice Interrupted
'Marching Motif' Developed Further By Flutes and Horns
A Trilling Commentary from Piccolo and High Clarinet
'Marching Motif' Theme Goes Polymetric In Huge Crescendo
An Unexpected Change of Pace As Tempo Doubles
And an Unexpected Reversion, to a Quiet Close
Violent Onslaught from Brass and Timpani Launches the 'Rival Tribes'
Rival Tribes, Rival Motifs
Sensational Violence Comes Close to Chaos
Effects, Impressions and Alteration
A Surprise Re-entry and a Change of Instrumental Clothing
A Thinning of Texture, a New Idea, and a Rude Interruption
The New Idea Developed: A Minor Earthquake
The Use of Tone Colour As an Agent of Rhythm
An Unusual Climax...
...And a Sinister Transition
Across the Threshold Into an Instrumental Population Explosion
A Sudden Silence and Then Another World
Catapulted Into the 'Dance of the Earth'
Tiny Changes, Unyielding Ostinatos, Massive Tension
Cue to Part I Complete
