By Donald Waxman One hundred years ago this past May, in the elegant Theatre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Pierre Monteux lifted his baton to begin the premiere of a new ballet score by the young Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. Three years earlier, tout Paris had been captivated by the exoticisms and color of Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird, and then a year later by his … [Read more...]