Stravinsky conducts his Concerto for String Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky Concerto in D for string orchestra Vivace 00:00 Arioso: Andantino 06:06 Rondò: Allegro 08:16
Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana Igor Stravinsky, conductor Live recording, Lugano, April 29, 1954
Igor Stravinsky's Concerto in D ('Basle') for string orchestra was composed in Hollywood between the beginning of 1946 and 8 August of the same year in response to a 1946 commission from Paul Sacher to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Basler Kammerorchester, and for this reason is sometimes referred to as the \"Basle\" Concerto ('Basle' being the French form of the city's name). It was premiered on 27 January 1947 in Basel by the BKO, conducted by Paul Sacher. […] The Concerto in D was the first composition Stravinsky created after becoming a naturalised American citizen on 28 December 1945.