DESCRIPTION:
Excerpts from the premiere of "THE FIRST RITE", a suite of Russian & Lithuanian folk song arrangements conceived by LJOVA, based on Stravinsky's sketchbooks for "The Rite of Spring", commissioned by the Rite of Summer Music Festival. Read more at http://ljova.com/the-first-rite/

LJOVA AND THE RIOTOUS BAND
Ljova - viola / fadolín, arrangements
Inna Barmash - vocal
Peter Hess - clarinet
Ben Holmes - trumpet
Jay Vilnai - guitar
Max ZT - hammered dulcimer
Shoko Nagai - accordion
Pablo Aslan - bass
Satoshi Takeishi - percussion

LEV LJOVA ZHURBIN (b. 1978)
The First Rite (2013)

Video by: Reilly Graham