A full performance of L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT
Thursday, June 25, 2026
8:30 PM
The Stone at The New School
55 West 13th Street, Manhattan, NY
Scheduled
About This Event
Join us at The Stone at The New School for a full performance of Igor Stravinsky's L'HISTOIRE DU SOLDAT, featuring a talented ensemble of experimental musicians. The performers include Carina Yee (violin), Jesse Heasly (bass), Matt Bent (drums, percussion), Jake Baldwin (trumpet), Kathryn Vetter (clarinet), Colin Babcock (trombone), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), with Simon Hanes as conductor, John Hanes as narrator, Anthony Coleman as the devil, and Anna Abondolo as the soldier. This performance aligns with the venue's focus on avant-garde jazz and free improvisation, providing a unique interpretation of Stravinsky's work.
About L'Histoire du soldat
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Stravinsky and Swiss writer C. F. Ramuz shaped *L’Histoire du soldat* in 1918 as a compact theater piece that fuses spoken narrative, dance, and a lean septet, telling of a soldier who trades away his violin to the Devil and learns what that bargain costs. Its jagged marches and borrowed dance rhythms sit between concert music and the vernacular, which helps explain its long afterlife in New York’s cross-genre scene. Early NYC performances became touchstones for modernist theater music between the wars. At The Stone at The New School, the score reads less like repertory and more like a blueprint for today’s hybrid ensembles.