The 2010 Proms is coming to a close, and Saturday evening will have the famous "Last Night of the Proms" concert. In the meantime, Prom 71 brought the Orchestre National de France to London for a program of French music and music with a French connection. The very gentle Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune by Debussy opened and was followed by his slightly more vigorous La Mer. After the intermission, for a change of pace, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which was violent enough to cause the gentle French music lovers attending the first performance in Paris in 1913 to riot, was performed.
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