Casual Friday: The Rite of Spring

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Hall, Boston, MA

Andris Nelsons, conductor

Tania LEÓN Stride
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

Friday evening’s concert is supported by Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski.

Tania León’s Pulitzer Prize-winning piece Stride draws on her Cuban heritage and her long association with dance to create music rich with rhythmic vitality and scintillating instrumental colors. Closing the concert is and one of the most influential pieces in history: Igor Stravinsky’s ballet score The Rite of Spring, a work of primal power.

Friday's concert will end around 9:15pm.

Fri, Jan 26, 2024, 8:00pm EST (Past)

Performance Details

Jan 26, 2024, 8:00pm EST

Featuring

Andris Nelsons

conductor

Program Notes & Works

The Rite of Spring

Igor Stravinsky

With his third ballet, Le Sacre du printemps, Stravinsky secured his place as the foremost composer of his day. He took two years to prepare his daring score, following a vision the composer had in 1911 of a young girl in pagan Russia, dancing herself to a ritual death surrounded by village elders.