Full Concert: Creative Resistance to Empire
In this October 12, 2025 concert livestreamed from the Fisher Center at Bard, TŌN and conductor Leon Botstein perform a program spotlighting Eastern European works from the late-19th and early-20th centuries, contrasting two distinctly Russian pieces with music by Lithuanian, Czech, and Ukrainian composers that confront cultural struggles resulting from the oppressiveness of the Russian Empire.
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0:31 Introductory remarks by TŌN clarinetist Zachary Gassenheimer
7:21 Introductory remarks by conductor Leon Botstein
14:41 Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture on Russian Themes
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Yuchen Zhao
27:20 Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis: In the Forest (Miške)
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Lap Yin Lee
47:50 Vítězslava Kaprálová: Military Sinfonietta
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1:05:20 Introductory remarks by TŌN violist Tania Ladino Ramírez
1:12:58 Tchaikovsky: Festival Coronation March
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1:20:57 Borys Liatoshynsky: Symphony No. 3
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Carlos Torres