Beethoven’s 6th & “The Rite of Spring”

  • April 6, 2024 at 7 PM & April 7, 2024 at 2 PM
  • Fisher Center at Bard, Sosnoff Theater

Program & Artists

Egon Wellesz Vorfrühling (The Dawn of Spring)
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Leon Botstein conductor
Musicians from the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra

Tickets

  • From $15

Fisher Center Box Office: 845.758.7900

Part of TŌN’s Fisher Center concert series

TŌN rings in spring with three very different musical tributes to the vernal equinox. Egon Wellesz’s 1911 The Dawn of Spring combines the Viennese musical tradition with French expressionism, while Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, begun the same year, sent audience members into a riot with what Paris newspapers promised would be “the most astonishing polyrhythm ever to come from the mind of a musician.” Meanwhile, Beethoven’s lush and inviting Pastoral Sixth Symphony truly reflects the composer’s love of nature, showing us what he called “Recollections of Country Life.” Stravinsky’s work will be performed by TŌN alongside members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra.

These concerts will also be livestreamed on TŌNtube.

Concert Details

>Read the concert program

Brief remarks by TŌN horn player Tori Boell

Egon Wellesz Vorfrühling (The Dawn of Spring)
8 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN percussionist Nick Goodson

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
41 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN horn player Daniel Itzkowitz

Intermission
20 min

Brief remarks by TŌN violinist Samuel Frois

Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
performed with musicians from the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra
37 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN bassoonist Kylie Bartlett

All timings are approximate.

Sample the Music

Egon Wellesz Vorfrühling (The Dawn of Spring)

Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Photo: TŌN horn player Tori Boell by Matt Dine

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