Stravinsky, Cage, and C.P.E. Bach

  • Feb 7, 2026 at 7 pm & Feb 8, 2026 at 2 pm
  • Fisher Center at Bard, Sosnoff Theater

Program & Artists

Ulysses Kay Chariots: Orchestral Rhapsody
Cage Suite for Toy Piano (both solo version and orchestration by Lou Harrison)
Stravinsky Symphony in C
C. P. E. Bach Symphony D Major, H. 663
Albert Roussel Symphony No. 3

Leon Botstein conductor
Frank Corliss toy piano

Tickets

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Part of TŌN’s Fisher Center concert series

Leon Botstein leads TŌN in a concert of music spanning over 200 years, with four 20th-century works presented alongside a brief symphony from 1776. The program begins with Ulysses Kay’s Chariots, inspired by the writings of poet William Blake and others, and John Cage’s whimsical Suite for Toy Piano, both in solo performance by Frank Corliss and Lou Harrison’s orchestration. Then we explore three symphonies of different styles: Stravinsky’s expressive Symphony in C; C. P. E. Bach’s adventurous Symphony in D Major, and one of Albert Roussel’s most beloved works, the vivacious Third Symphony, written for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1930.

These concerts will also be livestreamed on TŌNtube.

Concert Details

The concert will last approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes, including one 20-minute intermission.

Brief remarks by TŌN violinist Lap Yin Lee

Ulysses Kay Chariots: Orchestral Rhapsody
15 min
>Read concert notes by TŌN violinist Mingyue Xia

John Cage Suite for Toy Piano
Frank Corliss toy piano
7 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN keyboardist Francis Chung-Yang Huang

John Cage (orch. Lou Harrison) Suite for Toy Piano
7 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN keyboardist Francis Chung-Yang Huang

Igor Stravinsky Symphony in C
28 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN flutist Youbeen Cho
>Read concert notes by TŌN horn player Lee Cyphers

Intermission
20 min

Brief remarks by TŌN violinist Hanyu Feng

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Symphony D Major, H. 663, W. 183/1
11 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN violist Carla Mendoza Trejo

Albert Roussel Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 42
24 min
Listen
>Read concert notes by TŌN bassoonist Peter Houdalis

All timings are approximate. Program and artists subject to change.

Sample the Music

Ulysses Kay Chariots: Orchestral Rhapsody

Cage (orch. Lou Harrison) Suite for Toy Piano

Cage (orch. Lou Harrison) Suite for Toy Piano

Stravinsky Symphony in C

C. P. E. Bach Symphony D Major, H. 663

Albert Roussel Symphony No. 3

Photo: The Orchestra Now by Anton Doppelbauer

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