2025–26 Sight & Sound Series
Subscriptions and single-concert tickets are now on sale for TŌN’s Sight & Sound series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this popular series, TŌN explores the parallels between orchestral music and visual art. Each performance includes a discussion with conductor and music historian Leon Botstein accompanied by on-screen exhibition images and live musical excerpts, followed by a full performance of the works and an audience Q&A.
Egypt in Music and Art
Sunday, December 7, 2025
In ancient Egypt, images of gods weren’t just images—they brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs, temples, and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals, offering a vital connection between the human and divine worlds. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, European composers like Mozart, Johann Strauss II, and Saint-Saëns incorporated influences from the Middle East into some of their music. Grammy-nominated pianist Terrence Wilson will perform Saint-Saëns’s “Egyptian” Piano Concerto with TŌN.
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Sibelius, Schjerfbeck, and Finland
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Beloved in Nordic countries for her highly original style, Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck produced a powerful body of work that shifted over the years from traditional and realistic subjects to a simplified, spare style. The music of her contemporary compatriot Jean Sibelius saw a similar change over time, from Finlandia, which paints a clear picture of the historical progress of Finland and its bright future, to his Seventh Symphony, written when Sibelius was paring down his music to the bare essentials.
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Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of the most prolific and influential artists of the Classical period. He gave piano concerts starting at age five and wrote his first opera at age 11. He composed more than 800 works by the time of his death at age 35. Mozart wrote dozens of symphonies, composing the final three over six weeks in the summer of 1788. The 41st, his last, puts on full display the extraordinary compositional technique he mastered over the course of his career.
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