Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring" | The Orchestra Now

The Orchestra Now (TŌN) and musicians from the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra, conducted by Leon Botstein, perform Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring", in a livestreamed concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on April 7, 2024.
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0:19 Part I: Adoration of the Earth
17:16 Part II: The Sacrifice

Igor Stravinsky
Born: 6/18/1882 in Oranienbaum, Russia
Died: 4/6/1971 at age 88 in New York City

Written: 1911–13, in Stravinsky’s late 20s and early 30s; revised 1947
Premiered: 5/29/1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris; Pierre Monteaux, conductor
First TŌN Performance 4/15/2018 at the Fisher Center at Bard in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; performed with members of the Bard College Conservatory Orchestra; Leon Botstein, conductor

Concert notes by TŌN bassoonist Kylie Bartlett at https://ton.bard.edu/stravinskys-the-...