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.

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