Open Rehearsal: Seong-Jin Cho & The Rite of Spring
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Andris Nelsons, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Tania LEÓN Stride
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the left hand
Intermission
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
Tania León’s Pulitzer Prize-winning piece Stride draws on her Cuban heritage and her long association with dance to create music rich with rhythmic vitality and scintillating instrumental colors. Superstar Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho plays Maurice Ravel’s dramatic Piano Concerto for the left hand, originally composed for pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his arm during World War I. Closing the concert is and one of the most influential pieces in history: Igor Stravinsky’s ballet score The Rite of Spring, a work of primal power.
Robert Kirzinger, BSO Director of Program Publications, will give a pre-rehearsal talk on January 11 at 9:30am. Admission included with ticket.
This week’s performances of Tania León Stride are supported in part by income from the Morton Margolis fund in the BSO’s endowment.
Performance Details
Jan 11, 2024, 10:30am EST
Featuring
Program Notes & Works
Stride for orchestra
The Cuban-born American composer, pianist, and conductor Tania León won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for her orchestra work Stride.
Piano Concerto in D for the left hand
Ravel rightly considered this, his last completed large-scale work, a supreme piece of illusion. Who can tell, just from listening, the nature of the self-imposed restriction under which he completed his commission?
The Rite of Spring
With his third ballet, Le Sacre du printemps, Stravinsky secured his place as the foremost composer of his day. He took two years to prepare his daring score, following a vision the composer had in 1911 of a young girl in pagan Russia, dancing herself to a ritual death surrounded by village elders.
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