This recent performance from earlier this month celebrates the freshness of nature and the blooming Spring around us. The two major works are the Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” of Beethoven and the infamous ballet The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. The program also features The Dawn of Spring by the early 20 th century Austrian-British composer Egon Wellesz.
Music for Spring from The Orchestra Now Monday Night
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