Masterworks
Rite of Spring
Program
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Joan Tower1920/2019
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MozartViolin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish")
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StravinskyThe Rite of Spring
About
Spring is in the air as Sarasota Orchestra offers a program of monumental works, each of which broke new ground in their day. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring was so novel and unprecedented that a riot broke out at its premiere. A tour de force for the orchestra musicians and conductor, its live performance is a not-to-be-missed event. Violinist Benjamin Beilman brings his trademark flair to Mozart’s final and most virtuosic violin concerto. The program opens with Joan Tower’s 1920/2019, composed in 2019 to honor the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment granting women suffrage.
Benjamin Beilman, featured violinist
