Concerts · Boston Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 19, 2027 · 1:30 PM
Stravinsky Ballets: The Rite of Spring
Boston Symphony Orchestra · Symphony Hall · Boston, Massachusetts
Program
Artists
- Andris Nelsons Conductor
- Håkan Hardenberger Soloist, Trumpet
Running time: about 34 min (estimate from the works' usual timings; not every piece has one)
Worth the drive: Stravinsky's 1913 ballet score, a landmark of modern orchestral sound built on pounding rhythms and primitive, ritual imagery, still one of the most electrifying pieces in the repertoire. More about Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring →
About this concert
Trumpeter Håkan Hardenberger plays Unsuk Chin's new trumpet concerto, and Andris Nelsons closes with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. It is the first of two weeks featuring all three of Stravinsky's early ballets.
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