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Igor Stravinsky

  • In her Boston Symphony debut, conductor Dalia Stasevska leads a program that includes Sibelius’s Canzonetta and Symphony No. 5, as well as Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Leila Josefowicz, on demand.
  • Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in Rachmaninoff’s passionate and technically daunting Piano Concerto No. 3, and Alan Gilbert leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s exhilarating - and timeless - “The Rite of Spring," on demand.
  • Andris Nelsons leads the BSO in works by Copland, Stravinsky, Thompson, and James Lee III, each a reflection of Serge Koussevitzky’s original vision of the role of Tanglewood in the music world.
  • Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Stravinsky’s iconic tale of the Greek god Apollo and three muses of artistic inspiration, followed by Rimsky-Korsakov’s "Scheherazade", inspired by the story of “One Thousand and One Nights.”
  • Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Tania León's 2019 Pulitzer Prize winner and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," as well as Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, with soloist Seong-Jin Cho.
  • Seiji Ozawa leads the BSO in a magical ballet score for the season that expresses the innocence of childhood and the drama of transformation, sprinkled with musical delights and passion.
  • In an encore broadcast, renowned South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho is the soloist in Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G, and Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in Caroline Shaw’s meditative "Punctum" and Stravinsky’s "Petrushka."
  • Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in György Ligeti's kaleidoscopic Piano Concerto in a celebration of the Hungarian composer's centennial, and Thomas Adès leads the BSO in Stravinsky’s "Orpheus," Franz Liszt’s "Les Préludes," and Adès's own "Tevot."
  • Andris Nelsons leads the BSO at Tanglewood in a program of Stravinsky's "Petruska," Julia Adolphe's "Makeshift Castle," and superstar Renée Fleming is the soloist in Strauss songs with orchestra.
  • In an encore Boston Symphony Orchestra broadcast, Latvian violinist Baiba Skride is the soloist in Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, and Andris Nelsons leads the orchestra in works by Pärt and Stravinsky, as well as Saariaho’s "Saarikoski Songs," with soprano Anu Komsi.