Office for Arts Integration - Master Calendar

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: The Rite of Spring

Event Type: Performance
Sponsor: Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra
Location: Foellinger Great Hall, 709 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Date: Apr 12, 2025 7:30 pm
Cost: Standard 40 / SC Senior citizens: age 65 or over, or retired U of I faculty and staff 36 / STU Non-U of I college students, UI Current, full-time U of I student & YTH Youth: high school and younger 10
Registration: Tickets
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Originating Calendar: The Office for Arts Integration Events; Stephen Alltop, music director and conductor
East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra, Kevin Kelly, Conductor

The premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring in 1913 was a seismic event in music history. A composition of revolutionary brilliance and stunning imagination, The Rite of Spring calls for an enormous orchestra. Hearing this inspired work live is a bucket-list wish for many music lovers. An in-depth introduction to The Rite will be presented by Maestro Alltop and CUSO musicians. Complimenting Stravinsky’s masterpiece, the concert will open with a lively overture by Glinka. CUSO is pleased to welcome the talented young musicians of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra for a side-by-side performance of Mussorgsky’s thrilling orchestral poem, Night on the Bare Mountain.
Program
Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Russlan und Ludmilla
Modest Mussorgsky: A Night on Bare Mountain (original version)
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring