December 2021
Beethoven & Cristofori
DECEMBER 5, 2021 Sunday at 2 PM Part of TŌN's Sight & Sound series In the hit series Sight & Sound, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. A discussion is accompanied by on-screen artworks and musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A. At the dawn of the 18th century, Italian instrument maker Bartolomeo Cristofori created the world’s first successful hammer-action keyboard instrument,…
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Stravinsky, Picasso, and Cubism
FEBRUARY 20, 2022 Sunday at 2 PM Part of TŌN's Sight & Sound series In the hit series Sight & Sound, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. A discussion is accompanied by on-screen artworks and musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A. Igor Stravinsky fled the Russian Revolution and ultimately settled in Paris in the 1920s. He formed close friendships with contemporary…
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Dvořák, MacDowell & Delacroix
APRIL 10, 2022 Sunday at 2 PM Part of TŌN's Sight & Sound series In the hit series Sight & Sound, conductor and music historian Leon Botstein explores the parallels between orchestral music and the visual arts. A discussion is accompanied by on-screen artworks and musical excerpts performed by The Orchestra Now, followed by a full performance and audience Q&A. From their earliest encounters in the New World, Europeans were mesmerized by the indigenous peoples of North America. In the…
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