The Orchestra Now: Stravinsky, Cage, and C.P.E. Bach

Leon Botstein leads The Orchestra Now (TŌN) in a concert of music spanning over 200 years, with four 20th-century works presented alongside a brief symphony from 1776. The program begins with Ulysses Kay’s Chariots, inspired by the writings of poet William Blake and others, and John Cage’s whimsical Suite for Toy Piano, both in solo performance by Frank Corliss and Lou Harrison’s orchestration. Then we explore three symphonies of different styles: Stravinsky’s expressive Symphony in C; C. P. E. Bach’s adventurous Symphony in D Major, and one of Albert Roussel’s most beloved works, the vivacious Third Symphony, written for the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1930.

Leon Botstein | Conductor
Frank Corliss | Toy Piano

Ulysses Kay
Chariots: Orchestral Rhapsody

Cage
Suite for Toy Piano (both solo version and orchestration by Lou Harrison)

Stravinsky
Symphony in C

C. P. E. Bach
Symphony D Major, H. 663

Albert Roussel
Symphony No. 3