The Rite of Spring & Kavakos by Mussorgsky, Szymanowski, Stravinsky, Bach, J. S., Od (2023/2023), Dirigent Philippe Jordan, Symphony Center Chicago, Chicago, United States

A panorama of ancient pagan rituals, Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring put modernism squarely on the map. Experience the swaggering and suspenseful ballet score that drove Parisian audiences to riot at its 1913 premiere. Leonidas Kavakos brings an “intense, silken, mercurial” sound (The Guardian) to his rendition of Szymanowski’s folk-inspired Second Violin Concerto. Mussorgsky’s fiery depiction of a witches’ sabbath opens the program.