Saturday, April 12, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.
in Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
MUSSORGSKY: Night on the Bare Mountain (original version)
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring
Stephen Alltop, Music Director and Conductor
East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra, Kevin Kelly, Conductor
The premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The 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. Complementing Stravinsky’s masterpiece, the concert will open with a lively overture by Mikhail Glinka. CUSO is pleased to welcome the talented young musicians of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra for a side-by-side performance of Modest Mussorgsky’s thrilling orchestral poem, Night on the Bare Mountain.
TICKETS
$40 standard/$36 senior/$10 youth, student of any age
TICKETS ON SALE NOW ONLY THROUGH CUSO!
Save 10% and get the best seats when you order the series directly from CUSO now through July 19, 2024. Download the ticket order form here and the Foellinger Great Hall seating chart here. To place your credit card order by phone, call CUSO at 217-351-9139.