A Salutation To Spring

The NAC Orchestra and Capital Chamber Choir present a stunning salvo of masterful music, with Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps: The Rite of Spring headlining the program! Led by Alexander Shelley, the orchestra will also delight audiences with a performance of Pulitzer-winner John Luther Adams' sand-soaked ode to the desert, Become Desert.

The Rite of Spring is one of Stravinsky's true masterpieces. Composed for the Parisienne ballet company Ballet Russes in time for their 1913 season, the bombastic work famously incited a riot at its grand premiere, one of the most notorious events in the history of the artform. In the eyes of many it remains one of the most exciting pieces of orchestral work and worth witnessing for any lover of powerful music.