Nearly a century has passed since its violent, scandalous premiere. And still Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring continues to surprise and provoke, excited and enthrall. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst begins the new season with Stravinsky's savage masterpiece, along with an impressionist masterwork no less revolutionary - Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. Plus, Bach's gentle Mass in F major and an inspired classic by Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu.