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Firebird

Firebird Apr 28, 2018 Celebrate Spring with a variety of dance music! From ballet to the hoedown and the charleston, this concert combines some of the best dance music from the mid-20th century.  Billy the kid’s legendary story is illustrated through a simple and homespun yet powerful retelling about one of America’s first anti-heroes. And we close this concert with yet another orchestra showpiece, “The Firebird.” It caused an absolute sensation at it’s premiere and brought instant worldwide fame to it’s brilliant composer, Igor Stravinsky. We will all know why at the …

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Faure: Requiem

Faure: Requiem Mar 16 – Mar 18, 2018 We celebrate the repentant Lenten season with a return performance to one of our favorite venues, the Holy Rosary Chapel. We are joined by choirs to celebrate the  beautifully impressionistic Requiem by Faure. Written to “comfort the living,” this hauntingly beautiful piece sets a variety of movements of the requiem mass with a very beautiful, and a very French, touch. Written for chamber orchestra, choir, and two soloists, this intimate performance serves as a beautiful contrast to the rest of our festive season and …

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Pines of Rome

Pines of Rome Sep 24, 2017 Our season opens with a tour de force program. After the smashing success of his “Rhapsody in Blue,” Gershwin went “all out” with his Concerto in F, which quickly became one of the best known concertos of the 20th century. Jeffrey Biegel joins us to bring down the house with his performance. Italian composers may be best known for Opera, but after hearing this next work, you might wonder why. The concert closes with the brilliant, captivating, colorful, powerful, “Pines of Rome.” Join us as the …

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Holiday High Notes

Holiday High Notes Dec 16, 2016 Join us for a fun filled holiday community concert, featuring your Adrian Symphony Orchestra and a variety of local talent, including the Chiaroscuro Men’s Chorus. Tonight we celebrate the holiday spirit in the best way possible, with music and with family and friends.

Mendelssohn, Mozart, and More

Mendelssohn, Mozart, and More Mar 25, 2017 Three artists whose lives were cut short too soon. We open with Russell Peck’s fun work for string orchestra, “Signs of Life” influenced from everything from Mozart to the Beatles. We then hear music from perhaps the most unappreciated genius in music history, Felix Mendelssohn, in his popular violin concerto. Our soloist is a special, young dynamo who is currently taking the music world by storm. Our concert closes with the grand-daddy of them all, Mozart himself, in his dark and brooding Symphony No. 40. …

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