Archives: Events

Colossal Collage Everyone know’s Beethoven’s great Fifth, but our season closes with what is arguably the “other” great Symphony No. 5. Mahler’s symphony runs the gamut, from the tender and intimate to a massive orchestral closing. Apr 18, 2015

Eroica Old and new meet in January, with Beethoven’s “Eroica” combined with two short works inspired by that symphony composed by two of today’s hottest composer names in classical music. Mar 7, 2015

Great Movies/Great Music–Cloak and Dagger! Our film series continues with music from the spy films. Something for everything with hit songs from the “James Bond” series to classic themes from great espionage cinema. Feb 21, 2015

The Russia House What did you give your son or daughter for graduation? Shostakovich wrote this cheerful and bright concerto for his son to perform. Audience favorite Steven Lin returns and the concert closes with audience favorite Mussorgsky’s “Pictures.” This is the concert everyone will be talking about.    Jan 10, 2015

Final Chords Elgar ended his composing career with this stunning and moving concerto. Tchaikovsky ended his own career with his final orchestral opus, full of triumph and resignation. With these two contrasting works, two musical titans knew how to “make an exit.” Nov 22, 2014

Philharmonic Dances We open the season with the splashy and energetic rhythms of the “Symphonic Dances” from Bernstein’s classic “West Side Story” in a pairing with Rachmaninoff’s own “Symphonic Dances,” his autobiographical tour de force. Oct 18, 2014