Series 3

Music is essential. It's elemental. Encompassing fire, water, and the whole of creation itself, Series 3 embraces all in wide-eyed and wide-eared amazement.

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6 Saturdays • 8 pm
6 Sundays • 2 pm
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PEER GYNT

Sat Oct 3, 2020 | 8:00 pm

Sun Oct 4, 2020 | 2:00 pm

Cancelled due to COVID-19

Louis Langrée, conductor

Pekka Kuusisto, violin

Camilla Tilling, soprano

May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director

Bill Barclay, director, Concert Theatre Works

See a concert-staged production of Grieg’s Peer Gynt created and directed by Bill Barclay, the former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe.

Program: DANIEL BJARNASON: Violin Concerto
GRIEG: Peer Gynt

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DVOŘÁK 7 + EIGHTH BLACKBIRD

Sat Jan 16, 2021 | 8:00 pm

Sun Jan 17, 2021 | 2:00 pm

Cancelled due to COVID-19

Ruth Reinhardt, conductor

Eighth Blackbird

For Dvořák, the Seventh Symphony held music capable “of stirring the world.” Learn more.

Program: JANÁČEK: Jealousy

KINDS OF KINGS: New Work for Eighth Blackbird and Orchestra
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7

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HAYDN THE CREATION

Sat Feb 20, 2021 | 8:00 pm

Sun Feb 21, 2021 | 2:00 pm

Cancelled due to COVID-19

Louis Langrée, conductor

Mari Eriksmoen, soprano

Simon Bode, tenor

Matthew Rose, bass

May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director

Let there be light—and music. Louis Langrée and the CSO set the stage for Haydn’s Creation. Learn more.

Program: HAYDN: The Creation (performed in English)

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STRAVINSKY FIREBIRD SUITE

Sat Mar 13, 2021 | 8:00 pm

Sun Mar 14, 2021 | 2:00 pm

Cancelled due to COVID-19

Louis Langrée, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

Louis Langrée leads a program of musical fascinations, gestures made to take hold of the senses. Learn more.

Program: RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3
KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)