2025/26 Season at a Glance by Interest
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Classical Piano
DAVID ROBERTSON conducts
EMANUEL AX piano
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre (DSO premiere)
FABIO LUISI conducts
BRUCE LIU piano
SOPHIA JANI What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, “Egyptian”
RESPIGHI Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
RESPIGHI Le fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
FABIO LUISI conducts
INON BARNATAN piano
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
LAUREN SNOUFFER soprano
KIMBERLY JAMES mezzo-soprano
KEY’MON MURRAH countertenor
PAUL APPLEBY tenor
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN For everything you keep losing
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD Latin-American Symphonette
JUN MÄRKL conducts
JAVIER PERIANES piano
RAVEL Alborada del gracioso (Morning Song of a Jester)
FALLA Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain)
FALLA El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), Suite No. 2
RAVEL Rapsodie espagnole
DSO & World Premieres
DAVID ROBERTSON conducts
EMANUEL AX piano
BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
JOHN ADAMS Harmonielehre (DSO premiere)
FABIO LUISI conducts
BRUCE LIU piano
SOPHIA JANI What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, “Egyptian”
RESPIGHI Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
RESPIGHI Le fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
FABIO LUISI conducts
INON BARNATAN piano
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
LAUREN SNOUFFER soprano
KIMBERLY JAMES mezzo-soprano
KEY’MON MURRAH countertenor
PAUL APPLEBY tenor
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN For everything you keep losing (World Premiere)
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD Latin-American Symphonette
MARIN ALSOP conducts
KAREN SLACK soprano
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
KATHRYN BOSTIC Work for Soprano and Orchestra (World Premiere) Lorene Cary, Libretto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
FABIO LUISI conducts
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
JON CZINER Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
MONI JASMINE GUO “the sound of where i came from” 乡音 (World Premiere) (Toulmin Commission)
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
EDWARD GARDNER conducts
DAVID CHILDS euphonium
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
WALTON Coronation Te Deum, arranged by Palmer James Macmillan
JAMES MACMILLAN Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock (US Premiere)
HOLST The Planets
TABITA BERGLUND conducts
MELISSA WHITE violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
SOPHIA JANI Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
MAURICE COHN conducts
JAN VOGLER cello
CHAD HOOPES violin
BRAHMS Violin and Cello Concerto in A minor, “Double Concerto”
WEILL Symphony No. 2 (DSO Premiere)
DANIELE RUSTIONI conducts
ALEXI KENNEY violin
BARBER Violin Concerto
CASELLA Symphony No. 2 in C minor (DSO Premiere)
ANA MARÍA PATIÑO-OSORIO conducts
JULIAN STECKEL cello
MEREDITH KUFCHAK viola
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto in B minor
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Four Scenes from Childhood (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
SEBASTIAN WEIGLE conducts
MARIA DUEÑAS violin
KORNGOLD Straussiana (DSO Premiere)
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D Major
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Classical Music Spotlight on Women
FABIO LUISI conducts
BRUCE LIU piano
SOPHIA JANI What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, “Egyptian”
RESPIGHI Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
RESPIGHI Le fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
FABIO LUISI conducts
INON BARNATAN piano
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
LAUREN SNOUFFER soprano
KIMBERLY JAMES mezzo-soprano
KEY’MON MURRAH countertenor
PAUL APPLEBY tenor
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN For everything you keep losing (World Premiere)
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD Latin-American Symphonette
MARIN ALSOP conducts
KAREN SLACK soprano
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
KATHRYN BOSTIC Work for Soprano and Orchestra (World Premiere) Lorene Cary, Libretto
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
FABIO LUISI conducts
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
JON CZINER Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
MONI JASMINE GUO “the sound of where i came from” 乡音 (World Premiere) (Toulmin Commission)
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
TABITA BERGLUND conducts
MELISSA WHITE violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
SOPHIA JANI Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
FABIO LUISI conducts
AMARYN OLMEDA violin
RÓZSA Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
BRAHMS A Selection of Hungarian Dances
Movies in Concert
LAWRENCE LOH conducts
CineConcerts is inviting fans back to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter™ for an evening of music and magic in the Harry Potter™ Film Concert Series. Relive the magic of Harry Potter™ soaring across the big screen in high-definition and experience the music of a live symphony orchestra performing Nicholas Hooper’s unforgettable score.
All characters and elements © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR.
ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ conducts
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHORUS – ELLIE LIN artistic director
A true holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who’s accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves. Hilarious and heart-warming, Home Alone is holiday fun for the entire family!
© 1990 Twentieth Century Fox
SARAH HICKS conducts
DANNY ELFMAN special guest
SANDY CAMERON violin
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton explores the collaborative relationship between music and storytelling and the process and importance that this has in filmmaking. Composer Danny Elfman and visionary Hollywood filmmaker Tim Burton have created a unique concert experience, lending music and visuals to celebrate the 25-year partnership of two of Hollywood’s top creators. This concert features Danny Elfman’s famous Tim Burton film scores brought to life on stage by orchestra, enhanced by visuals on the big screen of original sketches, drawings and storyboards, and includes a special live performance by Danny Elfman.
CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS conducts
Featuring music by Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer, with the score produced by Lorne Balfe.
Top Gun: Maverick was nominated for six Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Original Song, winning Best Sound.
After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialised mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.
A Royal Albert Hall production. With thanks to esk film.
Luisi Conducts
FABIO LUISI conducts
SOFIA FOMINA soprano
HAYDN Symphony No. 92 in G Major, “Oxford”
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
FABIO LUISI conducts
BRUCE LIU piano
SOPHIA JANI What do flowers do at night? (DSO Premiere)
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, “Egyptian”
RESPIGHI Vetrate di chiesa (Church Windows)
RESPIGHI Le fontane di Roma (The Fountains of Rome)
FABIO LUISI conducts
INON BARNATAN piano
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
LAUREN SNOUFFER soprano
KIMBERLY JAMES mezzo-soprano
KEY’MON MURRAH countertenor
PAUL APPLEBY tenor
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN For everything you keep losing (World Premiere)
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
GOULD Latin-American Symphonette
FABIO LUISI conducts
GREGORY RADEN clarinet
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
JON CZINER Clarinet Concerto (World Premiere)
MONI JASMINE GUO “the sound of where i came from” 乡音 (World Premiere) (Toulmin Commission)
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G minor
FABIO LUISI conducts
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
JENNIFER ROWLEY butterfly
FABIO SARTORI pinkerton
MANUELA CUSTER suzuki
ALESSANDRO LUONGO sharpless
KEITH JAMESON goro
KIDON CHOI yamadori and uncle bonze
PAUL CURRAN stage director
PUCCINI Madama Butterfly
FABIO LUISI conducts
AMARYN OLMEDA violin
RÓZSA Violin Concerto
BARTÓK Romanian Folk Dances
BRAHMS A Selection of Hungarian Dances
FABIO LUISI conducts
GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Little Russian”
STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1945)
FABIO LUISI conducts
NATHAN OLSON violin
STUART STEPHENSON trumpet
KATHRYN HENRY soprano
BEETHOVEN “Ah, perfido!” Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
MOZART Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K. 385, “Haffner”
FABIO LUISI conducts
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS – ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK chorus director
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHILDREN’S CHORUS – ELLIE LIN artistic director
BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS
RACHEL WILLIS SØRENSEN soprano
MEGHAN KASANDERS soprano
DEANNA BREIWICK soprano
OLEYSA PETROVA mezzo-soprano
RENÉE TATUM mezzo-soprano
LIMMIE PULLIAM tenor
LUKE SUTLIFF baritone
BRINDLEY SHERRATT bass
MAHLER Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”
Ultimate Pops
JEFF TYZIK conducts
TROUPE VERTIGO
As though transported to an alternate universe, you’ll witness the artists of Troupe Vertigo defying gravity and casting their spell in their show “Cirque Noir.” It’s an alluring, film noir-inspired circus of thrills and chills, set to a jazzy, nocturnal score, performed by the DSO and composed by Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik. Experience atmospheric lighting, stunning visuals and choreography, executed by aerial acrobats, dancers and contortionists. This performance will entertain you with riveting feats that are sure to leave you speechless.
JASON SEBER conducts
KATELYN DRYE vocals
HOLLIE HAMMEL vocals
BLAIR LAMB vocals
Dolly Parton brings her music to orchestras worldwide! Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs In Symphony, is an innovative multimedia experience featuring Dolly on screen, leading audiences in a visual-musical journey of her songs, her life, and her stories. Accompanied by guest vocalists and musicians, audiences will hear new and innovative orchestrations of her hit songs, including “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” and “I Will Always Love You,” in addition to her personal favorites and “If You Hadn’t Been There” from her upcoming Broadway musical. Co-produced by Dolly Parton together with Schirmer Theatrical and Sony Music Publishing.
Please note: This concert will feature the music of Dolly Parton performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The artist Dolly Parton will not be in attendance.
ENRICO LOPEZ-YAÑEZ conducts
JACKIE MENDEZ vocals
ENDER THOMAS vocals
JOSÉ SEBAJA trumpet
LUISITO QUINTERO percussion
Get on your feet and let’s get loud with the greatest hits of the ’90s and ‘OOs Latin pop explosion! La Vida Loca celebrates artists including Enrique Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Ricky Martin and more. Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez, world-renowned vocalists Ender Thomas and Jackie Mendez, and multi-GRAMMY® award winners José Sibaja on trumpet and Luisito Quintero on percussion join the DSO for a high-octane program featuring all-new symphonic arrangements by Lopez-Yañez and Sibaja.