Classical Archives - Page 4 of 8 - Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony

Not only will you bask in the sunshine of Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony (he dubbed it “blue sky in A Major”), but you’ll also hear two concertos and two soloists!

Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Music Director Luisi will step into Stravinsky’s shoes as he conducts a replica of the 1946 concert, when the great composer led the DSO in these very works — an inspired program of quintessentially Russian music.

Beethoven, Bach, Haydn & Mozart

Three spectacular soloists grace this program that follows a thread of musical styles from Baroque to early Classical. Co-concertmaster Nathan Olson is front-and-center in Bach’s Violin Concerto, whose poignant Adagio is one of his most sublime creations, with the solo violin exquisitely embroidering the underlying bass line.

Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand

The nickname “Symphony of a Thousand” scarcely does justice to Mahler’s epic work — one of the greatest in the concert repertoire. Its immense scope makes performances rare and, therefore, are to be treasured.

Dvořák & Korngold

From the pen of the composer who pioneered the art of original film music, making it symphonic in scope and sophisticated in feel, comes Korngold’s glorious Violin Concerto that, not surprisingly, includes allusions to those movie scores.

Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

Characterized by ravishingly beautiful passages, graceful melodies and deeply felt passion, Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece has spoken to the heart of generations of adoring audiences.

Schubert’s Winterreise with Goerne & Trifonov

For Schubert, writing a song was not just putting the words to music, but rather translating the poetry into music. And never more so than in his most well-known cycle of 24 songs, Winterreise (Winter’s Journey), set upon poems by Wilhelm Müller.

Beethoven, Mozart and New Music

One of Mozart’s three remarkable final symphonies — his “Triple Crown” — the 40th speaks in his most personal voice. This utterance of extreme urgency is full of agitation with only a slim respite in the exquisite, spiritual slow movement.

Alsop Conducts Brahms

Celebrated conductor Marin Alsop leads the DSO in the tale of the notorious libertine, Don Juan. But the brilliant score by the then-just-24-year-old Richard Strauss shows us a different man…one who is world-and-pleasure-weary, bored with searching for the ideal woman.

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue

Headlining this all-American program is the red, white, and blue Rhapsody in Blue that Gershwin described as a sort of “musical kaleidoscope of America.”