Beethoven & Blue Jeans returns with the composer’s Second Symphony, Overture to William Tell, and the incomparable saxophonist Tim McAllister performing John Williams’ Three Escapades from Catch Me If You Can, and more.

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Beethoven & Blue Jeans Dress Rehearsal

Saenger Theatre Pensacola

Dress up or dress down for this annual celebration of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven & Blue Jeans returns with the composer’s Second Symphony, Overture to William Tell, and the incomparable saxophonist Tim McAllister performing John Williams’ Three Escapades from Catch Me If You Can, and more.

Beethoven & Blue Jeans

MSM Artists in Residence Windscape Reimagined Realms

Manhattan School of Music

The concert begins with Fuchs’ “Eventide,” a piece inspired by spiritual tunes and featuring the saxophone’s looping melodies, performed by Tim McAllister. Renowned violinist Nikki Chooi then presents Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, a romantic masterpiece composed for Mendelssohn’s close friend Ferdinand David. Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” orchestrated by Ravel, follows, transforming the solo piano work into a vibrant orchestral showcase. Mussorgsky’s composition, inspired by drawings and designs by Viktor Hartmann, transports listeners to an art exhibition, culminating in the majestic “Great Gate of Kiev.” This concert weaves together American, German, and Russian music with a French flair, offering a rich and diverse musical experience.

Something New

Symphony Hall, Springfield

Under the direction of HSO Assistant Conductor, Adam Kerry Boyles, we welcome pianist and UCONN professor, Angelina Gadeliya, performing fellow UCONN Professor and Grammy® Award winner, Kenneth Fuchs’s Piano Concerto, “Spiritualist”-a piece inspired by three paintings of Helen Frankenthaler. His first numbered symphony, Prokofiev chose to compose his Classical Symphony without the aid of the piano and each movement is brief and to the point in the true “Classical” style. Mozart’s Overture to The Marriage of Figaro includes some of the most famous and hummable tunes in classical music and created a revival in the city of Prague for the composer.  It was there, in Prague, that his dramatic Symphony No. 38 was premiered, and it was considered a gift to the city.   

Mozart & Prokofiev

The Bushnell

Join us for a lively admission-free chamber concert featuring Frost School at Festival Napa Valley Blackburn Music Academy students and faculty.

Festival Live! Concert Series

The Culinary Institute of America at Copia

Composer Kenneth Fuchs won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium Album and is the BSO’s 2022 winner of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award; meet Kenneth and experience more of his music before the big premiere [Click for Composer Residency Events]

Epic Sounds: Strauss & Rachmaninoff

University of Maine

Small ensembles of Minnesota Orchestra musicians perform chamber music on the Orchestra Hall stage. 

Beethoven, Fuchs and Schoenberg

Orchestra Hall

American Rhapsody

The Garde Arts Center, Inc.

Enjoy an electrifying evening of emotion-packed music celebrating four great American composers of the 20th century in a program that blends jazz-infused brilliance, lyrical reflection, and theatrical passion.

Kenneth Fuchs

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 15, 2026

Beethoven, Fuchs and Schoenberg · Minnesota Orchestra

Feb 21, 2026

American Rhapsody · Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra

23 - 24 May, 2026

Made in America: Side by Side · Space Coast Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jan 10, 2026

Beethoven & Blue Jeans Dress Rehearsal · Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

Jan 10, 2026

Beethoven & Blue Jeans · Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

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