Smiles and seismic tremors: We ring in the season with a concert that embraces the expressive power of the entire symphonic spectrum.

Shostakovich 5

Aarhus Music Hall

The encounter between different cultures is at the centre of the 1st symphony concert. Mischa Tangian composed the piece The Order of Time for percussion and orchestra especially for this concert, in which European and non-European musical cultures meet. The sound of the Staatsorchester Stuttgart is combined with the sound of non-European musical instruments, played by soloist Roshanak Rafani and members of the Babylon Orchestra. 

1. Symphony Concert

 Beethoven Hall (Beethovensaal)

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Julie Albers Plays Elgar’s Cello Concerto

Shepherd of The Valley Lutheran Church

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Despite its popularity, Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto remains refreshingly original with its exciting and altogether exceptional opening and richly forged musical dramas of powerful virtuosity and of uncommon sensitivity. Karabits’ concerto, subtitled Lamentations, takes inspiration from two tragedies that befell Ukraine in the 20th century – the Stalin policy induced famine of 1932-33 and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Eclectically scored with theatrical gestures, it is modern orchestral music rooted in tradition. In the predominantly meditative Styx, the viola acts as an intermediary between the lands of the living and the dead. It is also the go-between for the orchestra and the chorus, which sings a patchwork text made up of the names of churches, and the titles of folksongs and lullabies from the composer’s native Georgia. Originally composed for solo piano, Balakirev’s virtuosic Islamey is an oriental fantasy inspired by melodies from the Caucasus Mountains.

Voices From the East

Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts

See the Orchestra in rehearsal for one final time this season, as Kirill prepares for Voices from the East — the first in a trilogy of concerts to round off his illustrious tenure as Chief Conductor!

Join us for tea and coffee in Function Room 2 at Lighthouse from 3.45pm, before a short introduction to the rehearsal by our Head of Concerts and Artistic Planning Heather Duncan. We’ll head into the Concert Hall at approximately 4.30pm*, when the Orchestra returns to the stage after their afternoon break.

Open Rehearsal with Kirill Karabits

“Our Glorious Life concert is deeply personal. And I’m really excited for it.  Birth and death are the most profound and mystical occurrences of the human life cycle. There is nothing more celebrated or mourned than the ‘into’ and ‘out of’ our human life. And there is nothing more questioned than the ins and outs. Where did we come from? Where do we go? Is there life before life? Is there life after death? Who knows the answers?  We turn to religion, spiritual practices, psychics, priests, gurus, doctors.  Books have been written about different accounts of people with Near Death Experiences.

Glorious Life

Civic Center Music Hall

Unfortunately, there is no symphony by the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. However, the Italian did compose a melodious string quartet, which the American double bassist and university professor Lucas Drew arranged for string orchestra and entitled "Symphony." It promises a special listening experience.

Giya Kancheli

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 8, 2026

Chiaroscuro · Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein

Past events

Sep 11, 2025

Shostakovich 5 · Aarhus Symfoniorkester

27 - 28 Oct, 2024

1. Symphony Concert · Staatsorchester Stuttgart

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