Name: 4th Annual Symphony in the Park
Start: 2024-08-31T18:30:00
Location: Bergfeld Park

East Texas Symphony Orchestra

It’s you, the audience, who will craft this program.  Music Director Richard Lee will curate a concert made up entirely of works requested in our 2025 audience survey.  You’ll hear a cross-section of many submissions, along with the story of what makes the piece special to the requester.  It’s certain to be a n evening of fan favorites and new discoveries – all thanks to you.

The Soundtrack of Your Life

The University of Texas at Tyler

Among, the brass instruments, the trumpet has a uniquely brilliant sound that immediately grabs the listener’s attention.  Our principal trumpeter, James Sims, will demonstrate the instrument’s unique quality in the short but challenging Concerto in E-flat by Franz Joseph Haydn.   Under the leadership of guest conductor Johannes Debus, the ETSO also brings life to Haydn’s “Farewell” Symphony and the second overture of Louise Farrenc.  Concluding the concert is one of the most famous classical works in history: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

From Brass to Beethoven

Join us for this special concert celebrating the 90th anniversary of the orchestra’s first performance.  That first concert, in 1936, took place at a time of great music, both classical and popular!  The entire program consists of works composed in or debuted in 1936, and as you can well imagine, features a wide variety of styles, as well as a lot of American composers:  George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Samuel Barber, and Aaron Copland.  Join us for this celebration of the start and launch into the future of ETSO.