2009-10 Subscription Series

Celebrating 20 years of musical excellence, the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra will explore a range of classical favorites, from opera highlights to orchestral showpieces, from youthful creations to late masterworks during the 2009-10 subscription series.

Taken together, the music will allow regular audience members to rediscover what diverse delights can be found within classical music. Moreover, one will find proof of our symphony’s artistry. Barber’s Adagio for Strings has nothing in common with Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain, yet our fine players can manage both, and, as we’ll prove, a great deal more.

September 22, 2009 “A Merry Gathering”

An enchanting evening opens with music from Beethoven and continues with operatic selections from Rossini and Verdi. Tenor Adam Kirkpatrick will perform a selection of classic arias from Verdi, Mozart and Puccini.

October 27, 2009 “Sorcerers, Witches and Things”

Musical selections from Dukas, Albinoni, Saint-Saens, and Mussorgsky take you on a hair-raising journey through the spooky yet mystical fall evening. Pianist Kseniia Polstiankina, winner of the 2009 LSO Young Artists Competition, demonstrates her keyboard wizardry as she performs Rachmaninoff’s Concerto for Piano Number 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1.

December 10, 2009 “Christmas with the LSO”

The annual holiday tradition continues with a mixture of secular and spiritual music featuring guest performances by the LaGrange College Women's Chorus, Debbie Ogle, Director, and Long Cane Middle School Chorus, Bettie Biggs, Director.

March 16, 2010 “Viva Mozart”

An all-Mozart program features Salzburg Symphony No. 3, Salzburg Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 14 in A major. Soloists Maestro Patricio Cobos, violin, and Maureen Gallagher, viola, join the symphony for Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K.364 for Violin and Viola in what promises to be one of the highlights of the season.

April 13, 2010 “Voices of Spring”

The LSO’s 20th anniversary subscription season concludes with music from Barber, Brahms, and Strauss. Special guest soloists Gabriella Diaz, violin, and Andres Diaz, cello, join the Symphony in a performance of Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102, the “Double Concerto.”