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April 2023
Masterworks VI: Mahler One
We conclude our Masterworks Season with Sergei Prokofiev’s evanescent and shimmering Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring a dazzling and soaring performance from QCSO concertmaster Naha Greenholtz. Mahler’s programmatic first symphony, “Titan” will lead us through a hero’s lifelong battle and…
Find out more »October 2023
Masterworks I: From Conflict to Courage
We open our 109th Season with Samuel Barber’s vivid and witty The School for Scandal Overture, capturing the madcap spirit of Richard Sheridan’s comedic play. Cellist Tommy Mesa returns to the Quad Cities to perform Andrea Casarrubios’s Seven, a hauntingly…
Find out more »Masterworks I: From Conflict to Courage
We open our 109th Season with Samuel Barber’s vivid and witty The School for Scandal Overture, capturing the madcap spirit of Richard Sheridan’s comedic play. Cellist Tommy Mesa returns to the Quad Cities to perform Andrea Casarrubios’s Seven, a hauntingly…
Find out more »November 2023
Masterworks II: An American Tapestry
Our symphonic tapestry of American music begins with a journey to the Wild West in Aaron Copland’s rousing “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo. Be swept away with Judith Shatin’s Piping the Earth before falling in love with the third movement of Amy Beach’s romantic Second…
Find out more »Masterworks II: An American Tapestry
Our symphonic tapestry of American music begins with a journey to the Wild West in Aaron Copland’s rousing “Buckaroo Holiday” from Rodeo. Be swept away with Judith Shatin’s Piping the Earth before falling in love with the third movement of Amy Beach’s romantic Second…
Find out more »December 2023
Masterworks III: Winter Wonders
Delight in the wonders of winter beginning with the revelry of George Frideric Handel’s Alexander’s Feast Suite, which will take you through a gambit of fiery revenge, overwhelming love, and transcendent joy. Gather under a full moon for the tragic tale of…
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PLEASE NOTE: SUNDAY PERFORMANCE IS AT THE BARTLETT PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Delight in the wonders of winter beginning with the revelry of George Frideric Handel’s Alexander’s Feast Suite, which will take you through a gambit of fiery revenge, overwhelming love, and…
Find out more »February 2024
Masterworks IV: The Stars Above & Sands Below
The creation of heaven and earth opens our homage to the natural wonders that surround us in Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Depiction of Chaos” from The Creation. Take in the beauty and peace of space before feeling the gritty grains…
Find out more »Masterworks IV: The Stars Above & Sands Below
The creation of heaven and earth opens our homage to the natural wonders that surround us in Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Depiction of Chaos” from The Creation. Take in the beauty and peace of space before feeling the gritty grains…
Find out more »March 2024
Masterworks V: The Fauré Requiem
Sarah Shafer and Quad City native Nathaniel Sullivan join us in presenting beloved works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Fauré. QCSO Principal Trumpet Matthew Baker joins Shafer for the Aria “Rejoice unto God in All Lands!,” followed by Principal…
Find out more »Masterworks V: The Fauré Requiem
Sarah Shafer and Quad City native Nathaniel Sullivan join us in presenting beloved works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Fauré. QCSO Principal Trumpet Matthew Baker joins Shafer for the Aria “Rejoice unto God in All Lands!,” followed by Principal…
Find out more »April 2024
Masterworks VI: The Force of Fate
Our Season Finale opens with a new work by Angel Lam, one of America’s foremost female composers, lauded for her use of sounds to express detailed emotions and passion for life. Ricardo Morales will guide you through the Unruly, Tender,…
Find out more »Masterworks VI: The Force of Fate
Our Season Finale opens with a new work by Angel Lam, one of America’s foremost female composers, lauded for her use of sounds to express detailed emotions and passion for life. Ricardo Morales will guide you through the Unruly, Tender,…
Find out more »