Centennial Hall
Masterworks VI: The Force of Fate
Centennial Hall 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL, United StatesOur Season Finale features Ricardo Morales guiding you through the Unruly, Tender, and Defiant movements of the QCSO premiere of the co-commissioned Clarinet Concerto by beloved local composer Jacob Bancks. We close our season with the unyielding task of finding […]
Masterworks V: The Fauré Requiem
Centennial Hall 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL, United StatesSarah Shafer and Quad City native Nathaniel Sullivan join us in presenting beloved works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Gabriel Fauré. The first half opens with the virtuosic flourishes of the first movement of Bach’s Third Brandenburg Concerto, followed by […]
Masterworks IV: The Stars Above & Sands Below
Centennial Hall 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL, United StatesThe 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 […]
Masterworks II: An American Tapestry
Centennial Hall 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL, United StatesOur 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 […]
Masterworks I: From Conflict to Courage
Centennial Hall 3703 7th Ave, Rock Island, IL, United StatesWe 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 […]