Join the City of Lincoln, Broadcast House, the Lincoln Journal Star and LSO for a fun-filled Independence Day celebration! You will hear all of your favorite patriotic music set to the fireworks at Oak Lake Park. This concert is free and open to the public. For a schedule of events, maps, and parking information, click here.

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Experience an evening of Brahms! LSO's Concertmaster Anton Miller plays the technically billiant Violin Concerto, widely considered one of the most important works in violin repertoire. On the second half, the magnificent Symphony No. 1 - which took Brahms nearly 20 years to complete - echoes the work of Beethoven.

 BRAHMS, Violin Concerto
 BRAHMS, Symphony No. 1



Tickets:
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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Enjoy an afternoon of storytelling and adventure. With the grace and beauty of shadow puppetry performed to Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, the Madcap Puppet Theatre tells the story of the kind Prince Ivan, who captures the Firebird.

 GRIEG, Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
 ROSSINI, Il signor Bruschino: Overture
 STRAVINSKY, Firebird Suite


General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5

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American composer Dan Welcher's beautifully crafted Concerto da camera for Bassoon and Small Orchestra is a perfect couterpart for Gustav Holst's The Planets, a powerful and elaborate symphonic suite.

 WELCHER, Concerto da camera for Bassoon and  Small     Orchestra
 HOLST, The Planets

Tickets:
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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Get into the spirit of the season with a program of traditional holiday favorites at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Our annual holiday pops concert is performed under the baton of LSO's Resident Conductor, Dr. Tyler G. White, and features local choirs, celebrities, and dancers performing excerpts from The Nutcracker, choreographed by Shari Shell-True.

Tickets: Call the Lied Center at 472-4747 to order.
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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NOTE: The balcony will be closed for this performance.

Gregory Helseth is featured on Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, an atmospheric setting of six poems on the subject of "night." LSO's strings are featured on Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Mozart's famously euphoric Eine Kleine Nachtmusik. To close the program, Susan Levine choreographs Richard Strauss's Suite for 13 Winds.

 BRITTEN, Serenede for Tenor, Horn and Strings
 J.S. BACH, Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major
 MOZART, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
 STRAUSS, Suite for 13 Winds

Tickets:
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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Dawn Harms has been captivating family audiences for years with her fun-loving, educational shows. Dawn takes her audiences on an exciting musical adventure that spans more than 300 years. From the music of Bach and Mozart to contemporary composers, her energetic show delights audiences of all ages. Join us for Vivaldi's Four Seasons and other music about nature.

General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5

The Lied Center for Performing Arts and the American Liszt Society present LSO in a celebration of pianist and composer Franz Liszt. Frederic Chopin's Piano Concert No. 2, Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto and Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 highlight the range and virtuosity of this dynamic instrument.

 CHOPIN, Piano Concert No. 2
 SCHUMANN, Piano Concerto
 LISZT, Piano Concert No. 1

Tickets: Call the Lied Center at 472-4747 to order.
Adult: $35/$40

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A piece that changed the face of symphonic music, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is the finale of the 2009-10 season. Preceded by Beethoven's Consecration of the House Overture, Symphony No. 9 is a work os revolutionary innovation. It closes with the exultant Ode to Joy, its famous melody celebrating joy, freedom and humanity.

 BEETHOVEN, Consecration of the House Overture
 BEETHOVEN, Symphony No. 9

Tickets:
Section I: $25
Section II: $10

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