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2010-2011 SEASON SCHEDULE
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Maestro Edward Polochick invites you to join LSO for an exciting season of world-class symphonic music. From Beethoven to Mozart, McAllister to Sibelius, LSO offers an experience for any music lover. Check our our season schedule below, and be sure to order your subscription today! |
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MENDELSSOHN TO MCALLISTER
Edward Polochick, conductor
Diane Barger, clarinet
Friday, September 17, 2010, 7:30 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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LSO’s opening concert features principal clarinetist Diane Barger playing Scott McAllister’s X - Concerto for Clarinet, a tribute to the music of Generation X. The program includes Robert Schumann’s spirited Overture, Scherzo and Finale, and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, an energetic work that pays homage to the folk music of Scotland.
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
View the seating chart for Kimball Recital Hall.
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CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Edward Polochick, conductor
with Lincoln Community Playhouse performers
Sunday, October 3, 2010, 2:00 PM
O'Donnell Auditorium
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Join LSO and the Lincoln Community Playhouse for an afternoon of storytelling. LSO’s performance of Saint-Saens’ charming Carnival of the Animals will be enhanced with actors and narration. Join us before the concert for face painting, crafts and a musical petting zoo.
General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5
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FATE, LOVE AND LONGING
Edward Polochick, conductor
ABENDCHOR, Therees Hibbard & Tom Trenney, co-artistic directors
Doane Choir, Kurt Runestad, director
Friday, October 22, 2010, 7:30 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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A duet of Vaughan Williams works includes Serenade to Music, a gorgeous setting for Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, and Flos Campi, a lush composition featuring solo viola and choir. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, with its famous opening gesture and emotional journey of struggle to victory, closes the program.
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
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DECK THE HALLS
Dr. Tyler G. White, conductor
Saturday, December 4, 2010, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
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Get into the spirit of the season with a program featuring the University Singers at the Lied Center. From Handel's Messiah to Sleigh Ride, our annual holiday pops concert includes traditional holiday favorites and dancers performing The Nutcracker.
Tickets: Call the Lied Center at 472-4747 to order.
Adult: $25/$35$/45
View the seating chart for the Lied Center for Performing Arts
NOTE: The balcony will be closed for this performance.
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CLASSICAL GIANTS
Edward Polochick, conductor
Friday, February 4, 2011, 7:30 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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The overture to Mozart’s famous opera, Don Giovanni, opens LSO's concert dedicated to great classical era composers. Franz Schubert's sparkling Symphony No. 5 is followed by Beethoven's beautiful Romance No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra featuring concertmaster Anton Miller. The concert closes with Haydn's Symphony No. 94, "The Surprise.”
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
View the seating chart for Kimball Recital Hall.
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Edward Polochick , conductor
Andy Strain, trombone
Saturday, March 19, 2011, 7:30 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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LSO and trombonist Andy Strain break out their "brushes" to "paint" Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Sarasate’s Ziguenerweisen on a giant virtual canvas, using light and infrared technology. The program culminates with Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
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LIGHTS & MUSIC
Edward Polochick , conductor
Andy Strain, trombone
Sunday, March 20, 2011, 2:00 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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Ever wonder what music might look like when you turn out the lights? Find out when LSO and trombonist Andy Strain illuminate music by Rossini, Sarasate, and Mussorgsky on a gigantic virtual canvas. Bring your imagination and join us beforehand for interactive music demonstrations and face painting.
General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5
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TRIUMPH AND ROMANCE
Edward Polochick, conductor
Anton Miller, violin
Saturday, April 9, 2011, 7:30 PM
Kimball Recital Hall
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LSO concertmaster Anton Miller is featured in the virtuosic Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor. The only violin concerto Sibelius wrote, the work is hauntingly lovely even from its opening notes. Tchaikovsky’s dramatic Symphony No. 5, with its musical representation of ultimate victory over strife, will leave the audience – and musicians – breathless.
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
View the seating chart for Kimball Recital Hall.
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LSO AT THE MOVIES
Edward Polochick, conductor
Joe Locke, vibraphone
Ryan Cohan, piano; Lorin Cohen, bass; Carmen Intorre, drums
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
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Enjoy a night at the movies with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and Joe Locke, jazz vibraphonist. This pops concert features cinema scores from past to present. The audience will be treated to Henry Mancini’s Moon River and The Pink Panther, John Williams’ hits from Indiana Jones, newly-commissioned works by Locke, and much more.
Tickets:
Adult: $24.99/$34.99$/44.99
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