Season at a Glance
Join Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra as we celebrate Maestro Edward Polochick’s 25th season as Music Director! The season opens with Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with Esther Heidemann, Susan Platts, and the combined choirs of Abendmusik, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and Concordia University-Nebraska. Other symphonic masterworks include Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition; Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Mark Clinton; Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with concertmaster Anton Miller; and music by Bach, Handel, Beethoven and Sibelius.
In addition to introducing our new Composer-In-Residence, Elena Ruehr, with her piece Unquiet Earth, LSO will present several regional premieres this season, including James E. Lee III’s Corageous Lights for English horn, commissioned and performed by LSO’s Darci Gamerl; Double concerto for Clarinet & Violin performed the composers, Kinan Azmeh and Layale Chaker; Groovebox Fantasy by Kenji Bunch; and Damian Montano’s Concerto for Piccolo and Contrabassoon, performed by LSO’s Rebecca van de Bogart and Joyce Besch.
Other highlights include 15-time GRAMMY award winner Béla Fleck performing his own Juno Concerto and a brand-new arrangement of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue for banjo and orchestra; a pops concert of Star Wars music, LSO’s annual Deck the Halls conducted by Lucas Waldin, and two family concerts full of educational and musical fun. And, for the first time in 30 years, LSO offers a new chamber orchestra performance in the Johnny Carson Theater with Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony.
Subscriptions will be available June 1 starting at just $80. Single tickets will be available August 1 with prices of $20/$40 for adults and $5 for youth.
LSO On The Double
Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
The Orchestra Sings
Saturday, October 21, 2023, 3:00pm
O’Donnell Auditorium, NE Wesleyan University
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Deck the Halls
Sunday, December 3, 2023 | 2:00PM & 6:00PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Star Wars: The Orchestra Strikes Back
Friday, February 16 | 7:30PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 6:00PM & 8:00PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts (Johnny Carson Theater)
Béla Fleck in Concert
Saturday, March 9, 2024 | 7:30PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Elena Ruehr & Brahms
Friday, April 5, 2024 | 7:30PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead
Saturday, April 6, 2024 | 3:00PM
O’Donnell Auditorium, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Pictures at an Exhibition
Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 6:00PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts