EarRelevant Staff | 30 MAY 2024
LINCOLN, NE— Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra (LSO) has announced its 2024-2025 concert season, featuring a variety of performances that highlight time, place, heritage, and the seasons. Under the direction of music director Edward Polochick, the orchestra will present several premieres, classic works, and pieces exploring a range of emotions from love and loss to joy and celebration.
Edward Polochick, music director of Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra. (courtesy of LSO)
The upcoming season includes seven classical concerts, two family concerts, one holiday concert, and one pops concert. Polochick emphasized the diversity and quality of the programming, noting the blend of esteemed standard repertoire with new compositions and collaborations with emerging artists and composers.
The classical series includes several noteworthy performances. The season opens with “Passion & Percussion” on September 13, featuring percussionist Britton-René Collins in Gabriella Ortiz’s Concierto Candela and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique). “Home Again,” set for September 27 at Saint Paul United Methodist Church, will showcase David von Kampen’s song cycle Under the Silver and Home Again with baritone Nathaniel Sullivan, alongside works by Ravel, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. “Melodies from Spain” on October 26 will feature music by Manuel de Falla, Óscar Navarro, Bizet, and Rimsky-Korsakov. On November 24, LSO Concertmaster Anton Miller will perform Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor in a program entitled “Love, Loss & Eternity,” followed by pieces from Wagner and Strauss.
The classical series continues with “French Impressions” on January 25, including works by Lili Boulanger, Ravel, Cécile Chaminade, and Debussy. On April 25, the world premiere of Tightrope by LSO composer-in-residence Elena Ruehr will be followed by Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring pianist Simone Dinnerstein, and Beethoven’s Egmont Overture performed side-by-side with the Lincoln Youth Symphony. The season concludes on May 9 with “Light & Renewal,” featuring guitarist JIJI in Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez and Brahms’ Symphony No. 4.
The orchestra’s family, holiday, and pops concerts can be found interspersed throughout the season.
Family concerts will include “The Orchestra Moves” on October 27, an educational event exploring how music moves through time and space, and “The Secret of the River Monster” on January 26, featuring puppetry and storytelling by Dylan Shelton and Paul Strickland.
The holiday concert, “Deck the Halls,” will be held on December 8, led by guest conductor Lucas Waldin, and will feature seasonal favorites like “Sleigh Ride” and “O Holy Night.”
The pops concert “Star Wars: Return of the Maestro” on March 28 will complete a trilogy of Star Wars-themed concerts featuring music from The Mandalorian, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and the original Star Wars trilogies by John Williams.
The full season of concerts is listed below:
Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra 2024-25 season:
Classical Series
- Friday, September 13, 2024, 7:30 PM
“Passion & PERCUSSION”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; Britton-René Collins, percussion
Gabriella ORTIZ: Concierto Candela
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) - Friday, September 27, 2024, 7:30 PM
“Home Again”
Saint Paul United Methodist Church
LSO chamber orchestra, Edward Polochick, conductor; baritone Nathaniel Sullivan
David von KAMPEN: Under the Silver and Home Again
Maurice RAVEL: Don Quixote to Dulcinea
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Symphony No. 38 in D major (Prague)
Felix MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave) - Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7:30 PM
“Melodies from Spain”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; Diane Barger, clarinet
Manuel de FALLA: El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat)
Óscar NAVARRO:“III Concerto” for Clarinet
Georges BIZET: Carmen Suite No. 2
Nikolai RIMSKY- KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnole - Sunday, November 24, 2024, 6:00 PM
“Love, Loss & Eternity”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; Anton Miller, violin
Jean SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor.
Richard WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Richard STRAUSS: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) - Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
“French Impressions”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; Mark Markham, piano
Lili BOULANGER: D’un Soir Triste (Of a Sad Evening)
Maurice RAVEL: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand.
Cécile CHAMINADE: Concertstück for Piano and Orchestra.
Claude DEBUSSY: La Mer - Friday, April 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
A Tightrope across Time”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Lincoln Youth Symphony
Elena RUEHR: Tightrope*
Johannes BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 2
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture.**
* LSO Composer-in-Residence)
** with the Lincoln Youth Symphony - Friday, May 9, 2025, 7:30 PM
“Light & Renewal”
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO, Edward Polochick, conductor; JIJI, guitar
Joaquín RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez
Natalie DIETTERICH: light, beloved
Johannes BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Family, Holiday, and Pops
- Sunday, October 27, 2024, 5:00 PM
“The Orchestra Moves” (FAMILY)
Lied Center for Performing Arts - Sunday, December 8, 2024, 4:00 PM
“Deck the Halls” (HOLIDAY)
Lied Center or Performing Arts - Sunday, January 26, 2025, 5:00 PM
“The Secret of the River Monster” (FAMILY)
O’Donnell Auditorium, Nebraska Wesleyan - Friday, March 28, 2025, 7:30 PM
“Star Wars: Return of the Maestro” (POPS)
Lied Center for Performing Arts
New subscriptions will be available starting June 1, and single tickets will be available starting July 1. For tickets, pricing, and more information, visit: lincolnsymphony.com ■
EXTERNAL LINKS:
- Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra: lincolnsymphony.com
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