Concerts: 2025/26 Season

WELCOME TO THE 2025/26 SEASON

CELEBRATING MAESTRO NIR KABARETTI'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY!

SEASON OPENER WITH

Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 3:00 PM

SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
PROKOFIEV scenes from Romeo and Juliet
   (with State Street Ballet)

Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 16, 2025 | 3:00 PM

AARON JAY KERNIS Musica Celestis
ANDREA TARRODI Double Trombone Concerto
   (co-commissioned by The Symphony)
MOZART Requiem

Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 | 3:00 PM

CONCERTO NO. 1 (Sun) Dmitry Shishkin
   (International Tchaikovsky and Geneva
   International competitions)
CONCERTO NO. 2 (Sun) Angie Zhang
   (American Piano Awards)
CONCERTO NO. 3 (Sat) Min Joo Yi
   (Music Academy of the West 2025 Solo Piano Concerto Competition)
CONCERTO NO. 4 (Sat) Evren Ozel
   (Cleveland International competition)
CONCERTO NO. 5 (Sun) Jonathan Mamora
   (Palm Springs International Piano competition)

VALENTINE'S WEEKEND

Saturday, February 14, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, February 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM
Saturday, March 28, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, March 29, 2026 | 3:00 PM

VIVALDI “Winter” from The Four Seasons
CRISTIAN CARRARA Red Ferrari Accordion Concerto
PUCCINI Capriccio Sinfonico
RESPIGHI The Pines of Rome

Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2026 | 3:00 PM

IVES Three Places in New England
BARBER Violin Concerto
JENNIFER HIGDON Blue Cathedral
GERSHWIN An American in Paris

SEASON FINALE:

Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 3:00 PM

MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

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