LINCOLN’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2015/2016 SE ASON
E DWAR D POLOCHICK, MUSIC DIRECT OR
CLASSICAL
POPS
RHAPSODY IN BLUE
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
Composers and close friends Gershwin and Ravel take us on
a walkabout with An American in Paris, followed by the flashy
Piano Concerto in G, featuring pianist Mark Markham. This jazzy
French night closes with Tombeau de Couperin and an ecstatic
performance of Rhapsody in Blue.
Enjoy spooky orchestra classics, such as Night
on Bald Mountain, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,
and Harry Potter. On the second half, the orchestra provides
live musical accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s silent film The
Haunted House (1921), a short comedy about a bank teller who
becomes involved in a hold-up, counterfeiters, and a theatrical
troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house. Wear your favorite
Halloween costume!
Mark Markham, piano
Friday, September 18, 2015, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
MIDORI & BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO.2
Friday, October 16, 2015, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Midori, violin
Lincoln Youth Symphony (Clark Potter, conductor)
Friday, November 6, 2015, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO and the Lincoln Youth Symphony combine to open the
concert with the dramatic overture from Rossini’s The Barber of
Seville. Next, world-renowned violinist Midori takes center stage
for Korngold’s Violin Concerto in D Major. Reminiscing of Vienna
in 1877, the concert closes with Brahms’ beautifully mournful
Symphony No. 2.
ANTON MILLER PLAYS MOZART
Anton Miller, violin
Saturday, January 23, 2016, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
LSO celebrates Black History Month with a
showcase of one of France’s virtuosic violinists and composers,
a contemporary of Mozart named Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Concertmaster Anton Miller performs a violin concerto by each
composer (Saint-George’s Concerto in A Major and Mozart’s
Turkish). The concert closes with Haydn’s final symphony,
Symphony No. 104 in D Major (London).
FIRST-PLYMOUTH PIPES
Tom Trenney, organ | Jeffrey Biegel, piano
The Abendmusik Chorus (Tom Trenney, director)
Doane Choir (Kurt Runestad, director)
Friday, April 8, 2016 &
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 7:30 PM
First-Plymouth Church
The bold and majestic Toccata Festiva of Samuel Barber opens
the concert with Tom Trenney at the organ. Next, the Abendmusik
Chorus and Doane Choir join the stage for a newly commissioned
choral work and Dreams of the Fallen by Jake Runestad, with
pianist Jeffrey Biegel. The Lied Organ at First-Plymouth church
takes center stage in Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony.
AVI AVITAL & BEETHOVEN’S EROICA
DECK THE HALLS
Dr. Tyler G. White, conductor
Sunday, December 6, 2015, 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
Get into the spirit of the season with a program of
holiday favorites. Our annual holiday pops concert
features beloved traditional pieces such as O Holy Night, The
Hallelujah Chorus, and Sleigh Ride. The concert also showcases
local Suzuki music students, selections from The Nutcracker, and
an audience sing-a-long. This season, join us for an afternoon or
an evening performance!
F A M I LY
THE PHANTOM OF THE MUSIC HALL
Madcap Puppets
Sunday, November 22, 2015, 2:00 PM
O’Donnell Auditorium (56th & Huntington)
The music hall has been double booked! How could this have
happened? It’s all part of the elaborate plan of Mysterion, the
phantom of the concert hall who has mischievously engineered
this program filled with giant puppets, familiar family classics and
orchestral music for all ages. Enjoy face painting, puppet-making
and a family festival one hour before the concert.
LEMONY SNICKET
Dr. Tyler G. White, conductor
Sunday, February 14, 2016, 2:00 PM
O’Donnell Auditorium (56th & Huntington)
Author Lemony Snicket, best known for the
popular Unfortunate Events series of children’s books, brings our
audience a musical mystery with The Composer Is Dead, with
music by Nathaniel Stookey. The story is told by an actor and
the symphony, and is a perfect introduction to the symphony for
young audiences. Enjoy face painting and a family festival one
hour before the concert.
Avi Avital, mandolin
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 7:30 PM
Lied Center for Performing Arts
The New York Times refers to grammy-nominated Avi
Avital as a “superstar” of the mandolin. Avi will join LSO to perform
selections from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, along with a piece written
especially for him by Avni Dorman. The season finale closes with a
grandiose performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 (Eroica).
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