Follow conductor Keith Lockhart on an epic tour of the orchestra’s instruments with Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra before journeying through Dvořák’s lyrical and inspirational Bohemian work, Symphony No. 8, composed in appreciation of his election to the Bohemian Academy of Science.

Sergei Prokofiev’s score for the ballet Romeo and Juliet was originally rejected as “impossible to dance to,” but audiences were so enamored with the orchestral suites that ballet companies ultimately vied for the right of the first production. In the present day, Sergei’s grandson Gabriel Prokofiev is a well-established composer with a large body of […]

The romantic and enchanting music of Sleeping Beauty embodies Tchaikovsky’s mastery of orchestration and melodic line. Ravel’s most well-known work Boléro builds suspense from a simple theme and relentless rhythmic structure until the pent-up tension is released perfectly in a glorious burst of musical fireworks.

Scored for large orchestra, women’s and children’s choruses, and mezzo soloist, Mahler’s Third Symphony is a work of magnitude that has been said to transcend nature, man, and God through the pure dramatic force of his music.