2022-23 Concert Season Coming Soon!

Save the dates for Sundays at the Symphony concerts at The Grand 1894 Opera House. Details coming soon…

Sept. 4 | Pops Concert

Oct. 9 | Masterworks I: Brinton Smith, cello

Nov. 13 | Masterworks II: Premiere of new piece by composer Braxton Blake

Jan. 8 | Pops Concert

Feb. 26 | Masterworks III: Ji-Young Yeon, soprano

April 2 | Masterworks IV: Anton Nell, piano

May 14 | Masterworks V: Andrew Staupe, piano

Past Concerts

GSO Plays the Pops: Vienna Style Sommerfest

June 26, 2022 | Sunday (originally scheduled January 9)

Fun Strauss waltzes, polkas, and audience favorites in the style of Sommerfest concerts, plus the moving piece Galveston Survives, by Izola E. Collins in memory of the beloved Galveston African American composer, educator and author, and in honor of Juneteenth.

John Stafford Smith, The Star-Spangled Banner
Johann Strauss, Jr., Thunder and Lightening Polka
Johann Strauss, Jr., Emperor Waltz (Kaiser Waltzer)
Leroy Anderson, Cat Waltz
Leroy Anderson, Blue Tango
Leroy Anderson, Jazz Legato and Jazz Pizzicato
Leroy Anderson, Bugler’s Holiday
Izola Collins, Galveston Survives
Johann Strauss, Jr., Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka
Johann Strauss, Sr., Radetzky March
John Philip Sousa, The Stars and Stripes Forever

Masterworks IV: Kaleidoscope

May 22, 2022 | Sunday

Satie/Debussy: Gymnopedie 1
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 3 (Rodolfo Leone, piano)
— INTERMISSION! —
Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Debussy: La mer

A musical adventure—from quiet meditation, through piano pyrotechnics, and a newly discovered(!) rousing work, to Debussy’s most celebrated orchestra masterpiece, La mer.

Masterworks III: Beethoven’s Eroica!

April 24, 2022 | Sunday

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1, Op.23 in E minor (1834)
Edward Elgar: Nimrod from Enigma Variations (added to the program in memory of Nancy Lefeber Hughes, M.D.)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major (William Hagen, violin)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

An inspiring concert with a long lost work by 19th century composer Louise Farrenc, a gorgeous Mozart concerto, and the wild ride of Beethoven’s Third!

Masterworks II: Passions

March 13, 2022 | Sunday

Ukrainian National Anthem – ADDED TO PROGRAM
Richard Wagner: Overture to “Die Meistersinger”
Beethoven – ADDED TO PROGRAM
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major (Stella Chen, violin)
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 – REMOVED FROM PROGRAM

Enjoy Wagner’s glorious spectacle of sound, an exciting concerto, and more!

Masterworks I: Valentine’s Concert

February 13, 2022 | Sunday

Jarnefelt: Berceuse
Gliere: Harp Concerto (Stephanie Gustafson, harp)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 1 (“Winter Daydreams”)

Experience a charming romantic concert with a breath of fresh, cool, Nordic air; a beautiful harp concerto; and a symphony overflowing with lovely melodies.

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