2025-2026 Season
Dr. Matthew George leads the orchestra in its 73rd season.
Photography by Darrell Owens
New to Classical Concerts? Here is a guide
Looking for our past repertoire? See it here.
Want to listen to our October concert? Find it here.
December 21, 2025 – 3:00 pm
”A Suite Season”
Since – Tis The Season –
Let us help bring the light back on this Solstice Celebration. We offer Seasonal Favorites which will enliven your Holiday Season!
Troika – Sergei Prokofiev
A Shakespeare Song Suite – Martin Ellerby
Suite Pastorale- Emmanuel Chabrier
Christmas Eve Suite – Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
February 22, 2026 – 3:00 pm
”Letters”
We will be giving two American premieres featuring a piece by one of the most important living composers in Thailand, and a piece featuring a wonderful Portuguese saxophonist, Alberto Roque.
Siam Soundscapes Overture – Narongrit Dhamabutra -– (American premiere)
Imaginary Letters- Concerto for Soprano Sax, Strings and Percussion – Marco Pütz (American premiere featuring Alberto Roque from Portugal)
Symphony #2 – Amy Beach
March 29, 2026 – 3:00 pm
”Dance”
Our family concert is about dance, and as you can see from the repertoire, we’ll be doing just that. The concert features dances of all sorts, finishing with one of the best internationally known works from the most prolific living composer in Mexico, Arturo Marquez.
Join us for a truly MOVING experience. We encourage you to bring your children to this event. We all love to dance!
Spanish Dance #1 – Manuel de Falla
Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns
Hungarian Dances #6 and #5- Johannes Brahms
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town – Leonard Bernstein
Danse Négre from African Suite – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Sabre Dance – Aram Khachaturian
Danzon #2 – Arturo Marquez
May 17, 2026 – 3:00pm
“Fate”
The idea of “Fate” comes from Tschaikowsky himself, referring particularly to the first movement of his landmark 4th symphony. The work closes out the season with excitement and vigor! We’ll also be returning to featuring the winner of the MacPhail concerto competition, (work to be announced). Lastly, Carlos Simon is becoming an important voice in American music today with his Four Black American Dances tracing the roots of Black American culture and music, filled with jazz and gospel influences.
Hovercraft – Jody Talbot
MacPhail concerto winner, rep TBA
Four Black American Dances – Carlos Simon
Symphony No. 4 – Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky
All concerts will be performed at St. Michael’s Lutheran Church
9201 Normandale Blvd Bloomington, MN 55437