Classic Series
2019-20 Classic Series
The Akron Symphony Orchestra is thrilled to share with you a 2019-20 concert series displaying the range, power and beauty of symphonic music. Highlights include irresistible audience favorites like the Mozart Requiem, Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, and symphonies by Haydn, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Rachmaninoff.
We will also give special attention this year to music by creative women, including Gabriela Lena Frank, Joan Tower, Ethel Smyth and Florence Price.
January 2020
Mozart and Mahler
The Akron Symphony Orchestra presents one of Mozart's most well-known works, The Marriage of Figaro Overture, along with two declarations of love from the Romantic era: the Prelude from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde and Mahler's Symphony No. 5.
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Mozart Requiem
The Akron Symphony Orchestra presents a trio of towering works, including Mozart's Requiem, which shares dark mysteries through its lyric beauty.
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Appalachian Spring
The Akron Symphony Orchestra presents an all-American program highlighted by Copland's tribute to the heartland, Appalachian Spring.
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Symphonic Dances
The Akron Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of color, movement and styles, highlighted by Rachmaninoff's tour-de-force Symphonic Dances.
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