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| | This lavish program features some of the world’s most epic and heartfelt music. Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird takes you on a journey through the Russian folktale of a hero, Ivan Tsarevich, who battles the sorcerer Kashchei with the help of a mythical firebird. Lauded for his “haunting lyrical grace” (Gramophone), violist Jordan Bak joins ASO for Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Viola. ASO is also pleased to present the Washington State premiere of Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite, a co-commissioned project with 37 other orchestras across the country inspired by Charles Frazier’s novel. The concert opens with Richard Strauss’s virtuosic tone poem, Don Juan, where the orchestra is pushed to its limits as it spins adventure and love themes across a wide sonic palate. | Purchase tickets |
| | Bring the whole family to Auburn Symphony Orchestra’s action-packed concert! Maestro Schulz will take you to the high seas in search of pirates, to the island of Themyscira home of Wonder Woman, and to the animated world of The Incredibles. Prepare to soar through the sky and zoom across the earth as we quest for the most thrilling music for film. No adventure is too big for the Auburn Symphony Orchestra! | Purchase tickets |
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| | Composers find inspiration in everything - their nationality, historical events, and of course other genres of music. With his Symphony No. 38, Wolfgang Mozart wrote a love letter to the city of Prague. The music crackles with virtuosity and grace, signaling that Mozart is at the peak of his compositional powers. ASO welcomes percussionist Garrett Arney to the stage to perform Emmanuel Séjourné’s Concerto for Marimba and Strings, an eclectic piece that will leave you breathless. The concert opens with Jessie Montgomery’s Banner, commissioned in 2014 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of The Star-Spangled Banner, weaves together snippets of Star-Spangled Banner with civil rights songs and socialist anthems. Inspiration is everywhere, especially in the concert hall! | Purchase tickets |
| | “Behold, the Sea!” With these words, Ralph Vaughan William’s massive Sea Symphony begins. This work, nearly an hour in length, was Vaughan Williams’s first major work and it was inspired by the poetry of Walt Whitman. Using over 107 lines of text from the poet’s Leaves of Grass, Vaughan William’s choral-orchestral work explores the sea itself as well as the sea of time, humankind and our infinite world. Auburn Symphony Orchestra is delighted to present this work in collaboration with Seattle Pro Music and their conductor, Karen Thomas. | Purchase tickets |