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| Puttin' on the Ritz
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Saturday, November 2, 2024
7:30 PM
We’re puttin’ on the ritz with a night of musical fireworks, including Rimsky-Korsakov’s triumphant Procession of the Nobles and Grieg’s Piano Concerto, which is always an audience favorite, performed by former TSO Young Artist Competition winner, Chaeyoung Park. We will also perform, for the first time in the Topeka Symphony’s history, Shostakovich’s Tenth Symphony, a deeply-moving musical portrait of life in Russia under Stalin, which has been hailed as a work encompassing both lofty principles and great artistry, and also a deep and poignant humanity.
Rimsky-Korsakov – Procession of the Nobles
Grieg – Piano Concerto No. 1
With Chaeyoung Park, Piano
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 | Buy Tickets |
| In the Mood
Capitol Federal® Holiday Pops Concert
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Saturday, December 14, 2024
7:30 PM
We’ll put you in the holiday mood with all of your favorites at our traditional holiday concert, featuring the Shawnee Choral Society, in a night of both secular and sacred works, including selections from Handel’s Messiah. You’ll leave ready to celebrate the season after our annual sing-along.
Holiday favorites, including:
Adam - O, Holy Night
Franck - Panis Angelicus
Schubert - Ave Maria
Handel - Messiah Selections
With Shawnee Choral Society | Buy Tickets |
| Stormy Weather
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Saturday, February 15, 2025
7:30 PM
On this concert we lean into the stormy side of symphonic music in Sibelius’s dramatic and beautiful 5th Symphony, and we will feature the TSO’s own concertmaster Zsolt Eder for Robert Schumann’s haunting violin concerto. We will also perform Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov’s This Kiss For The Whole World, a beautiful recent piece inspired by the text of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
Aleksandra Vrebalov - This Kiss For The Whole World
Schumann – Violin Concerto
With Zsolt Eder, Violin
Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 | Buy Tickets |
| Goin' Home
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Saturday, March 29, 2025
7:30 PM
We span the globe on this concert, performing the US premiere of Chinese composer Deqwin Wen’s New Age Symphony, alongside the work that inspired it, Dvorak’s tribute to America - his New World Symphony, one of our most-requested masterworks. We will also feature this year’s Young Artist Competition Winner as our soloist.
Deqing Wen – New Age Symphony (US Premiere)
Young Artist Competition Winner
Dvorak – Symphony No. 9 – From the New World | Buy Tickets |
| Goin' Home
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Saturday, May 10, 2025
7:30 PM
We go Into the Woods with another exciting collaboration with Topeka Civic Theatre for a concert performance of Stephen Sondheim’s popular and award-winning musical. Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, a Giant, a Witch, and a couple of charming princes take us back to the stories of our childhood in this thoughtful and provocative exploration of what “Happily Ever After” really means. Into the Woods is both poignant and hilarious, and has become a favorite of the modern musical theatre repertoire.
Sondheim - Into the Woods
In collaboration with the Topeka Civic Theatre | Buy Tickets |