HSO Concertmaster Stephen Cepeda opens the Season with Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto complete with demonic virtuosity and emotional beauty that was once deemed “unplayable.” With music of Respighi, the HSO romances The Fountains of Rome and the “Eternal City” depicted with the mighty Pines of Rome. Opening Night is not to be missed! OPENING NIGHT …
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Created for 5 to 10 year olds, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and apart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held …
French composer Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem illuminates a peaceful passing into paradise. The concert continues with seven actors, projected images, and the words of immigrants to create a moving account of the hopes and fears of those who arrived in America in search of a utopian world through Peter Boyer’s Ellis Island – Dream of America …
“Daring, versatile, charismatic, and passionate” – Critically acclaimed Violinist Robyn Bollinger makes her HSO debut featuring the sweet and sultry sounds of tango master Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. This special chamber orchestra performance includes the colorful Danses Concertantes of Stravinsky and a homage to Rossini with Benjamin Britten’s playful dances in Soirées …
Created for 5 to 10 year olds, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and apart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held …
The Helena Symphony Orchestra & Chorale ushers in the holiday season with the Baroque masterpiece Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate, and several other holiday masterworks and Christmas favorites – all in a heart-warming concert that brings the spirit of Christmas to Helena. This performance sells out very quickly. Subscribers can secure tickets with subscription purchases before …
Proclaimed to have “the fastest fingers in the world,” international superstar Pianist Claire Huangci returns to perform Saint-Saëns’ lush and witty Piano Concerto No. 2, which took only 17 days to compose. Brahms labored for 20 years over his First Symphony – a heartfelt and triumphant masterpiece that culminates the concert. Saturday, 26 January 2019 …
On Saturday, February 9 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, members of the Helena Symphony Orchestra continue this Season’s Education Concert Series with another Symphony Kids concert. Created for children ages 5 to 10, Symphony Kids is a free 35-minute concert for audiences of all ages and their and their families. As …
J.S. Bach composed one of the supreme achievements in all of music with his epic Mass in B minor! For two centuries it remains a spiritual and dramatic summit of human creativity. Experience Bach’s tour de force in the ethereal setting of the Cathedral along with nationally-acclaimed soloists, the Helena Symphony Chorale, and members of …
The fiery energy of two overtures by Beethoven begins and ends this all “Classical” program that includes the emotionally dynamic and sophisticated Symphony No. 38, Prague. Helena audience favorite and world-renowned Romanian Cellist Ovidiu Marinescu performs the endless charm of Haydn’s graceful Cello Concerto. Saturday, 23 March 2019 7:30 p.m. Helena Civic Center
Created for 5 to 10 year olds, these imaginative 30-minute performances with narration and actors, introduce children to the world of music and instruments, and apart life lessons through interactive stories. Following each concert, children are invited to try instruments at the Instrument Petting Zoo (sponsored by Piccolo’s Music). These FREE PERFORMANCES are all held …
Nearly 2,000 fourth and fifth graders from all over the region learn the importance of music in one’s education and life. The concert will feature the exciting music of Prokofiev’s Peter & The Wolf – BUT with a twist. Tickets are not sold for this concert, as students attend through their school music program. Wednesday, …
A special Benefit Concert on Tuesday, June 26 at the private Helena estate of acclaimed European actors Nick Wilder & Christine Mayn as a performance for the Helena Symphony. The red-carpet event features exquisite food, a cash bar, an incredible sunset, along with Copland’s Lincoln Portrait and Mendelssohn’s Midsummer Night’s Dream both with celebrity guest …
The HSO&C celebrates the 100th birthday of the late composer, conductor, educator, and humanitarian Leonard Bernstein. From the concert hall to the big screen, operas to musical theatre, jazz to classical – the music of Bernstein’s West Side Story, Candide, Chichester Psalms, Wonderful Town, and film score to On the Waterfront honor and memorialize Bernstein’s unrelenting creative energy, …
Nearly 2,000 fourth and fifth graders from the region learn the importance of music in one’s education and life. The concert includes music of Copland, Vaughan Williams, Charles Ives’ Variations on America, Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite, and Grieg’s Piano Concerto with Pianist and Young Artist Competition Winner Tanner Jordan. Tickets are not sold for this …