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Des Moines Symphony Concerts & Events

Sunday November 20

Masterworks 3
The Planets
2:30 PM

Holst’s exuberant evocation of our solar system, The Planets, conjures our unfathomable universe in a swirling, spirited concert that features Adolphus Hailstork’s joyous Fanfare on Amazing Grace, James MacMillan’s eloquent Larghetto for Orchestra, and Elgar’s cheerful, rowdy Cockaigne Overture.
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Saturday December 31

Pops 2
New Year's Eve Pops: Frank & The Great Ladies of Song
8:00 PM

Capathia Jenkins and Tony DeSare. Ring in the New Year with timeless classics made famous by legendary singers Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more!
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Friday January 27

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert
7:30 PM

Get ready to fight a dragon, swim with merpeople, and find out just who put Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire™! For the first time ever, audiences can rediscover the magic of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ while the Des Moines Symphony performs Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score.
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Saturday February 4

Masterworks 4
Mahler 5
7:30 PM

Our February concerts open with Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout, an anthem celebrating the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising star Kevin Zhu performs Tchaikovsky’s bold and romantic Violin Concerto; finally, experience the tragedy and triumph of Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
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Sunday February 5

Masterworks 4
Mahler 5
2:30 PM

Our February concerts open with Valerie Coleman’s Seven O’Clock Shout, an anthem celebrating the heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rising star Kevin Zhu performs Tchaikovsky’s bold and romantic Violin Concerto; finally, experience the tragedy and triumph of Mahler’s monumental Fifth Symphony.
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Saturday March 11

Masterworks 5
St. Clair Conducts Tchaikovsky
7:30 PM

Renowned conductor Carl St. Clair leads the Orchestra in a dramatic program beginning with John Wineglass’s profound Alone Together. Aubree Oliverson plays Bruch’s beloved First Violin Concerto; finally, the wild euphoria and desolate despair of Tchaikovsky’s ethereal “Pathétique” Symphony.
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Sunday March 12

Masterworks 5
St. Clair Conducts Tchaikovsky
2:30 PM

Renowned conductor Carl St. Clair leads the Orchestra in a dramatic program beginning with John Wineglass’s profound Alone Together. Aubree Oliverson plays Bruch’s beloved First Violin Concerto; finally, the wild euphoria and desolate despair of Tchaikovsky’s ethereal “Pathétique” Symphony.
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Saturday April 22

Masterworks 6
April in Paris
7:30 PM

Franco-Belgian sensation Camille Thomas joins the Des Moines Symphony for an all-French program featuring Berlioz’s bright Roman Carnival Overture, Lili Boulanger’s ‘On a Spring Morning’ and the colorful can-can from Offenbach’s Gaite Parisienne. But first, experience Saint-Saëns’s passionate Cello Concerto.
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Sunday April 23

Masterworks 6
April in Paris
2:30 PM

Franco-Belgian sensation Camille Thomas joins the Des Moines Symphony for an all-French program featuring Berlioz’s bright Roman Carnival Overture, Lili Boulanger’s ‘On a Spring Morning’ and the colorful can-can from Offenbach’s Gaite Parisienne. But first, experience Saint-Saëns’s passionate Cello Concerto.
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Saturday May 6

Pops 3
An Evening with Kelli O’Hara
7:30 PM

One night only! Tony Award-winning singer and actress Kelli O’Hara, hailed by The New York Times as “Broadway musical’s undisputed queen,” joins the Des Moines Symphony for an intimate program of American Songbook classics and modern Broadway favorites.
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