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Des Moines Symphony Concerts & Events

Masterworks Series

Experience timeless masterpieces and world-renowned guest artists in our Masterworks Series, performed September through May at the Civic Center.

Saturday January 23

Masterworks 3
The "Triple" & Tchaikovsky 4
7:30 PM

Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto features Concertmaster Jonathan Sturm, Principal Cellist Julie Sturm, and pianist Nicholas Roth. Tchaikovsky’s blazing Fourth Symphony, composed in direct response to Beethoven’s Fifth, punctuates dreamlike, lyrical passages with cosmic joy and dramatic spectacle.
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Sunday January 24

Masterworks 3
The "Triple" & Tchaikovsky 4
2:30 PM

Beethoven’s “Triple” Concerto features Concertmaster Jonathan Sturm, Principal Cellist Julie Sturm, and pianist Nicholas Roth. Tchaikovsky’s blazing Fourth Symphony, composed in direct response to Beethoven’s Fifth, punctuates dreamlike, lyrical passages with cosmic joy and dramatic spectacle.
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Saturday February 13

Masterworks 4
Immortal Beloved
7:30 PM

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. This passionate concert reaches its peak as Natasha Paremski plays Rachmaninoff’s thrilling, grand Third Piano Concerto.
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Sunday February 14

Masterworks 4
Immortal Beloved
2:30 PM

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. This passionate concert reaches its peak as Natasha Paremski plays Rachmaninoff’s thrilling, grand Third Piano Concerto.
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Saturday March 20

Masterworks 5
Beethoven's Violin Concerto
7:30 PM

Renowned for his intensely expressive music making, Paul Huang joins the Symphony to perform Beethoven’s transcendent Violin Concerto in a program featuring the noble grandeur and epic journey of Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony along with British composer Anna Clyne’s rollicking Masquerade
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Sunday March 21

Masterworks 5
Beethoven's Violin Concerto
2:30 PM

Renowned for his intensely expressive music making, Paul Huang joins the Symphony to perform Beethoven’s transcendent Violin Concerto in a program featuring the noble grandeur and epic journey of Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony along with British composer Anna Clyne’s rollicking Masquerade
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Saturday April 17

Masterworks 6
Beethoven's Ninth
7:30 PM

Our April concerts open with the heroic trumpet call of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and ends with his Ninth Symphony, the joyful anthem of humanity and brotherhood. Joseph Giunta and the Orchestra are joined by a soaring choir singing the immortal “Ode to Joy.”
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Sunday April 18

Masterworks 6
Beethoven's Ninth
2:30 PM

Our April concerts open with the heroic trumpet call of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and ends with his Ninth Symphony, the joyful anthem of humanity and brotherhood. Joseph Giunta and the Orchestra are joined by a soaring choir singing the immortal “Ode to Joy.”
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Saturday May 15

Masterworks 7
Season Finale: The Fifth & The Planets
7:30 PM

The most famous four notes in music open Beethoven’s gripping, powerful Fifth Symphony. Hear the raw power and dramatic triumph, then – Holst’s exuberant evocation of our solar system, The Planets. Accompanied by incredible high-resolution photos, this swirling composition conjures our unfathomable universe in a thrilling Season Finale.
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Sunday May 16

Masterworks 7
Season Finale: The Fifth & The Planets
2:30 PM

The most famous four notes in music open Beethoven’s gripping, powerful Fifth Symphony. Hear the raw power and dramatic triumph, then – Holst’s exuberant evocation of our solar system, The Planets. Accompanied by incredible high-resolution photos, this swirling composition conjures our unfathomable universe in a thrilling Season Finale.
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