• Ticket Price
    $15-70
    Students half-price
  • Duration
    2hrs 10min
    One intermission
Grieg & Dvořák

Grieg & Dvořák

Experience Dvořák’s sublime Eighth Symphony, plus the brilliance and lyricism of Grieg’s Piano Concerto played to perfection by Jon Kimura Parker

Grieg’s brilliant, majestic Piano Concerto is one of the best-loved and most-performed pieces in the piano repertoire. Hear it played to lyrical perfection by Jon Kimura Parker, plus – experience Dvořák’s sublime Eighth Symphony, the bucolic masterpiece written by Iowa’s favorite Czech composer after his summer in Spillville. But first, Michael Torke’s Javelin will thrill you with its shimmering, joyful celebration of the Olympic spirit.

Read our program notes to learn more about the pieces to be performed. 

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Program

  • Michael TORKE Javelin
  • GRIEG Piano Concerto Listen
  • DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8 Listen

Performers

  • Joseph Giunta Conductor Bio
  • Jon Kimura Parker Piano Bio

Learn More

Join us 45 minutes before the concert in the Prairie Meadows (East) Lobby for a free Concert Prelude Talk. Led by Dr. Eric McIntyre of Grinnell College, these discussions are complimentary to ticket holders and offer engaging and topical commentary on the featured program. 

Digital Program Books

In an effort to reduce our environmental impact and preserve natural resources, we now offer a Digital Program Book. Click here to read about the program, guests artists and composers featured this weekend.

Tickets

Single tickets start at $35 and are available through through Des Moines Performing Arts. Please note all ticket prices are subject to increase.

The Des Moines Symphony welcomes children five years and older to attend performances. Children of any age are welcome to attend youth and family concerts. All children, regardless of age, must have their own ticket to attend performances.