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Ticket Price$20
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Duration1hr
- Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:00PM — Online
Spring Serenade
From the lyrical woodwind and horn melodies of Richard Strauss’s Serenade in E-flat Major to Gounod, Delius and Mozart, our March concert heralds the arrival of spring
Richard Strauss’s Serenade in E-flat Major, composed when he was just seventeen years old, opens our March concert with lyrical woodwind and French horn melodies. Gounod’s sparkling, elegant Petite Symphonie was modeled after Mozart’s wind serenades; here, it precedes the dramatic first movement of Mozart’s “little” G Minor Symphony, used to great effect in the movie “Amadeus.” Finally, Delius’s On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring evokes the composer’s impressions of the Norwegian countryside by using the oboe, strings and clarinet to imitate the cuckoo heralding spring.
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Dinner and a Show
Want to enhance your experience? Join us for dinner and a show! We’re partnering with local restaurants throughout the Symphony season to pair a custom multi-course dinner box with each concert. At our March concert, Table 128 in West Des Moines will be creating a custom food + wine pairing. Sales for food and wine will end on Tuesday, March 16 at 12:00 PM.
First: Spinach salad - baby spinach, red onion, apple, cranberries, walnuts, poppyseed vinaigrette
Main: Duck confit - confit of duck leg, bean cassoulet, bacon, onion, garlic, charred broccolini
Dessert: Profiteroles (2) - vanilla pastry cream, cream puff, chocolate glaze
Red Wine: Merlot - Heron, Mendocino, California, 2017
White Wine: Reisling - St. Urbans-Hof, Mosel, Germany, 2016
Joseph Giunta Conductor
One of America’s most distinguished, versatile and dynamic conductors, Joseph Giunta is a musician of international acclaim. He is recognized as an important American conductor for his innovative programming and for his compelling interpretations of traditional and new music. His musical depth combined with his boundless energy and contagious enthusiasm makes him one of the most respected and successful orchestra leaders in the United States.
