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Ticket Price$20
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Duration1hr
- Thursday, December 17, 2020 7:00PM — Online
Winter Fantasia
Celebrate the holiday season with the Des Moines Symphony! From Bach to Boyce, this festive evening of music will inspire warmth, joy and peace.
Boyce’s charming Symphony No. 5 was dedicated to St. Cecilia, patron saint of music whose feast day, November 22, begins the holiday season in countries around the world – and so begins our seasonally inspired evening of music. Torelli’s calm, peaceful “Holy Nativity” Concerto recalls the shepherds of Bethlehem watching flocks by night, while Michael Torke’s December, originally commissioned by the Des Moines Symphony in 1995, conjures childhood memories of the first snowfall. Elgar composed the beguiling Love’s Greeting for his future wife Caroline Alice Roberts, and played it for her every Christmas morning until his death. The concert concludes with Bach's endearing Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and Vaughan Williams’s peaceful and serene Fantasia on “Greensleeves.”
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- Joseph Giunta Conductor Bio
Tickets & Access
Streaming passes are $20. Each ticket is valid for one device. Subscribers who have opted in to our streaming concerts will receive automatic access and do not need to purchase passes.
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Join us throughout the week leading up to the concert for prelude talks, virtual cocktail parties, Classical Conversations, and more! Just click "Tickets" at the top of this page to create your own custom concert week schedule.
Dinner and a Show
We're sorry — Django's Food and Wine Pairings for December 17 are sold out.
First: Django salad - House greens, feta cheese, shaved fennel, radish, tomato, red onion, cucumber and classic vinaigrette
Second: Coq au Vin - Pan-seared chicken breasts, lardons, mushrooms, cipollini onions, fresh thyme, Burgundy demi-glace and fingerling potatoes / ALT: Vegan sweet potato gnocci with hazelnut cream, local mushrooms, dried cranberries, sage, and spiced pepitas
Third: Chocolate Pot de Creme
Wine Pairings:$20 per bottle
White wine - La Vieille Ferme Blanc or Cavit Prosecco
Red wine - La Vieille Ferme Red
Dinner boxes can be picked up at Django (1420 Locust St, Des Moines) between 4:30pm and 5:30pm on Thursday, December 17. Meals will be hot and ready to eat upon pickup. Please contact Amanda Drish with any dietary restrictions or to request a vegetarian meal.
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.
