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Online ticketing will be available soon - for
now you can call 269-963-1911 to order subscription tickets. Single
tickets go on sale September 8.
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
Sprenkle: Reflections on Titian's Assumption
Williams: Escapades from Catch Me If You Can
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Music inspired by art is the theme of the season opening concert. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition conjures a gallery of Russian images from grand beauty to exquisite delicacy. Then acclaimed saxophonist Joe Lulloff joins the orchestra for 60’s-flavored jazz in “Escapades,” from the John Williams soundtrack to the Steven Spielberg thriller Catch Me If You Can.
Sponsored
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Kellogg Company
Comerica Bank
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New Beginnings
It's a new day and a new style. The choirs introduce a fresh direction and a new feast of music.
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Madame Butterfly
On Saturday, November 15, Puccini’s beloved and ever-popular opera “Madame Butterfly.” Set in 1890’s Nagasaki, this tragic tale of innocence betrayed features the famous soprano role of Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride who vainly awaits the return of husband, an American naval officer, whose child she bore. This will be a semi-staged production of the opera.
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by The Binda Foundation
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Missa Criolla: A Festival of the Christmas Season
A festive celebration of the Nativity with music of Centeral and South America, featuring the Nuestra Navidad by Ramirez.
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Christmas Festival Concert
The perennial community favorite, featuring readings of the season and carols for audience and choir alike.
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Christmas Classics
A holiday hit! Celebrate the joy and warmth of the season with music old and new, classic and contemporary.
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Music at the Movies
Relive all the drama and emotion with Hollywood favorites by John Williams and more.
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Spring is Here
Beautiful young voices, charming songs of renewal and rebirth.
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Sacred Songs
Expressions of joy and longing, of sadness and hope, of resurrection and triumph.
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Appalachian Spring
Bach: Suite No. 1
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Copland’s Appalachian Spring features the familiar Shaker Hymn, "Simple Gifts." This great American classic is performed with projections of stunning images by photographer Michael Sample. Then, two masterpieces: Mozart's monumental Symphony No. 29 and Bach's brilliantly contrapuntal first suite.
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Cathedral, Court and Cityscape
Jubilant voices in Handel's Coronation Anthems, Bob Chilcott's Songs and Cries of London Town, and the Dominican Mass, written by Mozart at the age of thirteen.
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Beethoven and Bartok
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Beethoven: Emperor Concerto
Beethoven’s popular Piano Concerto No. 5, nicknamed the “Emperor” for its bold melodies and heroic spirit performed by acclaimed pianist Brian Ganz. The virtues and personalities of each section of the orchestra are showcased in Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, a captivating blend of Western art music and Hungarian folk tunes.
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Battle Creek Community Chorus
Saturday, May 16, 7:30 pm
Location TBA
Douglas Rose, conductor
Spring Pops
A swingin' evening of fun with the songs you love, the rhythms that set your heart aglow
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Programs subject to change without notice
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