Feb 2023
DSSO Masterworks IV: Coleridge-Taylor & Sibelius
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra celebrates Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday. The show opens with Rachmaninoff’s The Rock, a symphonic poem that describes the events of a storm ridden Christmas Eve. It’s a perfect opener for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Othello Suite, based on Shakespeare’s famous play. The program of tempestuous music concludes with Jean Sibelius’ masterwork, Symphony No.5, inspired by an encounter with a wedge of swans flying above the composer. Bill Bastian presents a pre-concert prelude talk at 6:10 p.m. to…
Find out more »DSSO Pops II: Tribute to John Williams
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra presents a tribute to motion picture score composer John Williams. The preformance will include themes from blockbuster favorites like Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more. Tickets to a casual version of the show at 2 p.m. are $10 for adults and free for children age 17 and younger. Tickets to the main show at 7 p.m. range from $10 to $60.
Find out more »Mar 2023
DSSO Masterworks V: Gershwin & Rachmaninoff
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra presents the music of George Gershwin, William Grant Still and Sergei Rachmaninoff. What do they have in common? They were almost neighbors. All three lived in Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s, working on some of their greatest music. Gershwin compiled his suite from Porgy and Bess there called Catfish Row. William Grant Still’s masterful Afro-American Symphony was written just a few years prior to that. Both compositions incorporate a banjo into the classical symphony…
Find out more »Apr 2023
DSSO Masterworks VI: Elgar & Bruckner
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra performs music composed or inspired by Edward Elgar and Anton Bruckner. Gustav Mahler called Hans Rott the “Founder of the New Symphony” and Rott was one of Bruckner’s favorite students. His Julius Caesar Overture gives a hint of the genius that Mahler admired so much. Next in the program is Elgar’s beloved Cello Concerto with up-and-coming cello superstar Gabriel Martins. The show concludes with Bruckner's Third Symphony. Bill Bastian presents a pre-concert prelude talk at…
Find out more »May 2023
DSSO Masterworks VII: Copland & Beethoven
The Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra closes its season with a celebration of singing. From Jessie Montgomery’s exploration of the U.S. anthem, Banner, the show moves to Copland’s classic Old American Songs. Beethoven’s towering Symphony No.9, ending with the iconic "Ode to Joy." Featuring the DSSO, the DSSO Chorus and a quartet of vocal soloists, the performance marks the end of the DSSO’s Beethoven Project. This undertaking started in 2016 and included the performance and recording of all of Beethoven’s nine…
Find out more »
