2021-2022 Classical Series
November 13, 2021 – 8:00 PM
OPENING NIGHT!
Eckart Preu, conductor
Smith
“Star-Spangled Banner”
Copland
“Fanfare for the Common Man”
Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade for Orchestra Op.33
Beethoven
Symphony No. 7
Program and artists are subject to change.
January 08, 2022 – 8:00 PM
Violins of Hope
Niv Ashkenazi, violin | Cécilia Tsan, cello
The Long Beach Symphony is proud to present “Violins of Hope”, a concert commemorating and featuring a unique collection of restored instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust – many of them in concentration camps.
Program and artists are subject to change.
January 09, 2022 – 8:00 PM
Songs and Stories of Hope
Niv Ashkenazi, violin | Teresa Buchholz, mezzo
Barber Adagio for Strings
Bach Concert for Two Violins, 1st mvt
Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violins, 1st mvt
And music from the Holocaust by Ilse Weber, Szymon Laks, Karel Svenk, and Jack Yellen/Lew Pollack
Program and artists are subject to change.
February 05, 2022 – 8:00 PM
THE MENDELSSOHNS
Eckart Preu, conductor | Inbal Segev, cello
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
Overture in C
Anna Clyne
Dance, Cello Concerto
Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
Program and artists are subject to change.
March 12, 2022 – 8:00 PM
THE FIREBIRD SUITE
Eckart Preu, conductor | Rong-Huey Liu, oboe
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Strauss
Oboe Concerto
Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite (1919)
Program and artists are subject to change.
April 30, 2022 – 8:00 PM
PEPE ROMERO RETURNS!
Eckart Preu, conductor | Pepe Romero, guitar
C.P.E. Bach
Symphony, H. 665, F Major
Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major (“London”)
Sanlúcar
Medea, guitar concerto
Program and artists are subject to change.
June 04, 2022 – 8:00 PM
SCHEHERAZADE
Eckart Preu, conductor | Silver-Garburg, piano duo
Abels
Global Warming
Bach
Concerto for two pianos, C-minor. BWV 1062
Poulenc
Concerto for two pianos
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade
Program and artists are subject to change.