DTE Community Concerts

John Williams (b.1932)
Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Edward Kennedy “Duke” arr. Hermann
Duke Ellington Fantasy

Ary Barroso (1903-1964) arr. Wasson
Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil)

Dai Wei (1b. 1989)
The Dancing Moonlight

Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)
The Syncopated Clock

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) arr. Luck
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8 in G minor

Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849)
Radetzky March, Op. 228

Leonard Bernstein (1918- 1990)
Candide: Overture

Carl Reinecke (b. 1824 - 1910)
Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283
Ian Chung, flute

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
Capriccio Espagnol
I. Alborada
II. Variazioni
III. Alborada
IV. Scena e canto gitano
V. Fandango asturiano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
Anthony Ratinov, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Get to know the DSO and discover all the orchestra can do! Young People's Family Concerts are an exciting introduction to classical music that often includes dance, theater, storytelling, and video. Young People's Concerts have introduced generations of children to classical music—a friendship that lasts a lifetime.

Bob Singleton (b. 1952)
When Instruments Roamed the Earth

Get to know the DSO and discover all the orchestra can do! Young People's Family Concerts are an exciting introduction to classical music that often includes dance, theater, storytelling, and video. Young People's Concerts have introduced generations of children to classical music—a friendship that lasts a lifetime.

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
Peter and the Wolf
Micahel Boudewyns, host

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Fanfare on Amazing Grace

Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
The River Suite

Billy Childs (b. 1957)
Diaspora, Saxophone Concerto (Co-Commission)
Steven Banks, saxophone

Shelly Washington (b. 1991)
BOTH (Co-Commission)

Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
Fanfare on Amazing Grace

Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
The River Suite

Billy Childs (b. 1957)
Diaspora, Saxophone Concerto (Co-Commission)
Steven Banks, saxophone

Shelly Washington (b. 1991)
BOTH (Co-Commission)

Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
Solitude arr. Martin Gould

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme

Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972)
Montgomery Variations
I. The Decision
II. March
III. Dawn in Dixie
IV. One Day in the South
V. Lament
VII. Benediction

Copland, Music for the Theatre
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Bernstein, On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Ellington, Harlem

* Cover Conductor

Copland, Music for the Theatre
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Bernstein, On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Ellington, Harlem

* Cover Conductor

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

George Balanchine's The Nutcracker leaps from the stage with prize-fighting mice, gallant toy soldiers, dancing candy canes, and waltzing flowers. Tchaikovsky’s glorious score guides young Marie and her Prince through a fantastical dream world in this beloved holiday tradition.

Choreographer: George Balanchine
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Theater: Academy of Music - Kimmel Cultural Campus | Philadelphia

Welcome winter with holiday favorites and the Academy Award-nominated short film The Snowman, based on the beloved children’s book by Raymond Briggs.

Rimsky Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
The Snow Maiden: Dance of the Tumblers

Bob Krogstad (1950 - 2015)
Music From ‘Frozen’

Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924)
Babes in Toyland: March of Toys

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
The Nutcracker: Battle (Act 1, Scene7) - Pine Forrest (Act 1, Scene 8)

Howard Blake (b. 1938)
The Snowman

Leroy Anderson (1908 - 1975)
Sleigh Ride

Educational Concert Series

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra
I. sehr breight

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
III. Mercury

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
II. Venus

Mason Bates (b.1977)
The B-Sides
V. Warehouse Medicine

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
I. Mars

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
IV. Jupiter

Blast off into space and learn about the wonders of the planets of our solar system through Gustav Holst's epic symphonic work, The Planets.

Educational Concert Series

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra
I. sehr breight

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
III. Mercury

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
II. Venus

Mason Bates (b.1977)
The B-Sides
V. Warehouse Medicine

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
I. Mars

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
IV. Jupiter

Blast off into space and learn about the wonders of the planets of our solar system through Gustav Holst's epic symphonic work, The Planets.

Educational Concert Series

Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
Also sprach Zarathustra
I. sehr breight

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
III. Mercury

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
II. Venus

Mason Bates (b.1977)
The B-Sides
V. Warehouse Medicine

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
I. Mars

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
The Planets
IV. Jupiter

Blast off into space and learn about the wonders of the planets of our solar system through Gustav Holst's epic symphonic work, The Planets.

Huanzhi Li (1919 - 2000)
Spring Festival Overture

Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
Pavane pour une infante défunte

Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Carmen (McFadden)
Les toreadors
Prelude
Aragonaise
Habanera
La garde montannte
Seguedille
Les dragons d’Alcala
Chanson du Toreador
Intermezzo
Danse boheme

Detroit Neighborhood Initiative

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro”

Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1890)
Barcarolle from “Les contes d’Hoffmann”

Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1890)
Can-can from Orpheus in the Underworld: Overture

Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
I. Morning
III. Anitra’s Dance
IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Jonathan Bailey Holland (b. 1947)
Motor City Remix

James M. Stephen (b. 1969)
Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Johann Strauss II (1825 - 1899)
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

DTE Community Concerts

John Williams (b.1932)
Olympic Fanfare and Theme

Edward Kennedy “Duke” arr. Hermann
Duke Ellington Fantasy

Ary Barroso (1903-1964) arr. Wasson
Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil)

Huanzhi Li (1919 - 2000)
Spring Festival Suite: Overture

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) arr. Luck
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de lune

Gioachino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Sinfonia

Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 8 in G minor

Johann Strauss I (1804 - 1849)
Radetzky March, Op. 228

Leonard Bernstein (1918- 1990)
Candide: Overture