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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 4: The Spirit World

Friday, March 27, 2020 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

WEBER: Overture to Oberon

MOZART: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622

HOLST: The Planets

David Amado, conductor

Anthony McGill, clarinet

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 3: An Evening of Strings with the Mendelssohns

Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

FANNY MENDELSSOHN: String Quart

CAROLINE SHAW: Entr'acte (string quartet)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Octet

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 3: False Starts

Friday, January 17, 2020 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

BORODIN: Overture to Prince Igor

ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

David Amado, conductor

Camille Thomas, cello

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 2

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

AARON JAY KERNIS: Air for violin and piano

CLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Trio

BRAHMS: Horn Trio

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 2: War and Peace

Friday, November 15, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

RAVEL: Le Tombeau de Couperin

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

David Amado, conductor

Michael Brown, piano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 1

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm

JENNIFER HIGDON: Dance Card I. Raucous Rumpus, III. Jumble Dance, V. Machina Rockus

PIAZZOLA: Four Seasons

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence

David Amado, conductor

David Southorn, violin

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 1 Rehoboth

Monday, October 21, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Epworth United Methodist Church

JENNIFER HIGDON: Dance Card I. Raucous Rumpus, III. Jumble Dance, V. Machina Rockus

PIAZZOLA: Four Seasons

TCHAIKOVSKY: Souvenir de Florence

David Amado, conductor

David Southorn, violin

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Special Events

A.I. duPont Composer’s Award

Friday, September 27, 2019 at

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 1: Bohemian Rhapsody

Friday, September 27, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

MISSY MAZZOLI: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)

BARBER: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14

DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163

David Amado, conductor

Tessa Lark, violin

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Special Events

July 4th at the Riverfront

Thursday, July 04, 2019 at

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 5: Roman Hollywood

Friday, May 17, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

RESPIGHI: Fountains of Rome

RÓZSA: Cello Concerto

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No.3 in A minor, Op. 44

David Amado, conductor

Nick Canellakis, cello

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 4: DSO Chamber Orchestra

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

BARTOK: Divertimento

COPLAND: Quiet City

MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550

David Amado, conductor

Lloyd Shorter, English horn

Brian Kuszyk, trumpet

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Classics Series

Lewes Classics Concert 2: Dancing About Architecture

Sunday, March 24, 2019 at 3:00 pm

Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107

David Amado, conductor

Leon Fleisher, piano

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 4: Dancing About Architecture

Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414

BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, WAB 107

David Amado, conductor

Leon Fleisher, piano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 3: Lift Off!

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

Music by Peck, Dahl, Strang, Hollinden, Glentworth, Belson, Benson, Shostakovich, Pawassar, and Harry Brewer

DSO Percussion Trio: Bill Kerrigan, Tom Blanchard, and Dave Nelson, with Kimberly Reighley, flute

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 3: Alpha and Omega

Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

SIBELIUS: Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 1, "Winter Dreams"

David Amado, conductor

Mary Wilson, soprano

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Family Concerts

Holiday Family Concert

Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 3:00 pm

Cab Calloway School of the Arts

The Nutcracker, Winter Wonderland, Ding Dong Merrily on High, and much more!

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 2: DSO Principals – Violin and Piano

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 8

BRITTEN: Suite Op. 6

FRANCK: Sonata

David Southorn, violin

Lura Johnson, piano

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 2: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Friday, November 09, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

CHERUBINI: Requiem

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"

David Amado, conductor

University of Delaware Symphonic Choir

Paul Head, director

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 1: An Evening with DSO Winds

Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

LEFEBVRE: Suite for Wind Quintet, Op. 57

TAFFANEL: Quintet

PAQUITO D'RIVERA: Aires Tropicales

RUNNING: Aria and Quodibet

Kimberly Reighley, flute

Lloyd Shorter, oboe

Charles Salinger, clarinet

Jon Gaarder, bassoon

Karen Schubert, horn

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Classics Series

Lewes Classics Concert 1: The American Dream

Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:00 pm

Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium

ROBERT PATERSON: Dark Mountains

BERNSTEIN: Serenade (After Plato's "Symposium")

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance

David Amado, conductor

Jennifer Koh, violin

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 1: The American Dream

Friday, September 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

ROBERT PATERSON: Dark Mountains

BERNSTEIN: Serenade (After Plato's "Symposium")

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring

BARBER: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance

David Amado, conductor

Jennifer Koh, violin

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Special Events

DSO at Longwood Gardens

Sunday, July 08, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Longwood Gardens

Program

Mendelssohn March from Fair Melusine, Op. 32
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Brahms Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11

Jennifer Koh, violin

David Amado, DSO Music Director and Conductor

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Special Events

July 4th at the Riverfront in Wilmington

Wednesday, July 04, 2018 at

Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 5

Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

Mahler 7

MAHLER: Symphony No. 7

David Amado, conducting

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 4

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

Schnittke Happens!

SCHNITTKE: Moz-Art á la Haydn
HAYDN: Cello Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4

DSO Chamber Orchestra

David Amado, conducting

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Special Events

DSO-Brasil Guitar Duo CD Release

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 4

Friday, March 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

Destiny

VERDI: La Forza del Destino Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra

David Amado, conducting
Orion Weiss, piano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 3

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

Triumph Over Adversity

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr.

MENDELSSOHN: Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

African American Spirituals to include:

Wayfaring Stranger

City Called Heaven

Sometimes I feel like a motherless Child

Wade in the Water

Ain't Got Time to Die

Also on the program:

Zalech Jsem Divorké Husy (I Heard the Cry of Wild Geese), by Pavel Haas

Selections from Lieder by Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, and solo piano pieces by Schubert and Mendelssohn.

Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Lura Johnson, piano

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Special Events

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra

Wednesday, February 07, 2018 at 8:00 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

KODALY: Dances from Galanta
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Solyom, conductor
Nareh Arghamanyann, piano

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 3

Friday, January 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

Riots

BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

David Amado, conducting
Elena Urioste, violin

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Special Events

Festive Brass – Dover

Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Central Middle School

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN VENUE: Central Middle School

Festive Brass

Festive music for brass from the 16th to 20th centuries, including Bach and Bernstein (West Side Story), and after intermission, selections from The Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Carols.

DSO Brass Quintet

Brian Kuszyk and Steven Skahill, trumpets

Karen Schubert, horn

Richard Linn, trombone

Brian Brown, tuba

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 2

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

Festive Brass

Festive music for brass from the 16th to 20th centuries, including Bach and Bernstein (West Side Story), and after intermission, selections from The Nutcracker Suite and Christmas Carols.

DSO Brass Quintet

Brian Kuszyk and Steven Skahill, trumpets

Karen Schubert, horn

Richard Linn, trombone

Brian Brown, tuba

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Family Concerts

Family Concert – Sussex County

Sunday, November 19, 2017 at 3:00 pm

Milford High School

GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail

DEBUSSY: La Mer

DAVID LUDWIG: Picutres from the Floating World: IV, V

GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

David Amado, conducting

William Short, bassoon

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Family Concerts

Family Concert – New Castle County

Saturday, November 18, 2017 at

Tatnall School’s Laird Performing Arts Center

Concerts are at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail

DEBUSSY: La Mer

DAVID LUDWIG: Picutres from the Floating World: IV, V

GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

David Amado, conducting

William Short, bassoon

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 2

Friday, November 17, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

Mother Earth

DEBUSSY: La Mer
DAVID LUDWIG: Pictures from the Floating World
GROFÉ: Grand Canyon Suite

David Amado, conducting
William Short, bassoon

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 1

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

The Piano Quintet - Deconstructed

MOZART: Duo for Violin and Viola
RAVEL: Sonata for Violin and Cello
BRAHMS: Piano Quintet

Lura Johnson, piano

Members of the DSO

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 1 – Sussex

Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 3:00 pm

Cape Henlopen High School Auditorium

Protest and Rebellion

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

David Amado, conducting
Kim Reighley, flute
Sarah Fuller, harp

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Classics Series

Classics Series Concert 1

Friday, September 15, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

Protest and Rebellion

PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

David Amado, conducting
Kim Reighley, flute
Sarah Fuller, harp

Tickets start at $14. Click here for more info.

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DSO at Longwood Gardens

Sunday, June 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Longwood Gardens

Beethoven Program
Coriolan Overture
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 4

Peter Serkin, Piano

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Classics Series

SERGEI BABAYAN

Friday, May 12, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

STRAVINSKY: Ode
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

David Amado, conducting
Sergei Babayan, piano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 4

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

FELDMAN: Samuel Beckett, Words and Music
WALTON: Façade

David Amado, conducting

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Classics Series

DENYCE GRAVES

Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

ELGAR: Serenade
De FALLA: El Amor Brujo Ballet Suite
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7

David Amado, conducting
Denyce Graves, Mezzo Soprano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 3

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

HAYDN: Symphony No. 59,
“Feuersymphonie”
LARS-ERIK LARSSON: Concertino for
Trombone and Strings
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5

David Amado, conducting
Natalie Mannix, trombone

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ALON GOLDSTEIN

Friday, February 24, 2017 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

ANNA CLYNE: Within Her Arms
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2

David Amado, conducting
Alon Goldstein, piano

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Chamber Series

Chamber Series Concert 2

Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 8:00 pm

The Gold Ballroom at Hotel du Pont

David Southorn and Lisa Vaupel, violins
Elizabeth Jaffe, viola
Mark Ward, cello
Noel Archambeault, soprano

MOZART: String Quartet no. 23 in F Major, K. 590
RESPIGHI: Il Tramonto (The Sunset), P.101
TURINA: La Oration del Torero
DVORAK: String Quartet No 12 in F Major, op.96 “American”

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Classics Series

JINJOO CHO

Friday, November 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm

Copeland Hall at The Grand Opera House

WAGNER: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
RAVEL: Bolero

David Amado, conducting
Jinjoo Cho, violin

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Family Concerts