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May 2018
Dance!
The Queens Symphony Orchestra will present the second in its series of Family Concerts titled "Dance!" conducted by the company’s Music Director Martin Majkut on Sunday afternoon, May 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM in LeFrak Hall at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. Repertoire includes Dances from Three Cornered Hat by deFalla, Valse Triste, by Sibelius and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7. “Dance and movement are music’s closest cousins” states Martin Majkut, QSO’s Music Director. “On May 6,…
Find out more »June 2018
1,001 Nights
A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS - Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the classical music’s most famous foray into the world of exoticism. His Scheherazade is clad in luxurious orchestral colors. – the fairy tales of the One Thousand and One Nights have never been told with more vibrancy! When you want to take a fantastic journey into the Far Far Away lands, there is hardly a better vessel than the orchestra. Symphonic music is peerlessly evocative. Just consider this description from our featured composition: the ship…
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2018 Gala
Queens Symphony Orchestra cordially invites you to an intimate dinner with live music and dancing.
Find out more »A Night at the Opera with the QSO
Don't miss your favorite operatic arias and songs performed by two of opera's rising stars.
Find out more »July 2018
A Midsummer’s Enchanted Evening
Enjoy an evening of enchanting arias and songs sung by Tenor Christopher Macchio and music performed by the Queens Symphony Orchestra led by Maestro Martin Majkut.
Find out more »December 2018
Happy Holidays! Music of the Season with the QSO
CLICK HERE TO RESERVE TICKETS* Our Holiday Concert offers a plethora of beloved seasonal tunes. The Symphony will perform holiday favorites as well as popular winter fare, including excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Humperdinck's Hänsel and Gretel, Anderson’s Sleigh Ride and other surprises. Soprano Christine Lyons joins us to perform Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate. Join us as we celebrate the holiday season with these joyous works. We look forward to seeing you there! *RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED - General Admission - Reservations will be given…
Find out more »February 2019
QSO Celebrates Black History Month
Join the Queens Symphony Orchestra as we celebrate Black History Month and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Make Gentle the Life of this World by Raymond Horton features the speech by Senator Robert Kennedy on the night of Mr. King's assassination. This performance marks the New York Premiere of this poignant work. Cellist Sujari Britt, an emerging young talent will join us playing the Elgar Cello Concerto. Works by two African-American composers…
Find out more »March 2019
The Romantic Heart
Wagner wrote the piece for his wife’s birthday. Cosima woke up in the morning to the sounds of this music being played under her bedroom window. The ultimate romantic gift! With Mendelssohn, we will visit the Romantic era before Romanticism got dense with mystical and philosophical connotations. The early Romantic music was more like a Classical music sprinkled with the pixie dust. Beethoven was the man who crossed the bridge from Classical to Romantic era. Although Symphony No. 4 contains…
Find out more »April 2019
Family Concert: Heroes’ Adventures
Three heroes, three different journeys. Candide is travelling the world, learning bitter lessons about life through the series of increasingly bizarre adventures until he starts seeing the world as it truly is. Leonore, disguised as a man, undertakes a perilous journey to save her husband from an impending death. For good measure, she helps to overthrow a tyrant. Háry János is a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. Back in his native Hungarian village, he spins fantastical stories that take him…
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Masterworks Concert: Wrestling with Destiny
Sometimes you fight against the odds and change the story of your life. Other times, fate cannot be escaped. Contemplating the unforeseen forces of the universe, three composers on the program offer their unique answers. Each work starts with a powerful “fate” motive that governs the narrative, shaping and bending the music to its will. Works include : Verdi: Overture to La Forza Del Destino; Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, S.124, featuring Jeffrey Biegel, piano; and Tchaikovsky's Symphony…
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