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Des Moines Symphony Concerts & Events

Friday December 31

New Year's Eve Pops
The Music of Elton John Starring Michael Cavanaugh
8:00 PM

Grammy and Tony-nominated Broadway star Michael Cavanaugh and his band join the Des Moines Symphony for a high-energy celebration that will have you singing along to classic hits and rock favorites. Ring in the New Year with the Des Moines Symphony and the music of Elton John!
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Saturday January 8

Sunday January 9

Saturday January 29

Masterworks 4
Immortal Beloved
7:30 PM

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. This passionate concert reaches its peak as Natasha Paremski plays Rachmaninoff’s thrilling, grand Third Piano Concerto.
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Sunday January 30

Masterworks 4
Immortal Beloved
2:30 PM

“Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.” So Beethoven closed a July 1812 letter to his “immortal beloved,” a woman whose identity has remained one of the great mysteries of classical music. This passionate concert reaches its peak as Natasha Paremski plays Rachmaninoff’s thrilling, grand Third Piano Concerto.
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Wednesday February 16

Wednesday February 23

Saturday March 19

Masterworks 5
Beethoven & Shostakovich
7:30 PM

Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony Jahja Ling leads the Orchestra in the effervescent Remembering Gatsby. Rising star Janice Carissa plays Beethoven’s turbulent, poetic Third Piano Concerto. Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony evokes both hope and despair in a dramatic cry of rebellion against tyranny.
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Sunday March 20

Masterworks 5
Beethoven & Shostakovich
2:30 PM

Conductor Laureate of the San Diego Symphony Jahja Ling leads the Orchestra in the effervescent Remembering Gatsby. Rising star Janice Carissa plays Beethoven’s turbulent, poetic Third Piano Concerto. Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony evokes both hope and despair in a dramatic cry of rebellion against tyranny.
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Saturday April 9

Masterworks 6
Beethoven's Ninth
7:30 PM

The Symphony’s April concert opens with the heroic trumpet call of Beethoven’s Leonore Overture and ends with his Ninth Symphony, the joyful anthem of humanity and brotherhood. Joseph Giunta and the Orchestra are joined by a soaring choir singing the immortal “Ode to Joy.”
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