SUMMER CASUAL CLASSICS & BBQ Buffet
Looking for a relaxing evening with great music and great food? Why not spend an evening in Downtown Dallas at the beautiful Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center and enjoy one of the Summer Casual Classic Concerts? You may add on Opus’s famous BBQ Buffet to any Casual Classics ticket order for only $19.95 per person, and enjoy a world-class BBQ Buffet before each of the Casual Classics concerts! Click here to preview Opus’s BBQ menu.
A Russian Extravaganza
Saturday, June 6
The 2009 Casual Classics Series opens with an exciting conducting debut, as Assistant Conductor Designate Rei Hotoda takes the podium. Hotoda, who officially steps into her role in September of 2009, will conduct the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Suite from Swan Lake and Shostakovich’s Festive Overture.
The Music of Italy
Friday, June 12
Enjoy a taste of Italy as the DSO performs works by Italian composers! The DSO’s own Principal Trumpet Ryan Anthony takes center stage, and Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture will shine as the evening’s musical star. The evening will also cover a whole range of emotions as Verdi’s Triumphal March and Ballet from Aida, an excerpt from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Respighi’s Ancient Airs.
Discover Americana
Saturday, June 20
Associate Conductor Rei Hotoda returns to team up with DSO Concertmaster Emanuel Borok in an evening of festive music, including Gershwin’s Cuban Overture and Aaron Copland’s Four Dances from Rodeo.
German Classics
Saturday, June 27
The 2009 Casual Classics Series comes to a dramatic close with Music Director Jaap van Zweden leading the DSO in a program featuring the repertoire the orchestra will perform at the Bravo Vail Valley Music Festival in July, which will include Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and Hungarian Dance No. 5
For more information or to book tickets contact:
Harlan Hrncir
214-871-4075
h.hrncir@dalsym.com