As summer comes to an end, MDSO will warm up for the season with its 15th annual Labor Day Pops concert, held Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. on the shores of Lake Decatur in Nelson Park. The one-hour event is ideal for families and free to all.
The official season opener starts at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Millikin’s Kirkland Fine Arts Center and will feature Thomas Pandolfi on piano. The concert will include performances of Gliere’s Russian Sailors’ Dance, Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat, Wagner’s Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde, and Ginastera’s Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a.
On Oct. 29, MDSO will showcase its own Georgia Hornbacker on violin and Sharon Chung on viola as the group treats audiences to Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven all in one evening. Of Haydn: Overture to La Fedelta Premiata; Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat, K. 364; and Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93. The show begins at 7:30 at the Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
On Nov. 11, 12 and 13, MDSO will help bring to life The Sweet Smell of Success, a Marvin Hamlisch musical that explores the power of a New York gossip columnist. The Friday and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday performance at 2 p.m., all at Kirkland Fine Arts Center.
As the holidays approach, MDSO will perform during advent services at Central Christian Church on Dec. 11.
For more information, including times and locations as performance dates approach, visit www.millikin.edu/kirkland.
Springfield Classical Guitar Society The upcoming season of the Springfield Classical Guitar Society will be one that fulfills one of the organization’s primary missions – to promote young, rising stars in the classical guitar world. While most of the group’s concerts will take place next year, the society will open its season this fall on Oct. 29, with an 8 p.m. performance from William Yelverton, who teaches his craft at Middle Tennessee State University. The society’s founder, Russel Brazzel, says he’s asked Yelverton to bring his lute, a pear-shaped instrument that offers a softer, more intimate sound than the guitar. The concert will be held at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Springfield. Admission is $12 for adults and $9 for students and seniors.
For more information, call 217-726-8991.
