AN EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2026 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by Kip Connor & Linh Vong Mendelssohn (McPhee arr.) | A Midsummer Night’s Dream —with Lexington Children’s Chorus Our season finale features the Lexington Children’s Chorus performing in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This composition is adapted and arranged […]
PUSHING THE LIMITS SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2026 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by Winfield & Linda Perry Still | Bells Shostakovich | Violin Concerto No. 1 —Callum Smart, violin Bartok| Concerto for Orchestra British violinist Callum Smart returns by popular demand to Lexington Symphony to perform Shostakovich’s evocative Violin Concerto No. 1. […]
CELEBRATING COEXISTENCE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2026 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sheng | China Dreams: II. Fanfare Anger | Morin Khuur Concerto No. 2 —Monkho, morin khuur McPhee, Colin | Tabuh-Tabuhan Toccata for 2 pianos and orchestra Stravinsky | Petrushka This concert offers a culturally rich and exhilarating evening that you won’t want […]
HOLIDAY POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 | 7:30PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025 | 3:00PM Sponsored by Russian School of Mathematics Featuring Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School, New World Chorale and special guest, Santa Claus! Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different facet of this […]
HOLIDAY POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 | 7:30PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2025 | 3:00PM Sponsored by Russian School of Mathematics Featuring Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School, New World Chorale and special guest, Santa Claus! Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different facet of this […]
KIDS POPS! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 | 4:00PM Sponsored by Russian School of Mathematics Featuring Lexington Children’s Chorus under the auspices of Lexington Music School, New World Chorale and special guest, Santa Claus! Our signature holiday event! Every year, our Holiday POPS! concerts explore a different facet of this most wonderful time of the year. […]
PASSIONATE DIALOGUES SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by David & Deborah Brown Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 2 —Clayton Stephenson, piano Mr. Stephenson appears by arrangement with The Cliburn Schumann | Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish” Mascagni’s emotional orchestral intermezzo from the opera […]
EXOTIC NIGHTS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Co-sponsored by Kate & Gordon Baty Scott Moore is co-sponsored by Epp Sonin & Christina Gamota Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade —Scott Moore, violin Hindemith | Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber Scheherazade, based on the Middle Eastern folktales, One Thousand […]
COMING TO AMERICA SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by Kip Connor & Linh Vong. Pipa soloist is sponsored by Bin Wu and Family in recognition of the Chinese American Association of Lexington. Hewitt | The Battle of Trenton Wu, Wang, Liu | Little Sisters of the Prairie. Wu, […]
The Lexington Bicentennial Band Concert will be the culmination of the Patriot’s Day Celebration for the 250th Anniversary of the first battle of the American revolution in Lexington. It will feature music related to the time period of the revolution, including 2 works that have been commissioned by the Band: Seeds of Revolution by Daniel […]
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by Winfield and Linda Perry Still | In Memoriam Lidström | World Premiere -Mats Lidström, cello Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” Cellist Mats Lidström performs a world premiere based on a Robert F. Kennedy speech during his bid […]
THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2025 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30pm Sponsored by the Gamota Family in support of the Ukrainian People Hindemith | Mathis der Maler Vaughan Williams | Sea Symphony -Aaron Engebreth, baritone -Michelle Trainor, soprano -New World Chorale Hindemith composed Mathis der Maler to portray the emotional struggle […]