Join the City of Lincoln, the Lincoln Jaycees, Broadcast House, the Lincoln Journal Star and LSO for a fun-filled Independence Day celebration! You will hear all of your favorite patriotic music set to the fireworks at Oak Lake Park. This concert is free and open to the public.

LSO's Uncle Sam Jam performance is sponsored by The TierOne Bank Foundation, with support from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Nebraska, BNSF Foundation, Ted & Anabeth Cox, Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, Nebraska Lottery, Nelnet and Time Warner Cable and Diana Warner.

Experience the beauty and magic of Italy with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s popular Capriccio Italien opens this concert at the Lied Center. Enjoy excerpts from Puccini’s famous opera La Bohème, featuring two vocal soloists. The colorful imagery of Italy’s capital city is portrayed in the concert’s finale, Ottorino Respighi’s triumphant Pines of Rome.

 TCHAIKOVSKY, Capriccio Italien, op. 45
 PUCCINI, Excerpts from La Boheme
 ROSSINI, Semiramide: Overture
 RESPIGHI, Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)


Tickets:
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27
To order tickets, please call the Lied Center Box Office at 402.472.4747.

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NOTE: The balcony will be closed for this performance.

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Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite, a delightful staple of the ballet repertoire, is followed by Franz Liszt’s powerful Totentanz, played by LSO’s principal keyboardist Richard Fountain. Bartok’s popular and virtuosic Concerto for Orchestra is infused with folk melodies from the composer’s native Hungary, and features soloistic passages for each section of the orchestra.

 TCHAIKOVSKY, Excerpts from Swan Lake Suite
 LISZT, Totentanz
 BARTOK, Concerto for Orchestra


Tickets:
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Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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The Madcap Puppets join LSO once again for an afternoon of storytelling and adventure. The famous music of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is brought to life with a modern retelling of the classic tale. The orchestra is joined onstage by a bird, a cat, a duck, a boy and his grandfather and, of course, the big bad wolf! Join us for a pre-concert musical petting zoo.

 TCHAIKOVSKY, Excerpts from Swan Lake Suite
 PROKOFIEV, Peter & the Wolf

General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5

Get into the spirit of the season with a program of holiday favorites, including excerpts from Messiah and The Nutcracker. LSO is joined by the University of Nebraska at Kearney Choraleers, the Lincoln Christian Singing Crusaders, and dancers from the Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company.

Tickets:
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Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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NOTE: The balcony will be closed for this performance.

Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra is joined by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Singers, performing Haydn’s dramatic and inspirational Lord Nelson Mass. On the second half of the program, LSO’s own concertmaster Anton Miller takes the stage to perform Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, one of the most popular violin concertos of all time.

 HAYDN, Lord Nelson Mass
 MENDELSSOHN, Violin Concerto in E Minor

Tickets:
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Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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Children and parents alike have enjoyed Tim Marrone’s performances with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra in “Magic & Fantasy” and “The Three Little Pigs.” Tim returns to join LSO for an afternoon with everyone’s favorite cartoon characters. Join us before the concert for a musical petting zoo.

General Admission Tickets:
Adult: $10
Children/Students: $5

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Enjoy a night at the movies with Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra. This special pops concert features cinema scores from past to present. The audience will be treated to Disney classics such as Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty Waltz and selections from Fantasia, and will enjoy John Williams’ hits from Star Wars, Schindler’s List and much more.

Tickets:
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Children/Students: $15/$21/$27


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LSO and the American Guild of Organists celebrate the International Year of the Organ with two masterworks for organ and orchestra, Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante and Saint-Saens’ Symphony No. 3. Join LSO for a two-night presentation of this powerful instrument.

 JONGEN, Symphonie Concertante
 SAINT-SAENS, Symphony No. 3

Tickets:
Adult: $27/$37$/47
Children/Students: $17/$23/$29

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Our season finale features LSO Principal Trombonist Jay Wise, playing Tomasi’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, a virtuosic piece that reminds the listener of the trombone’s prominence in the jazz medium. Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 is a climactic ending to the season with its lush romanticism and grand sweeping gestures.

 RAVEL, Alborada del gracioso
 TOMASI, Concerto for Trombone & Orchestra
 RACHMANINOFF, Symphony No. 2 in E Minor

Tickets:
Adult: $25/$35$/45
Children/Students: $15/$21/$27

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