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Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique
Dec
8

Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique

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Hailed as “a knockout performer” by The Times, Singaporean-British mezzo, Fleur Barron, joins Dane Lam and your HSO for a year-end reflection featuring Peter Libersonʻs Award-winning Neruda Songs, and Tchaikovsky soul-searching Symphony No. 6, Pathétique.

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  • Dane Lam, Music Director

    Fleur Barron, Mezzo-soprano

  • Franck, César - Le Chasseur maudit

    Lieberson, Peter - Neruda Songs

    Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich - Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

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JoAnn Conducts Pictures at an Exhibition
Jan
12

JoAnn Conducts Pictures at an Exhibition

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Conductor Emeritus, JoAnn Falletta, returns with guest artists JIJI, to celebrate the new year with Mussorgky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Praised by The Washington Post for her “mesmerizing” and “stirring” performances, the South Korean guitarist debuts with your HSO in Rodrigo’s Spanish guitar concerto, Concierto de Aranjuez.

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  • JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Emeritus

    JIJI, Guitar

  • Kodály, Zoltán - The Peacock

    Rodrigo, Joaquín - Concierto de Aranjuez

    Mussorgsky, Modest - Pictures at an Exhibition

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Eroica: Symphony No. 1 & 3
Feb
6

Eroica: Symphony No. 1 & 3

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The Beethoven Festival kicks off with classical beginnings, Symphony No. 1, paired with the game-changing Symphony No. 3. ‘Eroica.’ Originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, the heroic Third represents the composer’s revolt against tyranny, revolutionizing music like no other symphony that came before.

This performance is included in the Masterworks 9 Subscription.

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  • Dane Lam, Music Director

  • Xiaogang, Ye - Eroica (World Premiere)

    Beethoven,Ludwig van - Symphony No. 1

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No, 3, Eroica

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Immortal Beloved: Symphony No. 2 & 7
Feb
9

Immortal Beloved: Symphony No. 2 & 7

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The Beethoven Festival continues with the humorous Symphony No. 2, and the energy-fueled Symphony No. 7. Dedicated to Beethoven’s mysterious love interest (the Immortal Beloved), the Seventh’s timely conception celebrates victory over tyranny with a dance dance revolution, 19th century style.

  • Dane Lam, Music Director

  • Hunt, Jessica - Climb

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 2

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 7

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Pastorale: Symphony No. 4 & 6
Feb
16

Pastorale: Symphony No. 4 & 6

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Rivers flow, birds awaken, and the beauty of the natural word sings in this Beethoven Festival must hear performance! The composer's love for the sights and sounds of the rural countryside, washover the “Pastoral” Symphony No. 6, paired with the elegant Symphony No. 4, the calm before the storm of impending deafness.

  • Dane Lam, Music Director

  • Foumai, Michael-Thomas Becoming Beethoven

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 4

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 6, Pastorale

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Fate: Symphony No. 5 & 8
Mar
6

Fate: Symphony No. 5 & 8

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The Beethoven Festival returns, and opposites attract in the fate-filled Symphony No, 5, and the light-hearted Symphony No.8. A two-faced portrait of the classical romantic, experience the famous opening notes of the Fifth that has rocked classical music forever.

  • Dane Lam, Music Director

  • Yiu, Raymond - Old Bei

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 8

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 5

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Ode to Joy: Symphony No. 9
Mar
9

Ode to Joy: Symphony No. 9

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The Beethoven Festival comes to a resounding finale with the might of symphonic voices for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 paired with the re-discovery of Hawaiʻi composer Dai Keong Lee’s Pulitzer nominated Symphony No. 2.

This performance is included in the Masterworks 9 Subscription.

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  • Dane Lam, conductor

    O'ahu Choral Society; Joshua Habermann, Artistic Director
    Maria Valdes, Soprano
    Blythe Kelsey, Mezzo-soprano
    Alok Kumar, Tenor
    David Soar, Bass

  • Lee, Dai-Keong - Symphony No. 2

    Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphony No. 9, Choral

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HSO Spotlight
Apr
6

HSO Spotlight

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Concertmaster, Iggy Jang, takes the spotlight in Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, and Principal Horn, Anna Lenhart, in Strauss’ First Horn Concerto. Showcasing the artistry of your HSO, Dane Lam conducts vibrant symphonic favorites, from Debussy’s dreamy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, to Respighi’s sweeping depiction of the Fountains of Rome.

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  • Dane Lam, Music Director

    Ignace “Iggy” Jang, Violin

    Anna Lenhart, Horn

  • Rossini, Gioachino - Overture to Barber of Seville

    Williams, Ralph Vaughan - The Lark Ascending

    Respighi, Ottorino - Fountains of Rome

    Debussy, Claude - Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

    Strauss, Richard - Concerto for Horn No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 11

    Foumai, Michael-Thomas - Concerto Grosso

    Ravel, Maurice- La Valse

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Mother Goose and the Hen:  Ravel, Haydn & Mozart
May
18

Mother Goose and the Hen: Ravel, Haydn & Mozart

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Proclaimed by the New York Times ‘a pianist you want to hear no matter what he performs,’ Jeremy Denk is one of America’s foremost pianists. The New York Times bestselling author and MacArthur “Genius” shares the stage as soloist and conductor with your HSO for Mozart’s greatest concerto, the Piano Concerto No. 25.

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  • Jeremy Denk, Piano/Leader

    Ignace “Iggy” Jang, Violin/Leader

  • Ravel, Maurice - Mother Goose

    Haydn, Joseph - Symphony No. 83 “The Hen”

    Mozart, Amadeus - Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503

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Brahms Symphony No.1
Jun
15

Brahms Symphony No.1

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Blessed with “poetic and sensitive pianism” (Washington Post) and a “wondrous sense of color” (San Francisco Classical Voice), Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang returns with Dane Lam to close the Masterworks season with Rachmaninoff’s blockbuster Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, and Brahms’ triumphant First Symphony

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  • Dane Lam, Music Director

    Joyce Yang, Piano

  • Farrenc, Louise - Overture No. 2

    Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Brahms, Johannes - Symphony No. 1

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Dane Conducts Mahler 
Nov
17

Dane Conducts Mahler 

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The earth and sky embrace when Dane Lam leads Gustav Mahler’s celestial Symphony No. 4 with operatic soprano Sofia Troncoso’s fiendish agility. Paired with Barber’s captive Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the Pacific Premiere of Huang Ruo’s climate-change inspired Tipping Point (HSO Co-Commission), wander through the crisp and breathtaking colors of the changing world.

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  • Dane Lam, Music Director

    Sofia Troncoso, Soprano

  • Barber, Samuel - Knoxville: Summer of 1915

    Ruo, Huang - Tipping Point

    Mahler, Gustav - Symphony No. 4

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Special thanks to the University of Hawaiʻi Ethnomusicology Instrument Collection for the loan of their instruments.

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Ray Chen Plays Barber
Oct
4

Ray Chen Plays Barber

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Critically acclaimed violinist, Ray Chen joins forces with Music Director, Dane Lam, and your Hawaiʻi Symphony Orchestra to kick off the 24/25 Halekulani Masterworks season with American soundscapes, featuring Barber’s Violin Concerto, Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, and a world premiere by HSO Composer in Residence, Michael-Thomas Foumai.

  • Dane Lam, Music Director

    Ray Chen, Violin

  • Adams, John - The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)

    Barber, Samuel - Violin Concert

    Foumai, Michael-Thomas - Concerto for Orchestra

    Bernstein, Leonard - West Side Story Symphonic Dances

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