The Peterborough Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is inviting audiences to “Step into the Light” with the announcement of its 2024-25 season featuring five concerts from November to May.
For the first time, the PSO will be performing two concerts — the holiday concert and the season finale concert — at the historic Emmanuel United Church at 534 George Street North, with the other three concerts taking place at the orchestra’s regular venue of Showplace Performance Centre.
The 2024-25 season opens on Saturday, November 2nd with “Romantic Flames” at Showplace Performance Centre, featuring Canadian pianist David Jalbert as the guest artist. The PSO will perform Juno-nominated Winnipeg composer Andrew Balfour’s “Pyotr’s Dream,” Czech composer Antonín Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8, and Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
Next up is the PSO’s annual family holiday concert on Saturday, December 14th at Emmanuel United Church. “Season of Lights” will welcome the Juno award-winning Elmer Iseler Singers, under the direction of Lydia Adams, and will feature a mix of holiday classics for orchestra and choir, including Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Engelbert Humperdinck’s Prelude to Hansel and Gretel, music by Canadian composer Howard Cable, and more.
Following up on the success of last season’s sold-out “Popcorn, Please!” concert dedicated to the music of the movies, the PSO is presenting “Indiana Jones meets The Godfather” on Saturday, February 1st at Showplace Performance Centre. As the concert’s title suggests, you will hear music by John Williams for the Indiana Jones films, Italian composer Nino Rota’s score for the 1972 film The Godfather, and many more.
The PSO welcomes spring at Showplace Performance Centre at Saturday, March 29th with “Spring Sunrise” featuring Canadian violinist Erika Raum returning to the PSO as a guest artist for the second time. The concert will open with Canadian Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré’s “Chase the Sun,” followed by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6, also known as the Pastoral Symphony, paired with Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1.
The PSO’s 2024-25 season wraps at Emmanuel United Church on Saturday, May 24th with “Step into the Light” featuring cellist Stephen Tétreault, harpist Valérie Milot, and soprano Christina Raphaëlle Haldane as guest artists. The season finale will include a performance of Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, Canadian composer Kelly-Marie Murphy’s award-winning double concerto for cello and harp, and work by Estonia composer Arvo Pärt.
As always, all concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. and are conducted by the PSO’s music director Michael Newnham. A “Meet the Mastro” talk, where Newnham discusses the evening’s selections, is available to audience members 45 minutes before each concert.
Regular single ticket prices range from $33 to $55. New this year is a flexible subscription package featuring three, four, or all of the season’s concerts, with prices ranging from $95 to $245 depending on seating. Student subscriptions are also available at only $10 per concert.
For more information about the 2024-25 season and to purchase subscriptions or single tickets, visit the Peterborough Symphony Orchestra’s website at thepso.org.
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