Music of the Heavens
May 9, 2025, 7:30 pm, St. James United Methodist Church
Featuring selections from sacred music across time and space, including Copland, Variations on a Shaker Melody; Pärt, Silouan’s Song; Respighi, Trittico Botticelliano; Mascagni, Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana; Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
2024-2025 Season
Purchase Season Tickets
Performances take place at the Dick Van Dyke Auditorium at Danville High School.
Earth, Wind, Water, Fire
7:30 pm, Sat., Sept. 21, 2024
Stravinsky, The Firebird (FIRE); Thomson, The Plow that Broke the Plains (EARTH); Ethel Smyth, Overture to the Wreckers (WATER) Mozart Concerto for Clarinet (WIND), Trevor O'Riordan, clarinet
Christmas at the Movies
2:00 pm, Sun., Dec. 8, 2024
featuring The Snowman & The Polar Express plus other movie & holiday melodies
Beethoven and the Blues
7:30 pm, Sat., Mar. 22, 2025
Beethoven Symphony No. 7; Jessie Montgomery, Starburst; Corky Siegel, harmonica, Symphonic Blues No. 6
Add-on performances (not included in season ticket price):
Halloween Spooktacular
“Side-By-Side” with the Danville High School Orchestra:
7:00 pm. Sat., Oct., 26, 2024 — Dick Van Dyke Auditorium (DHS)
Music of the Heavens
7:30 pm, Fri., May 9, 2025 — St. James United Methodist Church (note: not DVD/DHS)
*Individual selections subject to change.
The Danville Symphony Orchestra is supported in part by:
The Danville Symphony Orchestra Foundation
The Allen L. Dougherty Guest Artist Fund
The Illinois Arts Council Agency
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