Experience Orchestral All-Stars from Around the World
There’s nothing like hearing a great orchestra in the acoustic beauty of Hill Auditorium….and UMS’s 24/25 Season welcomes many opportunities to experience it!
Preview the orchestral all-stars of our 24/25 Choral Union Series, featuring two different programs by the Berliner Philharmoniker, phenomenal soloists, Prokofiev’s triumphant film score, and so much more!
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Fri Oct 18 at 7:30 pm
The London Philharmonic returns to Hill Auditorium after 13 years — with UMS debuts by principal conductor Edward Gardner and violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja — in a program of Shostakovich, Sibelius, and works by composer-in-residence Tania León and Benjamin Britten.
Berliner Philharmoniker with Hilary Hahn, violin
Sat Nov 23 at 7:30 pm
In the first of two concerts by the Berliner Philharmoniker, violinist Hilary Hahn makes her first Ann Arbor appearance in two decades, performing Korngold’s heart-tugging violin concerto. Also on the program: Rachmaninoff’s first orchestral masterpiece, Isle of the Dead, and Dvořák’s dramatic Symphony No. 7.
Berliner Philharmoniker: Bruckner 5
Sun Nov 24 at 4 pm
The Berliner Philharmoniker and chief conductor Kirill Petrenko perform Bruckner’s monumental Symphony No. 5, which explores themes of struggle, redemption, and spiritual transcendence, with rich brass chorales in the final movement.
Film with Live Orchestra: Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky
Sat Mar 22 at 7:30 pm
The 1938 Soviet historical drama was directed by Sergei Eisenstein with a score written by Sergei Prokofiev. It depicts the attempted invasion of Novgorod in the 13th century by Knights of the Holy Roman Empire and their defeat by Prince Alexander, aka Alexander Nevsky. The film and music were a true collaboration in that some of the film was shot to Prokofiev’s music and some of Prokofiev’s music was composed to Eistenstein’s footage.
The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will be joined by the mighty UMS Choral Union, led by conductor Scott Hanoian.
Les Arts Florissants: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at 300
Wed Apr 9 at 7:30 pm
When first published in 1725, nobody could imagine that Vivaldi’s Four Seasons would become some of the most frequently-heard music of all time! Violin sensation Théotime Langlois de Swarte joins acclaimed early music ensemble Les Arts Florissants in a performance that frames Vivaldi’s iconic concertos in a new light. The program invites questions about the fleeting cyclical nature of our existence, our relationship with nature, and the eternal renewal of earth’s cycles, now being modified by climate change.
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