You’re invited! Join us as we celebrate music, family, and our wonderful city with this classic Tulsa tradition. Bring your picnic, enjoy the park, and hear an appealing program of pops and light classics conducted by Ron Spigelman. The evening is completely free and culminates in a spectacular fireworks finale in front of the beautiful Tulsa skyline.

Joined by world-renowned violinist Rachel Barton Pine, the Opening Night concert features a rich collection of music including Rossini’s joyous Barber of Seville, Samuel Barber’s soulful and lyrical violin concerto, and the bold Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky. Principal Guest Conductor Daniel Hege leads the orchestra.

ROSSINI: Barber of Seville

BARBER: Violin Concerto Op.14

MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

Opening with Rimsky-Korsakov’s brilliant and vivid Capriccio Espagnol, this program also features an exhilarating journey through Mozart’s Posthorn Symphony (Serenade No. 9) and Debussy’s whirling Images. Ron Spigelman conducts the orchestra.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol

MOZART: Posthorn Symphony (Serenade No. 9)

DEBUSSY: Images

Jonathan Newman, Blow It Up, Start Again

Beethoven, Violin Concerto

Jennifer Frautschi, violin

Rachmaninov, Symphonic Dances

Guest artist Robin Sutherland (San Francisco Symphony) joins Tulsa Symphony led by Gerhardt Zimmermann to perform Mozart’s overtly dramatic Piano Concerto in C Minor.

The wonderful string interplay of Berlioz’s Beatrice and Benedict Overture and Lutoslawski’s elaborate and melodic Concerto for Orchestra round out the evening’s program, providing a kaleidoscope of passion, angst, and lively musical action.

BERLIOZ: Beatrice and Benedict Overture

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor

LUTOSLAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra

Sacred and secular holiday favorites with the SoNA Singers, area high school and collegiate choruses, and special guest soloists.

Sacred and secular holiday favorites with the SoNA Singers, area high school and collegiate choruses, and special guest soloists.

Lush and ornate, this program is a rainbow of shimmering orchestral color, featuring JS Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor, orchestrated by Edward Elgar, Richard Strauss’ autumnal Four Last Songs featuring acclaimed soprano Sarah Coburn, and the tragically expressive Symphony No. 2 by Robert Schumann. Daniel Hege conducts the orchestra in this unmissable concert.

BACH/ELGAR: Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor

STRAUSS: Four Last Songs

SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2

Haas, Angelique

Orff, Carmina Burana

In celebration of the 2020 Summer Olympics, this program commences with the sonic olympiad that is Michael Torke’s effervescent Javelin. Praised by the New York Times for his alluring, colorfully shaded renditions,” guest artist Sean Chen performs Grieg’s lyrical Piano Concerto. The evening concludes with Mozart’s majestic Symphony No. 39. Guest conductor Leslie Dunner takes the podium.

TORKE: Javelin

GRIEG: Piano Concerto

MOZART: Symphony No. 39

Experience Star Wars like never before! Jump in the Millennium Falcon and journey to Tatooine, Alderaan and beyond with a complete showing of Star Wars: A New Hope in high-definition, on a giant screen, with John Williams’ Oscar® winning score played live by Tulsa Symphony. Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, battles the evil empire and learns the ways of the Force in the iconic film that started it all.

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Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music.

Mozart, Clarinet Concerto

Trevor Stewart, clarinet

Beethoven, Symphony No. 3, Eroica

Principal Guest Conductor Daniel Hege leads the orchestra through an energetic and passionate program featuring an intense mingling of Beethoven’s Creatures of Prometheus Overture and Bloch’s Suite for Viola and Orchestra featuring principal violist Jeff Cowen, culminating in Brahms’ regal Symphony No. 1.

BEETHOVEN: Creatures of Prometheus Overture

BLOCH: Suite for Viola and Orchestra

BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1

Copland, Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Mussorgsky/Ravel, Pictures at an Exhibition

An icon of the 1960’s counterculture generation, American folk artist Arlo Guthrie is known for both his social activism and the powerful storytelling exemplified in his music, including hits such as “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree,” “Coming into Los Angeles,” and “The Motorcycle Song.”

Growing up Guthrie, Arlo was surrounded by such renowned artists as Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and various other folk greats. Arlo drew from these influences and brought folk music to the next generation.

Arlo will perform a variety of original material and cover songs accompanied by the full orchestra. Ron Spigelman conducts.