First Baptist Church, Merritt Island

Strauss, Richard
Shostakovich, Dmitri
Lizst, Franz
Mahler, Gustav
 

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Also sprach Zarathustra ‘Fanfare’
Festive Overture
Les Préludes
Symphony No. 1

Celebrate the inaugural concert of the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra with four electrifying and monumental works.  Mahler's Symphony No. 1 is one of the most exciting and accessible works ever written for symphony orchestra.  Come join us for this unforgettable program. 

First Baptist Church, Merritt Island

Dukas, Paul
Wagner, Richard
Berlioz, Hector 

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral
Symphonie fantastique

A stunning soundtrack to a night of fantasy! Berlioz’s epic Symphonie Fantastique depicts the dramatic, dark side of love.  Listen carefully as this haunting musical tale of obsession and fatal attraction unfolds before you.  The program also includes Dukas’ The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (made famous in Walt Disney’s Fantasia) and Wagner’s evocative Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral.

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Stravinsky, Igor
Prokofiev, Sergei
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
 
 

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The Firebird Suite
Piano Concerto No. 3
Symphony No. 5

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Three stirring Russian masterpieces.  Tchaikovsky’s majestic Fifth Symphony and music from Stravinsky’s exotic ballet, The Firebird, will be featured on this all Russian Program.   Pianist, Jamila Tekalli is sure to dazzle listeners in Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. 

Space Coast Oratorio Society
Riverside Presbyterian Church
Cocoa Beach, FL

Free Concert

Dvorak, Antonin

Requiem

The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra joins forces with the Space Coast Oratorio Society to present Dvorak’s deeply moving Requiem.  Featuring four brilliant soloists and a choir of one hundred, this program is sure to excite.  Concert is free and open to all.

A Joint Concert with
Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra
First Baptist Church, Merritt Island

Copland, Aaron
Verdi, Giuseppe
Mascagni, Pietro

Enesco, Georges
Holst, Gustav
Shostakovich, Dmitri 

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Hoedown from 'Rodeo'
Nabucco Overture
Intermezzo from 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
Rumanian Rhapsody No. 1
Mars from 'The Planets'
Symphony No. 5

The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra is excited to be teaming up with the wonderfully talented youth musicians of the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra.  The program will feature both orchestras and a special joint performance of works by Copland, Verdi, Mascagni, Enesco, and Holst.  The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra will present Dmitri Shostakovich’s revolutionary Symphony No. 5. Shostakovich wrote, “The theme of my Fifth Symphony is the making of a man. I saw man with all his experiences in the center of the composition . . . In the finale the tragically tense impulses of the earlier movements are resolved in optimism and joy of living.” 

First Baptist Church, Merritt Island

Barber, Samuel
Gershwin, George
Barber, Samuel
Clinton, Brandon
Bernstein, Leonard

 
 

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Second Essay for Orchestra
Rhapsody in Blue
First Essay for Orchestra
Liberty for All (World Premiere)
West Side Story
 

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The concert features music 'Made in America'.  The Space Coast Symphony will take part in celebrating Samuel Barber's centenary by performing both his powerful First and Second Essays.  Pianist Jamila Tekalli will join the SCSO a second time this season to present George Gershwin's magical Rhapsody in Blue.  The second half includes a world premiere of Brandon Clinton's Liberty for All, as well as a perennial crowd-pleaser, Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. 

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Tragic Overture
Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Symphony No. 1
 
 

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The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra presents an all Brahms program.  The evening includes Brahms' Tragic Overture, Variations on a Theme by Haydn, and Symphony No. 1.

First Baptist Church, Merritt Island

Nielsen, Carl
Sibelius, Jean

 

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Helios Overture
Symphony No. 2

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The Space Coast Symphony Orchestra’s closes their season with works by Nielsen and Sibelius.  This exquisite concert program features music from Denmark’s greatest composer, Carl Nielsen.  Nielsen's dynamic Helios Overture was inspired by the sight of the sun rising and falling above the Aegean Sea.  The concert closes with the great Jean Sibelius’ poetic Symphony No. 2 in D Major.