Carmina burana

Carmina burana

This is what ‘epic’ sounds like. A massive orchestra and huge chorus join forces in Jones Hall for Orff’s infamous ode to love, drink, and living life to the fullest, Carmina burana. Instantly recognizable thanks to its use in countless movies and commercials, a...
I’m a Superhero!

I’m a Superhero!

BAM CRASH POW! There are many types of superheroes, but one thing they have in common is that they always have the most epic theme music. Come dressed as your favorite superhero—Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, or even a real-life hero—and get ready to channel your...
21st Century Broadway

21st Century Broadway

Take a musical trip to the Big Apple with showstoppers from today’s hottest musicals! With selections from Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Wicked, The Last Five Years, Waitress, and more, this concert is your ticket to today’s biggest Broadway hits.
21st Century Broadway

21st Century Broadway

Take a musical trip to the Big Apple with showstoppers from today’s hottest musicals! With selections from Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Wicked, The Last Five Years, Waitress, and more, this concert is your ticket to today’s biggest Broadway hits.
I’m a Superhero!

I’m a Superhero!

BAM CRASH POW! There are many types of superheroes, but one thing they have in common is that they always have the most epic theme music. Come dressed as your favorite superhero—Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, or even a real-life hero—and get ready to channel your...
21st Century Broadway

21st Century Broadway

Take a musical trip to the Big Apple with showstoppers from today’s hottest musicals! With selections from Hamilton, Jagged Little Pill, Wicked, The Last Five Years, Waitress, and more, this concert is your ticket to today’s biggest Broadway hits.
Romeo and Juliet + Dvorák’s Cello Concerto

Romeo and Juliet + Dvorák’s Cello Concerto

The most famous love story ever written is told through the universal language of music in Prokofiev’s impassioned and romantic Romeo and Juliet. Dorothy Chang’s Northern Star points the way to a world of evocative soundscapes and kaleidoscopic color. And, Principal...
Romeo and Juliet + Dvorák’s Cello Concerto

Romeo and Juliet + Dvorák’s Cello Concerto

The most famous love story ever written is told through the universal language of music in Prokofiev’s impassioned and romantic Romeo and Juliet. Dorothy Chang’s Northern Star points the way to a world of evocative soundscapes and kaleidoscopic color. And, Principal...
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

The force of Beethoven’s genius is a palpable presence throughout his groundbreaking Eroica Symphony, commanding our attention from the dramatic opening chords to the triumphant conclusion. Emanuel Ax has amassed a lifetime of accolades, including seven Grammys, and...
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

The force of Beethoven’s genius is a palpable presence throughout his groundbreaking Eroica Symphony, commanding our attention from the dramatic opening chords to the triumphant conclusion. Emanuel Ax has amassed a lifetime of accolades, including seven Grammys, and...
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Mozart + Beethoven’s Eroica

The force of Beethoven’s genius is a palpable presence throughout his groundbreaking Eroica Symphony, commanding our attention from the dramatic opening chords to the triumphant conclusion. Emanuel Ax has amassed a lifetime of accolades, including seven Grammys, and...
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Immense and intense the full forces of the orchestra amass in Jones Hall for the all-encompassing drama of Mahler’s darkest symphony, culminating in the sonic and visual spectacle of earth-shattering “hammer blows of fate.”
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Immense and intense the full forces of the orchestra amass in Jones Hall for the all-encompassing drama of Mahler’s darkest symphony, culminating in the sonic and visual spectacle of earth-shattering “hammer blows of fate.”
Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Tragedy and Triumph Festival: Valcuha Conducts Mahler 6

Immense and intense the full forces of the orchestra amass in Jones Hall for the all-encompassing drama of Mahler’s darkest symphony, culminating in the sonic and visual spectacle of earth-shattering “hammer blows of fate.”
At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

Celebrate one of the most dynamic vocalists of all time, the incomparable Etta James. Josh Sklair, Etta’s longtime friend and guitarist, joins vocalist Crystal Monee Hall and the Symphony for a celebration of this gospel prodigy’s iconic debut studio album, At...
At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

Celebrate one of the most dynamic vocalists of all time, the incomparable Etta James. Josh Sklair, Etta’s longtime friend and guitarist, joins vocalist Crystal Monee Hall and the Symphony for a celebration of this gospel prodigy’s iconic debut studio album, At...
At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

At Last! A Tribute to Etta James

Celebrate one of the most dynamic vocalists of all time, the incomparable Etta James. Josh Sklair, Etta’s longtime friend and guitarist, joins vocalist Crystal Monee Hall and the Symphony for a celebration of this gospel prodigy’s iconic debut studio album, At...
Eschenbach Conducts Bruckner 8

Eschenbach Conducts Bruckner 8

Bruckner wrote symphonies at a size and scale unsurpassed to this day. Immerse yourself in the soaring majesty and sonic power of his monumental Symphony No. 8—so epic it’s the only thing on the program. World-renowned Bruckner master and former Houston Symphony Music...
Eschenbach Conducts Bruckner 8

Eschenbach Conducts Bruckner 8

Bruckner wrote symphonies at a size and scale unsurpassed to this day. Immerse yourself in the soaring majesty and sonic power of his monumental Symphony No. 8—so epic it’s the only thing on the program. World-renowned Bruckner master and former Houston Symphony Music...
Perlman Conducts Tchaikovsky 5

Perlman Conducts Tchaikovsky 5

No composer mines the depths of the human experience more fearlessly or wholeheartedly than Tchaikovsky, and his beloved Fifth Symphony surges with unbridled passion, candid emotion, and balletic grace on its journey from darkness to light. Houston Symphony Artistic...