Stephen Alltop, music director and conductor

Ellen Robertson, soprano
Ricardo Herrera, bass-baritone
University of Illinois Oratorio Society and Chamber Singers, Andrea Solya, director

The Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra’s 65th season begins with a concert of majestic music to stir the soul. The dramatic sweep of the Hiawatha Overture shows why Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is considered one of the finest composers of the late 19th century.  Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 offers rich orchestral colors and a rousing finale based on the hymn, “A Mighty Fortress.”  CUSO is joined by the University of Illinois Oratorio Society and Chamber Singers to perform Dvořák’s uplifting Te Deum, one of his most joyous and celebratory works for soloists, chorus, and orchestra.   

Program

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Opus 107 (Reformation) 
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances No. 5 and 6
Antonín Dvořák: Te Deum

Saturday, October 12, 2024 at 7:30PM in the Foellinger Great Hall

See the Krannert Center website for more details and to purchase tickets.