SLO Symphony: Grand Overtures

Experience a thrilling celebration of orchestral brilliance, headlined by Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture in its original concert setting, full of drama and spectacle. The program also features Brahms’ spirited Academic Festival Overture and Respighi’s elegant Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3. Organ virtuoso Felix Hell returns to perform Guilmant’s Symphony No.1 for Organ, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Forbes Organ at the Performing Arts Center. Feel the full force and excitement of the orchestra in a concert designed to awe, inspire, and leave you breathless.

Johannes Brahms                 Academic Festival Overture op.80 
Alexandre Guilmant            Symphony No.1 for Organ op.42 
                                                 Featuring organist Felix Hell
Ottorino Respighi                Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No.3 
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky   1812 Overture op.49