NORTHWEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Rossini: Overture to William Tell
Dvorak: Othello Overature
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3

Come to sing or come to listen & Enjoy! Free will offering appreicated. Vocal scores available.

First Presbyterian Church
302 Dunton Avenue,
Arlington Heights, IL

Elgar: Cello Concerto
w/Maurice Neuman, Cello
Brahms: Symphony No.1

Film, theater, and popular music from Bernstein, Gershwin, John Williams, Ellington and more!

Moniuszko: Bajka
(Fairy Tale Overture)
Lutosławski: Silesian Triptych
w/Ewa-Kowcz-Fair, Soprano
Wieniawski: Legend
w/Marley Haller, Violin
Bacewicz: Symphony No. 3

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture
Gustav Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer
Vasily Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1

Handel: Messiah

First Presbyterian Church
302 Dunton Avenue,
Arlington Heights, IL

Johannes Brahms: Academic Overture
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Overture to Egmont
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Roco Variations
  Uli Widmaier, Viola
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 1 in E minor
Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy
  Award Winner, Ophir Dahari, Violin
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations

George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Darius Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Jean Sibelius: Valse Triste
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concert
Louis Auxenfans, Clarinet
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3

Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture
Chirs Rogerson: Oaken Sky
Bedrich Smetana: "The Moldau"
Florence Price: Mississippi River Suite

Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bianca Ciubancan, Violin
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major

The Northwest Symphony presented its first virtual concert this fall. You can view the concert on our YouTube channel. We hope you will consider making a contribution to the orchestra so we may continue to create more virtual performances. This can be done under the “Donate” tab on the website as well. Thank you for your continuous support. Please stay safe and healthy.

The Northwest Symphony Orchestra board and musicians look forward to the time when we can safely resume live performances. This fall, we are in the process of preparing virtual offerings and our hope is to present concerts in person in 2021. We have an exciting new season planned and look forward to once again presenting great music to the community: Sunday, February 14th at 3:00pm – Lift Every Voice: A Concert of African-American Composers Sunday, April 18th at 3:00pm – Paul Vermel Young Artist Competition Winner & Dvorak 8 Sunday, May 16th at 3:00pm – Natural Wonder: Rogerson – Oaken Sky & Beethoven 6 Please return to the website for details about our virtual performances and updates regarding live concerts.

ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV: Theme and Variations for String Orchestra, OP. 97
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Novelleten NOS. 2 & 1
JEAN SIBELIUS: Romance in C. OP.42
BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Simple Symphony

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On April 18th, 2020, The Northwest Symphony Orchestra announced that In response to the CDC and their recommendations for the spread of COVID-19, the NSO had decided to postpone the “Natural Wonder” concert that was scheduled for Saturday, April 18th. That concert was tentatively to take place on Sunday, May 17th in place of the originally scheduled “Opera in the Afternoon” concert. The NSO had hoped to reschedule the “Opera in the Afternoon” concert for a later date in June.Patrons who already had tickets purchased for the April 18th concert, they advised that the NSO would honor them for the May 17th performance or could be used for a future concert later in the season. Patrons were further advised that patrons could get a refund or if they wished, could donate the price of the ticket to the orchestra.

On April 27th, 2020, in response to the CDC and their recommendations to combat the spread of COVID-19 virus, all remaining concerts for the 2019-20 season were cancelled. We regreted that would not be unable to present the remaining performances, but the safety of our audience, musicians, staff, and community is of the upmost importance. Ticked Refunds were offerred to patrons, or reciepts for donations to the orchestra for purchased tickets.

We truly miss our audiences and hope to be able to present concerts again very soon.