DISCOVER WORLD-CLASS MUSIC — CLOSE TO HOME | Andrew Constantine, Music Director

SCHEHERAZADEwith Violinist Matthew TruslerSaturday, September 22, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

Mussorgsky Night on Bald MountainProkofiev ViolinConcertoNo.2Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Rimsky-Korsakov’siconicpieceaboutoneoftheworld’sgreateststorytellersispairedwithMussorgsky’sspell-bindingNight on Bald MountainandProkofiev’ssecondViolinConcerto.

ORCHESTRAL MASTERPIECESSaturday, December 1, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

FromDebussy’sClair de LuneandWagner’sRide of the ValkyriestoBernstein’sCandideOvertureandStrauss’The Blue Danube,heartheRSOinbelovedorchestralworksfromtheclassicalcanon.

SCANDINAVIAN DREAMSwith the RSO QuartetSaturday, October 20, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

Beethoven EgmontOverturePuckett Short StoriesSibelius SymphonyNo.2

ExperienceSibelius’reflectionsonhisnativelandthroughhisSecondSymphony,plusanewarrangementofJoelPuckett’sShort StoriesfeaturingtheRSOStringQuartet.

Violinist Matthew Trusler Music Director Andrew Constantine

BEETHOVEN PIANO CONCERTO with Pianist Julio ElizaldeSaturday, January 26, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

ArvoPärt FratresSchumann SymphonyNo.3inE-flatMajor“Rhenish”Beethoven PianoConcertoNo.3inCMinor

Beethoven’sepicThirdPianoConcertoisperformedbyacclaimedpianistJulioElizalde,whileSchumann’s“Rhenish”SymphonyrecallsavisittotheRhineland,whereheencounteredthecountrysideandthesplendorofCologne’sgothiccathedral.

Pianist Julio Elizalde

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LINCOLN PORTRAIT: IMAGES OF FREEDOMwith Westwater Arts and Nicholas Bardonnay, Multimedia ArtistSaturday, March 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

GeorgeButterworth The Banks of Green WillowPhilipGlass InterludeNo.2PhilipGlass InterludeNo.1Copland Lincoln PortraitVaughanWilliams SymphonyNo.5inDmajor

WitnessAaronCopland’smajesticLincoln PortraitpresentedinaninnovativewaywithsymphonicphotochoreographybyWestwaterArts,togetherwithVaughanWilliams’tunefulandhymn-filledSymphonyNo.5.

TOSCA with Berks Opera Company, Reading Choral Society, and Berks Youth ChorusSaturday, May 4, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

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NEW YEAR’S EVE POPS CONCERT Monday, December 31, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

RinginthenewyearwithfavoritesbyJamesTaylorandCaroleKingincluding“HowSweetItIs,”“CarolinainMyMind,”“IFeeltheEarthMove,”and“You’veGotaFriend,”performedbyguestartistsKirstiMannaandJonathanBirchfield.

Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.Santander Performing Arts Center

Themagicofcirquecomestotheconcerthallwithaerialflyers,acrobats,contortionists,jugglers,dancers,andmore,choreographedtoclassicalandcontemporaryfavorites.

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Puccini’sthrillingtaleofloveanddespairtakescenterstageinacollaborativeperformancewithBerksOperaCompany,theReadingChoralSocietyandBerksYouthChorus.

ALL CONCERTS TAKE PLACE AT:

Santander Performing Arts Center 136N.6thStreetReading,PA19602