Nov 26 • 8:00 pm

City lights is a romantic comedy film starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. See it with the soundtrack performed live by the full Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Oct 18 • 2:00 pm

Composer Nathaniel Stookey presents and narrates “The Composer is Dead!” - with original text by Lemony Snicket. “It’s a guide to the orchestra in the guise of a murder mystery,” Nathaniel says. “The narrator takes the role of the inspector who is investigating the murder of the composer. He interrogates all the sections of the orchestra as to why they would have wanted to off the composer. And they all have very good reasons.”

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Oct 2, 3 •  8:00 pm, Oct 4 • 2:00 pm

Some of the finest acrobats, aerial artists, jugglers and strongmen in the business join forces with our fabulous musicians to create, not just a circus act and not just a symphony performance, but a concert experience that perfectly synchronizes the two.

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Oct 16 • 8:00 pm

Today we have Bono and Bob Geldof and a host of pop and rock stars that use their music as a political tool. In the 18th and 19th centuries, composers like Handel, Johann Strauss and Antonio Salieri shared relationships with royalty and were sometimes responsible for creating music for complex political situations. Join us as we perform some of this music and explore the long-standing connection between music and politics.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 pm

Two masterpieces by two master composers, written late in their lives. One of Canada’s greatest pianists performs one of Beethoven’s most popular works. Brahms last symphony is considered by some to be a magnum opus – his greatest triumph.

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Oct 30, 31 • 8:00 pm

Inspired by his time in the U.S., Dvorák’s New World Symphony (now one of the most popular works in the modern repertoire) is a multi-cultural blend of Native and African-American musical traditions, and the composer’s Bohemian folk roots. Tovey’s Urban Runway offers a jazzy interpretation of American folk history – through the world of fashion.

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