Suites from two of the most popular works in classical music—George Bizet’s Carmen and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird—surround a performance by the brilliant young violinist Nathan Amaral, recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s 2024 Medal Of Excellence Award, for the ESO’s June 7 concert. Amaral plays Alexander Glazunov’s lyrical and deeply moving Violin Concerto in A-Minor. The Suite from Carmen, one of the most tragic love stories of all time, includes seven of the opera’s most well-known themes. Stravinsky’s passionate Suite from The Firebird is based on the composer’s groundbreaking first ballet for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Rounding out the program, Manuel de Falla’s comic Three-Cornered Hat, was also written as ballet music for Diaghilev.
Program
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- Bizet
- Suite from Carmen (from Suites 1 and 2)
La Toreadors
Prelude – Aragonaise
Intermezzo
Sequidilla
Habanera
La Garda Montante
Dance Bohème
- Falla
- Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 2)
- Glazunov
- Violin Concerto
Nathan Amaral, violin
- Stravinsky
- Suite from The Firebird (1919)
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Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
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Tickets
All tickets are assigned seating.
Please call 847-864-8804 for wheelchair accessible tickets.
Advance Sales
$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
Children Free
Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.
At the Door Sales
$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
2026–2027 SERIES SUBSCRIPTION
Three-concert Subscription
$111.75 Adults, $99.00 Seniors, $15 Students
Soloist
Soloist
Nathan Amaral, violin
Musical Insights
Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!
Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.
Series Sponsored by The Merion
May 21, Friday, at 1:30 pm
Merion’s Crystal Ballroom
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.
Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.