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    Celebrating Beethoven’s Brilliance
    Great Romantics
    Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
    A Mass for Peace

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    Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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    Rain date: Thursday, August 13, 2026

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Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

May 21, Friday, at 1:30 pm

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.

Meet our soloist, Tierra Whetstone, Mezzo Soprano, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the May concert program in depth.

Friday, May 21 at 1:30 pm,
Merion’s Crystal Ballroom at
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

The Merion
Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.

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Treat a friend or relative to the ESO

Give the gift of music by ordering directly from our website and purchasing a custom gift certificate in any denomination of your choice! Certificates may be redeemed for single ticket or season subscriptions for any of our concerts.

You will receive an electronic gift certificate or we can mail the certificate to you or directly to the recipient.

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