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October 2025 Concert
The ESO opens its 2025–2026 subscription concert series with a program that combines charm and passion. Local composer Stacy Garrop’s Song of Orpheus, commissioned by the Louisiana Philharmonic in 2023, evokes the god of Greek mythology charming all of nature. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto is one of the favorite—and most charming—wind concertos of all time. It will be performed by the renowned principal clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony, Stephen Williamson. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, the “Pathetique,” is his final masterpiece. The work is filled with passion, dreamlike ecstasy, triumph, and ultimately, despair.
Program
Musical Insights Free Pre-Concert Preview the Friday before this concert.
Learn How to Attend!
- Garrop
- Song of Orpheus
- Mozart
- Clarinet Concerto
Stephen Williamson, clarinet
- Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.
TICKETS
Buy TicketsAll tickets are assigned seating.
At this time, masks, vaccinations and testing are no longer required to attend ESO concerts or events. As always, we ask that if you are sick, please stay home to prevent the spread of illness. (read more detail).
Advance Sales
$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student
At the Door Sales
$47 Adult, $41 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.
Soloist
Stephen Williamson, clarinet
Musical Insights
Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!
October 17, 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, Stephen Williamson, clarinet, at Musical Insights. He and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the October concert program in depth.
Friday, October 17 at 1:30 pm,
Merion's Emerald Lounge at
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.