Fantastique!

Experience the musical memories of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra’s new Music Director, Erik, as he takes you on a symphonic journey! The Youngstown Symphony proudly celebrates his appointment with a program of programmatic works close to his heart. The performance will be on Sunday, January 25 at 2:30pm at Stambaugh Auditorium.

First, revel in the power of Richard Wagner’s hero, Siegfried, before soaring with the iconic Olympic and E.T. music of John Williams. As a tribute to his mother’s Finnish heritage, the first half concludes with Jean Sibelius’s picturesque tone poem, Night Ride and Sunrise.

The climax of the evening arrives with Hector Berlioz’s revolutionary Symphonie fantastique. This groundbreaking 1830 masterpiece plunges you into a composer’s feverish, hallucinatory dreams of obsessive love. The orchestra becomes his storyteller, guiding you through dreams, a swirling waltz, a lonely country scene, climactic march to the gallows and a climatic dream of a Witches’ sabbath. 

Don’t miss this unforgettable night of drama, story, and spectacular sound; works that shaped the new director’s passion for music.

For ticket information, visit the Experience Your Arts website.