Our upcoming season – a boldness and uniqueness not seen before!

Dear Friends,

We are delighted to announce a most audacious program for music lovers across Fairfield County!

Each program centers around a core theme, led by a host - a prominent writer, artist, or activist, -who will add richness and context to your concert experience.

We continue to bring you amazing and illustrious soloists.  These stellar names include the acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Kahane, his equally talented son, the composer and vocalist Gabriel Kahane, and in a very special performance that will close our calendar in May, the incomparable Yo-Yo Ma, a true global figure and the pre-eminent classical musician of our time.

The full concert schedule is listed below.  We look forward to welcoming you next season!

TICKETS FOR THE YO-YO MA CONCERTS

Join us for Yo-Yo Ma's first-ever performances with Orchestra Lumos!

Saturday May 24 at 7:00pm and Sunday May 25 at 3:00pm

• Tickets for the Yo-Yo Ma concerts are available only as part of a subscription of three-or-more concerts.  
• Renew your subscription or buy a new subscription including at least three concerts.  
• Select a Yo-Yo Ma program as one of the three-or-more concerts that you select.

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE

Orchestra Lumos Members (current subscribers)

• Please watch your mailbox for the full renewal packet in the next week.
• This will enable you to renew your current Palace Theater seats, select a Yo-Yo Ma concert, and also add our very popular Small Space concerts or Toy Story to your season.
• Please respond right away to keep your current seats!  Call us at 203-235-1407x12 or email [email protected]  Your tickets will be mailed/emailed, as requested, from August 15, 2024.

Lapsed (prior) Subscribers

• Watch your mailbox for the opportunity to renew your lapsed subscription.

• If we still have your prior seats available we will be pleased for you to have them again. If they are no longer available, we will help you select new seats.  
  

• Plus, you may select a Yo-Yo Ma concert, and also add Small Space concerts and Toy Story to your season.
• Call us at 203-235-1407x12 or email [email protected].   Tickets will be mailed/emailed as requested from August 15, 2024.

First-Time Members

• You are invited to buy a three-or-more concert membership, and include a Yo-Yo Ma concert.
• Please watch your mailbox for a brochure and booking form or call the Orchestra Lumos Ticket Hotline at 203.325.1407 x12 or email [email protected]

Tickets:

[email protected]

203-325-1407 x12

OUR 2024-25 PALACE THEATER SERIES

ORPHEUS SINGS

Saturday, October 5, 2024 at 7:30pm

Sunday October 6, 2024 at 3:00pm

Anwen Deng, piano

Michael Stern, conductor

Host to be announced

Franz Liszt Orpheus, Symphonic Poem

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4

George Walker Orpheus <1994>

Christoph Willibald Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice

Jacques Offenbach Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld

SHAKESPEARE ON LOVE

Saturday, November 9, 2024 at 7:30pm

Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 3:00pm

Michael Gill and Jayne Atkinson, hosts
Michael Stern, conductor
Felix Mendelssohn Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
       Scherzo, Nocturne
Hector Berlioz "Scène d’amour" from Romeo et Juliette
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

MUSIC OF MEMORY, MUSIC OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 7:30pm

Sunday, February 23, 2025 at 3:00pm

Gabriel Kahane, host, vocal, piano, guitar

Jeffrey Kahane, piano

Michael Stern, conductor

Carlos Simon Warmth from Other Suns

Gabriel Kahane Heirloom, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra

Gabriel Kahane Three Songs

     Where are the Arms

     October 1, 1939/Port of Hamburg

     Sit Shiva

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 2

TOY STORY IN CONCERT

Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 3:00pm

Orchestra Lumos presents Toy Story in Concert featuring a screening of the classic film, Toy Story, accompanied by Oscar® and Grammy®-winning composer Randy Newman’s score performed live to the film.

Toy Story is a fantastic fun-filled journey, viewed mostly through the eyes of two rival toys—Woody, the lanky, likable cowboy, and Buzz Lightyear, the fearless space ranger.  

The toys find themselves on a hilarious adventure-filled mission where the only way they can survive is to form an uneasy alliance.

OUR COMMON WORLD

Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 7:00pm (note earlier start)

Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 3:00pm

Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Michael Stern, conductor

Host to be announced

Jean-Féry Rebel Les élémens (The Elements)

     Chaos, Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Epilogue

Antonín Dvo?ák “Silent Woods” for cello

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5

Franz Josef Haydn Cello concerto No. 1