Season Finale
Pines of Rome
Des Moines Symphony
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Run Time:2 Hours and 10 minutes including one intermission.
ABOUT THE EVENT
Be transported to the Eternal City at the Symphony’s Season Finale! Mendelssohn-Hensel’s effervescent Overture in C Major opens the concert, followed by Mendelssohn’s exuberant Italian Symphony, evoking the bustling streets of Italy. George Li dazzles with Sant-Saens’ Second Piano Concerto. Respighi’s evocative Pines of Rome closes the concert with blazing brass raising the roof of the Civic Center.
PERFORMERS
PROGRAM
RESPIGHI
Pines of Rome
MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
Overture in C Major
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
SAINT-SAENS
Piano Concerto No. 2