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Pines of Rome

Season Finale

Pines of Rome

Des Moines Symphony

May 17 - 18, 2025 Des Moines Civic Center
May 17 - 18, 2025 Des Moines Civic Center

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

Des Moines Symphony standing outdoors for a photo

Des Moines Symphony

The Des Moines Symphony Orchestra is one of Iowa’s and the Midwest’s premiere arts institutions.

The Symphony is the principal resident company of the acoustically acclaimed, 2,662 seat Des Moines Civic Center. Performances there on its regular season of seven pairs of Masterworks concerts have included the major works of the orchestral repertoire and collaborations with some of the music world’s most prominent soloists and artists.

Joseph Giunta

Joseph Giunta

Conductor

George Li

George Li

Piano

PROGRAM

RESPIGHI

Pines of Rome

MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL

Overture in C Major

MENDELSSOHN

Symphony No. 4 “Italian”

SAINT-SAENS

Piano Concerto No. 2