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The Phoenix Symphony’s 2024-25 season is ready to open with some help from NASA.
Gustav Holst’s most famous work, “The Planets,” will highlight opening weekend Oct. 4-6 at Symphony Hall as Colombian-American conductor Lina Gonzalez-Granados becomes the first Hispanic woman to conduct the Phoenix Symphony’s classics series opening.
High-definition critically acclaimed film will be projected above the Phoenix Symphony, including awe-inspiring images of the featured planet, space visualizations from NASA and the European Space Agency and historical illustrations created by José Francisco Salgado, creator of the film “Gustav Holst’s The Planets.”
The Women of the Phoenix Symphony Chorus will sing offstage to create an ethereal sound as chorus master Dr. Thomas Bookhout leads.
“‘The Planets’ will open the 2024-25 season with incredible energy and eye-grabbing imagery for a breathtaking experience,” Phoenix Symphony President and CEO Peter Kjome shared in a press release.
Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Theofanidis’ “Drum Circles” features the visually captivating “The Percussion Collective.” In this piece, four members of “The Percussion Collective,” along with the orchestra’s own percussion section, surround the orchestra in a circle, creating a spatial and theatrical effect. The Symphony Hall stage will be filled with percussion instruments, and even a typewriter and toy bells.
Arrive one hour prior to the performance for SRP’s pre-performance “Preludes” in the lobby featuring Salgado. The Phoenix Symphony has also partnered with local museum “Earth & Space Expedition Center” to feature their inflatable planets in the Symphony Hall lobby.
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