Videos & Performances

Horns of the Heartland-Alpine Symphony

Based on the tone poem by Richard Strauss Originally re-thought by Phil Brink Edited, transcribed, and re-arranged by Brett Hodge HOTH is comprised of members of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and South Dakota Symphony Orchestra.

Lakes Area Music Festival Mahler 5 2022

Our inaugural composer-in-residence, Elizabeth Ogonek, opens this finale celebration with a grand fanfare, co-commissioned with the Boston Symphony for the Tanglewood Festival. Then, Gustav Mahler’s titanic Fifth Symphony brings the season to a triumphant close. “A symphony must be like the world, it must embrace the world,” Mahler once said, and this closing concert embraces the community of artists and music lovers that make the Lakes Area Music Festival possible. ELIZABETH OGONEK: Starling Variations* [regional premiere] *Co-commissioned with the Boston Symphony for Tanglewood


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