Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series

  • A balance of masterpieces, works by living composers, and the talents of internationally-famed conductors and soloists.
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2011-2012 Season

Heavens Above, Earth Below

Features Strauss' epic showpiece, Alpine Symphony, GR Ballet Co. dancers, antiphonal brass, and world-premiere tribute to Betty Ford.

2012-13 Season

Opening Night Spectacular! Percussion and Rachmaninoff

| Highlights Series | This opening night celebration is full of drama, visual interest and sweeping emotion.

Baroque to Romantic

| Showcase Series | Tour across three musical periods by way of three master composers.

Mozart and Brahms

| Highlights Series | Experience Mozart’s beautifully precise Jupiter Symphony and Brahms’s robust second piano concerto.

We Remember

| Showcase Series | The commemoration of the Symphony Chorus’s 50th season begins with the presentation of an acclaimed, large-scale Holocaust memorial oratorio.

Symphonie Fantastique

| Highlights Series | This fast-moving French program draws together beautiful melodies, three flashy works with a violin soloist, a brass fanfare, and the popular and cinematic Symphonie fantastique.

Hough Plays Liszt

| Showcase Series | This concert presents core orchestral repertoire: the skillfully composed second piano concerto by Liszt, and the powerful seventh symphony from Bruckner.

An American in Paris

| Highlights Series | Close your eyes and imagine the streets of Paris, the fountains of Rome, the sweeping lines of GR’s Calder Sculpture, and the urban culture of LA.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

| Showcase Series | Marvel at the virtuosic talents of 16-year-old phenom Randall Goosby performing Vivaldi’s most popular work.

Boléro

| Highlights Series | Soulful musical works that reflect the Latin spirit.

Beethoven’s Solemn Mass

| Showcase Series | GRS Chorus 50th Season Celebration. Beethoven regarded this monumental choral work as his crowning achievement.