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June 2026 Concert

2:30 pm
Sunday, June 7, 2026

Carmen & Firebird

Suites from two of the most popular works in classical music—George Bizet’s Carmen and Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird—surround a performance by the brilliant young violinist Nathan Amaral, recipient of the Sphinx Organization’s 2024 Medal Of ­Excellence Award, for the ESO’s June 7 ­concert. Amaral plays Alexander Glazunov’s lyrical and deeply moving Violin Concerto in A-Minor. The Suite from Carmen, one of the most tragic love stories of all time, includes seven of the opera’s most well-known themes. Stravinsky’s passionate Suite from The Firebird is based on the ­composer’s groundbreaking first ballet for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Rounding out the program, Manuel de Falla’s comic Three-Cornered Hat, was also written as ballet music for Diaghilev.

Program

Musical Insights Free Pre-Concert Preview the Friday before this concert.
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  • Bizet
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  • Suite from Carmen (from Suites 1 and 2)
      La Toreadors
      Prelude – Aragonaise
      Intermezzo
      Sequidilla
      Habanera
      La Garda Montante
      Dance Bohème
  • Falla
  • Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 2)
  • Glazunov
  • Violin Concerto

    Nathan Amaral, violin

  • Stravinsky
  • Suite from The Firebird (1919)

 

Trulee Evanston

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.

TICKETS

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All tickets are assigned seating.

At this time, masks, vaccinations and testing are no longer required to attend ESO concerts or events. As always, we ask that if you are sick, please stay home to prevent the spread of illness. (read more detail).

Advance Sales

$42 Adult, $36 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

At the Door Sales

$47 Adult, $41 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

Soloist

Nathan Amaral, violin

Nathan Amaral, violin

 

 

 

Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

June 5, Friday, at 1:30 pm

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Meet our soloist, Nathan Amaral, violin, at Musical Insights. He and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the June concert program in depth.

Friday, June 5 at 1:30 pm,
Merion’s Crystal Ballroom at
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

The Merion
Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.

Program Book

View program book here. (PDF)