Enjoy a beer or wine-pairing 4-course German sit down dinner hosted by Apothik with Maestro Alexander Platt. Receive a VIP tour of the newly remodeled Cappella Performing Arts Center before dinner! Non-alcoholic options will also be available for pairing.   Does NOT include the price of Bachtoberfest, 7:30 pm with the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Appetizer: […]

“Bachtoberfest!” Cappella Performing Arts Center Overture (Orchestral Suite) in G Major, S. 205 Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729) Overture Air Bourrée Air Rigaudon Air Viste Brandenburg Concerto No. 6, BWV 1051, B-flat Major Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) [Allegro moderato] Andante Allegro assai Guest Artists: Sean Dostal and Adrian Jackson, Viola Intermission Nonet for Strings – original […]

Romeo and Juliet With Lucille Chung on Piano   Hector Berlioz:  Three Pieces from Romeo et Juliette, Op.17; Royal Hunt and Storm, from Les Troyens ———- Saint-Saens:  Piano Concerto No.2 in G Minor with Lucille Chung, piano Wagner:  Rienzi Overture A Memo from the Maestro: We’re off to Paris, and the Romantic Age, for our debut concert of […]

Rhapsody in Blue With Michelle Cann and an Aaron Copland Journey A celebration of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, on the centenary of its world premiere, and of the pioneering Black American composer, Florence Price. Bob Lowden:  Armed Forces Salute Florence Price:  Piano Concerto in One Movement (1934) George Gershwin:  Rhapsody in Blue (1924) with Michelle Cann, […]

Holiday Romance With members of Ballet La Crosse Hershy Kay: Deck the Halls – (A Merrie Fugue) Edvard Grieg: Three pieces from the PEER GYNT Suite Morning Mood, Anitra’s Dance, and In the Hall of the Mountain King Chip Davis / Mannheim Steamroller: Stille Nacht Lucas Richman: Hanukkah Festival Overture Hugo Alfvén: Swedish Rhapsody No. […]

NO TICKETS NEEDED Join us at the Symphony on January 18th to watch top musicians in the Midwest area compete at the Richard Record Rising Stars Concerto Competition! The two finalists will perform their winning concerto on the mainstage performance at the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra’s March 1st concert. 1st Prize: Dick Schroeder Memorial Award, […]

Nordic Heroes With Rising Stars and the La Crosse Youth Symphony Orchestra Jean Sibelius:  the KARELIA Suite Rising Stars Winner I Rising Stars Winner II ———- Carl Nielsen:  Symphony No.1 in G Minor, Op.7 A Memo from the Maestro: Two brilliant young “Rising Stars” Competition winners, in movements from famous solo concertos; and a brilliant […]

Spring Jazz Brubeck, Bernstein, and the Beatles! Chris Brubeck, after Dave Brubeck:  TIME OUT Suite Chris Brubeck: Trombone Concerto with Chris Brubeck, soloist Dave Brubeck:  Rondo a la Turk ———- arr. Henry Mancini:  A Portrait of The Beatles Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story A Memo from the Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, Dave Brubeck, and […]

Midnight in Paris And Two Conductor Wannabes Two “Conductor Wannabe” Winners Mendelssohn:  Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Op. 61 Schubert:  March Militaire for Orchestra Brahms:  Violin Concerto in D Major with Rachel Barton Pine, violin ———- Maurice Ravel (in celebration of the centenary of his birth): “The Dance Symphony” Menuet Antique Valses nobles […]