Opening Night: La Mer

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025 at 07:30 pm UTC-04:00

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium | Chattanooga

Chattanooga Symphony & Opera
Publisher/HostChattanooga Symphony & Opera
Opening Night: La Mer
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6:30 PM - Doors
6:45 PM - Spotlight Talk
7:30 PM - Concert
Adults: $35+
Students/Children: 50% off
Veterans and First Responders save 15% on tickets to this performance with code: VFRtix
Get your tickets here: https://chattanoogasymphony.org/events/opening-night-la-mer-2025-09-11-730-pm/seats/
Bold! Beautiful! Brilliant! The CSO kicks off the 25-26 season - Reflection - and Ilya Ram’s first season as Music Director with four stunning pieces that blur genres, cross continents, and set the tone for our musical journey. from ocean waves to city rhythms, from Paris to New York, William Grant Still’s Festive Overture sets things in motion with energy and joy. We continue traveling the U.S.A. with George Gershwin’s Concerto in F follows, full of swagger, lyricism, and that unmistakable snap of jazz—performed by the international rising star Ying Li. We sail across the ocean on waves of color with Lili Boulanger’s D'un matin de printemps, bright and fleeting as its title suggests. The evening culminates with a Tsunami of sound - Debussy’s masterpiece La Mer: a breathtaking depiction of the sea’s power and mystery, bringing the concert to an evocative and majestic close.
What to expect:
- Lush, cinematic orchestral sound
- American brilliance meets French elegance
- An international piano star on the rise, with Jazzy attitude
- Music that dances, glows, and crashes like waves
- An epic beginning to our next three seasons you wouldn’t want to miss!
ARTISTS
Ilya Ram | conductor
Ying Li | piano
PROGRAM
William Grant Still | Festive Overture
George Gershwin | Piano Concerto in F Major
Lili Boulanger | D’un matin de printemps
Claude Debussy | La Mer
Approximate program length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Includes 20 minute intermission.
Adults: $35+
Students/Children: 50% off
Veterans and First Responders save 15% on tickets to this performance with code: VFRtix
Get your tickets here: https://chattanoogasymphony.org/events/opening-night-la-mer-2025-09-11-730-pm/seats/
The CSO's 25-26 Classics Series is generously sponsored by Barnett & Company Investment Counsel.
This concert is made possible by Captain Larry and Toni Taylor.
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, 399 McCallie Ave,Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States

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