Joshua Bell Returns: The Elements in Concert

About This Concert Grammy Award-winning violin icon Joshua Bell unleashes cosmic grandeur and world-shaking virtuosity in The Elements, a stunning sound-plus-video experience which summons the elemental power of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space through spellbinding music and immersive video projections. Eternal questions of love, death, and the hereafter are explored through soaring, transcendent music … Continued

Icon: The Voices that Changed Music

About This Concert Elvis. Prince. Michael Jackson. Diana Ross. Whitney Houston. Stevie Wonder. Celebrate the greatest voices of all time in this powerhouse concert. Houston favorites Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw join forces with the Symphony for the biggest hits by the most iconic artists of all time, including beloved songs like “Purple Rain,” “Signed, … Continued

Adams Conducts Adams & Appalachian Spring

About This Concert Piano concertos don’t get any more fun than John Adams’s Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, a showstopping whirlwind filled with funky grooves, propulsive rhythmic drive, and pop music influences from bebop to honky-tonk. Conducted by the composer himself, it’s the perfect showcase for Víkingur Ólafsson’s breathtaking piano prowess. To … Continued

Grieg’s Peer Gynt

About This Concert Featuring the ethereal “Morning Mood” and the hair-raising “In the Hall of the Mountain King”—both pop-culture staples you’ll recognize instantly—Grieg’s Peer Gynt is one of classical music’s most enduringly popular works. Prepare for a magical theatrical experience bringing the Peer Gynt story to vivid life. Bewitching works by Sibelius and William Grant … Continued

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony + Timpani World Premiere

About This Concert The most famous four notes in history launch a towering masterpiece for the ages in Beethoven’s legendary Fifth Symphony. Award-winning composer Andy Akiho is known for bold, immersive music that shatters preconceptions, and you do not want to miss the world premiere of his Timpani Concerto, written especially for Houston Symphony Principal … Continued

Mozart + Elgar’s Enigma Variations

About This Concert Mozart’s genius is on full display in his elegant and high-spirited Piano Concerto No. 9, and in the hands of Jan Lisiecki—recognized as one of today’s most astounding young talents—it promises pure magic. In his famous Enigma Variations, Elgar lovingly renders those nearest and dearest to him, creating a musical photo album … Continued