October 8, 2011 730pm
Classical Triumphs
Lima native Paul Barnes triumphantly returns to the stage to celebrate the bicentennial of Fran Liszt's birth with the stunning and emotional Piano Concerto No. 2. The opening gala begins joyously with guest conductor Clyde Rauch leading the orchestra in a bouyant polka, and concludes with Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5, as remarkable for its grandeur and beauty as for its historic boldness.

November 12, 2011 730pm
Scaling Infinity
The Lima Symphony Chorus opens a concert of transcendent musical beauty with Ralph Vaughan Williams' exquisitely sweet and tender Serenade to Music. Celebrate the glories of childhood innocence, the struggles of adulthood and the final assent to the infinite reaches of heaven with Strauss' tone poem, Tod und Verklarung.

December 10, 2011 730pm
Bells, Brass and Bows
Experience the wonder of the holiday pops concert as the Lima Symphony Chorus and special guest Shannon O'Neill join them with sacred carols, timeless classics and sentimental holiday favorites sure to add joy, magic and treasured memories to your family's tradition.

December 31, 2011 7:30pm
New Year's Eve in Las Vegas: Simply Sinatra with Steve Lippia
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...unless it's music. On New Year's Eve, the Lima Symphony Orchestra joins "the Chairman of the Board" with Simply Sinatra. Acclaimed Sinatra interpreter Steve Lippia will fly you to the moon with his crooning styles and seductive singing. There's no better way to pay tribute to the classically cool style of Old Blue Eyes than with the youthful charisma, swinging stage presence and sumblime vocals of Steve Lippia as he performs Sinatra's biggest hits from The Best is Yet To Come and My Way to I've Got You Under My Skin and New York, New York. Don't miss a beat.

January 21, 2012-Trinity United Methodist Church, Lima 730pm
January 22, 2012-St. Mary's, Defiance 4pm
Mozart by Candlelight
Hundreds of glistening candles, stunning sacred spaces and the magnificence of Mozart combine for a truly spectacular evening.
Experience music the way Mozart's music was written to be performed, by the warm glow of candlelight in a glorious church.

February 18, 2012 730pm
The Romance of Spring
Join the Symphony for an exhilarating breath of springtime romance, beginning with the exuberant vitality of Berlioz's Le Corsaire Overture. Piano soloist and winner of the 2009 Friends of the Symphony Young Artists Competition Scott Cuellar will delight with the 24 variations of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini, by turns playful, melancholy, militaristic and dramatic, and characterized by a soaring, soulful melody and structural ingenuity. The tour de force of Romantic composers concludes with Schumann's Spring Symphony, a buoyant, exultant composition written soon after his marriage for his "spring of love".

March 4, 2012 3pm
Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Classical Kids: A Family Concert
Imagine Ludwig van Beethoven moving in to the apartment upstairs! The world-famous production of Beethoven Lives Upstairs features a lively exchange of letters between a young boy and his uncle about the "madman" who as moved upstairs. Audiences will be captivated by more than thirty-five excerpts of the master's music, including the Moonlight Sonata, Fur Elise, and the great Fifth and Nineth Symphonies. The music is magically woven into the drama as two actors share their anecdotes and observations based on true incidents from the composer's life. Presenting history, drama, music and fun, this engaging, fast-paced concert will captivate and entertain children and adults alike.

April 21, 2012 730pm
Lift Every Voice
The Lima Symphony Chorus and the Bowling Green State University Choral Society will join the orchestra as they transport the audience to the 13th century for a tale of war, treason and the power of the common people united by a hero with Prokofiev's renowned cantata, Alexander Nevsky. They conclude the season with the chromatic patterns of Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, known for its virtuoso piano passages, brilliant orchestral writing and the sound of a cathedral-sized pipe organ, all sweeping to a dramatic finish.

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133 N. Elizabeth St.
P.O. Box 1651
Lima, Ohio 45802
Lima Symphony Orchestra
133 N. Elizabeth Street, P.O. Box 1651, Lima, Ohio 45802
419-222-5701
www.limasymphony.com