Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 30, 2026 at 7:30pm CDT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Donald Schleicher, conductor; Lena Ying-Ting Wong, graduate assistant conductor; Hiu Sing Fan, violin (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
The program opens with Wagner’s romantic and sweeping Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin. Concerto Competition winner Hiu Sing Fan joins the ensemble for Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47. Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905), a cinematic ode to the Russian Revolution of 1905, concludes the evening.
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin: Prelude to Act III
Jean Sibelius, Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 11 in G Minor, Op. 103 (The Year 1905)
Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
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50 Arts Cir Dr
Evanston, IL 60208
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About
Pick-Staiger is a 972-seat hall located in the Arts Circle on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. The main lobby entrance for concerts is on the west side of the building (revolving and regular doors). Since its inception in 1975, the hall has functioned as both a classroom and performance facility for Bienen School of Music performing ensembles, faculty recitals, festivals, and professional guest artists.
