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  DSO’s 2019 SOLUNA Festival Is Full of Contemporary Music, Artistic Collaboration and Trolls

  January 15 at 4 a.m.

  The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s annual SOLUNA International Music and Arts Festival is back for its fifth iteration, and with it comes some intriguing programming as always. In years past, SOLUNA has given us a mixed bag of sorts as it’s worked toward finding a true purpose within the DSO. Odd...

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  Mezzo-Soprano Kelley O’Connor Trains for “Marathon” Mahler Piece With the DSO this Week

  January 9 at 4 a.m.

  Performing any of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies is no easy feat, as most musicians know well. While not a symphony in name, his Das Lied von der Erde (German for “Song of the Earth”) is no exception. Most consider the piece to be his ninth symphony, although Mahler himself didn’t want...

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  Improv Comedy Is Coming to the Symphony for a Weekend

  Monday, December 31, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  A night at the symphony is known for many things. But laughing until your sides hurt isn’t one of them. The crew at comedy powerhouse Second City aims to change that when they bring their traveling show, The Second City Guide to the Symphony, to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony...

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  Get Ready for a Big, Brassy Christmas and Organ Extravaganza at the DSO

  Monday, December 10, 2018 at 4:01 a.m.

  It’s the most wonderful time of the year, which means there’s no shortage of fun things to do around DFW to get in the holiday spirit. One of our favorites is the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Big Brassy Christmas and Organ Extravaganza. This extravaganza features the DSO’s brass and percussion sections...

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  The Dallas Symphony Explores Beethoven’s Softer Side

  Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  Ludwig van Beethoven’s music has a reputation as the Mount Everest of the classical repertoire — lofty, heroic, unknowable. Musicians lob the word “great” around so much when talking about Beethoven that even his name can be intimidating. But there’s a mellower, wittier, less ambitious side of the iconic composer,...

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  The Original Frankenstein Film Gets an Original Score, Courtesy of Composer Michael Shapiro

  Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 4 a.m.

  You've probably never noticed that the original 1931 Frankenstein film starring horror icon Boris Karloff as Mary Shelley's infamous shambling corpse has no music or score because so many people were gasping and screaming the first time you saw it. Composer Michael Shapiro said the lack of a soundtrack was done...