- Event dates: September 26 & 27, 2026
- Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
- Featured Artists:
Alyssa Wang, Conductor
Nathan Olson, ViolinLocation:
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601 - Buy Tickets: /buy-tickets-the-planets
Classical 1
As we open a bold new season of discovery, we invite you on a thrilling journey beyond the horizon. From the vastness of the cosmos to the wonder of the unknown, this spectacular opening concert launches Worlds Await with music that is thrilling, cinematic, and awe-inspiring.
We’ll begin in orbit, with Kaija Saariaho’s radiant meditation on the motion of the cosmos. Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1 follows, balancing dreamlike lyricism with flashes of wit. The journey culminates in Holst’s The Planets, a suite of vivid astrological portraits from martial thunder to shimmering mysticism.
Ticketholders are invited to an entertaining and informative talk about the concert program given by trombonist and scholar George Scharr beginning one hour before the performance.
Program
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No.1
GUSTAV HOLST
The Planets
Alyssa Wang, Conductor
Nathan Olson, Violin
A native of Berkeley, California, violinist Nathan Olson began his appointment as Co-Concertmaster with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2011. He has served as Adjunct Faculty at Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas, and as Faculty at the Interlochen Arts Festival and the Innsbrook Institute Summer Music Festival. Nathan has performed at the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Bravo Vail Music Festival, and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, and has been a guest artist and coach at the New World Symphony.
An enthusiastic chamber musician, Nathan is a member of the Baumer String Quartet, whose debut recording will be coming out in the next year. The BSQ has held residencies at several institutions, including Southern Methodist University, the University of North Texas, the University of South Florida, and the University of South Dakota.
In recent seasons, Nathan has appeared as Guest Concertmaster with the symphony orchestras of Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Toronto, and as Guest Principal Second Violin with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Houston Symphony. During the summers of 2023 and 2024, he served as Concertmaster of the Santa Fe Opera.
