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• August 19, 2023   7:30 PM 
  Classics by the Lake ​ 

  • Light Classics and Popular Favorites

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Lake Harriet Band Shell
4135 W Lake Harriet Parkway
Minneapolis, MN 55409

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• October 29, 2023   3:00 PM 
  A Season of Celebration ​    

  • Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring

  • Michael Torke – Bright Blue Music

  • Johannes Brahms – Symphony #3

 

           Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

           4801 France Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55410

     

• December 17, 2023   3:00 PM 
  Remembrance and Reflection  ​   

  • Gustav Holst – Jupiter from The Planets

  • Readings from Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales
         Valerie Kahler, Reader

  • Gerald Finzi – Eclogue for Piano and Strings
         Sue Ruby, Piano

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
         Essie Commers, Violin

  • Sir Edward Elgar – Enigma Variations

 

           Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

           4801 France Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55410

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• February 25, 2024   3:00 PM
  Realizing Dreams ​ 

  • Kevin Day – Danza del Sol

  • Gerald Near – Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
    ​     Catherine Rodland, soloist
          Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the national syndication of Pipedreams

  • Florence Price – Symphony #1

 

           Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

           4801 France Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55410

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• April 6, 2024   11:00 AM    
  Family Concert - Nature in Music and a Musical Petting Zoo 

  • Steve Heitzeg – Mustang

  • Camille Saint-Saëns – The Swan
         Eitan Cher, solo cello and the Civic Orchestra cello section

  • Cary John Franklin – Skating in the Northern Lights

  • Sergei Prokofiev –  Selections from Peter and the Wolf

  • Gioachino Rossini – Overture to 'William Tell'

  

          Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

          4801 France Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55410

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• May 19, 2024   3:00 PM
  Gustav Mahler Symphony #5 

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams – A Serenade to Music     
         Carol Margolis. Violin

  • Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No.2, 1st movement
         Vladimir Tsiper, MacPhail Center Concerto Competition Winner, Soloist

  • Gustav Mahler – Symphony #5

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            Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

            4801 France Ave. Minneapolis, MN 55410

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Our concerts are always free and open to the public, though donations are gladly accepted.

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Please be aware that seating at all concerts is first-come, first-serve and in some venues is limited. We recommend arriving 15-20 minutes before the concert to ensure that you're comfortably seated for the program.

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What to Expect  

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If you're new to concerts of classical music (or even if you're not), welcome and enjoy the music. Our concerts are typically an hour and a half to two hours long with a ten to fifteen minute break (or intermission) somewhere in the middle. A concert program usually consists of three to five pieces. At least one will be quite substantial and will take up most or all of one half of the concert.

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During the concert, you should settle in, sit back, experience the music, and react to it. In formal concert settings there ARE some conventions and bits of etiquette - who to applaud and when to applaud, for example - that strike many first time concert goers as weird, but knowing them in advance can make the concert experience more comfortable, and even frequent concert goers can stand a refresher from time to time. For a guide to concert conventions and etiquette, click here.

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