PSYO: Light in Darkness

PSYO: Light in Darkness

November 25, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra opens their season with Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, written on the occasion of Brahms receiving an honorary doctorate at the University of Breslau., and Symphony No. 5 by Shostakovich, now generally considered the greatest symphonist of the mid-twentieth century.

Pola Benke, conductor
Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

Program
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture            
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

This evening’s performance is generously sponsored by Pacific Life Foundation.

Tickets are free, but advance reservations are required. Last-minute tickets will also be available at the concert hall.

Musians of Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

Upcoming Dates & Times

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Artists

Pola Benke

Pola Benke

Conductor

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra

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