The Knox-Galesburg Symphony will open its 2025-26 season with a concert at the Orpheum Theater in Galesburg on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m.
The program, titled Lincoln Portrait, features Aaron Copland’s work of the same name, narrated by Steven Duchrow. The evening begins with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and continues with Samuel Barber’s early 20th-century classic Adagio for Strings. The concert will close with George Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Dr. Richard Cangro will conduct.
Tickets are available at galesburgorpheum.org, by calling the Orpheum at (309) 342-2299, or at the box office Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as well as before the performance.
For questions, contact Steve Jackson at the Symphony Center at (309) 381-3810 or email office@kgsymphony.org.
