DSO invites you to an evening of deep listening and dazzling imagination, where music grows from a simple idea into something far greater. The season opens with the world premiere of Ground by Netanela Mizrahi, celebrating her third year as our Composer in Residence.

Experience the transformative power of imagination as Shostakovich, Franck, Rachmaninov, and Hindemith reveal how simple themes can blossom into works of lasting vitality. Each piece showcases the composers’ extraordinary creativity and the expressive possibilities of the orchestra.

Audiences will be swept away by pianist Stefan Cassomenos in Rachmaninov’s beloved Paganini Variations and Franck’s Symphonic Variations. Alongside the tension, wit, and colour of Shostakovich and Hindemith, the program showcases every section of the orchestra, culminating in music that is joyful, powerful, and life-affirming.

This is a concert about connections: to ideas, to each other, and to the shared ground where imagination takes flight.