The Future of Music
April 18, 2026
Our BMSO 50th Season Finale showcases the extraordinary young talent in our region, with performances from our 2025/2026 Young Artist Winners. Vocal Division Winner Ketina Francois will sing Adieu Notre Petite Table from Massenet's opera Manon; Dylan Knell, cellist will perform Variations 1-4 from Tchaikovsky's clever Rococo Variations, and pianist Anna Bruno will complete our season with Robert Schumann's epic Piano Concerto in A Minor. And all launched by a sneak preview from the Bismarck Mandan Symphony Youth Orchestra!
Tickets can be purchased here, or at the Bismarck Event Center box office to avoid convenience fees.
Program
Overture to Carmen.........................................George Bizet (1838-1875)
Sinfonia (from Bismarck Mandan Symphony Youth Orchestras)
Manon: Adieu Notre Petite Table...................Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
Ketrina Francois, soprano
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33......Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Moderato assai quasi Andante - Thema, moderato semplice
Var. I: Tempo della Thema
Var. II: Tempo della Thema
Var. III: Andante
Var. IV: Allegro Vivo
Dylan Knell, cello
INTERMISSION
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54.......................Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
I Allegro affetuoso
II Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
III Allegro Vivace
Anna Bruno, piano