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Spanish Passion
October 4, 2025 7:30pm
Program

Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 7:30pm
Mary W. Sommervold Hall, Washington Pavilion

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Delta David Gier, conductor
Audrey Babcock, mezzo-soprano

John Stafford Smith
(1750 - 1836)
 

Star Spangled Banner


Claude Debussy
(1862 - 1918)

 

 


"Ibéria" from Images Pour Orchestre, No. 2

I. Par les rues et par les chemins
(Along the streets and along the paths)
II. Les parfums de la nuit
(The scents of the night)
III. Le matin d'un jour de fête
(The morning of a festive day)

Gabriela Lena Frank
(b. 1972)		 

Three Latin American Dances

I. Introduction: Jungle Jaunt
II.  Highland Harawi
III. The Mestizo Waltz

Georges Bizet
(1838 - 1875)
Overture from Carmen (No. 5: Les Toreadors)
Arias from Carmen:
Habanera
Seguidilla
Gypsy Song


Audrey Babcock, mezzo-soprano


INTERMISSION


Manuel de Falla
(1876 - 1946)

 


Three-Cornered Hat

This concert is generously sponsored by 
Cortrust Bank

Cortrust Bank
Experience Sioux Falls
Laurie Bertrand Design
Lewis Drug
Guest Artist
Audrey Babcock
mezzo-soprano
Program Notes
"Iberia" from Images Pour Orchestra, No. 2
Claude Debussy
Three Latin American Dances
Gabriela Lena Frank
Overture from Carmen (No. 5: Les Toreadors)
Georges Bizet
Three-Cornered Hat (full ballet)
Manuel de Falla
Vern Eide
Sheraton Sioux Falls Hotel & Convention Center
First Lutheran Church
Blend Interactive
National Music Museum
Dacotah Bank
Washington Pavilion
University of South Dakota
First Premier Bank
Showplace Cabinetry
Woods Fuller
The Premiere Playhouse
RBC Wealth Management
Results Radio
Reliabank