Alberta in Harmony: The Planets

Thursday, April 30, 2026
7:30pm to 9:30pm

Winspear Centre

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April
30

The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra joins the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for two extraordinary masterpieces, a rare opportunity to hear a massed ensemble of more than 125 musicians on the Winspear Centre stage. Of his 1917 suite The Planets, composer Gustav Holst wrote, "The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of The Planets enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space where rational understanding fails".

John Luther Adams’ Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning 2013 masterpiece Become Ocean is “a meditation on the deep and mysterious tides of existence. Life on Earth first emerged from the sea. And as the polar ice melts and sea levels rise, we humans find ourselves facing the prospect that once again we may literally become ocean.” (John Luther Adams)

This concert will include an intermission.

Prelude

Patrons of this event are invited to attend a prelude presentation before this concert on Thursday, April 30, starting at 6:45 PM in the Upper Circle Lobby (3rd Floor). This talk by special guest D.T. Baker is a fantastic way to learn more about the pieces being performed in your concert.

Program to Include
HOLST
The Planets
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS
Become Ocean
ESO Premiere

Program subject to change.

Featured Artists
Naomi Woo, Conductor
ESO Debut
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Belle Canto (Heather Johnson, artistic director)
Cantilon Chamber Chorus (Heather Johnson, artistic director)

Winspear Centre

4 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW
Edmonton, AB, T5J 4X8