

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: APO in Concert: American Essence
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: A program of wonderful musical masterpieces by gifted and essential American composers. The APO performs an exquisite lament by Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker, music of Florence Price — the first black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra — in Price’s passionate and powerful Symphony No. 1, with its musical reflections of Dvorak’s great New World Symphony, and George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, a work that bursts with jazzy swagger and symphonic grandeur, fusing the pulse of 1920s America with sweeping orchestral brilliance. The APO welcomes the dynamic pianist Artina McCain.

Program: 
Heather Niemi Savage - Arethusa (World Premiere)
George Walker - Lyric for Strings
Florence Price - Symphony No. 1 in E Minor (1st movement)
George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F  
 
Thaden School Performing Arts Center
$50 Adults | Students (Pay What You Can)
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/bentonville/apo-in-concert-american-essence/200029213464509
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, music, concerts, performances, live-music, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 80

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://arphil.org/events/american-essence/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=bentonville-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Bentonville
- **state**: AR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Thaden School
- **lat**: 36.36286229501
- **long**: -94.205104924862
- **full address**: Thaden School, 418 SE Staggerwing Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712-2155, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra (https://allevents.in/org/arkansas-philharmonic-orchestra/3021302)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 07 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thaden School, 418 SE Staggerwing Ln, Bentonville, AR 72712-2155, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, performances, live-music, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about APO in Concert: American Essence ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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