South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

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GIANTS IN THE EARTH

SATURDAY, APRIL 26 AT 7:30PM
SUNDAY, APRIL 27 AT 2:30PM

The SDSO revives Douglas Moore's Pulitzer-Prize winning opera inspired by Ole Edvart Rølvaag's epic novel about Norwegian settlers of the Dakota Territory in 1873.

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ALL PERFORMANCES OF GIANTS IN THE EARTH WILL BE PHOTOGRAPHED, AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDED FOR ARCHIVAL AND PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES. AUDIENCE MAY BE INCLUDED.

Announcing the 25-26 Season!

"The new season is a mix of traditional and contemporary I think our audiences will enjoy..."  Delta David Gier

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2025-2026 Season Preview

A Giant Awakening

South Dakota Symphony Orchestra Revives Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Giants in the Earth" Opera

By Keeley Ehrmantraut

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An Atlas Of Deep Time

Out on Cantaloupe Music, John Luther Adams maps our geological journey with An Atlas of Deep Time.  Commissioned and recorded with the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Music Director Delta David Gier.

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This season includes world premieres by American composers Paul Moravec and Theodore Wiprud, and the revival of Giants in the Earth-the Pulitzer Prize winning opera!

2024-2025 Concert Season

The New Yorker

From the world premiere by Composer John Luther Adams

An article and review of ‘An Atlas of Deep Time’
by music critic Alex Ross

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Media | Recordings

Lakota Music Project Album

The long-awaited first recording of South Dakota Symphony’s Lakota Music Project!

Years in the making, this groundbreaking collaboration melds two musical worlds.

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The American Scholar Magazine

The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra is featured in The American Scholar Magazine!
Cultural historian Joseph Horowitz explores the SDSO's contextualized performance of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad"), performed on February 25, 2023.

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UPCOMING CONCERTS

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April 26, 2025 | 7:30 PM - April 27, 2025 | 2:30 PM

Giants in the Earth: The Norwegians in the Dakota Territory

Mary W. Sommervold Hall

April 29 & May 1, 2025 | 7:00 PM

Spring Camerata Recitals

First Congregational Church, Sioux Falls

May 11, 2025 | 6:00 PM

SDSYO Spring Concert

Harrisburg Performing Arts Center

LAKOTA MUSIC PROJECT

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