The Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra presents its 2013–2014 season, Symphony Joslyn, in Joslyn’s Witherspoon Concert Hall, select Sundays, September through May, at 2 pm. Joslyn curators present pre-concert talks at 1 pm and 1:25 pm. Featured artworks are selected to connect with the concert themes. September 29 – Age of Enlightenment Artwork: Jean-François-Pierre Peyron’s The Death of Socrates (1788) Program: The masters Bach, Haydn, and Beethoven illuminate the age of reason with music of pure perfection. November 10 – The Neoclassic Stravinsky Artwork: Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky’s Russian Beauty and Cat (1865) Program: Stravinsky’s twentieth-century masterpieces hearken back to the age of Bach, Haydn, and Mozart with a delightful modern sensibility. January 12 – Out of Control: Madness, Passion, and Obsession Artwork: Edouard Cibot’s Fallen Angels (1833) Program: A rapturous afternoon with vivid musical portrayals of psychological thrills, burning desire, and destructive jealousy. February 23 – Eccentric Works from Distinguished Artists Artwork: Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954), Head of a Woman, 1917, oil on wood panel, Partial Gift of the Gilbert C. Swanson Foundation and Museum Purchase Fund, 1989.9 (pictured right) Program: Color outside the lines with Shostakovich’s satirical incidental music, Goossens’s lyrical lines spun by Principal Oboist Alexandra Rock, and Saint-Saëns’s charming zoological portraits. March 23 – Classical, Jazz, Romantic Artwork: Manierre Dawson (American, 1887–1969), Equation, 1914, oil on cardboard on board, Museum purchase with funds provided by the Joslyn Women’s Association: Collectors’ Choice III and the JWA 1987–88 Administration, and gift of Ephraim Marks, 1988.4 (pictured right) Program: A symphonic romp from pre-revolutionary France gives way to dazzling jazz riffs from Principal Clarinetist Carmelo Galante, and Brahms’s rich and gorgeous serenade. May 18 – The Spring of Creation Artwork: William Adolphe Bouguereau’s Return of Spring (1886) Program: From Milhaud’s jazz-age take on the beginning of the world to Respighi’s depiction of the birth of Venus, here is evocative music that explores the act of creation. Tickets: (402) 342-3560 or visit omahasymphony.org. New subscribers save 50% when purchasing the entire series. Joslyn members may purchase single concert tickets for $26.50 each (a 20% savings; to receive the discount, you must call the Symphony box office to reserve advance single tickets or show your Joslyn membership card if purchasing tickets at the door the day of the concert). Special thanks to Carmen and John Gottschalk.