UTulsa’s Symphony Orchestra’s fall concert: “Tales from the North”

The University of Tulsa’s Symphony Orchestra plays to the soul at their first concert of the 2026-27 year. Last Monday, Oct. 26, the University of Tulsa’s own symphony orchestra performed their very first concert of the 2026-27 school year, titled “Tales from the North.” The orchestra was conducted by Richard Wagner, associate professor and music and instrumental ensembles director in his 21st year at TU. A collection of three songs were played at the concert. The concert opened with “March” from “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” Suite, Op. 57 by Nicolai Rimsky-Korasov, an opera based on Alexander Pushkin’s fairy-tale poem. This piece is the first movement of the opera, also called “The Tsar’s Farewell and Departure,” and tells the story of Tsar Saltan leaving his kingdom and the expecting queen to go to war. Soon after he leaves, the Tsaritsa gives birth to their son. However, she continues to wait for a reply from the Tsar after delivering the news, but there is no response.

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