The Las Vegas Philharmonic brings a program built around some of orchestral music's most evocative storytelling to Reynolds Hall. The evening opens with Daniel Slatkin's Voyager, followed by Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending, a piece known for its soaring violin line that mimics a bird in flight. The night builds toward Holst's The Planets, the suite that paints each planet in the solar system with its own musical personality, from the menace of Mars to the serenity of Venus and the mysticism of Neptune.

Reynolds Hall, with its 2,050 seats and full orchestra pit, gives this kind of large-scale orchestral work room to breathe. The balconies and dramatic stage setup mean there's a good vantage point for watching the full orchestra at work, which matters for a program like this one that relies on dynamic range and orchestral color to tell its story.