Calendar
Upcoming Performances
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Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
October 6, 2023
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
MENDELSSOHN: Die schöne Melusine, Op. 32
BOLOGNE: Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2
featuring violinist Thomas Cooper
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
October 14, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la Russe
BERKELEY: Divertimento
BRUBECK: Bass Trombone Concerto
featuring bass trombonist Chris Beaudry
COPLAND: Billy the Kid, Suite
BERNSTEIN: Fancy Free
Marshunda Smith, conductor
October 15, 2023
Second Congregational Church
Beverly, MA
Art Nouveau:
Whispers of an Ephemeral Age
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
October 22, 2023
Lloyd Hill Center for the Performing Arts
Quincy High School
Quincy, MA
ROSSINI: Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
STRAUSS: Burleske
featuring pianist Jonathan Bass
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 4, 2023
Plymouth North High School
Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
Clarice ASSAD: Três Pequenas Variações (Three Little Variations)
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring, Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Julianne Lee
Jae Cosmos Lee, conductor
November 11 & 12, 2023
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
The Magic of Mozart
featuring fortepianist & harpsichordist Sylvia Berry
November 14, 2023
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Young People's Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 17, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
HANDEL: Water Music, Suite No. 2
PACHELBEL: Canon & Gigue
J. S. BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
Robert Lehmann, conductor
November 19, 2023
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
FAURÉ: Masques et Bergamasques, Op. 112
CHAMINADE: Concertino for Flute in D major, Op. 107
featuring flutist Lisa Hennessy
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
November 25, 2023
Ipswich High School
Ipswich, MA
November 25 & 26, 2023
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Holiday Pops
Chris Shepard, conductor
December 2, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
HANDEL: Messiah
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 9 & 10, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Hometown Holiday
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
January 20 & 21, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
What the World Needs Now:
Burt Bacharach & Friends
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
January 24 & 25, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
January 26, 2024
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Youth Outreach Concert
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 2, 2024
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
BOULANGER: D'un matin de printemps
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes
DURUFLÉ: Requiem, Op. 9
with the New World Chorale
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 10, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Hocus Pocus:
Magical Music
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
March 16, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
DEBUSSY: Nocturnes
ELGAR: Falstaff, Op. 68
Quinn MASON: A Joyous Trilogy
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 23, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Rhapsodic Dance: The Bamboula
Tonya WIND SINGER: Wampanoag: Stories for All Time
featuring narrator Jonathan James Perry and Community Spirit Singers
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Five Variants of “Dives and Lazarus”
MUSSORGSKY/arr. RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
Francisco Noya, conductor
April 6 & 7, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
April 13, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto, Op. 64
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
April 27 & 28, 2024
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
The Queens of Rock & Soul:
Tina Turner & Aretha Franklin
featuring vocalists Tamika Lawrence & Shaleah Adkisson
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
April 29, 2024
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
POULENC: Gloria
FAURÉ: Requiem
with the Clark University Choir & Clark University Symphony Orchestra
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
May 5, 2024
Venue TBD
MENDELSSOHN: Lobgesang, Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 52
with the Keene Chorale
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
May 11 & 12, 2024
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
BRAHMS: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
with the Concord Chorus & Masterworks Chorale
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 19, 2024
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
BIZET: Symphony in C
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Lucia Lin
May 22, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Link Up
Carolyn Watson, conductor
June 15 & 16, 2024
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Felix MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave), Op. 26
Alan HOVHANESS: And God Created Whales
Benjamin BRITTEN: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Claude DEBUSSY: La Mer
Recent Performances
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 30, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Nancy GALBRAITH: A Festive Violet Pulse
PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2
Peter BOYER: Ellis Island: The Dream of America
featuring narrators Marianne Leone & Ed Hoopman
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
September 23, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
WAGNER: Tannhäuser Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
featuring pianist Clayton Stephenson
NABORS: Pulse
BARTÓK: Dance Suite
August 26, 2023
Strong House
Amherst, MA
Rhiannon GIDDENS/arr. Jacob GARCHIK: At the Purchaser's Option with variations
William Grant STILL: "The Sentimental One" & "The Quiet One" from Lyric String Quartette
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Strum
George WALKER: Lyric for Strings
Paul HINDEMITH: Minimax
Hugh Keelan, conductor
August 18-24, 2023
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
WAGNER: Die Walküre & Siegfried
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
July 28, 2023
Stage Fort Park
Gloucester, MA
Pops in the Park
Channing Yu, conductor
July 15, 2023
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge, MA
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9
Nick Palmer, conductor
Elijah Langille, assistant conductor
July 8, 2023
South Shore Conservatory
Carr Amphitheater
Hingham, MA
An Evening on the Red Carpet
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
July 5, 2023
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth, MA
Independence Day Celebration
July 1, 2023
Spinner Park
Turners Falls, MA
George WALKER: Lyric for Strings
Jessie MONTGOMERY: Strum
William Grant STILL: "The Quiet One" from Lyric String Quartette
Paul HINDEMITH: Minimax
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
June 10, 2023
Zorn Commons at Keene State College
Keene, NH
June 11, 2023
Bow High Auditorium
Bow, NH
DVOŘÁK: Stabat Mater
with the Concord Chorale and the Keene Chorale, featuring soprano Lisa Cooper, mezzo-soprano Jenny Cooper, tenor Joshua Collier, and baritone Nicholas Tocci
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
May 20 & 21, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Come Together:
Music of the Beatles
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
May 13, 2023
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
Felix JARRAR: Symphony No. 1, "Banishing Grief" (World Premiere)
featuring soprano Maria Brea & tenor Gabriel Enrique Hernandez
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Tianhui Ng, conductor
May 7, 2023
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
Adeliia FAIZULLINA: Bolghar (New England Premiere)
Thomas DE HARTMANN: Violin Concerto, Op. 66 (New England Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7 in C major, “Leningrad”
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 6, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
May Pops Finale:
Spring Pops Rhapsody
Emily Isaacson, conductor
April 29, 2023
Williston-Immanuel United Church
Portland, ME
April 30, 2023
Studzinski Recital Hall
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Sarah Kirkland SNIDER: Mass for the Endangered
with the Bowdoin College Chorus
April 18, 2023
King's Chapel
Boston, MA
MARTINŮ: Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
MOZART: Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2 in B-flat major
with violinist Lily Tsai
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
April 15, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 in D minor
with contralto Emily Marvosh and New World Chorale
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
April 2, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Family Concert
Katie Gardiner, conductor
April 1, 2023
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel
Worcester, MA
FAURÉ: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 26, 2023
North Quincy High School
Quincy, MA
Family Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 25, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Jennifer HIGDON: Suite from Cold Mountain (Massachusetts Premiere)
Adolphus HAILSTORK: Fanfare on Amazing Grace
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
March 11, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Arvo PÄRT: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
J. S. BACH: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
featuring pianist Father Seán Brett Duggan, OSB
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1, Op. 68
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 5, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
John WILLIAMS: Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Leroy ANDERSON: Home Stretch
Gwyneth WALKER: Match Point
John Philip SOUSA: The National Game March
Frank PROTO: Casey at the Bat
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 4, 2023
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
A Night at the Opera
featuring soprano Mara Bonde, mezzo-soprano Krista River, tenor Ethan Bremner & baritone Philip Lima
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
February 26, 2023
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
An Afternoon at the Opera
with the Worcester Chorus directed by Chris Shepard, the Master Singers of Worcester directed by Ed Tyler & the Worcester Children's Chorus directed by Pamela Mindell, featuring soprano soloist Janinah Burnett & tenor soloist Albert Lee
Dominique Hoskin, conductor
February 25, 2023
First Church
Cambridge, MA
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
featuring pianist Clayton Stephenson
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, "The Great"
Jack Anthony Pott, conductor
February 24, 2023
Belding Theater
Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
Hartford, CT
The Music of David Hurd & Margaret Bonds
with members of the Hartford Symphony & the Harlem Chamber Players, featuring soloists Jolie Rocke & Marques Jerrell Ruff
Tianhui Ng, conductor
February 18, 2023
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH: Thank You Notes for Richard Pittman (NEP Commission, World Premiere)
Kareem ROUSTOM: Ramal (Boston Premiere)
Elijah Daniel SMITH: Wraith Weight (NEP 2022 Call for Scores Winner, New England Premiere)
Matthew AUCOIN: Two Dances (World Premiere of orchestral arrangement)
featuring violinists Danielle Maddon & Keir GoGwilt
RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances
John Koza, conductor
February 5, 2023
Salem High School
Salem, MA
A Celebration of the Popular Trumpet
featuring trumpeter Jay Daly
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
February 4, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
John TARRH: Diptych Fantasy (World Premiere)
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
featuring pianist Randall Hodgkinson
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
January 28 & 29, 2023
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Shaken, Not Stirred:
Music of James Bond
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
January 27, 2023
Manchester Essex Regional High School
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
Youth Outreach Concert
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
January 25 & 26, 2023
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Elias Miller, conductor
January 21, 2023
St. John's Episcopal Church
Jamaica Plain, MA
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto in E minor
featuring violinist Liyuan Xie
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 10 & 11, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Holiday POPS!
Chris Shepard, conductor
December 3, 2022
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
HANDEL: Messiah
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
December 2 & 4, 2022
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Holiday & Kids POPS!
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 18, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Aaron COPLAND: Hoe Down
Florence PRICE: Adoration
Samuel BARBER: Adagio for Strings
Nancy GALBRAITH: Midnight Stirring
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, "Turkish"
Vittorio MONTI: Czardas
featuring violinist Grant Houston
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
November 15, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Young People's Concert
Phoebe Carrai, director
Sarah Darling, assistant director
November 12, 2022
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
HANDEL: Water Music
VIVALDI: "Summer" and "Winter" from The Four Seasons
GEMINIANI: The Enchanted Forest
TELEMANN: Water Music
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
Sherill Blodget, conductor
November 12, 2022
Tilton Hall
Clark University
Worcester, MA
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem
with Clark University Chamber Chorus & Grace Church Choir
featuring soprano Evangelia Leontis & baritone Cailin Marcel Manson
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
November 10, 2022
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
Amy BEACH: Symphony in E minor, "Gaelic"
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
Sherill Blodget, conductor
November 6, 2022
Grace Congregational Church
Rutland, VT
BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
BRAHMS: Ein Deutsches Requiem
with Clark University Chamber Chorus & Grace Church Choir
featuring soprano Evangelia Leontis & baritone Cailin Marcel Manson
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
November 5, 2022
Plymouth North High School Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
Fanny Mendelssohn HENSEL: Overture in C
Simón GARCÍA: Concerto for Amplified Bass
featuring bassist Susan Hagen
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, "Scottish"
Tianhui Ng, conductor
October 30, 2022
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
John CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1
Mary D. WATKINS: Soul of Remembrance, from Five Movements in Color (Boston Premiere)
Iván RODRIGUEZ: A Metaphor for Power
(New England Premiere)
Eric NATHAN: Opening (New England Premiere)
Jonathan McPhee, conductor
October 15, 2022
Cary Hall
Lexington, MA
Benjamin BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
featuring narrator Emily Marvosh
Florence PRICE: Symphony No. 3
Richard STRAUSS: Don Juan
Yaniv Dinur, conductor
October 1, 2022
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
New Bedford, MA
Wynton MARSALIS: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Bella Hristova
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 24, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Florence PRICE: Colonial Dance
George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
featuring pianist David Freeman Coleman
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
September 17 & 18, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
TCHAIKOVSKY: Mozartiana
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 5
featuring violinist Clarissa Bevilacqua
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
September 3, 2022
Hancock Adams Common
Quincy, MA
Outdoor Pops Concert
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
August 28, 2022
Plymouth Public Library
Plymouth, MA
Brent Michael DAVIDS: Prayer and Celebration
Tonya Wind SINGER: Creation
Alex BERKO: Mayflower
BEETHOVEN: excerpts from Symphony No. 6
Hugh Keelan, conductor
August 23 & 27, 2022
Latchis Theatre
Brattleboro, VT
WAGNER: Die Walküre
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
August 21, 2022
Gloucester, MA
Charles FLOYD: Hymn for the Fallen
MOZART: Flute Concerto in G major
featuring flutist Stephanie Stathos
BOLOGNE: Symphony No. 2 in D major
Israel Gursky, conductor
Dona D. Vaughn, director
July 27 & 29, 2022
Merrill Auditorium
Portland, ME
WAGNER: The Flying Dutchman
Nick Palmer, conductor
July 9, 2022
South Shore Conservatory
Hingham, MA
Portrait of a New World
with a tribute to Dorothy Palmer
Kenneth Slowik, artistic director
June 19-July 3, 2022
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Oberlin, OH
Glories of the German Baroque
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
June 18, 2022
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
Kathryn SALFELDER: Fanfare for Richard Pittman (World Premiere, NEP Commission)
Igor SANTOS: ploy, pivot (Boston Premiere, 2021 Call for Scores Winner)
TJ COLE: Nightscape (Boston Premiere)
Eric NATHAN: Double Concerto for Solo Violin, Solo Clarinet, and Strings (Boston Premiere)
featuring violinist Stefan Jackiw and clarinetist Yoonah Kim
Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI: Concerto for Orchestra
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
June 16, 2022
Brooks Pond
Leominster, MA
Edvard GRIEG: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 & No. 2, Op. 55
HANDEL: excerpts from Water Music
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: English Folk Song Suite
Leroy ANDERSON: China Doll
Leroy ANDERSON: Fiddle-Faddle
DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances No. 1
SOUSA: "The Liberty Bell" March
Emily Isaacson, artistic director
June 7-12, 2022
Portland, ME
J. S. BACH: Oboe Concerto in F major
featuring oboist David Dickey
J. S. BACH: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen, BWV 51
featuring soprano Nacole Palmer and trumpeter Perry Sutton
VIVALDI: Stabat Mater, RV 621
featuring mezzo-soprano Carrie Cheron
Walter Chapin, conductor
June 5, 2022
First Lutheran Church of Boston
Boston, MA
J. S. BACH: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
June 4, 2022
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
GINASTERA: Harp Concerto
featuring harpist Jordan Thomas
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
May 28 & 29, 2022
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
Passport to Ireland
featuring Irish fiddler Eileen Ivers
and Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist
Walter Chapin, conductor
May 15, 2022
University Lutheran Church
Cambridge, MA
J. S. BACH: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 15, 2022
Manchester Essex RHS
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Adrian Anantawan
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
May 7, 2022
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
May Pops Finale:
Let's Celebrate!
Tian Ng, conductor
May 1, 2022
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
Yehude WYNER: Richard Pittmann . . . Come Back! (World Premiere)
Sofía ROCHA: Replier (World Premiere)
CHEN Yi: Spring in Dresden
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
Silvestre REVUELTAS: La noche de los Mayas
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
April 30, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
SIBELIUS: Finlandia
with members of the South Shore Conservatory Youth Orchestra
Amy BEACH: Piano Concerto
featuring pianist Randall Hodgkinson
ELGAR: Enigma Variations
Katherine Chan, conductor
April 24 2022
Fenway Center
Boston, MA
Jocelyn HAGEN: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
with the New England Philharmonic Chamber Players
Roderick MacDonald, conductor and soloist
April 9, 2022
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
WAGNER: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
HAYDN: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
Edward E. Jones, conductor
April 3, 2022
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
J. S. BACH: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182
J. S. BACH: Trauerode, BWV 198
featuring the Harvard University Choir
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 26 & 27, 2022
Plymouth North High School Performing Arts Center
Plymouth, MA
BEETHOVEN/KARIDOYANES: Prelude: Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
featuring violinist Alexander Velinzon
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
March 19, 2022
Clark University
Worcester, MA
Fanny Mendelssohn HENSEL: Overture in C major
Florence PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement
featuring pianist Leonard Hayes
Louise FARRENC: Symphony No. 3 in G minor
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
March 6, 2022
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
J. STRAUSS Jr.: Thunder & Lightning Polka
BEETHOVEN: Pastorale Symphony
ROSSINI: William Tell Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
March 5, 2022
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Louise FARRENC: Overture No. 1 in E minor, Op. 23
Claude DEBUSSY: Danses sacrée et profane
Maurice RAVEL: Introduction and Allegro
featuring harpist Ina Zdorovetchi
Camille SAINT-SAÉNS: Symphony No. 3 in E minor, "Organ"
Nicholas DeMaison, conductor
February 26, 2022
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH: Fanfare in Honor of Richard Pittman
Jonathan Bailey HOLLAND: Stories from Home
George TSONTAKIS: Violin Concerto No. 3 (Boston Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
Jean SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
December 11 & 12, 2021
Memorial Hall
Plymouth, MA
Holiday Pops!
Adam Kerry Boyles, conductor
December 5, 2021
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
Michael GANDOLFI: Stepping Up (World Premiere)
Bernard RANDS: DREAM (Boston Premiere)
Amy BEACH: Jephthah’s Daughter
featuring soprano Sarah Pelletier
Camille SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor
featuring violinist Ella J. Kim, 2021 Young Artist Winner
Maurice RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Robert Lehmann, conductor
November 14, 2021
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
Édouard LALO: Prelude to the ballet Namouna
Igor STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919)
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
November 12, 2021
Clark University
Worcester, MA
Joseph BOLOGNE: Symphony No. 2
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Psalm 42, Op. 42
featuring Clark University Chamber Chorus
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
November 6, 2021
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Opening Night Pops:
The Golden Age of Hollywood
October 24, 2021
aVenue
Jamaica Plain, MA
Anton ALBRECHTSBERGER: Divertimento in C major
Georg Philipp TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in D major
Joseph REICHA: Trio Sonata in C major
Johann Georg ALBRECHTSBERGER: Divertimento in D major
Georg Philipp TELEMANN: Trio Sonata in B minor
Marshunda Smith, conductor
October 23, 2021
Second Congregational Church
Beverly, MA
J. S. BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Anton ARENSKY: In Memory of Tchaikovsky, Op, 35a
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Charterhouse Suite
Charles TURNER: Danvers Harmonies
Edvard GRIEG: Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Camille SAINT-SAËNS: Dance Macabre
Cailin Marcel Manson, conductor
October 22, 2021
All Saints' Episcopal Church
South Hadley, MA
BEETHOVEN: Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Four Novelletten, Op. 52
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 11
Eric Nathan, conductor
October 16, 2021
All Saints Parish
Brookline, MA
Bernard HOFFER: Fanfare for Dick (World Premiere)
Eric NATHAN: the space of a door
Hannah KENDALL: The Spark Catchers
Igor STRAVINSKY: Firebird Suite (1919)
October 5, 2021
King's Chapel
Boston, MA
BAX: Elegiac Trio
TAKEMITSU: And Then I Knew 'Twas Wind
RAVEL: Sonatine en Trio
September 25, 2021
Turtle Swamp Brewery Beer Garden
Roslindale, MA
FASCH: Sinfonia for Strings in G major, FMW M:G5
VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8, RV 522
featuring violinists Albano Berberi and Nelli Jabotinsky
GRAUPNER: Overture in B-flat major for Chalumeau, GWV 484
featuring chalumeau soloist Thomas Carroll
PURCELL: "Curtain Tune" from Timon of Athens
Elias Miller, conductor
September 18, 2021
Great Brook Farm State Park
Carlisle, MA
BEETHOVEN: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major ("Eroica"), Op. 55
Roderick MacDonald, conductor
September 11, 2021
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture
VIVALDI: Concerto for Two Trumpets in C major
J. S. BACH: Air from Orchestra Suite No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture, "Fingal's Cave"
SHOSTAKOVICH: Waltz No. 2
BEETHOVEN: excerpt from Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Josef STRAUSS: Feuerfest Polka
Johann STRAUSS II: Thunder and Lightning Polka
BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Steven Karidoyanes, conductor
September 4, 2021
Pilgrim Memorial State Park
Plymouth Waterfront, MA
Maritime Salute to the 400th Anniversary
Channing Yu, conductor
August 18, 2021
Hatch Memorial Shell
Boston, MA
COPLAND: El Salón México
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35
Elias Miller, conductor
July 24, 2021
Great Brook Farm State Park
Carlisle, MA
SCHUMANN: Die Braut von Messina Overture, Op. 100
SCHUBERT: selections from Rosamunde
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Julian Gau, conductor
June 27, 2021
Church of the Covenant
Boston, MA
Max FRIEDMAN: Horizons (World Premiere)
Seamus Hubbard FLYNN: Cloud Seven (World Premiere)
Ryan JOHNSTON: Misty Steps (World Premiere)
Lara POE: Dance of the Crocus Chrysanthus (Boston Premiere)
Elias Miller, conductor
September 19, 2020
First Baptist Church of Medford
Medford, MA
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
Evan WILLIAMS: Dream Deferred
Hanna BENN: Where Springs Not Fail
SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht
Robert Lehman, conductor
March 1, 2020
Swampscott High School
Swampscott, MA
BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances
Daniel CROZIER: Concerto for Two Clarinets (New England Premiere)
featuring clarinetists William Hudgins and Catherine Hudgins
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5
February 23, 2020
Memorial Church
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
JANITSCH: selections From Sonata da Camera Op. 1 No. 1 in C Minor
Eric Culver, conductor
February 23, 2020
Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory
Boston, MA
John ADAMS: The Chairman Dances
Bernard HOFFER: Violin Concerto No. 2 ("Decapod") (World Premiere)
featuring violinist Danielle Maddon
Judith WEIR: Moon and Star
featuring Metropolitan Chorale conducted by Lisa Graham
Béla BARTÓK: Kossuth (Boston Premiere)
Elias Miller, conductor
January 10, 2020
St. John's Church
Jamaica Plain, MA
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
David Hodgkins, conductor
December 15, 2019
Christ Church
Andover, MA
HANDEL: Dettingen Te Deum
Yoichi Udagawa, conductor
December 13 and 14, 2019
Memorial Hall
Melrose, MA
Holiday Pops!
featuring New World Chorale
Darry Dolezal, conductor
December 8, 2019
Wickenden Chapel, Tabor Academy
Marion, MA
Christmas Past and Christmas Present
Richard Pittman, conductor
December 7, 2019
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University
Boston, MA
Christopher ROUSE: The Infernal Machine
BRITTEN: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
with narrator Joyce Kulhawik
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor
featuring cellist Fionn O'Connor, 2019 Young Artists Competition Winner
Bernard HOFFER: Little Red Riding Hood
with narrator Joyce Kulhawik and Westborough High School Women's Chorale
Neal Hampton, conductor
November 23, 2019
Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA
November 24, 2019
Slosberg Hall, Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
STRAUSS I: Radetzky March
STRAUSS II: Emperor Waltzes
MAHLER: Symphony No. 4
featuring soprano Kristen Watson
Jung-Ho Pak, conductor
November 6, 2019
Barnstable Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
BEETHOVEN: selections from Symphony No. 6
Lidiya Yankovskaya, conductor
November 3, 2019
The Strand Theater
Dorchester, MA
Dan SHORE: Freedom Ride