Concerts
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II: January 2025
Invigorating Water Music
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
George Frederic Handel: Water Music Suite, Allegro and Hornpipe
Duke Ellington: "The Spring” and “The Meander” from The River Suite
Charles Ives: “The Housatonic at Stockbridge” from Three Places in New England
Bedřich Smetana: “The Moldau” from Má Vlast
Henri Tomasi: Trombone Concerto
-- featuring Joshua Zhang, trombone soloist
Alan Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales
Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (overture)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Theme from Swan Lake, Op. 20
-- featuring Guest Conductor Kyle Almquist (MSO silent auction winner)
Performances:
Saturday, January 18, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, January 19, 2025 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
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III: March 2025
Passionate and Fiery Compositions
Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor
Program:
Franz Liszt: Prometheus
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 2, Op. 61
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade, Op. 33
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 Version)
Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours
Performance Dates:
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston.
Sunday, March 23, 2025 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham -
IV: May 2025
Ethereal Weaves of Air
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Rondo: Allegro Furioso (from Sinfonietta No. 1)
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 “La Poule”
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 10
Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours
Read about the music
Performance Dates:
Saturday, May 17, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in LewistonSunday, May 18, 2025 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center inTopsham
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More with Midcoast 2024-25
The MSO’s “More with Midcoast” program offers audience members a chance to go behind the scenes and interact with the instruments while learning more about the music and the musicians performing it. All of the programs are offered free of charge and take place in the concert hall (unless otherwise noted) so you can be sure to have a great seat for the concert following the event.
Meet the Instruments
January 18 at 6pm - Franco Center Heritage Hall (below the concert hall)
January 19 at 1:30pm - Mt. Ararat Middle School gym (use same entrance as Orion Performing Arts Center)
A popular family event in which MSO musicians will be on hand to give people of all ages a chance to play and learn about the instruments in the orchestra.
About the concerts that follow
A Conversation with Hiroya Miura
March 22 at 6pm - Franco Center
March 23 at 1:30pm - Orion Performing Arts Center
Get to know our guest conductor as he chats with Caroline Cornish, former television news anchor and reporter, about his career and the pieces he chose for our March concert.he concec
About the concerts that follow
Open Rehearsal with the MSO’s Music Director
May 17 at 6pm - Franco Center
May 18 at 1:30pm - Orion Performing Arts Center
Join Rohan Smith and the orchestra on stage as he rehearses a selection of music from our May concert. Seating is limited so be sure to arrive early.
About the concerts that follow
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Previously: Interview with Kimberly and Robert Lehmann, guest artists
October 26 at 6pm - Franco Center
October 27 at 1:30pm - Orion Performing Arts Center
Join Mary Hunter, Professor Emeritus of Music Bowdoin College, as she explores the fascinating careers of our talented husband and wife duo
About the concerts that followed
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Recap I: October 2024
Majestic Earth Movements
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Courtney Bryan: Bridges
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante in E Flat Major, K. 364
-- featuring Robert Lehmann, violinist, and Kim Lehmann, violist
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E Flat Major, Op. 82
Performances:
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewistonintermission entertainment: 15-year-old singer Isla Shovilin, accompanied by pianist Ryan Sweet, in the Heritage Hall downstairs from the main concert hall
Sunday, October 27, 2024 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
One hour before each October concert, audience members are invited to arrive early for an informal conversation on the concert stage, to learn more about the Lehmanns’ background and connection to the Mozart piece they will perform. Admission to the pre-concert interviews is included in the ticket price.
Concert length approximately 2 hours including intermission
