Concerts
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I: October 2021
Welcome Back!
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Tania León: Fanfare
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, in E Flat Major, Op. 73, “Emperor”
-- featuring George Lopez, Pianist
Performance Dates:
October 23, 2021 - 7:00 p.m. - Gendron Franco Center
October 24, 2021 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts CenterPerformances
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II: January 2022
A New World
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Nkeiru Okoye: Voices Shouting Out
Philip Carlsen: Rowing in Eden
Johannes Brahms: "I. Allegro non troppo" from Violin Concerto
-- featuring Anne McKee, Violinist
-- Anne is the winner of MSO's 2020 Judith Elser Concerto Competition
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
Performance Dates:
January 15, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Gendron Franco Center
January 16, 2022 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts CenterPerformances
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III: March 2022
Family Classics
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Francis Scott Key & John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
George Frideric Handel: "Hornpipe" from Water Music
Franz von Suppé: Light Cavalry Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "II. Andante" from Piano Concerto No. 21
-- featuring Wayne du Maine, Piano Soloist
Franz Joseph Haydn: "II. Andante" from Trumpet Concerto
-- featuring Wayne du Maine, Trumpet Soloist
Edvard Grieg: "Anitra’s Dance" and "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
John Phillip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Performance Dates:
March 19, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Gendron Franco Center
March 20, 2022 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts CenterPerformances
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IV: May 2022
Conductors Galore
Program:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
-- Rohan Smith, Conductor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, pas de deux
-- "Conduct the Orchestra" winner, Guest Conductor
Colin Britt: Storm, for Orchestra
-- Rohan Smith, Conductor
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5
-- Jinwook Park, Guest Conductor
Performance Dates:
May 21, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Gendron Franco Center
May 22, 2022 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts CenterPerformances
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V: June 2022
Classical Night Fever
(These Special Performances are not part of the Season Subscription.)
MSO Teams up with Motor Booty Affair, Maine’s own 70s disco/funk tribute band. You’ll leave this show with a big smile on your face and a new appreciation for this great era of popular music, where dance music and the symphony collide to create something special.
Performance Dates:
June 4, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Gendron Franco Center
June 5, 2022 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts CenterPerformances
