Concerts
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I: October 2022
Season Opener
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Valerie Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
-- featuring Chiharu Naruse, Pianist
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Performances:
Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in TopshamConcert length approximately 2 hours including intermission. All MSO musicians and staff members are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Masks are recommended for audience members.
Sunday FREE pre-concert event 1:30-2 p.m.: Meet the Soloist, Chiharu Naruse
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II: January 2023
Favorite Music for All Ages
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust
George Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba
-- featuring Douglas Ertman, Tubaist, and Denise Shannon, Narrator
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2
Morton Gould, arranger: Yankee Doodle
-- featuring Joel Preston, “Conduct the Orchestra” Winner
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Allegro molto moderato
-- featuring Mesa Schubeck, Pianist, 2022 Judith Elser Concerto Competition Winner
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Performance Dates:
Saturday, January 14, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center
Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center -
III: March 2023
Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
Johannes S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins
-- featuring Eva Gruesser and Rohan Smith, Violinists
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
Performance Dates:
Saturday, March 18, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center
Sunday, March 19, 2023 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center -
IV: May 2023
French Impressions
Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor
Program:
Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps
Jean-Philippe Rameau/arr Paul Dukas: Les Indes Galantes, Suite No. 1
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Modest Mussorgsky/orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at Exhibition
Performance Dates:
Saturday, May 20, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center -
V: June 2023
Classical Night Fever
MSO will team 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.
These special concerts are not part of MSO's 2022-23 Classical Season.
Performance Dates:
Saturday, June 10 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center
Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center
