Concerts
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I: October 2023
Soulful Expressions
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
William Grant Still: Aspiration: Lento, con risoluzione (from Symphony No.1)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
-- featuring Anastasia Antonacos, pianist
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Performances:
Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
with FREE pre-concert "Meet the Soloist" 1:30-2 p.m. Sunday: Get to know pianist Anastasia Antonacos, USM piano faculty, as she chats with MSO violinist Caroline Cornish, former television news anchor and reporter.
Concert length approximately 2 hours including intermission.
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II: January 2024
Song and Dance Music from Around the World
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Alberto Ginastera: Danza final (Malambo) from Danza Estancia
Astor Piazzolla: Libertango
José Moncayo: Huapango
Aaron Copland: songs from Old American Songs
-- featuring Philip Lima, Baritone
Johann Strauss, Jr.: Thunder and Lightning Polka
Gustav Mahler: Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Boy's Magic Horn)
-- featuring Philip Lima, Baritone
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Performances:
Saturday, January 20, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, January 21, 2024 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topshamwith FREE pre-concert "Meet the Instruments" 1:30-2 p.m. Wannabe musicians of all ages are invited to toot, strum, and squawk on variety of orchestral instruments with MSO musicians.
Concert length approximately 2 hours including intermission -
III: March 2024
A New Artistic Mélange
Emily Isaacson, Guest Conductor
Program:
Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K.504 “Prague,”
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours
Performance Dates:
Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topshamwith FREE pre-concert event Sunday 1:30-2 p.m. Enjoy a performance as the next generation of musicians from our community steps into the spotlight. Performers to be announced
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IV: May 2024
Cityscape, Seascape, Soundscape
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
-- featuring Tim Kenlan, Trumpeter, and Billie Jo Brito, English Hornist
Claude Debussy: La Mer
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Concert length with intermission: approximately 2 hours
Performance Dates:
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
Sunday, May 19, 2024 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center inTopshamwith FREE pre-concert event Sunday 1:30-2 p.m. You’ll enjoy today’s concert music even more after an introduction by our program notes author, Mary Hunter, Professor of Music Emerita, Bowdoin College. She will also chat with MSO musicians Tim Kenlan and Billie Jo Brito, today’s soloists.
