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: "I. Allegro" from Piano Concerto No. 23
-- featuring Wayne du Maine, Piano Soloist
Franz Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
-- featuring Wayne du Maine, Trumpet Soloist
Edvard Grieg: 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 CenterConcert length: about 2 hours including intermission
Read about guest artist Wayne du Maine.
Topsham audience members are invited to attend a free pre-concert performance by the Peterson Family String Band from 1:30 – 2 p.m. Sunday. This accomplished family will perform in a variety of music styles, including classical and fiddle.
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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
-- Jan Roberson, "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 CenterConcert length: about 2 hours including intermission
Read more about maestro Jinwook Park.
Topsham audience members are invited to attend a free pre-concert talk, “Meet the Music,” with Dr. Mary Hunter, Bowdoin Music Professor, Emerita, from 1:30 – 2 p.m. Sunday.
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V: now June 2023
Classical Night Fever
(Special Performances, not part of MSO's 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.
Originally scheduled for June, 2022, these concerts have been postponed until June, 2023
Watch for more details as our 2022-23 season opens!
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