I: October 2025
Heroes: Common and Uncommon
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to Vespri Siciliani
Lee Hoiby: I have a Dream
-- featuring Philip Lima, baritone soloist
Spirituals: Deep River, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, ‘Roun' About de Mountain, Plenty Good Room, Swing Low
-- featuring Philip Lima, baritone soloist
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Performances:
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 7:00 p.m. - Franco Center in Lewiston
intermission entertainment: members of the Kennebec Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra will provide musical entertainment, in Heritage Hall downstairs from the main concert hall
Sunday, October 26, 2025 - 2:30 p.m. - Orion Performing Arts Center in Topsham
1:30pm: Mary Hunter, Professor of Music Emerita, Bowdoin College, will give a brief presentation about how spirituals became concert hall staples, with audio illustrations from 1916 to the present day.
