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.