Bangor Daily News by Judy Harrison October 13, 2022 Thrilling is the only word that aptly describes the opening concert for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 127th season under the baton […]
Conductor Reviews
BSO’s Concert of ‘Deathly Classics’ Blows Roof Off Collins Center
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra opened its 122nd season Sunday afternoon with a concert that blew the roof off the Collins Center for the Arts and raised the bar for the […]
Richman’s Evocative ‘Serenity on the Lake’ Transports Audience to Camp
One of the best things about having composer Lucas Richman as the conductor of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra is the music he writes. Often, they are pieces commissioned by concertgoers […]
BSO Delivers Lively Finale to 2018-2019 Season
~ ORONO — “Viennese Masters” was the title of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s final concert last Sunday in its 2018-19 Masterworks series. Vienna has spawned so many musical masters, but […]
BSO, Soloists Deliver Moving, Memorable Concert
ORONO — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra opened its 123rd season Sunday afternoon with a concert of works by Bernstein, Ravel and Sibelius. Music Director and conductor Lucas Richman remarked that […]
Arts Knoxville (Strauss-Alpine Symphony, 2014)
The journey that was the satisfying second half of the KSO’s evening began in the dim light before dawn, climbed to the mountain heights through forest, glacier, and waterfall, braved […]
Orchestra, Pianist Shine in Concert
ORONO — Talk of snow was not enough to keep a large, enthusiastic audience from another outstanding program by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra last Sunday afternoon. In its fourth masterworks […]
Lucas Richman Closes His Final Season as KSO Director
“Where words fail, music speaks” was Maestro Lucas Richman’s simple introduction to the encore selection—the poignant and wistful Variation IX (“Nimrod”) from Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations—on his final concert as music […]