Star Crossed: Romeo & Juliet November 19, 2023 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano Drama fills this program as two tales of star-crossed lovers take center stage: Tristan und Isolde, and Romeo & Juliet. Program Debussy | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Wagner | Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Prokofiev […]
Past, Present, Future: Bach and Beyond January 28, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor Awadagin Pratt, piano Inventive, thought-provoking, and moving new works are paired with pristine examples of classical style in this program that explores the past, present and future of classical music. Program Shields | World Premiere Bach| Keyboard Concerto […]
Mahler’s 5th: From Darkness To Light March 10, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 takes listeners on an all-encompassing spiritual journey, out of the darkness and into the light. Program Mozart | Masonic Funeral Music Mahler | Symphony No. 5 What’s Interesting About This Concert Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 is finding new cultural […]
Paths To Dignity: The Music of Lucas Richman April 28, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor; Mitchell Newman, violin; University of Maine Singers; Oratorio Society The BSO concludes its 128th season with a celebration of the power of music and community through the music of Lucas Richman. Program Richman | World […]
Paths To Dignity: The Music of Lucas Richman April 28, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor; Mitchell Newman, violin; University of Maine Singers; Oratorio Society The BSO concludes its 128th season with a celebration of the power of music and community through the music of Lucas Richman. Program Richman | World […]
Paths To Dignity: The Music of Lucas Richman April 28, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, conductor; Mitchell Newman, violin; University of Maine Singers; Oratorio Society The BSO concludes its 128th season with a celebration of the power of music and community through the music of Lucas Richman. Program Richman | World […]
Masterworks I Jon Kimura Parker plays Beethoven September 22, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, Conductor Jon Kimura Parker, Piano Experience the power of the full orchestra with a musical journey through the Romantic Era. Starting our 129th season with Louise Farrenc’s concert overture, No. 2, a stand-alone work reflecting the […]
Masterworks II Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Lun Li November 17, 2024 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, Conductor Lun Li, Violin Take a musical adventure through France and Russia as we immerse in a soundscape of Romanticism. Opening with French composer Hector Berlioz’s overture to his comic opera Béatrice et Bénédict, and moving to […]
Masterworks III Mozart’s Jupiter January 26, 2025 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, Conductor Martha Mooke, Electric Viola The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 129th Season continues with a concert themed around composers honoring composers. Ravel tips his hat to composer François Couperin, Ibert pays tribute to Mozart, and the BSO shines brightly with Mozart’s Symphony […]
Masterworks IV Pride to Prejudice: Shostakovitch 5 March 23, 2025 at 3pm Collins Center for the Arts Lucas Richman, Conductor The fourth Masterworks concert highlights the fifth symphony of Shostakovich and also presents a world premiere by Keith Fitch, winner of the Ellis Beauregard Foundation 2024 Composer award. This concert will also feature a unique […]
