Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News November 20, 2023 Doomed lovers were the focus of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s extraordinarily fine concert Sunday (November 19, 2023) at the Collins Center for […]
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RICHMAN Variations CD
RICHMAN Variations. • Vijay Venkatesh (pn) • ALBANY 1908 (57:24) by Colin Clarke (This article appeared in Issue 46:4 (Mar/Apr 2023) of Fanfare Magazine) There is a sort of satisfyingly symmetrical aspect to these […]
Chicago Cellist Wows Bangor Symphony Audience
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 […]
Richman’s ‘Her Light’ is Most Intricate, Passionate Commission for BSO Yet
A highlight of every Bangor Symphony Orchestra season is hearing a new Lucas Richman composition. “Her Light,” commissioned by Eloise Ricciardelli in honor of her daughter, Cassandra Babbitt, premiered Sunday […]
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 […]
“Serenity on the Lake”
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 […]
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 […]
“Symphony: This Will Be Our Reply”
Saturday night in Oak Ridge, a double string quartet was doing its best to go about the routines of daily life while gunshots rang out in the percussion and the rest of the orchestra seemed to be teetering on chaos.