Conductor Richard Pittman
THE CONCORD ORCHESTRA
Performing At
51 Walden, Concord, Massachusetts
2008-2009 Concert Series: Collaborations
Sirens
Fri. October 17 & Sat. October 18, 2008, 8:00 pm
Program features David Deveau in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 & Debussy's Nocturnes with the Concord Women’s Chorus, Jane Ring Frank, Director. Also on the program: Mozart, Symphony No. 38 (Prague).
Little Red Riding Hood conquers The Big Bad Wolf
Sun. Dec. 7, 2008 2:00 and 4:00 pm performances
Program showcases Concord School Strings, Scott Knopf, Director, in Vaughn Williams' Concerto Grosso. Patterson's Little Red Riding Hood with actors from the Concord Players, and Big Bad Wolf by Andy Vores provide the story theme.
Young Virtuosity
Fri. January 30 & Sat. January 31, 2009, 8:00 pm
Program includes Mendelssohn's Symphony #3 and Elliott Carter's Suite from Pocahontas. Featured is a concerto performed by the winner of the orchestra’s annual Young Artist Competition.
Brahms
Fri. March 27 & Sat. March 28, 2009, 8:00 pm
Violinist Bayla Keyes and cellist Jan Muller-Szeraws perform Brahms' magnificent Double Concerto. Also on the program is Prokofiev's Symphony #7.
POPS 2009: MADE IN THE USA
Fri. May 15, & Sat. May 16, 2009, 8:00 pm
Sun. May 17, 2009 2:00 pm
Celebrate American music with composers including Bernstein, Gould and Gershwin. Salute big bands with Custer's Salute. Play trumpet (Toy Trumpet by Raymond Scott) or typewriter (Leroy Anderson, The Typewriter). Enjoy Hoffer's Four, By George (an arrangement of Gershwin songs) with our guest vocalist and McBride's Variety Day Violin Concerto. Sing along with Davis/Schaefer's I'd Like to Teach World to Sing, Gershwin's 'S Wonderful, and Youmans' Tea for Two. This plus Stars and Stripes, refreshments and the atmosphere that makes POPS great.