2010 Season Schedule
Fenway Park Concert
Wednesday, July 7 - 7 p.m.
BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA AT FENWAY PARK
Including “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven, Symphony No. 9, excerpts
from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, and much more
Landmarks Festival at the Shell
Wednesday, July 14 - 7 p.m.
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
Rain
Location:
MIT Kresge Auditorium (48 Mass Ave., Cambridge)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
Beethoven, “Consecration of the House Overture”
With New World Chorale, Holly Krafka, Director
Soloists: Jayne West, soprano; Mary Westbrook-Geha, mezzo-soprano; Robert Honeysucker, bass; and Matthew DiBattista, tenor
Wednesday, July 21 - 7 p.m.
LET’S DANCE
Rain Location: Church of the Covenant (67 Newbury St., Boston)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
Weber, “Invitation to the Dance”
Wednesday, July 28 - 7 p.m.
TOSCA AND THE FIFTH
Rain Location: Jordan Hall (30 Gainsborough St., Boston)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 5
Excerpts from Puccini’s “Tosca” (Boston Lyric Opera's 2010-2011 season opener)
Guest conductor Andrew Bisantz
In collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera
Wednesday, August 4 - 7 p.m.
SUMMER STARS
Rain Location:
MIT Kresge Auditorium (48 Mass Ave., Cambridge)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 2
Turina, “Danzas Fantásticas”
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Ron Knudsen, Conductor
Wednesday, August 11 - 7 p.m.
ELEGANT BEETHOVEN
Rain Location: Church of the Covenant (67 Newbury St., Boston)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
Beethoven, “Egmont Overture”
Wednesday, August 18 - 7 p.m.
IN THE MOOD
Rain Location:
MIT Kresge Auditorium (48 Mass Ave., Cambridge)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 4
Gershwin, “Rhapsody in Blue” (with Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts’ competition winner)
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Jonathan McPhee, Conductor
Wednesday, August 25 - 7 p.m.
CLASSICAL GEMS
Rain Location: Church of the Covenant (67 Newbury St., Boston)
Haydn, Symphony No. 88
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 (“Classical Symphony”)
Wednesday, September 1 - 7 p.m.
GREEN MASTERPIECES
Rain Location: Church of the Covenant (67 Newbury St., Boston)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (“The Pastoral Symphony”)
Handel, “Water Music”
Neighborhood Concerts
Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Plain
Sunday, July 25 - 6 p.m.
LET’S DANCE
Rain Location: First Baptist Church (633 Centre St, Jamaica Plain)
Beethoven, Symphony No. 8
Tchaikovsky, "Danse des Cygnes" from Swan Lake Suite
Brahms, "Hungarian Dance No. 5"
Adams National Historical Park, Quincy
Thursday, August 26 - 7 p.m.
CLASSICAL GEMS
Haydn, Symphony No. 88
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1
Prokofiev, Symphony No. 1 (“Classical Symphony”)
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem
Friday, September 24 - 7 p.m.
GREEN MASTERPIECES
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 (“The
Pastoral Symphony”) and other music inspired by nature. In conjunction with the Chinese Emperor's Garden exhibition
Concerts for Children
Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club, Dorchester
Thursday, August 5 - 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.
"The Story of Jackie Robinson," the orchestra’s adaptation of music from Julian Wachner’s “Lifting the Curse” with text by Swanee Hunt
Yawkey Boys & Girls Club, Roxbury
Friday, August 6 - 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
"The Story of Jackie Robinson," the orchestra’s adaptation of music from Julian Wachner’s “Lifting the Curse” with text by Swanee Hunt