Concert Archive

2023-2024 SEASON

The Rhythm of Life
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 8, 2023 | FRIDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 10, 2023 | SUNDAY 3 PM DECEMBER 8, 2023 | FRIDAY 4 PM (KIDS POPS)

Joyous Trilogy
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2024 | 7:30PM

Debussy | Nocturnes for Orchestra and Women’s Chorus - New World Chorale
Elgar | Falstaff, Op. 68
Quinn Mason – Joyous Trilogy

Classical Journeys
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2024 | 7:30 PM

Beethoven | Coriolan Overture
Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto
Chen Gang | Sunshine on Tashkurgan - Sirena Huang, violin
Sibelius | Symphony No. 1 Op. 39, E minor

Lift Up Your Voices
SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 | 7:30 PM SUNDAY MAY 12, 2024 | 3:00 PM

Masterworks Chorale and Concord Chorus
Brahms | Schicksalslied, Op. 54
- Conducted by Kevin Leong
Beethoven | Symphony No. 9
Soloists - Carley DeFranco, soprano
- Emily Marvosh, mezzo-soprano
- Jonas Budris, tenor
- Craig Juricka, bass

2022-2023 SEASON

Youthful Discoveries
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Britten | Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
- Emily Marvosh, Narrator
Florence Price | Symphony No. 3
Richard Strauss | Don Juan

The Inextinguishable Voice
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Mozart (version by Busoni) | Overture to Don Giovanni
Ray Angry | Black Athena~Power (World Premiere, LS Commission) - Bashiri Johnson, percussion - Coreisa Janelle Lee, flute - New World Chorale, Holly MacEwan Krafka, Artistic Director
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5

Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 2, 2022 | FRIDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 4, 2022 | SUNDAY 3 PM DECEMBER 2, 2022 | FRIDAY 4 PM (KIDS POPS)

Serious Romance
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023 | 7:30PM

Tarrh | Diptych Fantasy (world premiere)
Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C
- Randall Hodgkinson, Piano
Brahms | Symphony No. 4 in E minor

Speak To Me
SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023 | 7:30 PM

Mahler | Symphony No. 3
- Emily Marvosh, Contralto
- New World Chorale

Spring POPS!
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2023 | 7:30 PM

From summer blockbusters to favorite television series, music is integral to telling the story. No themes are more central to humanity than the tragedy of conflict and the triumph of hope.

Featuring selections from:
- Game of Thrones,
- Star Trek,
- the Bounty Hunter,
- Carousel,
- John Williams,
- and more.

Special appearance from Keila Wakao, first prize winner in the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, performing Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor.

2021-2022 SEASON

The Genius Of Mozart
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2021 | 7:30 PM

Mozart | Piano Concerto K. 466 in d minor
- Andrew Li, Piano
Mozart | Concerto for Flute in G Major K.313
- Ona Jonaityte, Flute Tchaikovsky | Suite No. 4, “Mozartiana”

The Bard And The Baronet
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 | 7:30 PM

Elgar | Violin Concerto, Op. 61
- Callum Smart, Violin
Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet, Overture Fantasy

Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 3, 2021 | FRIDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 5, 2021 | SUNDAY 3 PM DECEMBER 3, 2021 | FRIDAY 4 PM (KIDS POPS)

Imagination Takes Flight
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022 | 7:30PM

Joanna Marsh | Flare (US Premiere)
Wagner | Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov | Night on the Bare Mountain
Stravinsky | The Firebird (Complete)

Love And Life
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2022 | 7:30 PM

Delius arr. Beecham | The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Saint-Saëns | Le rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31
Mozart (Sussmayr) | Requiem
- Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano
- Emily Marvosh, Contralto
- Charles Blandy, Tenor
- David Kravitz, Baritone

2020-2021 SEASON

Theatrical Celebrations
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30PM

Symphony members perform Schumann’s masterful Piano Quintet; Principal Flutist Ona Jonaityte plays Debussy’s colorful Syrinx; recent LHS graduate Luke Lee and pianist Paul Carlson present Sarasate’s Introduction and Tarantella for Violin; Lexington’s own Jeff Leonard shares what it takes to be a Broadway pit musician. Symphony finale: Selection from Schumann’s Symphony No. 3.

Stories, New Life
OCTOBER 24, 2020 | Saturday 7:30PM

Principal Clarinetist William Kirkley delights with Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet; the Lexington Symphony Wind Quintet shares works by Gabriel Pierné and contemporary American composer Valerie Coleman; Taiwanese composer Wan Yun Liang’s wonderful Once in a Blue Moon features talented young euphonium player Isaiah Carver; Symphony musicians play a selection of Nordic folk tunes arranged by the Danish String Quartet.

Symphony finale: Finale from Bizet’s Symphony in C.

New Directions
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM

Lexington Symphony’s horn section performs works by Paul Hindemith and Ulysses Kay; unique double bass duets featuring Principal Bass Robb Aistrup and his son, Halden Aistrup; LHS standout Marilyn Swinger plays Poulenc’s Sonata for Flute and Piano with Paul Carlson.

Celebrity guest appearance from cellist Jennifer Kloetzel. Symphony finale: Selection from Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony.

Holiday POPS! Christmas Past
DECEMBER 19, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 20, 2020 | SUNDAY 3 PM (KIDS POPS)

A retrospective of the best performances from our holiday concert archives, featuring the Lexington Children’s Chorus, New World Chorale, and special guest star Regie Gibson narrating Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Two wonderful programs of music to warm the heart and inspire hope for the future.

With Youthful Eyes
FEBRUARY 6, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM

Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Regie Gibson
Barber | Violin Concerto, 1st Movement, LHS musician Annika Bajaj, Violin
Jiping | Concerto No. 2 for Pipa, Wu Man, Pipa
- NEW Special Guest Artist Interview with Wu Man
Holst | The Planets: Mars and Jupiter

Orchestra Tales
MARCH 7, 2021 | SUNDAY 3:00 PM

Highlights from Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Regie Gibson

The Inside Story
APRIL 10, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM

Ludwig Maurer | Three Pieces for Brass Ensemble
Bach | Goldberg Variations arr. for String Trio
Copland | Selections from the Ballet Rodeo
Beethoven | Symphony No. 6, 2nd Movement Scenes by the Brook

Where It All Begins
MAY 8, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM

Henri Tomasi | Être ou ne pas Être for Brass Ensemble
Zoltán Kodály | Opus 3, No. 2

Lamentations Solo Piano with Paul Carlson
Choreography and Video by Martha Graham

Samuel Barber | Selections from Cave of the Heart
Carl Nielsen | The Artist's Bier
Carl Nielsen | Helios Overture

2019-2020 SEASON

Poetic Expressions
OCTOBER 5, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30PM

Beethoven | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Zhao Jiping | Pipa Concerto No. 2
- Wu Man, Pipa
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Watch the concert here.

A Celebration Of Life
NOVEMBER 9, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 pm
NOVEMBER 10, 2019 | SUNDAY, 3:00 PM

Thompson| The Last words of David
Thompson | Alleluia
Effinger | No Mark/Wood from “Four Pastorales”

Elgar | The Snow
Haydn | Te Deum No. 2 in C

Lexington High School Choruses, directed by Jason Iannuzzi

Orff | Carmina Burana
- Holly Cameron, Soprano
- Fran Daniel Laucerica, Tenor
- John Watson, Baritone

The Master Singers of Lexington, Lexington Children’s Chorus, & Lexington High School choral students led by Jason Iannuzzi

Watch the concert here.

Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 6, 2019 | FRIDAY, 4 PM (KIDS POPS) & 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 8, 2019 | SUNDAY 3 PM

Watch the concert here.

Conquering New Lands
February 15, 2020 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM

Dvorak | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
- Jennifer Kloetzel, Cello
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” in E flat major, Op. 55

Watch the concert here.

Watch the conductor’s talk here.

2018-2019 SEASON

Classic Beauty
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM

Prokofiev | Classical Symphony, Op. 25 (Symphony No. 1)
Schubert | Symphony No. 8 D.759, B minor (Unfinished)
Mozart | Symphony No. 38, K.504 “Prague”

Preserving Heritage
NOVEMBER 10, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM

Verdi | Nabucco: Overture
Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne
- Kendra Colton, Soprano
Hindemith | Mathis der Maler (Symphony)

Holiday POPS! Welcome Yule
DECEMBER 7, 2018 | FRIDAY, 4 PM (KIDS POPS) & 7:30 PM*
DECEMBER 9, 2018 | SUNDAY, 2 PM*

*Featuring New World Chorale!

Join us for this growing Lexington tradition! Every season, Jonathan McPhee finds a new twist on popular music from the Holiday Season, ensuring a fresh experience that brings family and community together in the spirit of celebration.

Come enjoy Lexington’s resident poet, Regie Gibson in a new version of A Christmas Carol.

The Muse
FEBRUARY 16, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM

Stravinsky | Concerto in D
Finzi | Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
- Bill Kirkley, Clarinet
Nielsen | Little Suite for Strings Op. 1
Stravinsky | Apollon Musagète

Fresh Perceptions
MARCH 30, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM

Prokofiev | The Prodigal Son
Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto, Op. 64
- Hana Chang, Violin
Franck | Symphony in D minor

Music from the Movies
MAY 4, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Following The Community Music Festival (2-5 PM)

2017-2018 SEASON

Musical Mosaics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 | SATURDAY, 8 PM

Glass | Concerto Grosso
Elgar | Cello Concerto
- Nathaniel Taylor, Soloist
Schumann | Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”

Passion & Peril
NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | SATURDAY, 8 PM

Britten | Four Sea Interludes
Sibelius | Karelia Suite
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”

Holiday POPS! Welcome Yule
DECEMBER 1, 2017 | FRIDAY, 4 PM & 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 3, 2017 | SUNDAY, 2 PM

HeartStrings
FEBRUARY 10, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM

with Guest Conductor Federico Cortese, Music Director of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.

Cowell | Pulse for 5 Players (1939)
Vaughan Williams | Charterhouse Suite for Strings
Bartok | Divertimento for Strings
Bernstein | Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
- Irina Muresanu, Soloist

Beethoven's 1st
MARCH 24, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM

Haydn | Symphony No. 59
Rodrigo | Suite Soleriana
Beethoven | Symphony No. 1

Music from the Movies
MAY 19, 2018 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Following The Community Music Festival (2-5 PM)

2016-2017 SEASON

Youthful Exuberance
September 10, 2016 | Saturday, 8 pm Paul McCartney | Spiral
Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G
- Gavin George, piano
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 5

The Essential Ring, Part I
April 2, 2016 | Saturday, 7:30 pm

Richard Wagner | Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner | Die Walkure

The Essential Ring, Part II
October 1, 2016 | Saturday, 7:30 pm

Richard Wagner | Siegfried
Richard Wagner | Götterdämmerung

Holiday POPS!
December 2, 2016 | Friday, 4 pm & 7:30 pm

Czechs & Diamonds
February 11, 2017 | Saturday, 8 pm

David Diamond | Rounds for Strings
Leoš Janacek | Idylla
Antonin Dvořák | Serenade for Strings

Discover New Worlds
April 1, 2017 | Saturday, 8 pm

Jean Sibelius | En Saga
Baris Perker | The Dreamy Dance
Antonin Dvořák | New World Symphony

Community Music Festival & Music from the Movies
May 6, 2017 | Saturday, 2 pm & 7:30 pm

Double Trouble, Concert in the Round
June 10, 2017 | Saturday, 7 pm