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Friday. 27 March, 2026 |
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7:30 pm
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Boston MA - Opera + Community Studios
In Schoenberg’s arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Song of the Earth, we encounter a meditation on mortality and rebirth, composed in the shadow of profound personal tragedy. Drawing from ancient poetry, Mahler weaves aching beauty with existential yearning fusing his career-long themes of nature and the cycles of life. LEARN MORE
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Saturday. 28 March, 2026 |
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3:00 pm
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Marion MA - St. Gabriel's Church
Every note tells a tale. Let these stories stir your heart.
Kenji Bunch: Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp
Cristopor Najarian: A Tale for Two Violins
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor , Op. 15
Billy Mayerl: Marigold
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Emma Powell, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Kenji Bunch’s intriguing Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp takes a fresh look at Appalachian fiddling and string band traditions while Cristopor Najarian’s Tale for 2 Violins revisits Turkish, Armenian, and middle eastern folk melodies to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Fauré’s sublime Piano Quartet No. 1 and Billy Mayerl’s jazzy Marigold close the program with ineffable joie de vivre.
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3:00 pm
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South Hadley MA - Mount Holyoke College
This concert will feature the profoundly moving Karfreitag Lieder (Good Friday Songs) by 17th-century Czech composer Samuel Capricornus, along with Tenebrae Lessons by Giovanni Paolo Colonna. Sopranos Tess Wakim and Agnes Coakley Cox will sing with Arcadia Viols in a concert that promises to move your heart.
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3:00 pm
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Boston MA - Opera + Community Studios
In Schoenberg’s arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Song of the Earth, we encounter a meditation on mortality and rebirth, composed in the shadow of profound personal tragedy. Drawing from ancient poetry, Mahler weaves aching beauty with existential yearning fusing his career-long themes of nature and the cycles of life. LEARN MORE
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7:30 pm
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Lexington MA - Cary Hall
Still | Bells Shostakovich | Violin Concerto No. 1 —Callum Smart, violin
Bartok| Concerto for Orchestra
British violinist Callum Smart returns by popular demand to Lexington Symphony to perform Shostakovich’s evocative Violin Concerto No. 1. Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra was commissioned by Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Serge Koussevitsky in 1943. This popular piece is filled with opportunities for each section of the orchestra to shine as the piece builds to an exuberant conclusion.
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7:30 pm
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Braintree MA - Thayer's Center for the Arts
MOZART: Overture - The Abduction from Seraglio
MOZART: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major K191
Heejeong Jeong, bassoon
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6 ("Pastorale")
Featuring “Pastorale” art works by local student and adult artists.
Experience an evening of timeless classical music with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra at Thayer’s Center for the Arts. Join us for two audience favorites by Mozart and Beethoven, plus a piece highlighting one of the most extraordinary instruments of the orchestra - the bassoon.
Mozart's Overture from The Abduction from Seraglio is upbeat and fun, evoking a carefree freedom and peace.
His Bassoon Concerto continues that theme of joy and cheer. It is an extraordinary piece giving the spotlight to an instrument rarely heard solo in today's classical repertoire, and we are excited to welcome Heejeong Jeong for the first time.
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8:00 pm
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Concord MA - 51 Walden Performance Center
William Kasel
Born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, William began playing the trumpet at the age of nine. During his high school years, William studied with Dr. Kenneth Laudermilch at Westchester University. As an undergraduate student at Boston University, William studied with Rolf Smedvig, Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony/Empire Brass Quintet and worked with Roger Voisin, former principal trumpet of the BSO. William was chosen as the best brass player at Boston University by faculty in his senior year. William spent three summers as a student at Tanglewood performing with the Boston University Institute and the Fellows at the Berkshire Music Festival. William has played with Sarah Caldell’s Opera Company in Boston, The Empire Brass Quintet and has given recitals in New England and Pennsylvania. After a 25-year interlude William returned to performing in 2013, sharing with the public his passion for music and the trumpet.
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8:00 pm
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Boston MA - Jordan Hall
Boston Civic Symphony’s March 28 concert will feature
Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait
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Mahler Symphony No. 5.
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Sunday. 29 March, 2026 |
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2:30 pm
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Concord MA - 51 Walden Performance Center
William Kasel
Born and raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, William began playing the trumpet at the age of nine. During his high school years, William studied with Dr. Kenneth Laudermilch at Westchester University. As an undergraduate student at Boston University, William studied with Rolf Smedvig, Principal Trumpet of the Boston Symphony/Empire Brass Quintet and worked with Roger Voisin, former principal trumpet of the BSO. William was chosen as the best brass player at Boston University by faculty in his senior year. William spent three summers as a student at Tanglewood performing with the Boston University Institute and the Fellows at the Berkshire Music Festival. William has played with Sarah Caldell’s Opera Company in Boston, The Empire Brass Quintet and has given recitals in New England and Pennsylvania. After a 25-year interlude William returned to performing in 2013, sharing with the public his passion for music and the trumpet.
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3:00 pm
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Melrose MA - Memorial Hall
“Petting Zoo”
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Pre-Concert Instrument “Petting Zoo,” 1:30-2:30 pm
Concert, 3 pm
Enjoy a fun-filled, family-friendly 35-minute concert featuring favorites from Star Wars, Wicked, and more. Before the concert, kids (and kids at heart!) can explore the orchestra up close at our popular instrument “petting zoo.” Don’t wait—tickets go fast for this beloved community favorite!
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3:00 pm
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South Dartmouth, MA - St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Every note tells a tale. Let these stories stir your heart.
Kenji Bunch: Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp
Cristopor Najarian: A Tale for Two Violins
Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor , Op. 15
Billy Mayerl: Marigold
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Emma Powell, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Kenji Bunch’s intriguing Hard Winter/Holler and Stomp takes a fresh look at Appalachian fiddling and string band traditions while Cristopor Najarian’s Tale for 2 Violins revisits Turkish, Armenian, and middle eastern folk melodies to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Fauré’s sublime Piano Quartet No. 1 and Billy Mayerl’s jazzy Marigold close the program with ineffable joie de vivre.
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3:00 pm
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Boston MA - Opera + Community Studios
In Schoenberg’s arrangement of Gustav Mahler’s Song of the Earth, we encounter a meditation on mortality and rebirth, composed in the shadow of profound personal tragedy. Drawing from ancient poetry, Mahler weaves aching beauty with existential yearning fusing his career-long themes of nature and the cycles of life. LEARN MORE
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