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Saturday, May 02, 2026
2:30 pm

Arcadia Players - Making Overtures

Hadley MA - Wesley Methodist Church

Overtures and Overture Selections by Telemann, Bach, Zelenka and Fischer
The centerpiece of this joyous concert will be Telemann's own "Water Music," the glorious Hamburger Ebb' und Fluth (Hamburg Ebb and Flow), a musical homage to the city where the composer lived and worked for over 40 years. Telemann's tribute captures various moods of the Elbe River as it makes its way through the city, while also honoring a variety of water-deities and even celebrating the local boatmen with some boisterous sailors' dances.

3:00 pm

South Coast Chamber Music Series - Foursomes

Marion MA - St. Gabriel's Church

Four voices. Infinite emotion. A season’s end that leaves you transformed.

Akshaya Tucker: Hollow Flame
Lei Liang: Gobi Gloria
Kareem Roustom: Syrian Folk Songs
Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

EmmaLee  Holmes-Hicks, violin
Theo Ramsey, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano

String quartets by Akshaya Tucker (Hollow Flame), Lei Liang (Gobi Gloria) and Kareem Roustom (Syrian Folk Songs), each only ten minutes, demonstrate the amazing depth of this genre centuries after its first appearance around 1760. Brahms’s tempestuous Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, gigantic in all ways, represents the pinnacle of romantic emotion.

4:00 pm

Musicians of the Old Post Road - Ben Franklin's Musical Curiosity

Worcester MA - Historical Museum

Delve into the fascinating history of Franklin’s musical circles, both at home in America and in Paris at the soirées of composer Anne Brillon de Jouy. Enjoy an alluring bouquet of songs and instrumental works! Program includes songs by Francis Hopkinson and Brillon de Jouy, a string trio by John Antes, piano trios by C.F. Abel and Brillon de Jouy, and a work by Franklin himself. With soprano Emily Siar. Saturday, May 2, 4pm: Museum of Worcester and livestreamed Sunday, May 3, 4pm: Shirley-Eustis House, Roxbury
7:30 pm

Beethoven's Fifth

Wakefield MA - Veterans Memorial Auditorium

 

7:30 pm

New Philharmonia Orchestra - Classics III

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

 
8:00 pm

Melrose Symphony - Pops

Melrose MA - Memorial Hall

 May Pops Finale with Irina Muresanu

The MSO wraps up the season with a high-energy Pops concert packed with cinematic and Broadway favorites! Enjoy toe-tapping hits by John Williams and Leroy Anderson, beloved medleys from Wicked and Star Trek, and more. Internationally acclaimed violinist Irina Muresanu joins the orchestra for dazzling showpieces that will leave you breathless. A crowd-pleasing finale you won’t want to miss!