Upcoming Concerts in All Classical Genres: Orchestra, Concert Band, Chamber, Keyboard, Instrumental, & Classical Voical

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Melrose Symphony - Pops

Melrose Symphony - Pops

05-02-2026 8:00 pm

 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!

 

New Philharmonia Orchestra - Classics III (2)

New Philharmonia Orchestra - Classics III (2)

05-03-2026 3:00 pm
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15

 
South Coast Chamber Music Series - Foursomes (2)

South Coast Chamber Music Series - Foursomes (2)

05-03-2026 3:00 pm
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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.

Boston Philharmonic YOUTH Orchestra - Harbison / Gershwin / copland

Boston Philharmonic YOUTH Orchestra - Harbison / Gershwin / copland

05-03-2026 7:00 pm
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Harbison
Remembering Gatsby (Foxtrot for Orchestra)

Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Makoto Ozone, piano

Copland
Symphony No. 3

Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra - The Darkness and the Light

Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra - The Darkness and the Light

05-04-2026 5:00 pm
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Many shades of emotion and experience are to be found in these wonderful works.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Ave Verum

Fazil Say: Never Give Up, Soloist: Emmanuel Feldman

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No.3

Carlisle Chamber Orchestra - MAHLER  Das Lied von Der Erde

Carlisle Chamber Orchestra - MAHLER Das Lied von Der Erde

05-08-2026 8:00 pm
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Margretta Beaty and Ethan Bremner join the Carlisle Chamber Orchestra for Mahler's chronicle of the weariness of body and soul, an embracing of death, then, finally, an exquisitely lyrical outpouring of faith in life's renewal.  The work is sometimes titled "Song of the Earth".

Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Passport to Sound

Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Passport to Sound

05-09-2026 2:00 pm
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Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra presents

LPO Presents Passport to Sound

Vista Philharmonic Orchestra – An “Almost” Summer’s Midday Dream

Vista Philharmonic Orchestra – An “Almost” Summer’s Midday Dream

05-09-2026 7:30 pm

 

Season Finale!

We’re finishing the season strong and looking toward summer, with the work Gustav Mahler called “A Summer’s Midday Dream.” One of the most acclaimed symphonies of all time, this epic masterwork showcases our full orchestra plus two choruses and Boston’s acclaimed mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart as featured soloist. “Summer Marches In” during the first movement, ushering listeners on the composer’s evocative journey through evolving perspectives in the following five movements, “What the Flowers in the Meadow Tell Me,” “What the Animals in the Forest Tell Me,” “What Man Tells Me,” “What the Angels Tell Me,” and “What Love Tells Me.”

MAHLER – Symphony No. 3

Special Guests:
Alexis Peart, mezzo-soprano
Nashoba Valley Chorale Women’s Chorus – Ann Watson-Born, Music Director
Children’s Chorus – TBA