CLASSICAL MUSIC

Sunday June 7th Instrument Petting Zoo, Crafts and Student Performers @ 2 pm Full Orchestra Concert @ 3 pm First Baptist Church in Beverly Map icon Marshunda Smith, Guest Conductor Charles Turner, The Ballad of Dick Whittington - A "Purr-fect" Musical Adventure

The 2026-2027 Season kicks off with a performance of Mozart concertos by the legendary Emanuel Ax and The Knights chamber orchestra. Ax is routinely included on any list of the country’s best classical pianists, while The Knights are an adventurous group of musicians, who have been called the future of classical music in America. Together, they deliver a program that features two Mozart piano concertos – No. 17 in G Major, and No. 25 in C Major, plus and an overture by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a French composer of African descent from the early Classical Era. Enjoy the levity of French Classical music (ornamentation, color, decadence) alongside Mozart’s willingness to stick by, yet stylize the rules. Program Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Overture to L’amant anonyme W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503

Emi Ferguson has performed with artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Paul Simon, Baroque and Early Music ensembles like Handel & Haydn Society and Ruckus. After a wildly successful Music Worcester concert in July 2025, she returns for a complete performance of Bach’s Flute Sonatas, a collection of works for the instrument with harpsichord.

Emi Ferguson has performed with artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Paul Simon, Baroque and Early Music ensembles like Handel & Haydn Society and Ruckus. After a wildly successful Music Worcester concert in July 2025, she returns for a complete performance of Bach’s Flute Sonatas, a collection of works for the instrument with harpsichord.