CLASSICAL MUSIC

VIVID IMAGES SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026 | 7:30PM PRE-CONCERT CONDUCTOR'S TALK AT 6:30PM Strauss | Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks Debussy | La Mer Kancheli |Styx —Emily Rideout, viola —New World Chorale, Holly Krafka – Artistic Director Three brilliant depictions that fire the imagination – Richard Strauss’s tone poem about prankster Till Eulenspiegel, Debussy’s stunning portrayal of the sea followed by Giya Kanchelli’s Styx which portrays the passage to the land of the dead across the River Styx, featuring our own Principal Violist, Emily Rideout and the New World Chorale.

Fall Concert - Northern Lights Murray Burnstine Memorial Concert Sunday November 15th @ 3pm Swampscott High School Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), Helios Overture, Op. 17 Alan Hovhaness (1911-2001), Symphony No. 2 "Mysterious Mountain" Jean Sibelius (1865-1957), Symphony No. 2

HOLIDAY POPS! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2026 | 7:30PM SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2026 | 3:00PM KIDS POPS! SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2026 | 4:00PM Blake | The Snowman Featuring Massachusetts’s first Poet Laureate Regie Gibson, Soprano Teresa Winner Blume, Lexington High School Choruses, and special guest, Santa Claus! Other Holiday Favorites For kids of all ages, Regie Gibson, the first Poet Laureate of Massachusetts, returns to narrate Raymond Briggs’s classic story of a little boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.

The Worcester Chorus (dir. Chris Shepard) celebrates the season with their annual presentation of this cherished holiday staple, known for the “Hallelujah” chorus.

Impromptus Sunday, December 6, 2026 2 pm Pre-Concert Talk with Professor Suzannah Clark, 1:15 pm Music Recital Hall, Centennial Arts Center, Concord Academy Shai Wosner, piano Praised as “a Schubertian of unfaltering authority and character” (Gramophone), Shai Wosner brings his trademark blend of intellect, imagination, and playfulness to a program exploring the spirit of improvisation. Pairing works by Schubert, Chopin, Dvořák, Gershwin, and Ives with a brief improvisation of his own, Wosner culminates the evening with Schubert’s transcendent final sonata, the B-flat Major Sonata, D. 960. Program Schubert: Impromptu No. 1, D. 935 Ives: Three Improvisations, III. Dvořák: Impromptu, B. 129 Gershwin: Impromptu in Two Keys Chopin: Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29 Schubert: Impromptu No. 2, D. 935 (short improvised transition) Chopin: Impromptu No. 2, Op. 36 Ives: Three Improvisations, I. Schubert: Impromptu No. 4, D. 935