Music Concerts and Stage Acts

We open our 100th Anniversary Season with a nod to where it all began – Charles Gounod's regal March from The Queen of Sheba, the very first piece performed by the BrSO in 1925.

From there, the temperature rises with the tropical rhythms of Louis Moreau Gottschalk's A Night in the Tropics, followed by the hauntingly beautiful El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla, rich with flamenco and fiery emotion. Celebrated mezzo-soprano Janna Baty, known for her "viola-like tone," brings passion and depth to this sultry masterpiece. We close with George Gershwin's bold and jazzy Piano Concerto in F, the 1925 classic that defined this era. Acclaimed pianist Vijay Venkatesh takes the stage to bring this brilliant work to life in a grand finale worthy of a century in the making.

Charles Gounod - March from The Queen of Sheba
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - A Night in the Tropics
Manuel de Falla - El Amor Brujo
Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano
George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F
Vijay Venkatesh, piano

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Event Date	10-19-2025 3:00 pm
Individual Price	See Registration
Location	Christ Congregational Church Brockton
Categories	Music, 2--CLASSICAL CONCERT, Classical, Orchestra

Merrimack Valley Philharmonic - Opening Gala

65th Anniversary Red Carpet Gala

You’re invited to join the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra Board of Directors, Musicians, and fellow audience members to celebrate the ensemble’s 65th Anniversary – an inaugural event in our beautiful new home at Merrimack College’s Rogers Center for the Arts!

RED CARPET GALA & COCKTAIL RECEPTION • 6pm-7pm
THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! CONCERT • 7:15pm

Grab your ticket to an evening of Raffles, Silent Auctions, live music – and become an integral part of this historic MVPO milestone.

Event Date	10-24-2025 5:15 pm
Individual Price	see registration
Location	Rogers Center for the Arts
Categories	2--CLASSICAL CONCERT, Orchestra, Classical

CONCORA & Baroklyn, featuring Simone Dinnerstein

Fresh off the release of their first professional recording, Simone Dinnerstein’s chamber ensemble Baroklyn joins Connecticut-based professional choir CONCORA in a program that includes music from the recording as well as the choral cantata Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (BWV9). This work focuses on the Lutheran theme of salvation; “Salvation now has come for all” became a theme amongst authors and composers. Baroklyn is also joined by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano for the exquisite solo cantata Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (BWV 170).

Program

Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617
Der Leib zwar in der Erden, BWV 161
Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1060
Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 9
Chorale-Preludes from BWV99, 22 & 182

Please note: program, venue, time, and artist are subject to change.

Event Date	10-24-2025 8:00 pm
Individual Price	Adult: $40-$63 Student: $20 Youth (18 & under): $10
Location	Mechanics Hall
Categories	Music, Classical, Chamber, 2--CLASSICAL CONCERT

Music Worcester presents: BACHtoberfest: Peter Krasinski, organ

Peter Krasinski performs an afternoon of Bach’s organ works for the second annual BACHtoberfest weekend. The afternoon highlights Bach’s secular and sacred organ works, and continues THE COMPLETE BACH’s annual tradition of recitals for organ. Featuring the Mechanics Hall’s Hook Organ, an institution in Worcester for more than 160 years, this performance allows the listener to experience the robust sound and feeling of a pipe organ.

In 1863, Elias and George Hook began the installation of the custom-built instrument, fit perfectly for the Great Hall. The Hook Organ is made up of 3,504 pipes and 52 stops. Listeners flock to hear this organ played, both for its history and for its intensity and story. Hear the Great Hall fill with sound at this afternoon organ recital.

Event Date	10-25-2025 3:00 pm
Individual Price	See Registration
Location	Mechanics Hall
Categories	Music, Classical, Keyboard, 1--POPULAR-PLUS CONCERT