2008 - 2009 Season

 

November 22th, 8pm - Paine Hall

The Orchestra welcomes Mariam Nazarian, who performed as a soloist at the Boston Pops and at Carnegie Hall, for a performance of Chopin's popular Piano Concerto No. 1. Also on the program will be Nuages, a brilliant work by Claude Debussy; and the rousing Second Symphony of Alexander Borodin.

Debussy Chopin Borodin

Nuages – from ‘3 Nocturnes’ Concerto for Piano No.1 in e minor Mariam Nazarian, Piano Symphony No. 2

Tickets $7 (general public), $5 (students, seniors, Harvard ID holders)
available at the Harvard Box Office or at the door (space permitting).

December - Dudley House Dining Hall

The Orchestra plays a selection of waltzes for Dudley House's annual Winter Waltz.

Tickets will be available in December at the Dudley House Office.

January 16th - Dudley House Dining Hall

The chamber music concert is becoming a great tradition, so come, grab a cup of coffee and a cookie and listen to chamber music performed by members of the Orchestra. The evening will close with a performance of Schubert's Symphony No. 5, a concise, sparkling work of classical proportions.

TBA Schubert

assorted chamber works Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major

Free admission - no tickets required. Coffee and refreshments will be available.

 

April 19th, 12:30pm - Dudley House Dining Hall

World-renowned cellist Alan Stepansky (Harvard class of '82) will give a public masterclass, featuring student musicians from several Harvard schools. Join us for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the artistic process -- it should be a unique experience for musicians and non-musicians alike!

Free admission - no tickets required.

May 3rd, 4:00pm – Paine Hall (Arts First Weekend)

T.B.A.

Tickets $12 (general public), $9 (students, seniors, Harvard ID holders)
available now through the Harvard Box Office, in person at the Holyoke Center or online.

Recent Concerts

Beethoven and Strauss April 22nd, 2007 - Paine Hall Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Mozart - Clarinet Concerto featuring Laura Biron, concerto competition winner Strauss - Wiener Philharmoniker Fanfare with members of the Bay Colony Brass Beethoven - Symphony No. 8	20th Century American Composers January 14th, 2007 - Sanders Theatre Antheil - McKonkey's Ferry Overture Copland - Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo Still - In Memoriam: the Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy Barber - Symphony No. 1 in One Movement
Chamber Music - November 9th, 2006 - Dudley House Haydn - Symphony No. 22, "Der Philosoph" and chamber music by Mozart, Persichetti, Villa Lobos, Boccherini, and Hazlett, featuring members of the Dudley Orchestra
May 7th, 2006 - Sanders Theatre Dvorák - Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1 Berlioz - Les nuits d'été with Susanna Phillips, soprano Shostakovich - Symphony No. 12, "The Year 1917"	Music and the World Wars November 18th, 2005 - Paine Hall Respighi - Fountains of Rome Korngold - Suite from Much Ado About Nothing Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5
April 29th, 2005 - Paine Hall Dvorák - Symphony No. 8 Elgar-Payne - Symphony No. 3 (Boston premiere)	November 21st, 2004 - Paine Hall Rossini - Overture to La scala di seta Finzi - Romance for Strings Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4