NHSO News
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NHSO to Play World Premiere of Amir ElSaffar’s “Suite on the Green” June 17
Tuesday • June 12, 2018 •
Suite on the Green, a new work that will have its world premiere on June 17 at the New Haven Green as part of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, will be performed by 27 musicians, combining ElSaffar’s members of Rivers of Sound Orchestra and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. The work features microtonal maqam modes of the Middle East woven through a complex matrix of harmonies, sonorities, and orchestrations.
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NHSO Announces Concert Line-Up for 125th Anniversary Season
Tuesday • May 22, 2018 •
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 125th Anniversary Season and Maestro William Boughton’s grand finale season with masterworks including Carmina Burana, Handel’s Messiah, and Mahler’s Third Symphony, as well as to Frank Sinatra, Broadway’s best, and more!
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NHSO Crosses Musical Borders at Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra May 10 at Woolsey Hall
Wednesday • April 25, 2018 •
Led by NHSO music director William Boughton, this concert of masterworks written by immigrants and refugees will include Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, Rachmaninoff’s Isle of the Dead, Zhou’s First Sight, and Korngold’s Violin Concerto, featuring Artist-In-Residence Elena Urioste.
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Music Director Finalist Rebecca Miller Conducts Concert of Russian Masterworks
Monday • March 12, 2018 •
Finalist Rebecca Miller makes her NHSO conducting debut and auditions to be the orchestra’s next music director with a program of Russian masterpieces including Tchaikovsky’s bombastic Symphony No. 4, Borodin’s In the Steppes of Central Asia, and what is widely considered to be one of the most challenging pieces in the cello repertoire: Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto, featuring NHSO Artist-in-Residence Nick Canellakis.
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NHSO Pops Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day Weekend March 17 & 18
Monday • March 5, 2018 •
NHSO Pops Conductor Chelsea Tipton will lead this festive program and the orchestra will be joined by Irish singer and YouTube sensation Cathy Maguire and dancers from the Brennan-Lucey Irish Dance Academy.
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NHSO To Honor Mayor Harp and Rep. Walker at “Toni Awards” Gala Feb. 9
Wednesday • November 22, 2017 •
The New Haven Symphony Orchestra (NHSO) will celebrate its 124th Season on Friday, February 9 at Anthony’s Ocean View with “The Toni Awards,” a fundraising gala. The Gala will highlight the work of New Haven Mayor Toni Harp and Connecticut State Representative Toni Walker, whose efforts in supporting the arts and specifically the New Haven Symphony have broadened the impact of the orchestra and helped to stabilize its financial future.
