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The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra (CSO) presents the Masterworks concert Beethoven, Tower and Adams in two performances: on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 7 p.m. at Durgin Hall, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, and on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 4 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium, MIT. Music Director Cynthia Woods conducts the orchestra.
The CSO joins forces with four returning CSO vocal soloists—Indra
Thomas, Joanna Porackova, Javier Abreu and Ron Loyd—and the University Choir
and Chamber Singers from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell (Jonathan
Richter, director), to present two powerful works for chorus and orchestra, one
classic and one contemporary, side-by-side in concert. Members of the Nashoba
Valley Chorale and the Nashua North High School Music Department join the
choir as well.
Ludwig van Beethoven completed his Symphony No. 9 (1824) three
years before his death. This monumental final symphony, a masterpiece of
lyrical beauty and heroic triumph, moves toward utopian celebration with the
stirring “Ode to Joy,” for which Beethoven introduced soloists and chorus into
a major symphony for the first time.
As a modern complement to Beethoven’s Ninth, John Adams’
minimalist choral work Harmonium (1981) sets to music the haunting poetry of
John Donne and Emily Dickinson. Adams has described the genesis of his composition
as “one of human voices—many of them—riding upon waves of rippling sound.” The
program opens with Joan Tower‘s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1 (1986)
performed by the CSO brass.
Our Spotlight Partner for the Kresge performance
is the Cambridge Women’s Center, which provides a supportive community space
for all women by offering opportunities for empowerment, learning, healing,
trauma support, and understanding. Please visit cambridgewomenscenter.org for
more information, and stop by their table in the lobby at Kresge before the
performance or during intermission to sign up for volunteer opportunities.
The CSO 2019-20 season is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural
Council.
Tickets for the Kresge performance are $25
(general) and $15 (students and seniors) and can be purchased at http://www.cambridgesymphony.org. Admission to the performance at UMass Lowell is free.
As part of the EBT Card to Culture Program, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra also offers
discounted admission to this concert for Massachusetts EBT cardholders: $5
general admission for adults, and free admission for kids 16 and under with the
purchase of at least one $5 adult ticket. This discount program is offered in
collaboration with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Executive Office
of Health and Human Services’ Department of Transitional Assistance.
Established in 1975, the Cambridge Symphony
Orchestra, Inc. (CSO) is a 501(c)(3) community music organization presenting
classical music to diverse audiences who value great music in an accessible
environment. Our volunteer musicians hail from Cambridge, Somerville and other
parts of Greater Boston. As the only community orchestra in Cambridge and
Somerville, the CSO creates outstanding programing through the combined energy
of dozens of dedicated and talented individuals who believe in the importance
of classical music and expanding our community’s access to it.
For more information about the concert and about
the CSO, go to www.cambridgesymphony.org
https://twitter.com/CSO_Tweets, and https://www.facebook.com/cambridgesymphonyorchestra.