Concert Archive
Click on the links below - new Videos and Recordings of Past Programs as they become available.
2021-2022 SEASON
The Genius Of Mozart
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2021 | 7:30 PM
Mozart | Piano Concerto K. 466 in d minor
—Andrew Li, Piano
Mozart | Concerto for Flute in G Major K.313
—Ona Jonaityte, Flute
Tchaikovsky | Suite No. 4, “Mozartiana”
The Bard And The Baronet
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2021 | 7:30 PM
Elgar | Violin Concerto, Op. 61
—Callum Smart, Violin
Tchaikovsky | Romeo and Juliet, Overture Fantasy
Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 3, 2021 | FRIDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 5, 2020 | SUNDAY 3 PM
DECEMBER 3, 2021 | FRIDAY 4 PM (KIDS POPS)
Imagination Takes Flight
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022 | 7:30PM
Joanna Marsh | Flare (US Premiere)
Wagner | Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov | Night on the Bare Mountain
Stravinsky | The Firebird (Complete)
Love And Life
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2022 | 7:30 PM
Delius arr. Beecham | The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Saint-Saëns | Le rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31
Mussorgsky arr. Rimsky-Korsakov | Night on the Bare Mountain
Stravinsky | The Firebird (Complete)
Mozart (Sussmayr) | Requiem
—Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Soprano
—Emily Marvosh, Contralto
—Charles Blandy, Tenor
—David Kravitz, Baritone
Spring Pops! Music, Movies, And Media
SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 2022 | 7:30 PM
2020-2021 SEASON
THEATRICAL CELEBRATIONS Theatrical Celebrations
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30PM
Symphony members perform Schumann’s masterful Piano Quintet; Principal Flutist Ona Jonaityte plays Debussy’s colorful Syrinx; recent LHS graduate Luke Lee and pianist Paul Carlson present Sarasate’s Introduction and Tarantella for Violin; Lexington’s own Jeff Leonard shares what it takes to be a Broadway pit musician. Symphony finale: Selection from Schumann’s Symphony No. 3.
Stories, New Life
OCTOBER 24, 2020 | Saturday 7:30PM
Principal Clarinetist William Kirkley delights with Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet; the Lexington Symphony Wind Quintet shares works by Gabriel Pierné and contemporary American composer Valerie Coleman; Taiwanese composer Wan Yun Liang’s wonderful Once in a Blue Moon features talented young euphonium player Isaiah Carver; Symphony musicians play a selection of Nordic folk tunes arranged by the Danish String Quartet.
Symphony finale: Finale from Bizet’s Symphony in C.
New Directions
NOVEMBER 21, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
Lexington Symphony’s horn section performs works by Paul Hindemith and Ulysses Kay; unique double bass duets featuring Principal Bass Robb Aistrup and his son, Halden Aistrup; LHS standout Marilyn Swinger plays Poulenc’s Sonata for Flute and Piano with Paul Carlson.
Celebrity guest appearance from cellist Jennifer Kloetzel. Symphony finale: Selection from Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony.
Holiday POPS! Christmas Past
DECEMBER 19, 2020 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 20, 2020 | SUNDAY 3 PM (KIDS POPS)
A retrospective of the best performances from our holiday concert archives, featuring the Lexington Children’s Chorus, New World Chorale, and special guest star Regie Gibson narrating Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Two wonderful programs of music to warm the heart and inspire hope for the future.
With Youthful Eyes
FEBRUARY 6, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Regie Gibson
Barber | Violin Concerto, 1st Movement, LHS musician Annika Bajaj, Violin
Jiping | Concerto No. 2 for Pipa, Wu Man, Pipa
-NEW Special Guest Artist Interview with Wu Man
Holst | The Planets: Mars and Jupiter
Orchestra Tales
MARCH 7, 2021 | SUNDAY 3:00 PM
Highlights from Orchestrating Kids Through Classics
Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Regie Gibson
The Inside Story
APRIL 10, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
Ludwig Maurer | Three Pieces for Brass Ensemble
Bach | Goldberg Variations arr. for String Trio
Copland | Selections from the Ballet Rodeo
Beethoven | Symphony No. 6, 2nd Movement Scenes by the Brook
Where It All Begins
MAY 8, 2021 | SATURDAY 7:30 PM
Henri Tomasi | Être ou ne pas Être for Brass Ensemble
Zoltán Kodály | Opus 3, No. 2
Lamentations Solo Piano with Paul Carlson
Choreography and Video by Martha Graham
Samuel Barber | Selections from Cave of the Heart
Carl Nielsen | The Artist's Bier
Carl Nielsen | Helios Overture
2019-2020 SEASON
Poetic Expressions
OCTOBER 5, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30PM
Beethoven | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
Zhao Jiping | Pipa Concerto No. 2
— Wu Man, Pipa
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Watch the concert here.
A Celebration Of Life
NOVEMBER 9, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 pm
NOVEMBER 10, 2019 | SUNDAY, 3:00 PM
Thompson| The Last words of David
Thompson | Alleluia
Effinger | No Mark/Wood from “Four Pastorales”
Elgar | The Snow
Haydn | Te Deum No. 2 in C
Lexington High School Choruses, directed by Jason Iannuzzi
Orff | Carmina Burana
- Holly Cameron, Soprano
- Fran Daniel Laucerica, Tenor
- John Watson, Baritone
The Master Singers of Lexington, Lexington Children’s Chorus, & Lexington High School choral students led by Jason Iannuzzi
Watch the concert here.
Holiday POPS!
DECEMBER 6, 2019 | FRIDAY, 4 PM (KIDS POPS) & 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 8, 2019 | SUNDAY 3 PM
Watch the concert here.
Conquering New Lands
February 15, 2020 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Dvorak | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
— Jennifer Kloetzel, Cello
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3 “Eroica” in E flat major, Op. 55
Watch the concert here.
Watch the conductor’s talk here.
2018-2019 SEASON
Classic Beauty
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Prokofiev | Classical Symphony, Op. 25 (Symphony No. 1)
Schubert | Symphony No. 8 D.759, B minor (Unfinished)
Mozart | Symphony No. 38, K.504 “Prague”
Preserving Heritage
NOVEMBER 10, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM
Verdi | Nabucco: Overture
Canteloube | Songs of the Auvergne
- Kendra Colton, Soprano
Hindemith | Mathis der Maler (Symphony)
Holiday POPS! Welcome Yule
DECEMBER 7, 2018 | FRIDAY, 4 PM (KIDS POPS) & 7:30 PM*
DECEMBER 9, 2018 | SUNDAY, 2 PM*
*Featuring New World Chorale!
Join us for this growing Lexington tradition! Every season, Jonathan McPhee finds a new twist on popular music from the Holiday Season, ensuring a fresh experience that brings family and community together in the spirit of celebration.
Come enjoy Lexington’s resident poet, Regie Gibson in a new version of A Christmas Carol.
The Muse
FEBRUARY 16, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Stravinsky | Concerto in D
Finzi | Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
- Bill Kirkley, Clarinet
Nielsen | Little Suite for Strings Op. 1
Stravinsky | Apollon Musagète
Fresh Perceptions
MARCH 30, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Prokofiev | The Prodigal Son
Mendelssohn | Violin Concerto, Op. 64
- Hana Chang, Violin
Franck | Symphony in D minor
Music from the Movies
MAY 4, 2019 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Following The Community Music Festival (2-5 PM)
2017-2018 SEASON
Musical Mosaics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 | SATURDAY, 8 PM
Glass | Concerto Grosso
Elgar | Cello Concerto
—Nathaniel Taylor, Soloist
Schumann | Symphony No. 3 “Rhenish”
Passion & Peril
NOVEMBER 4, 2017 | SATURDAY, 8 PM
Britten | Four Sea Interludes
Sibelius | Karelia Suite
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 6 “Pathetique”
Holiday POPS! Welcome Yule
DECEMBER 1, 2017 | FRIDAY, 4 PM & 7:30 PM
DECEMBER 3, 2017 | SUNDAY, 2 PM
HeartStrings
FEBRUARY 10, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM
with Guest Conductor Federico Cortese, Music Director of the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras.
Cowell | Pulse for 5 Players (1939)
Vaughan Williams | Charterhouse Suite for Strings
Bartok | Divertimento for Strings
Bernstein | Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp, and Percussion
—Irina Muresanu, Soloist
Beethoven's 1st
MARCH 24, 2018 | SATURDAY, 8 PM
Haydn | Symphony No. 59
Rodrigo | Suite Soleriana
Beethoven | Symphony No. 1
Music from the Movies
MAY 19, 2018 | SATURDAY, 7:30 PM
Following The Community Music Festival (2-5 PM)
2016-2017 SEASON
Youthful Exuberance
September 10, 2016 | Saturday, 8 pm
Paul McCartney | Spiral
Maurice Ravel | Piano Concerto in G
Gavin George, piano
Franz Schubert | Symphony No. 5
The Essential Ring, Part I
April 2, 2016 | Saturday, 7:30 pm
Richard Wagner | Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner | Die Walkure
The Essential Ring, Part II
October 1, 2016 | Saturday, 7:30 pm
Richard Wagner | Siegfried
Richard Wagner | Götterdämmerung
Holiday POPS!
December 2, 2016 | Friday, 4 pm & 7:30 pm
Czechs & Diamonds
February 11, 2017 | Saturday, 8 pm
David Diamond | Rounds for Strings
Leoš Janacek | Idylla
Antonin Dvořák | Serenade for Strings
Discover New Worlds
April 1, 2017 | Saturday, 8 pm
Jean Sibelius | En Saga
Baris Perker | The Dreamy Dance
Antonin Dvořák | New World Symphony
Community Music Festival & Music from the Movies
May 6, 2017 | Saturday, 2 pm & 7:30 pm
Double Trouble, Concert in the Round
June 10, 2017 | Saturday, 7 pm