Oct
24
4:00 PM16:00

WIT & WHIMSY

GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite

Dmitri Shostakovich
Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two), Op. 16

Anna Clyne
Pivot

Aram Khachaturian
Galop from Masquerade

— Intermission —

Decora
Outta My Own Way
arr. Brigham Philips & Russell Ger

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93

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Dec
12
2:00 PM14:00

GLORY ALL AROUND

Hanukkah Oratorio - WORLD PREMIERE, GNSO COMMISSION by Deborah Drattel
Ma’oz Tzur Variations
A Christmas Scherzo
The First Noel
Sleigh Ride
We Wish You a Merry Christmas

— Intermission —

It’s Christmastime
A Swingin’ Holiday
Winter Wonderland
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
O Holy Night
Feliz Navidad
A Christmas Festival
— Sing-Along

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Apr
17
7:30 PM19:30

THE SHAPE OF LIGHT

Arvo Pärt
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

Elena Kats-Chernin
Moon Feather Magic

Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif – très rythmé

Max Richter
On the Nature of Daylight

— Intermission —

Arnold Schoenberg
Transfigured Night, Op. 4

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Jul
4
7:00 PM19:00

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS

Alberto Ginastera
Four Dances from Estancia, Op. 8a

Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 2

George Gershwin
Cuban Overture

José Pablo Moncayo
Huapango

Silvestre Revueltas
Sensemayá

Astor Piazzolla
Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires

Aaron Copland
El Salón México

Ferde Grofé
Grand Canyon Suite — Excerpts

Final repertoire subject to change.

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Jul
24
4:00 PM16:00

EVERYTHING'S A REMIX

Every masterpiece has a past.

All music has a past. Nothing comes from nowhere.

The great composers—and the great popular artists—listened backward before they moved forward. They borrowed melodies, inherited traditions, stole ideas, broke rules, and transformed what they found into something unmistakably their own.

Across three centuries, our season has traced that endlessly fascinating conversation. Folk dances find their way into concert halls. Popular songs are dressed in orchestral colors. Old forms are bent, stretched and reinvented. Music crosses borders and generations, carrying pieces of its past into something entirely new.

Because originality doesn’t mean starting from scratch. It means hearing what already exists—and imagining what else it might become.

For our summer Pops finale, we bring the idea full circle.

All music has a past. This summer, you’ll hear the origin stories behind some of the best-known music ever written.

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Jul
4
6:00 PM18:00

USA250!!!

A stunning cavalcade of musical Americana with an array of Guest artists to celebrate America’s Sesquicentennial

The unique setting of Boscobel House means your symphony picnic will overlook the majestic Hudson River in all its resplendent glory

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Jun
10
7:30 PM19:30

PLAY OF THE WAVES

GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Edward Elgar                           Sea Pictures

Benjamin Britten                    Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes

Andreas Makris                       Hellenic Odyssey

Claude Debussy                      La Mer

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May
6
7:30 PM19:30

WINGS UNFURLED

GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Ottorino Respighi                    Gli Uccelli (The Birds)

Takashi Yoshimatsu                And birds are still…

Efraín Amaya                           Pájaros de tres alas (Birds of three wings)

Einojuhani Rautavaara            Cantus Arcticus

Tan Dun                                  Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds

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Mar
18
4:00 PM16:00

LUMINOSITY

GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Michael Torke                         Bright Blue Music

Thea Musgrave                       Green

Anna Clyne                              Color Field

Arthur Bliss                             A Color Symphony

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Sep
10
7:30 PM19:30

AFTER THE RAIN

GREATER NEWBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Ludwig van Beethoven           Symphony No. 6

Judith Weir                             The Welcome Arrival of Rain

Christopher Theofanidis         Rainbow Body

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Jun
13
7:30 PM19:30

THE SWAN BECOMES THE SUN

Sibelius’ composing hut was situated under a migration path of Finnish swans. And so, every year he bade farewell to these majestic creatures and awaited their return after the long winter. His Fifth Symphony climaxes with a glorious melody he called his ‘Swan Theme’. To tie in with this poetical idea, we have Nielsen’s Helios Overture, an ode to the sun, and Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite.    

 

Nielsen                        Helios Overture

Tchaikovsky                 Swan Lake Suite

Sibelius                        Symphony No. 5

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May
2
7:30 PM19:30

LATE TWILIGHT

The Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss are amongst the most divinely ravishing meditations on cycles of life, time and age in existence. While Ravel’s La Valse is an incisive replica of Viennese waltzes but viewed through the lens of history post-World War 1, Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is a bittersweet farewell to the old world in the rapidly changing social landscape of the late nineteenth century. In combination, these works offer a compelling glimpse of an era at its close.

 

Ravel                           La Valse

Strauss, R                    Four Last Songs

Brahms                        Symphony No. 4

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Mar
14
7:30 PM19:30

TRANSFIGURATION

This wonderful program centers around the idea of transformation. With Richard Strauss’ incredible tone-poem Death & Transfiguration that looks back over the hero’s life and then culminates in his ascent, Wagner’s alternately earthly and celestial Lohengrin preludes, an exciting work by living female composer Missy Mazzoli about the Detroit skyline, and Tchaikovsky’s irresistible Sleeping Beauty Suite, this concert is certain to be a winner.  

 

Mazzoli                        River Rouge Transfiguration

Strauss, R                    Death & Transfiguration

Wagner                       Lohengrin Prelude Acts I & III

Tchaikovsky                 Sleeping Beauty Suite

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Dec
14
4:00 PM16:00

AND GLORY SHONE AROUND

The Orange County monthly magazine recently called the GNSO annual Holiday Concert one of the five things you ‘must do’ in the Hudson Valley this holiday season. With a mixed local chorus and spectacular soloists, this is sure to be a highlight for everyone.

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