2003/2004 Season Listing

I. Sonic Portraits of the Great and Mighty

Beethoven   Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
Bloch       Schelomo
               Mickey Katz, cello soloist
Kraft       A Kennedy Portrait

Please see the program notes.

Saturday, November 8 at 7:30 Hudson HS
    Pre-concert lecture at 6:30
Sunday, November 9 at 3:30 Westborough HS
    Pre-concert lecture at 2:30

II. Musical Magic 

Williams          Themes from Harry Potter
Dukas             The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Respighi/Rossini  The Magic Toyshop
                      with the Hudson High School
                      Advanced Drama Class
Paganini          Witch's Dance
                      with string students from the
                      Westborough and Sudbury public schools

Saturday, January 10 at 7:30 Hudson HS
Sunday, January 11 at 3:30 Westborough HS

III. Slavic Anniversaries

Glinka         "Ruslan and Ludmilla" Overture
               Susanin's Aria from "A Life for the Tsar"
               Farlaf's Rondo from "Ruslan and Ludmilla"
                  Alexander Prokhorov, bass-baritone
               Capriccio Brillante (Jota Aragonesa)
Dvorak         Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Opus 60

Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 Hudson HS
    Pre-concert lecture at 6:30
Sunday, March 14 at 3:30 Westborough, Mill Pond School
    Pre-concert lecture at 2:30

Special Appearance: Sunday, February 29, 2004 as part of
the Glinka anniversary program in Jordan Hall, Boston.

IV. Heaven and Earth

Mahler   Symphony No. 3

    Gail Fuller, mezzo-soprano

    Pro Musica Youth Chorus,
        Jan Patterson, director
    Hudson High School Women's Chorus,
        Paul Johnson, director

Saturday, May 1 at 7:30 Hudson HS
    Pre-concert lecture at 6:30
Sunday, May 2 at 7:30 Westborough, Mill Pond School
    Pre-concert lecture at 6:30

Please see the program notes.