The Road Less Traveled:
Embark on a Journey of Musical Discovery
This year, we embark on a musical journey that explores lesser-known masterpieces, hidden gems, and bold new works that challenge convention. Each performance is a step into the unknown, where we celebrate the beauty of discovery and the power of music to lead us down paths less traveled. Join us as we embrace the unexpected and uncover the extraordinary in every note!
All venues and programs are subject to change.
Please note: Our Christmas at the Movies concert venue has changed. The concert will be at Oliver Ames High School
Jessica Kartawidjaja,
violin
Masterworks 1: Primal Power
Sunday, October 20, 2024 - 3PM
Christ Congregational Church, Brockton
Our season opener, Primal Power, juxtaposes the raw strength of Beethoven's Prometheus with the lush fjords of Sibelius' Third Symphony and the pyrotechnics of Vieuxtemps' Fourth Violin Concerto.
Ludwig van Beethoven - Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Henri Vieuxtemps - Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor
Jessica Kartawidjaja, violin
2023 BrSO Youth Concerto Competition Winner
Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 in C major
Melynda Davis,
soprano
Christmas at the Movies
Sunday, December 15, 2024 - 3PM
Oliver Ames High School, North Easton
Celebrate the holidays together with your family and friends! John Masko has chosen music from your favorite movies, sprinkled with festive seasonal favorites. Our family film music extravaganza combines Winter and Holiday classics (It's a Wonderful Life, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Frozen) with year-round soundtracks from Black Panther Suite, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Pirates of the Caribbean, and much more!
Christmas at the Movies
Miracle on 34th Street
Polar Express
Somewhere in My Memory
Making Christmas
Where Are You, Christmas?
Black Panther
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Pirates of the Caribbean
Music from Frozen
Frozen Heart
Do You Want to Build a Snowman
In Summer
Let It Go
For the First Time in Forever
Suite from It's a Wonderful Life
Melynda Davis, soprano
Sophie Till,
violin
Esther Man,
viola
Xueqi Sang,
pipa
Douglas Hedwig,
composer
NEW! Festival of Strings
Sunday, February 2, 2025 - 3PM
Christ Congregational Church, Brockton
This delightful all-string concert features a variety of musical styles: from Sophie Till performing two Bach violin Concertos to Britten's Lachrymae, played by 2023 BrSO Youth Concerto Competition second-place winner, Esther Man, viola; and Chinese pipa virtuoso Xueqi Sang, playing Yangfan Xu's Ecstatic Burial, the first performance of this new arrangement for string orchestra. The BrSO introduces Hymn and Balkan Dance by Douglas Hedwig, the winner of our Brockton Symphony String Orchestra Composition Competition. This concert is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Diane and Kirk Hartung.
J.S. Bach - Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
Sophie Till, violin
Benjamin Britten - Lachrymae for Viola and String Orchestra
Esther Man, viola
Douglas Hedwig - Hymn and Balkan Dance
Winner, Brockton Symphony String Orchestra Composition Competition, in partnership with The Boston New Music Initiative
Yangfan Xu - Ecstatic Burial for Pipa and String Orchestra
Xueqi Sang, pipa
J.S. Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Sophie Till, violin
Matt Griffith,
clarinet
Masterworks 2: American Discoveries
Sunday, March 16, 2025 - 3PM
Christ Congregational Church, Brockton
Explore orchestral gems and the diverse music of America, from the rural-hoedown (Ruth Crawford Seeger's Rissolty, Rossolty) and touching lullaby (William Grant Still's Mother and Child), to New York swing (Artie Shaw's Clarinet Concerto). Virtuosic clarinetist Matt Griffith brings Copland's magnificent Concerto to life. Visit the local village market as the circus comes to town in Walter Piston's ballet suite, The Incredible Flutist and witness William Schuman's New England Triptych, based on the music of local composer William Billings, who founded our neighboring Stoughton Musical Society chorus in 1774!
William Schuman - New England Triptych
William Grant Still - Mother and Child
Aaron Copland - Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Artie Shaw - Clarinet Concerto
Matt Griffith, clarinet
Ruth Crawford Seeger - Rissolty, Rossolty
Walter Piston - The Incredible Flutist Suite
Eve Budnick,
artistic director
Masterworks 3: Carmen in Concert
Sunday, May 4, 2025 - 3PM
Buckley Performing Arts Center, Massasoit Community College, Brockton
Brockton Symphony partners with Opera del West to present a dazzling concert version of Bizet's opera, Carmen, featuring a top-notch cast of vocal soloists, dancers, chorus, and narrator. Join us for a glorious afternoon at the beautiful Buckley Performing Arts Center at Massasoit Community College in Brockton.
Support the Symphony!
Please consider supporting the Symphony in its mission to provide accessible, professional, and passionate classical music making to the Greater-Brockton community. Read more about ways to support the BrSO (including advertising opportunities for businesses) at Support the BrSO.
