Midcoast Symphony Orchestra “A New Artistic Mélange”

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Location: University of Southern Maine Lewiston-Auburn College

In this third series of the season “A New Artistic Mélange” the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra is excited to welcome guest conductor Jinwook Park to the podium.

The performance begins with the contemporary “Hymn for Everyone” which Jessie Montgomery wrote in 2022 as a partial response to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is reflection on hymns in general in which she has imagined the orchestra as a collection of choirs, with the melody repeated in different guises throughout the work

The next piece, Mozart’s Symphony No. 38, or so-named “Prague Symphony”. It is an audience favorite that features the richness and complexity of Mozart’s writing with wonderful and varied wind and brass parts.

The final work is “Enigma Variations,” composed by Edward Elgar. This was his first widely successful work and cemented his reputation. It consists of an original theme and fourteen variations. All but the theme and Variation 13 have titles consisting of the initials (or nicknames) of his friends and associates and purport to suggest something about each person.

During intermission “More with Midcoast” is featuring music by pianist Michael Bostock. Michael, a senior at Waynflete School, is the recent winner of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 43rd Annual Maine High School Concerto Competition.

This concert will take place Saturday March 23 at 7:00 pm in the beautiful Franco Center, 46 Cedar St., in Lewiston.

Individual tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. All concert tickets are free for students ages 18 and under, or for college students with ID.

MSO tickets, including free student tickets, are paperless. Audiences, including students, are encouraged to purchase tickets up to 24 hours in advance of each concert, either online or via the Box Office. Check-in (“will call”) is in the lobby before the concert.

Complete information is available at https://midcoastsymphony.org. Tickets are available at https://midcoastsymphony.org/tickets/ or by calling the box office at (207) 481-0790.