Concert Schedule

Celebrating our 20th season!

Friday, November 16, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Free Concert       Pawtucket Congregational Church 15 Mammoth Rd., Lowell    Directions   "LPO All-Stars!"
A Life for the Tsar	Mikhail Glinka
Adagio from Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra      Katherine Thompson, clarinet	W. A. Mozart
"Dance of the Party Guests" from The Tales of Hoffman	Jacques Offenbach
Concertino      Paula Bingham, flute	Cécile Chaminade
Allegro from Concerto for French Horn      Annalisa Peterson, French horn	Richard Strauss
Vivace from Double Concerto in D Minor      Michelle Kaczowka and Catherine Kaczowka, violin	J. S. Bach
Andante from Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra      Alan Stern, trumpet	Franz J. Haydn
"Our Town" (music from the film)	Aaron Copland
Marche Solennelle (1885)	Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Fall Concert Program Notes
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Westford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Our March concert features local string students performing with the orchestra. Read how to participate.
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Free Concert       Pawtucket Congregational Church 15 Mammoth Rd., Lowell    Directions   "Family Concert"
Featuring local music students performing with the orchestra and talented teen soloist.
The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1       Minuet       Fairy Piper       Fairies and Giants	Edward Elgar
Capriol Suite (featuring local string students)       Basse-Danse       Pavane       Tordion       Bransles       Pieds-en-l-air       Mattachins	Peter Warlock
Music of the Spheres	Josef Strauss
Violin Concerto       First movement: Allegro moderato - Allegro giusto              Philippa Jarvis, violinist	Peter I. Tchaikovsky
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Friday, March 7, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Free Concert       Pawtucket Congregational Church 15 Mammoth Rd., Lowell    Directions   "Spotlight on Youth"
Featuring Talented Teen Musicians Charles Yip and Philippa Jarvis, Violin Soloists and local music students performing with the orchestra.
The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1       Minuet       Fairy Piper       Fairies and Giants	Edward Elgar
La Bal de Beatrice d'Este       Ibérienne       Romanesque       Courante	Reynaldo Hahn
Violin Concerto       First movement: Allegro moderato - Allegro giusto              Philippa Jarvis, violinist	Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Capriol Suite (featuring local string students)       Basse-Danse       Pavane       Tordion       Bransles       Pieds-en-l-air       Mattachins	Peter Warlock
Music of the Spheres	Josef Strauss
Violin Concerto       Last movement: Allegro ma non tanto              Charles Yip, violinist	Jean Sibelius
Winter Concert Program Notes
This program is supported in part by grants from the Dracut and Westford Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Friday, May 9, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Free Concert       Pawtucket Congregational Church 15 Mammoth Rd., Lowell    Directions   "Pops Concert"
Featuring the winners of the 2008 Jeanne Selander Memorial Student Concerto Competition,
"Jubilee" from Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra	George W. Chadwick
Selections from L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2       Intermezzo       Farandole	George Bizet
Concerto in Eb       Owen Callahan, alto saxophone       Second Place Winner of the 2008 Youth Concerto Competition	Alexander Glazunov
Overture to "H.M.S. Pinafore"	Sir Arthur Sullivan
Embraceable You	George Gershwin (arr. Chuck Sayre)
Devils' Dream with "Blue Grass" Variations	arr. Frederick Müller
Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)	Ary Barroso (arr. Marty Gold)
Hungarian Rhapsody       Madeleine Tucker, cello       First Place Winner of the 2008 Youth Concerto Competition	David Popper
Belle of the Ball	Leroy Anderson
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Dates and programs are subject to change.