2008 | 09 Season Schedule

OPENING NIGHT: Our New World
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October 4, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Keefe Memorial Auditorium
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

"Czech" it out! Celebrate your inner Bohemian by welcoming the NSO's new Music Director & Principal Conductor, Jonathan McPhee. With music inspired by old world folksongs and the new world's infinite vistas, it's New Hampshire's most anticipated cultural event! Works by Smetana, Kodaly and Dvorak.

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Over the Influence
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November 22, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Keefe Memorial Auditorium
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

Mendelssohn's light-filled "Italian" Symphony is a fitting way to mark this composer's 200th birthday. To celebrate, Jonathan McPhee conducts works by two of Mendelssohn's most beloved influences (and music's most enduring masters). Works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Schubert.

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Holiday POPS Cabaret
SUNDAY, December 14, 2008 at 4:00 PM
Somerset Ballroom, Crowne Plaza Nashua
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

Our annual tradition has a new home! Join us at Nashua's Crowne Plaza for an afternoon of holiday favorites for the whole family, in a fun cabaret setting - with more than a few surprises in store! Works by Tchaikovsky, Silvestri, Anderson and more.

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"There and back again"
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January 31, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Keefe Memorial Auditorium
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

Travel with us along music's "place/time continuum" - where Mozart thrives, Dello Joio writes a love letter, and Prokofiev wins a bet - only to share his bounty with listeners of his early 20th- century masterpiece. Works by Prokofiev, Dello Joio and Mozart.

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FANFARE 2009
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FRIDAY, February 20, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Crowne Plaza Nashua
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Join us for a memorable evening to benefit the Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. FANFARE is the season's best dinner and auction event. You'll enjoy a sumptuous dinner, exhilarating live and silent auctions, fun games and great entertainment.

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The trumpet(s) shall sound...
March 14, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Nashua High School North Auditorium
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

Thrill to the NSO's top-notch trumpet section, featured twice on this program, along with the NSO and Symphony Chorus. Kevin Siegfried's Ripple Effect triptych has been three years in the making, composed especially for NSO strings and chorus, joined by choirs from NHS North and South in lush settings of student poetry. Works by Vivaldi, Siegfried and Haydn.

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Triple Play
April 4, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Keefe Memorial Auditorium
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Jonathan McPhee, Conductor

Beethoven, Beethoven, and more Beethoven! Pianist Virginia Eskin joins Maestro McPhee for a night of unforgettable music. The idea that "April showers bring May flowers" has never been more lovingly illustrated than in Beethoven's 6th Symphony - a joyous evocation of life, landscape, and SPRING! All-Beethoven program.

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