Category: Boston
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Tonight, Boston Landmarks Orchestra concert “Seen-Unseen: The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women”
Tonight, Boston Landmarks Orchestra presents “Seen-Unseen” — Wednesday, July 26 at 7:00pm, at Boston’s Hatch Shell on the Charles River. The concert includes the Overture to Shirley Graham’s opera “Tom-Tom,” which was performed in Cleveland in 1932. Dr. Lucy Caplan writes: “Ten thousand spectators came on the first night; fifteen thousand more on the second.…
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All kinds of reasons to love Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony!
Paired with a work by Stanford in Irish-themed evening An edited and shortened version of this article appeared in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. The Boston Globe had an exciting piece last week in anticipation of the performance of Beach’s “Gaelic” by the Mercury Orchestra on August 7. The Mercury Orchestra‘s performance of Beach’s monumental work emphasizes…
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Beach’s Bal Masqué in Boston Performance
Update: concert postponed to Aug. 23 because of rain. Amy Beach’s delightful waltz, Bal Masqué, op. 22, is part of this week’s concert by Boston’s Landmark Orchestra. Titled “Symphonic Dances” the Aug. 22 event features “music to move by” with professional and community dancers. Directed by Christopher Wilkins, the concert is free to all. Bal Masqué…
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September 5, AMY BEACH DAY
“I, Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston, do hereby declare September 5, 2017 to be: Amy Beach Day in the City of Boston. I urge all my fellow Bostonians to join me in recognizing and honoring Amy Beach as one of the most successful American composers.”