2013-2014 Season Sneak Peek - Formal Announcement Coming Soon!

October 4, 2013 – Friday, October 4, 2013, 8:00pm      Mechanics Hall
The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & jazz pianist Brad Mehldau        Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes, Mehldau Variations on a Melancholy Theme (a U.S. Premiere), and Beethoven Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"

October 20, 2013 - Sunday, 3:00pm       Mechanics Hall
A FAR CRY Chamber Orchestra with David Krakauer, klezmer clarinetist       Hildegard von Bingen's O ignis spiritus, Osvaldo Golijov's  The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol's Sufi-influenced composition VECD, and Beethoven's Heiliger Dankgesang

November 3, 2013 – Sunday, 3:00pm      Tuckerman Hall
The Ahn Trio
The wildly popular piano trio returns to Worcester for their 3rd time.  Program still to be determined

December 7, 2013Saturday, 8:00pm  Mechanics Hall
Handel's Messiah – Worcester Chorus
 
January 29, 2014 – Wednesday, 7:30pm     Mechanics Hall
Bela Fleck with The Brooklyn Rider
Cutting edge string quartet with iconic solo artist
Program TBD
 
February 9, 2014 – Sunday, 3:00pm      Mechanics Hall
The Vienna Concert-Verein Orchestra, Philippe Entremont, Conductor and Sebastian Knauer, Piano
Mozart Symphony No. 35 "Haffner", Beethoven Piano Concerto No.3, and J. Strauss waltzes 
 

February 28, 2014 – Friday, 8:00pm    Tuckerman Hall
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Debussy Suite bergamasque, Bach French Suites, Brahms Variations & Fugue on a Theme by Handel

March 7, 2014 – Friday, 8:00pm   Mechanics Hall                                   Rossini’s “Petite messe solennelle”- Worcester Chorus
Featuring the fully refurbished Great Hall organ

March 15, 2014 – Saturday, 8:00pm      Tuckerman Hall
East Coast Chamber Orchestra
Ravel String Quartet, Reich Duet for Two Violins and Strings, Greenstein Four on the Floor, & more!

April 4 & 5, 2014 – Friday, 7:30pm & Saturday,  8:00pm
Grafton Congregational Church and Tuckerman Hall in Worcester
New England Conservatory star faculty member  Randy Hodgkinson, Piano, with the Worcester Chamber Music Society  
Weber Trio for Flute, Cello and piano, Shostakovich String Quartet No.2, and Franck Piano Quintet

April 18, 2014 – Friday, 8:00pm      Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts         The Moscow Festival Ballet “Sleeping Beauty” fully staged

May 10, 2014 – Saturday, 8:00pm      Mechanics Hall
John Pizzarelli & Quartet
A thrilling return engagement

May 17, 2014 – Saturday, 8:00pm      Mechanics Hall
Ilya Yakushev, Piano, and the  New Haven Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton, Conductor
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.2 and Berlioz Symphonie fantastique
 
May 30, 2014 - Friday, 8:00pm     Cathedral of St. Paul,  Worcester
Worcester Chorus with Brass & Organ
Rutter Gloria, Gabrieli In Ecclesiis, Vaughan Williams All Hail the Power, and more!