23/24 VPO Season Program
“Now that we have the Concert Hall at Groton Hill Music Center as our orchestral home, we’re able to play in a space that sends out our musical message on a world-class stage. The audience can truly sense the exceptionally high performance quality.”
– Maestro Bruce Hangen
7:30pm
October 7, 2023
featuring Christopher Humbert, bass-baritone
VERDI – Overture to La forza del destino
MARQUEZ – Danzon No. 9
ALBERGA – The Soul’s Expression
RAVEL – Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
MUSSORGSKY-RAVEL – Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30pm
November 11, 2023
featuring Concertmaster Alice Hallstrom, violin
MENDELSSOHN – Violin Concerto
MAHLER – Symphony No. 5
7:30pm
February 10, 2024
featuring the Borromeo String Quartet
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR – Dance Négre
SCHOENBERG – Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
J.S. BACH – Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Minor
(arr. Nicholas Kitchen)TCHAIKOVSKY – Symphony No. 4
7:30pm
March 9, 2024
featuring John Novacek, piano
BACH-STOKOWSKI – Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor
RAVEL – Rapsodie espagnole
BRAHMS – Piano Concerto No. 2
7:30pm
April 6, 2024
featuring Midori, violin
MOZART – The Magic Flute, K. 620: Overture
STRAUSS – Death and Transfiguration
BARTOK – Violin Concerto No. 2
KODALY – Dances from Galanta
7:30pm
May 11, 2024
BEETHOVEN – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”)
STRAVINSKY – The Rite of Spring