Upcoming Concerts
Brahms, Wu, and Dvorak
Saturday, July 8, 2023 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Sam Wu – The Building of a City
Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 in G major
Tchaikovsky’s Sixth
Saturday, August 26, 2023 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Schumann – Manfred Overture (Reuben Stern, Conductor)
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique”
Brahms’ First
Saturday, September 23, 2023 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-Overture
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Past Concerts
Brahms Violin Concerto
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 7:00PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Program:
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major (Angela Chan, Violin)
Sibelius – Symphony No. 1 in E minor
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Brahms’ Second
Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 8:00PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Program:
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor (Liyuan Xie, Violin)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Bach, Haydn, and Mozart
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 8:00PM
St. John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Program:
Haydn: Symphony No. 44 in E minor, “Trauersymphonie”
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 (Christopher Grills, Harpsichord)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Dvorak’s New World Symphony
Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade for Orchestra
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Saturday, July 23, 2022 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Brahms – Tragic Overture
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor
Winds of the Apollo Ensemble, Outside in Sharon
Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 6:00PM
Borderland State Park
Program:
Rossini (arr. Legrand) – Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
Gounod – Petite Symphonie
Brahms (arr. Thompson) – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Ponchielli (arr. Tarkmann) – Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Eroica, Outside in Carlisle
Saturday, September 18, 2021 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle, MA
Program:
Beethoven – Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, “Eroica”
Winds of the Apollo Ensemble, Outside in Saugus
Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 1:00PM
Breakheart Reservation Visitor Center Gazebo
177 Forest Street, Saugus
Program:
Mendelssohn – Nocturno, Op. 24, for 11 winds
Dvorak (arr. Ray Thompson) – Czech Suite (Movements 1, 3, and 4), for double wind quintet
Ponchielli (arr. Andreas Tarkmann) – Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda, for 9 winds and double bass
Arthur Bird – Suite in D for double wind quintet
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Beethoven’s Fifth
Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 1:00PM
Great Brook Farm State Park pavilion
165 North Road, Carlisle
Program:
Schumann – Die Braut von Messina: Overture
Schubert – Selections from Rosamunde:
Entr’acte No. 2 in D
Entr’acte No. 3 in B-Flat
Ballet No. 2 in G
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor
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The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Presents “Poetry and Music”
Saturday, September 19, 2020 at 8:00PM
First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St, Medford, MA 02155
Program:
Evan Williams – Dream Deferred
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Hanna Benn – Where Springs Not Fail
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht
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**Cancelled due to Covid-19**
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Plays An All-Mozart Program
Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 8:00PM
First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St, Medford, MA 02155
Program:
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro: Overture
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major
Mozart – Idomeneo, Ballet Music
Mozart – Symphony No. 35 in D major “Haffner”
**Cancelled due to COVID-19**
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Plays Beethoven’s Fourth
Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 8:00PM
Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston
58 Irving St, Brookline MA 02445
Program:
Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Duncan Peterson-Jones – World Premiere
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major
**Cancelled due to COVID-19**
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Plays Tchaikovsky’s Fifth
Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 8:00PM
The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist
404 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478
Program:
Glinka – Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture
Calvin Van Zytveld – World Premiere
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor
The Apollo Ensemble Plays Brahms’ Fourth
Saturday, March 7th, 2019 at 8:00PM
First Church Cambridge
11 Garden St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Program:
Mozart – The Magic Flute: Overture
Faure – Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Presents Beethoven 250
Friday, January 10th, 2019 at 8:00PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Program:
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Presents the Music of Mozart, Sibelius and Mendelssohn
Saturday, August 17th, 2019 at 8:00PM
Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston
58 Irving St, Brookline, MA 02445
Program:
Mendelssohn – The Hebrides, Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Sibelius – Valse Triste
W.A Mozart – Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 in D major, “Posthorn”
The Apollo Ensemble of Boston Presents the Music of Mozart, Strauss, and Bizet
Saturday July 20th, 2019 at 8:00PM
The First Church in Belmont, Unitarian Universalist
404 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA 02478
Program:
W.A. Mozart – Don Giovanni: Overture
Richard Strauss – Suite in B-flat major, Op. 4
Florent Schmitt – Lied et Scherzo (Jimmy Zhou, Horn Soloist)
Georges Bizet – Symphony in C
The Apollo Ensemble Presents the Music of Beethoven, Ravel, and Stravinsky
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 at 8:00PM
The First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St. Medford, MA 02155
Program:
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C major
The Apollo Ensemble Presents “An Evening in Vienna”
Saturday, January 11th, 2019 at 8:00PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Program:
Beethoven – Overture to Egmont
Schoenberg – Chamber Symphony No. 1
Mozart – Symphony No. 41 in C major, “Jupiter”
The Apollo Ensemble Presents the Music of Stravinsky, Wagner, and Strauss
Saturday, June 16th, 2018 at 8:00PM
The First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St. Medford, MA 02155
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