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Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents Treasures of Youth and Age

Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States

Pro Arte’s 47th season opens with Louisville-based conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz leading an expressive program for the strings, principal clarinetist Ian Greitzer, and principal bassoonist Ronald Haroutunian. In her Canyons, from 2018, Tanner Porter paints nature at its most jagged, imposing, and majestic. A work like no other, Richard Strauss’s vibrant Duett-Concertino features writing so organic,…

$15 – $60

Bay Colony Brass presents: Space and Beyond

Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States

Music director Philip Sanborn leads Newton's 20-member BAY COLONY BRASS in a wide-ranging concert including Richard Strauss’ Fanfare from “Also Sprach Zarathustra,” Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust,” and selections from Gustav Holst’s monumental work, “The Planets.” This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local council that is supported by…

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Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents The Passionate Viola

Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States

In April, Alyssa Wang, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Ballet, leads Pro Arte in a dramatic journey from darkness to light. The concert opens with Joseph Haydn’s strikingly emotional “La Passione” Symphony, casting moods both stark and stormy. Jennifer Higdon’s intense Viola Concerto is a kaleidoscopic exploration of all the voices in which that instrument can sing. It will feature Pro…

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra presents A New Trumpet Tune

Second Church in Newton 60 Highland St., West Newton, MA, United States

Pro Arte welcomes James Burton, Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and Boston Symphony Orchestra trumpeter Benjamin Wright for its season finale. Richard Wagner’s warm Siegfried Idyll, composed as a loving birthday gift to his wife Cosima, conveys the contentment of the couple with their new son Siegfried on a glorious morning in their villa on Lake…