Our 2019-2020 Season

Friday, October 11th

Paine Concert Hall, 8pm

Jacob More Old Wine in New Bottles
Bacewicz Concerto for String Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony no. 7 in A Major

Friday, November 15th

Paine Concert Hall, 8pm

"A Night at the Opera"

Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Donizetti "Bella siccome un angelo" from Don Pasquale — Henrique Neves, baritone
Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor — Manuel Abecasis, conductor
Gounod "Que fais-tu, blanche turturelle" from Romeo et Juliette — Benjamin Wenzelberg, countertenor
Mozart "La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni — Alexander Chen, baritone, and Madeleine Snow, soprano
Massenet Meditation from Thaïs — Max Tan, violin
R. Strauss 2nd Waltz Sequence from Der Rosenkavalier

Friday, February 28

Paine Concert Hall, 8pm

Bach Brandenburg Concerto no. 3
TBD — Winner of the 2019-2020 Concerto Competition
TBD — Winner of the 2019-2020 Composition Competition

Sunday, April 26th

Paine Concert Hall, 3pm

C. Schumann Piano Concerto in a minor
Sibelius Symphony no. 5 in Eb Major

** Season schedule subject to change.

Competitions

The Bach Society Orchestra hosts two annual competitions - the Concerto competition and the Composition competition - to promote the recognition of musical excellence at Harvard.

More Details

Auditions

Interested in auditioning for the 2019-2020 season?
To learn more about the process, please click on the link below.

Auditions

Support the Orchestra

For 60 years, the Bach Society Orchestra has been made possible by people like you. Consider making a gift to the Orchestra to support the music you love.

Learn more

Bach Society Orchestra
Music Building
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

bachsoc@hcs.harvard.edu

The Bach Society Orchestra is a a student-run organization at Harvard College; The Harvard name is a trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College and are used with permission of Harvard University.