Boston Landmarks Orchestra Festival at the Shell July 15, 2009

Free Summer Concert Series occurring every Wednesday at 7:00PM at the DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade along the Charles. High quality classical music performances of selections from Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and many more.

This year's Festival at the Shell sees the premiere of a newly commissioned work by Thomas Oboe Lee honoring the life of Frederick Law Olmsted and the debut of the Landmarks Film Series throughout September. The Orchestra will also host concerts in Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Quincy, and Roxbury and will welcome special guests from around the world including Gabriela Montero, The Youth Orchestra of the Americas and the Boston Lyric Opera.

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FULL SCHEDULE:

LANDMARKS FESTIVAL AT THE SHELL

2009 Summer Season
Wednesdays at 7 PM -- FREE

Wednesday, July 15
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
OPENING NIGHT: INTENSELY ITALIAN
Music of Verdi, Rossini, Scarlatti, and Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien in a celebration of Italy


Wednesday, July 22
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
VIENNESE MASTERS
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major with NEC student Jacqueline Choi, cello, plus Brahms Symphony No. 1

Wednesday, July 29
Youth Orchestra of the Americas, Benjamin Zander, conductor
Touring North America with a stop in Boston, this fabulous youth orchestra brings music of Bernstein, Dvorak, and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with pianist Gabriela Montero

Wednesday, August 5
MIT Summer Philharmonic, George Ogata, Conductor
DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
Featuring the epic Scheherezade by Rimsky-Korsakov and Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini .

Wednesday, August 12
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
OPERA HIGHLIGHTS
Featuring Boston Lyric Opera soloists in excerpts from Boston Lyric Opera’s 2009-2010 season and arias from other favorite operas

Wednesday, August 19
Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan McPhee, conductor
MUSIC OF THE STARS
A star studded evening featuring Mars from Holst’s The Planets, music from Star Wars by John Williams, and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with the winner of the Foundation for Chinese Performing Arts competition

Wednesday, August 26
FELIX AND WOLFGANG
Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
Youthful music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn, including Mendelssohn’s Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, with Mariana Green-Hill, violin and Marcus Thompson, viola


Wednesday, September 2
GREEN MASTERPIECES
Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
Music inspired by nature by Respighi, Vaughn Williams, and Handel, and Landmarks Orchestra’s newest commission, based on the life of Frederick Law Olmsted, by composer Thomas Oboe Lee with story by Nancy Stevenson


Wednesday, September 9
Season Finale: Brahms German Requiem
Charles Ansbacher, Conductor
Brahms’ final grand work, featuring soloists Dana Whiteside, bass, and Susan Consoli, soprano, with the New World Chorale, Holly Krafka, Director

Landmarks Films: Classic Performances on the Silver Screen

Thursday, September 3
Thursday, September 10
Thursday, September 17


Neighborhood Concerts
QUINCY, MA
Thursday, July 23- Beale Estate, Adams National Historical Park, 135 Adams Street
7 PM
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, with New England Conservatory student Jacqueline Choi, and Brahms Symphony No. 1


JAMAICA PLAIN, MA
Sunday, July 26 - Jamaica Pond, Great Lawn at Jamaica Pond, near Pinebank Promontory
6 PM
Premiere of a newly commissioned work based on the life of Frederick Law Olmsted by composer Thomas Oboe Lee with story by Nancy Stevenson, plus:
Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major featuring Jacqueline Choi, cello
Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)

DORCHESTER, MA
Sunday, August 9- Dorchester Park, Upper Ball Field
6 PM
Thomas Oboe Lee: The Story of Frederick Law Olmsted
Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major featuring Jacqueline Choi, cello
Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 (“Italian”)

Concerts for Children

DORCHESTER, MA
Wednesday, August 5 – Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club
9 am and 10:30 am
The Story of Frederick Law Olmsted by Thomas Oboe Lee, with story by Nancy Stevenson
In conjunction with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of Fairsted, National Park Service/Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.

ROXBURY, MA
Friday, August 7 -. Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston’s Yawkey Club of Roxbury
9:30 am and 11:00 am
The Story of Frederick Law Olmsted by Thomas Oboe Lee with story by Nancy Stevenson
In conjunction with Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Friends of Fairsted, National Park Service/Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site.

2009 Landmarks Festival at the Shell Schedule
All events are Free and begin at 7 pm
At the DCR’s Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA
www.LandmarksOrchestra.org