*CANCELLED* HSO Family Series- New Britain Museum of American Art

Sunday, April 5, 2020

This event is cancelled. Event Details

*CANCELLED* Link Up: The Orchestra Moves

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Link Up: The Orchestra Moves is a year-long music education curriculum that explores how melody, rhythm, and harmony all change, shift, and develop. Developed by Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, Link Up brings great repertoire and hands-on music learning from the classroom to the concert hall. The culminating performance on... Event Details

Savory Sounds: Strauss and Beethoven

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Savory Sounds: Strauss & Beethoven is an exploration of dining conventions ranging from the grand formality of a lavish banquet to an intimate meal. Nourish the soul with an afternoon of delectable music that excites the senses, including Beethoven's lively Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat, Op. 11, "Gassenhauer," an... Event Details

Enigma Variations

Friday, May 8, 2020 - Sunday, May 10, 2020

Part of the 2019-2020 Masterworks Series! Elgar’s charming Enigma Variations presents a couple of mysteries – first, a guessing game as to who the 14 musical personality sketches he composed represent (most certainly his wife and friends). Plus, the question of what the “unheard” theme of the piece is –... Event Details

Seasons

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

In a single year, we experience constant change: our landscapes, our friendships, our emotions, and much more. Seasons takes audiences on a journey about growing up, learning about the world around us, and caring for our earth. We'll even do some singing together in this musical celebration of the seasons,... Event Details

The Empire Strikes Back in Concert

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Travel to a galaxy far, far away when the Hartford Symphony presents The Empire Strikes Back in Concert, featuring a screening of the iconic movie in HD on a 40-foot screen with Oscar®-winning composer John Williams’ musical score performed live to the film by the HSO. Since the release of... Event Details

HSO Family Series - Hill-Stead Museum

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington 1-2 pm Instrument Discovery Lab (drop in) 2-3 pm HSO Woodwind Quintet (performance) Enjoy this immersive concert by the HSO Woodwind Quintet and make some noise at our Instrument Discovery Lab at the Hill-Stead Museum! Program will feature works from the era of  the museum- late 19th... Event Details

Beethoven's Ninth

Friday, June 5, 2020 - Sunday, June 7, 2020

Part of the 2019-2020 Masterworks Series! We conclude the 2019-2020 season with a true “Ode to Joy” – Beethoven’s towering, magnificent Symphony No. 9. The completion of his final and greatest symphony coincided with his total hearing loss, so that by the premiere, a concert soloist had to turn him... Event Details

Bernstein & Copland - Season Opener!

Friday, October 2, 2020 - Sunday, October 4, 2020

Becoming a U.S. citizen at the HSO’s 2017 opening weekend will forever be one of the most emotional moments of my life.  Join us as we again welcome new citizens and celebrate America with Copland’s awe-inspiring Lincoln Portrait, featuring the powerful words of President Lincoln. Event Details

Mendelssohn's Italian

Friday, November 6, 2020 - Sunday, November 8, 2020

As a child, I believed I was a troublemaking fairy before coming to this world, and I have always loved that music can be a “Fountain of Youth”- instantly transporting us to a world of light, innocence and fun.  Mendelssohn’s magical A Midsummer Night’s Dream is full of excitement and... Event Details

Tchaikovsky & Grieg

Friday, December 4, 2020 - Sunday, December 6, 2020

I almost came to the US at age 8 to pursue a career as a ballerina.  It was therefore especially meaningful that the first time I ever conducted The Nutcracker was at Lincoln Center for the New York City Ballet. One of Tchaikovsky’s most breathtaking musical moments symphonic audience rarely... Event Details

From the New World

Friday, January 15, 2021 - Sunday, January 17, 2021

As an Asian female, my journey as a conductor has been challenging, and yet, it was even more difficult for my black female colleagues.  I have known Jeri Lynne Johnson since she became a fellow Taki Concordia winner in 2005. We celebrate the new year with Piano Concerto in One Movement... Event Details

Firebird

Friday, February 12, 2021 - Sunday, February 14, 2021

There is a picture of me in college dressed as the risqué gypsy Carmen. I loved singing and performing the role, with her sultry melodies, surrounded by the passion and bravado of bullfighters.  A Russian prince falls in love with and saves the princess with the help of The Firebird, and I’m... Event Details

Beethoven 7 & Time for Three

Friday, March 12, 2021 - Sunday, March 14, 2021

The members of string trio Time for Three are like The Beatles of the classical world - contagious energy, incredible charisma, and brilliant music-making, while defying convention and boundaries.  Not surprisingly, they inspired me to conduct in leather pants for the very first time when they were last with the... Event Details

Strauss & Glass

Friday, April 9, 2021 - Sunday, April 11, 2021

To mentor is to touch a life forever. I think of guest conductor Gerard Schwarz as a musical father, and he touched my life as a musician and a person when I worked as his Assistant Conductor at the Seattle Symphony.  An impressive international conductor with over 350 recordings to... Event Details

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ in Concert

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Get ready to fight a dragon, swim with merpeople, and find out just who put Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire™! For the first time ever, audiences can rediscover the magic of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire™ while a live symphony orchestra performs Patrick Doyle’s unforgettable score. Event Details

Scheherazade

Friday, May 7, 2021 - Sunday, May 9, 2021

As an immigrant, I always look for opportunities to share the great diversity of the world’s music with our audience.  Beatles guitarist George Harrison collaborated closely with Ravi Shankar, and called him ‘the godfather of world music.’ Event Details

Missa Solemnis

Friday, June 4, 2021 - Sunday, June 6, 2021

I often think about how to make a difference and contribute to the lives of those around me. What could be better than celebrating this 10th season with the HSO by looking to the future and helping to bring a dream to reality!  I asked HSO’s beloved Assistant Conductor Adam... Event Details