The Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra will open its 69th season on Saturday, October 24, at 8 PM with “A Hero’s Life” at the Garde Arts Center in New London. Eastern CT Symphony Orchestra Opens 69th Season Oct 24
ECSO Music Director Toshiyuki Shimada conducts a performance that begins with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Clarinetist and guest artist David Shifrin will then join the orchestra to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in A Major.
Mr. Shifrin is an in-demand chamber musician who has collaborated with Wynton Marsalis, Emmanuel Ax, and André Watts, to name a few. Following the concerto is the concert’s title inspiration, Richard Strauss’s epic auto-biographical tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life). This work quotes many of Strauss’s other tone poems, and requires a large orchestra to realize its soaring melodies and themes. The Friends of the Symphony are sponsoring the season-opening concert.
Ticket holders are invited to a pre-concert chat at 7 PM given by ECSO Music Director, Toshiyuki Shimada and guest artist David Shifrin. All attendees are also invited to a free post-concert reception hosted by ECSO Board President, Bob Reed and his wife, Mary Reed. Ticket prices range from $28.80 to $62 with $12 tickets available for any person under 30 years of age, and active or retired military personnel. You can purchase tickets online at: www.gardearts.org or through the Eastern Connecticut Symphony office at 860-443-2876.
The ECSO offers a range of affordable seating options from $62 to as low as $12 for attendance to one concert. New this season, the ECSO will offer those under 30 years of age $12 tickets in premium sections. Additionally, $12 rush tickets will be available the night of every concert to those under 30 and any active or retired military.
Music Director & Conductor Toshiyuki Shimada has programmed an exciting season showcasing the ECSO's critically acclaimed virtuosity and scope of repertoire ranging from Classical and Romantic-era favorites to newly composed, cutting-edge international works. Visit www.ectsymphony.com for more information and follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ectsymphony.
Founded in 1946, the mission of the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra is to perform high quality symphonic music and conduct educational outreach programs.
Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra
Caleb Bailey Executive Director
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Escape and refresh with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra! The ECSO performs 6 classical concerts from October to May at the Garde Arts Center in New London.