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Concord Orchestra: The Transcendentalists

The Concord Orchestra, conducted by Richard

Pittman, will open its 60th anniversary season with the world

premiere of a newly commissioned work, Fantasy

Concerto: Concord Conversations
, a

triple concerto composed by Eric Sawyer. 

The instruments in the concerto represent the voices of Ralph Waldo

Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Bronson Alcott, all central figures in Concord’s

transcendentalist movement.  Soloists are members of the piano trio Triple Helix.  They are Bayla Keyes, violin; Rhonda Rider,

cello; and Lois Shapiro, piano.  Also on

the program is The Unanswered Question

by Charles Ives, whose writing was inspired by Emerson; and the Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz,

who was a contemporary of the Concord Transcendentalists.  Tickets are $30 for adults,

$25 for senior citizens, and $10 for students.  For

information, visit www.concordorchestra.com or call 978-369-4967.

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