The Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra's 2006-07 Schedule
“Evening in Paris!” sponsored in part with grants from
Boston Life Science and The Harmon Family Foundation
Saturday, November 4, 2006
Milford Town Hall
7:30 PM
Ravel Bolero
Debussy Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Saint Saens Cello Concerto
Ravel Daphnis and Chloe
Claflin Hill Founding Director, Paul Surapine, opens the CHSO 2006-07 season with a Parisian-themed program featuring CHSO’s premier intern cellist Luke Krafka as soloist in the Saint Saens Cello Concerto. This distinctive Opening Night program opens with Debussy’s Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun, Ravel’s Bolero, and closes with Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe. Join us for this colorful and spectacular French program!
“CHSO Holiday Pops!”
Saturday, December 9, 2006
Milford Town Hall
7:30 PM
Holiday Pops Favorites with The New World Chorale
Ring in the holiday season as Paul Surapine and Holly MacEwen Krafka conduct the CHSO and New World Chorale as they perform all your favorite selections, including Sleigh Ride, as well as other Christmas and holiday classics and sing-alongs. This dazzling production is just the ticket to get the whole family a jolly Holiday mood!
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Milford Town Hall
7:30 PM
Guest Conductor Thomas Hojnacki returns to the CHSO podium in a performance pairing two monumental Russian composers. This concert will feature Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony #5, and more! The CHSO will be sure to spark a warm chord in your heart during this epic performance.
Stravinsky Firebird Suite
Tchaikovsky Symphony #5
And more!!!
“South Pacific”
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Milford Town Hall
7:30 pm
Holly MacEwen Krafka leads the New World Chorale and The Claflin Hill Symphony in a performance of one of the most popular Broadway shows in history – South Pacific, starring the incomparable David Murray as Emile de Becque. David Murray’s rich baritone voice, dramatic presence, and versatility as a performer have brought him acclaim from critics and concert-goers throughout the world.
Based on James Michener’s Pulizer Prize-winning TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s provocative romantic drama will entertain you with its hit parade of standards. Join us for “One Enchanted Evening,“ as Holly MacEwen Krafka leads the New World Chorale and the CHSO in this magnificent production with a delightful cast.
“Springtime Pops – Music of the Rings!”
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Milford Town Hall
7:30 pm
Wagner Excerpts from “The Ring of The Niebelugen”
Shore Music from “The Lord of the Rings”
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto
The legend and myths of the “magical ring” come to life in music as Paul Surapine and the CHSO conclude the season with the romantic and thrilling music of Wagner’s Ring Cycle and Howard Shore’s stunning score to the “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
The two featured program pieces complement one another, as they both focus on a ring of power and the attempts of various people to get hold of it. In both, the ring carries a curse, features an all-conquering sword which is broken and later re-forged, and they similarly portray a romance between a human hero-knight and a female demigod. They mutually involve a hero who fails and dies, but whose descendant, after a period of hiding in the wilderness, finally returns to fulfill the quest. Both feature a wise old man with a staff that is more than just a stick of wood!
Wagner’s Ring Cycle
In or around 1850, Wagner began a project to write an opera to be called Siegfried's Death. As he worked on the poem, he expanded it to include a "prequel" to be called The Young Siegfried. As time went on, Wagner realized that even this wouldn't tell his story, and it ended up in its present form of three operas plus an introduction, on which he worked over a period of several decades. The complete cycle was finished in 1874.
In a very broad way, the story comes from the old Norse/Germanic legend of the Nibelungenlied ("The Song of the Dwarves.”) Wagner invoked his ancestral legends and put them to use by saying what he wanted to say. The end result was the relationship between love and earthly power, and themes of yearning and loss.
Shore’s Lord of the Rings
This new-age Enya-inspired and lush Howard Shore score became the first fantasy epic to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score in years. Shore infuses a vaguely Celtic sound to the vocals and orchestration. The choirs are mixed elegantly with the orchestra, providing far more sweeping thematic performances of both grand and lofty heights and quiet, lonesome despair. The end result is hauntingly beautiful. The CHSO will be joined by members of The New World Chorale, of course singing in Elvish, to perform this lush piece.
The CHSO introduces young piano prodigy Sean Yoshioka, Hopedale Piano Prodigy, who will rouse the audience with his performance of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto.
Share this shining evening with us as we conclude another exhilarating season!!
“Adventures in Listening Spring Family Concert”
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Milford Town Hall
3:00 pm
“Music from Outer Space”
A family “Pops” concert featuring excerpts from “Holst’s Planets” and John Williams’ “Star Wars!” and much, much more!!
This concert will be out of this world!
All concerts at Milford Town Hall
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