Summer Solstice Celebration

Join us for a magical night of creativity and fun on the Summer Solstice in downtown Bangor to benefit the UMaine Museum of Art and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra! We begin in the Museum’s sculpture garden (40 Harlow Street) for dinner and drinks before ending the night in the grand ballroom at the Bangor Arts […]

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The summer night is like a perfection of thought.

Wallace Stevens

Oct 6 at 3pm

Masterworks I

Celebrating Lucas!

Kathryn Bostic, World Premiere James Newton Howard, The Village Romance, feat. SooBeen Lee, violin Pablo de Sarasate, Carmen Fantasie, feat. SooBeen Lee, violin Modest Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition Music from Hollywood to Spain and Russia opens the 10th anniversary season of BSO Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman! A new work by noted film […]

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SooBeen Lee has a poised presence and luxurious sound...highly dramatic and technically immaculate. Her superb technical equipment and musical sensitivities would credit a musician twice her age.

The Washington Post

Nov 10 at 3pm

Masterworks II

Brahms & Prokofiev

Johannes Brahms, Academic Festival Overture Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 3 Sergei Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3, feat. Benjamin Hochman, piano Two works by Johannes Brahms and Prokofiev’s fiery Piano Concerto No. 3 make for a can’t-miss concert event in November. Celebrated pianist Benjamin Hochman makes his long-awaited return to the Bangor Symphony Orchestra for the […]

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Classical music doesn’t get better than this.

The Nutcracker

A holiday tradition for all ages!

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We're thrilled to be collaborating with The Robinson Ballet and Bangor Area Children's Choir for what is sure to be another magnificent production!

Lucas Richman, Conductor

Jan 26 at 3pm

Masterworks III

Dvorak & Stravinsky

Paul Dukas, Fanfare from La Peri Francis Poulenc, Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet Giovanni Gabrielli, Canzone for Brass Choir Igor Stravinsky, Symphonies of Wind Instruments Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Wind Instruments The BSO woodwinds and brass take center stage and Lucas Richman makes his BSO debut as piano soloist in January for a […]

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...a stunning musical experience that concertgoers will long remember.

The Bangor Daily News

Mar 22 at 3pm

Masterworks IV

Sounds of the Sea

Walter Piston, Bicentennial Fanfare Bedřich Smetana, The Moldau Lucas Richman, The Warming Sea [World Premiere] Nancy Galbraith, Tormenta del Sur Claude Debussy, La Mer A unique concert experience awaits audiences at this joint presentation by the BSO and the Maine Science Festival exploring how composers have depicted the sea and the power of nature through […]

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A spectacular concert that will be difficult to top!

The Bangor Daily News

Apr 5 at 3pm

Masterworks V

Beethoven & Haydn

Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4, feat. Roberto Plano Franz Josef Haydn, Mass In Time of War, Hob. XXII:9 Beethoven and Haydn, what’s not to love? Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with the composer’s glorious Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring Italian pianist Roberto Plano as soloist. Then hear Haydn’s stunning Mass in Time of War, […]

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I saw a kind of quiet exuberance from Plano, with sparkling clarity and gobs of technique at its service. He plays the piano with a truly genuine approach...

NPR

May 3 at 3pm

Masterworks VI

Mozart & Mahler

W.A. Mozart, Masonic Funeral Music, K.477 Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 5 The Masterworks season concludes with Mahler’s passion-filled Symphony No. 5, and a rarely performed gem by Mozart. This concert is now available with a season subscription to 4, 5, or 6 Masterworks concerts. New subscribers save 40% and returning subscribers save up to 15%!

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Mahler's 5th is a transforming experience...

Classical FM

May 30 at 3pm

Pops

The Music of the Knights

Sir Elton John, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber are not only knights — they also happen to be three of the most successful songwriters of all time with careers that span decades. “Music of the Knights®” honors their lasting musical influence with songs like “Memory,””I Don’t Know How to Love Him,””Don’t Cry […]

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Music of the Knights® is the freshest theatrical concert I’ve experienced in years. The joyful energy and excitement all around us was almost unbelievable.

Susan Agin