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May 14 at 7pm
Digital Masterworks IV

Mozart & Schubert

Inspired classics move us in this program of Viennese gems What’s Interesting About This Concert Two-time GRAMMY nominee Jennifer Frautschi makes her BSO debut Mozart composed his brilliant first violin concerto when he was just 19 years old Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 was deeply influenced by Mozart, with the composer writing famously, “Immortal Mozart! What countless […]

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The riveting breadth of her virtuosity along with her deep sensitivity to the music’s nuanced lyrical flourishes, worked flawlessly to conjure a wholly gripping emotional experience.
Cleveland Classical
Jun 18 at 7pm
Digital Masterworks V

Winds & Brass Spectacular

The BSO winds and brass take center stage in a powerful season finale What’s Interesting About This Concert The BSO winds and brass are united on stage for the first time in 16 months Called “the dean of African-American composers” by conductor Thomas Wilkins, Adolphus Hailstork is celebrating his 80th birthday The BSO premiered a new work […]

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The BSO’s concert featuring brass and wind instruments was glorious
The Bangor Daily News
Nov 22 at 2:45pm
Free

The Music of 1896: A Concert for the Community

Learn More and Watch the Concert This concert debuts Sunday, November 22nd at 2:45pm and will continue to be available online. Founded in 1896, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra is now celebrating its 125th anniversary. This unique digital concert exploring the music of our founding era is offered FREE to the community, thanks to our generous […]

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Offered free to the community, this online performance is both a celebration and a record of music-making under the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra

Come Experience the Bangor Symphony Orchestra

As the Bangor Symphony Orchestra enters its historic 125th anniversary season, we invite you to support our mission and ensure the music plays on for generations to come. Learn more.

Lucas Richman, Music Director & Conductor

Upcoming Concerts

Digital Masterworks IV
Mozart & Schubert
May 14  7pm
Digital Masterworks V
Winds & Brass Spectacular
Jun 18  7pm
Free
The Music of 1896: A Concert for the Community
Nov 22  2:45pm
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Jessica Meyer Named Recipient of 2nd Annual Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award

Rockland, ME — The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is pleased to announce Jessica Meyer is the recipient of its 2nd annual $20,000 Composer Award.  With the Award, Meyer will create a new work to be performed in 2022 by the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. Meyer, of New York, was selected through a juried national competition and chosen from over […]

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125th Anniversary Season Goes Digital

Bangor, ME — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra is announcing new plans for its 125th anniversary season. The Symphony’s five classical concerts are moving online, with new programming to meet gathering limits and social distancing requirements for the orchestra. The performances will be filmed without an audience and released through a new online platform from February […]

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BSO Releases Digital Premiere of “Hope Begins With Truth”

Bangor, ME — In March 2020, the long anticipated premiere of Lucas Richman’s The Warming Sea was thwarted by COVID-19. Now, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Maine Science Festival have released a digital performance of the work’s concluding anthem, “Hope Begins With Truth”, recorded remotely by BSO musicians and guests from around the country. Viewers […]

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