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Announcing the BSO’s 127th Season

Highlights include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, world premieres by Wabanaki music-keeper Firefly and Grammy Award-winner Kenneth Fuchs, and return of The Nutcracker Bangor, MaineĀ — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra announced an ambitious slate of programs for its 2022-2023 season on Monday as the organization continues to chart a course through the Covid-19 pandemic. Music Director and […]

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Return Concert Features World Premiere, Celebratory Program

Bangor, ME ā€“ After performing exclusively for digital viewers for the last 20 months, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra is welcoming audiences back to the Collins Center for the Arts for the start of its 126th season. The return concert on Sunday, October 10th at 3pm will feature the music of Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten […]

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BSO Announces Return to Live Concerts for 126th Season

Bangor, ME ā€“ The Bangor Symphony Orchestra announced plans today for its 2021-2022 season, marking the ensembleā€™s return to live, in-person performances at the Collins Center for the Arts. For its 126th season, the BSO will present five classical concerts and additional special events, including three world premieres, in what is being called a season […]

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Digital Season Recap

Bangor, MEĀ – What a year it has been! As we approach the end of the 2020-21 season, we’d like to memorialize the triumphs, the challenges, the artistic partners, and more that made it a year to remember. THANK YOU to Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman and the BSO musicians for creatively responding to program […]

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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 Richmanā€™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 workā€™s concluding anthem, ā€œHope Begins With Truthā€, recorded remotely by BSO musicians and guests from around the country. Viewers […]

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