Above: Maestro Churchill will lead the SPM orchestra again in St. Mark’s hall. (images from Facebook and SPM’s website)
This weekend, Symphony Pro Musica will return to perform in Southborough. Tickets are available for sale. As always, students are able to attend the SPM concert for free.
This is the 42nd season of the regional orchestra founded and conducted by “Maestro March Churchill”.
The concert this Sunday, March 23rd will feature Gustav Mahler’s 6th symphony:
Symphony No. 6, Tragic, will continue SPM’s long history of this mind-blowing composer’s major works. The monumental 6th comes from a time of turmoil in both Mahler’s and the world’s life. World War I was about to break out and Mahler faced serious struggles in his relationships and health. He drew upon the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche’s “eternal recurrence” or the idea of embracing life’s challenges with courage and resilience for inspiration. Hence the symphony is the story of humankind’s struggle with and [ability] to overcome the negative forces of life itself. Requiring the most intense emotion and highest level skills of each member of its enormous orchestral forces, Mahler 6 will fully engage listeners and bring us from tragedy to triumph
As usual, attendees can join them 45 minutes before the concert begins for a pre-concert talk.
The concert is 3:00 pm in St. Mark’s School’s Putnam Family Arts Center, Class of ’45 Hall. (Click here for a map.)
Students are always able to attend SPM concerts at no charge. Including the online processing fees, Adult tickets are $27.24/general admission and $21.99/senior. (Group rates are also available – call 978-562-0939, or email spmoffice@symphonypromusica.org.) To reserve tickets, click here.
To learn about joining the orchestra to play in a future concert, click here.
