Spend the Holidays with the NHSO

Musical quotation from Carmina Burana in Orff's hand.

Join us this Thursday for an electrifying performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana along with the delightful Overture to Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdink and selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake Suite.

In an interview in the New Haven Register William Boughton said, “I’ve conducted it [Carmina Burana] many times, but for this I’ve gone back to the original score and tried to look at it completely afresh...,” noting it’s a much faster pace. “The electricity of doing it to the right tempo makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand out,” he says. Read the full article HERE.

The NHSO will be joined by over 200 voices from choirs across Connecticut including The Fairfield County Chorale, The Fairfield County Children's Choir, and The Concert Choir of Western Connecticut State University. In addition, soprano Amanda Hall, tenor Joshua Kohl, and baritone Michael Mayes, will lend their acclaimed voices to the Woolsey stage.

For tickets CLICK HERE or call 203.865.0831 x10.

Join us for Symphony Supper at Carmen Anthony. $40 per person for a prix fixe three course meal. Reserve your space as seating is limited at 203.865.0831 x16.

Our Prelude pre-concert lecture featuring Yale School of Music's Richard Gard starts at 6:300pm at Sudler Hall in Yale’s Harkness Hall, 100 Wall Street, New Haven. Gard will discuss the music, poetry, and history of Carmina Burana.

FREE BUS RIDE TO CONCERT FROM ORANGE

The Orange Arts and Culture Council is offering free bus transportation to Thursday’s performance at Woolsey Hall.

The bus will leave from High Plains Community Center at 6:45pm. and will return there after the concert. You do not need to be an Orange resident and there is no charge.

To reserve a seat on the bus, contact Pat Miller 203.397.8915. CLICK HERE for concert tickets or call 203.865.0831 x10.

The OACC says this is a community service for those who find parking a problem in the city. If successful, it will expand the program for other area cultural events.

Last call for students, teachers, and their families to join the NHSO for FREE at the annual School Night at the Symphony Thursday evening! Enter the world of fairy tales as the concert opens with the Overture from Hänsel und Gretel and selections from Swan Lake Suite. Then, sit back and experience Carl Orff’s choral masterpiece, Carmina Burana, a must-hear work for all students! Follow along with NHSO Program Notes for Kids to learn more about the music, the composers, and the NHSO. Visit the Fryborg Food Truck parked in front of Woolsey Hall serving up hot, delicious fries and designer dips before the concert and at intermission. Make it a family night with friends, food, and music. Register today!

School Night at the Symphony is generously supported by Yale-New Haven Hospital.