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Holiday Concert 2025! December 6 at 2pm
The Wellesley Symphony presents its 2025 Holiday Concert featuring the Fireside Barbershop Quartet. We'll have some old favorites and lesser performed winter and holiday works. Join us for this fun holiday concert at MassBay in Wellesley. Easy to get to, easy parking, and minutes from great dining and shopping in Wellesley Square. Tickets at https://app.arts-people.com/?show=297273
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Program Notes "Remembrance", Sunday, November 2 Concert at 2pm
Music of Tchaikovsky and William Grant Still: Tchaikovsky - Capriccio Italien,
William Grant Still - Symphony No. 3, The Sunday Symphony, Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Taige Wang, piano
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Oct 284 min read


Mark Latham introduces Remembrance, our November 2 concert program at MassBay Community College, at 2pm.
Featuring Young Steinway Artist, Taige Wang , playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1849-1893) - Capriccio Italien William Grant Still (1895-1978) - Symphony No. 3, The Sunday Symphony Pyotr Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1, Taige Wang, piano
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Oct 91 min read


Dissent & Beauty - Program Notes
September 28, 2025 at 2pm, MassBay Community College, Wellesley - - - - - - - - - - - Margaret Brouwer (1940 - ) Path at Sunrise, Masses...
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Sep 254 min read


Mark Latham introduces Dissent and Beauty
Our first concert of this season is on September 28 @2pm at MassBay Community College in Wellesley. We're presenting 3 great works:...
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Sep 181 min read


Our 77th Season
Our 2025-2026 season is full of musical treasures old and new, including Shostakovich's epic 5th symphony, Tchaikovsky's iconic Piano...
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Jul 102 min read


The Hero's Journey - Program Notes
In 1949, the American mythologist Joseph Campbell published his influential book The Hero with a Thousand Faces . Drawing on Swiss...
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May 84 min read


Carl Nielsen's flute concerto: the risk of being called a barbarian.
Carl August Nielsen (1865 – 3 October 1931 is widely recognized as Denmark's most prominent composer. Throughout his life Nielsen...
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May 51 min read


Now Gunnar dreams; let him enjoy his dream in peace.
Saga-Drøm (Dreams of Saga) by Carl Nielsen Nielsen describes his composition in a 1927 interview in the newspaper Politiken . “I am so...
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May 21 min read


The Hero's Journey - May 11 @ 2pm
Our season finale features The extraordinary music of Carl Nielsen and Gustav Mahler—two great composers celebrated for their symphonies...
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Apr 171 min read


WSO 2025 Community Events
Sherborn Library, March 15 We are passionate about bringing live classical music to as many communities as possible. This season we have...
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Mar 141 min read


Our Family Concert - March 23, 2pm
Our family concert features music with strong melodies and drama. Music that evokes rivers and animals and the struggles of building...
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Feb 181 min read


Celebrate the Symphony, February 9
Our February 9 concert features two great symphonies. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40, also known as the "Great G minor...
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Jan 171 min read


Happy New Year! We have two events to announce.
The first is a free concert on Wednesday, January 15 at 8pm , presenting 6 outstanding soloists who auditioned at our Michael H. Welles...
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Dec 31, 20241 min read


Soprano Rebecca Hains
Praised internationally for her expressiveness and strong, secure voice, Rebecca Hains is versatile performer whose engagements have...
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Dec 5, 20242 min read


Holiday Concert, December 14
Please join us to help celebrate the holiday season, Saturday , December 14 at 2PM at MassBay Community College in Wellesley. A festive...
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Nov 18, 20241 min read


November 2 Program Notes
From The Americas “Breathe” by Carlos Simon Carlos Simon’s compositional voice has been heard loud and clear in the past several years....
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Oct 31, 20243 min read


Mark Latham introduces our November 3rd concert, "Music From The Americas"
Music Director Mark Latham introduces the program for our Nov 3 concert : "Breathe" by Carlos Simon Samuel Barber's Concerto for...
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Oct 23, 20241 min read


From The Americas
Breathe, by Carlos Simon; Samuel Barber's Cello Concerto; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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Oct 10, 20242 min read


September 29 Program Notes
“Overture” from La Forza del Destino (The Power of Fate) - Giuseppe Verdi This afternoon’s performance begins with a popular concert...
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Sep 27, 20245 min read
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