Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra – Special 1 Plymouth Phil May 16, 2023

Baroque & Beyond

America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration

November 17 | 7 PM

Baroque & Beyond
NOVEMBER 17 |  7 PM

The Phil is honored to participate in America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration. The weekend of festivities has become a beloved holiday occasion as well as an important link to our nation’s history and heritage.

If there was a Billboard Classical Music Chart in 1717, Water Music would have topped it. Handel composed the spirited piece for a showy trip up the Thames aboard the royal barge. King George loved it and had the musicians play it not once, not twice, but three times again. Not so for Pachelbel’s Canon & Gigue. It was a bit of a sleeper. Although composed in the 1600s, it wasn’t published or recorded until the 20th century. Since then, this pleasing piece has worked its way up the charts and into pop songs, films, advertising (and more than a wedding or two) to become one of the most widely performed Baroque compositions ever. Like Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos: six sumptuous instrumental works by the musical genius. No. 2 makes our top three. It’s a trumpet tour de force with heavenly combinations for flute, oboe, and violin, too. Out of this world—literally! In 1977, NASA sent the Voyager 1 space probe into deep space with a small Gold Record aboard. The opening music track is the first movement of this concerto, a joyful document of humanity. A timeless musical greeting, indeed.

TICKETS: All seats $35

DATE

Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 | 7 PM

Plymouth Memorial Hall

PROGRAM 

G. F. HANDEL
Entrance of the Queen of Sheba
from Solomon

 

BARBARA HARBACH
American Solstice

 

J. PACHELBEL
Canon & Gigue

 

J. S. BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 2

 

ALAN HOVHANESS
Prayer of St. Gregory

 

WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Mother and Child

 

G.F. HANDEL
Water Music, Suite No. 2

 

LEROY ANDERSON
Arietta

ARTISTS

Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra

Steven Karidoyanes, conductor

Featuring principal musicians:

Ana-Maria LaPointe, concertmaster [Read bio]

Robinson Pyle, trumpet [Read bio]

Laura Pardee-Schaefer, oboe [Read bio]

Matt Cross, flute [Read bio]

Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra presents Baroque & Beyond

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RELATED EVENTS:

Plymouth Phil Opening Night
OPENING NIGHT
SEPT. 30 | 7:30 PM
Violinist Julianne Lee
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NOV. 4 | 7:30 PM
GREAT COLLABORATIONS
MARCH 23 | 7:30 PM

America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration also presents
The National Senior Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps Concert

An evening of traditional drum corps showcasing some of the premiere alumni musical groups in the country.
Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023
6:30 PM