Mozart and Brahms Open Philharmonic's 64th Season

This article was submitted by the NSPO.

Music Director Robert Lehmann conducts the first concert of their 64th season on Sunday, November 13 with a program featuring three of the well-known works of Mozart and Brahms. 

The concert begins at 3 p.m. at the Auditorium, 200 Essex Street, Swampscott.  Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and students, and children 12 and under are admitted free. Tickets are sold at the door and can be ordered online at nspo.org.

Mr. Lehmann, beginning his 13th year as music director, welcomes Thomas Parchman, principal clarinet of the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra who will perform the Mozart Clarinet Concerto.  

The concerto was one of Mozart’s final complete works and is beloved in the musical literature for its tender and intimate interplay with the full Orchestra.  It gained attention in popular culture when its peaceful second music was part of the soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning “Out of Africa” starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford.

Mozart’s “Overture to the Magic Flute” is one of his most recognizable works, its dignified opening leading to a quick-paced and familiar melody has become a standard of the repertoire.

Brahms Serenade No. 1 has all the hallmarks of a great symphony — and was even called a “Symphony-Serenade” by some of its early admirers. It is a work of fresh, inventive, and spirited instrumentality. 

The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra is a community orchestra founded in 1948 in Lynn.  Currently based in Swampscott, the NSPO under its Music Director Robert Lehmann performs three subscription concerts each year, as well as various special performances in communities in the Boston area. 

The NSPO is committed to its longstanding mission to peform high-quality music at an affordable price to communities on Boston's North Shore; to develop, train and provide opportunities for young musicians; and to provide a large range of programs covering the full range of symphonic repertoire for a diverse public, focusing primarily on instrumental works but also including instrumental/vocal and choral works. 

For more information, visit www.nspo.org.