Saturday, October 14, 20177:30pm • Unionville High School

Reveries & Passions Tse – Three Musings Schumann – Piano Concerto Andrew Staupe – pianoBerlioz – Symphonie Fantastique Berlioz could not get the girl of his dreams. So he wrote her a symphony instead – a huge, opium-fueled riot of his passion and nightmares, his ecstasy and despair, his tantrums and moments of tenderness. It is a revolutionary work you simply have to hear live. With recent performances with the orchestras of Houston, Baltimore and Indianapolis, Andrew Staupe is a pianist on the rise. He joins us to perform the fiery and dreamy Schumann Piano Concerto. We begin our concert with Three Musings, a set of three different sonic portraits by Roydon Tse, winner of the first prize in the SOCAN Foundation Awards for young composers.

Saturday, December 2, 2017 7:30pm • Unionville High School

Pops Goes the Holidays with special guest

PHILADANCO!Arr. Wendel – Christmas A La Valse Arr. Ricketts – Hark! The Herald Angels SingVaughan Williams – Fantasia on GreensleevesBach – Suite En BleuArr. Higgins – Christmas on Broadway Arr. Goldstein – God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenChilcot – The Time of SnowStephenson – O Christmas TreeArr. Finnegan – Sing a Long It’s our way of wishing you and yours a happy holiday! The glorious sounds of the season fill the air capturing the magic of the holidays. Special guests PHILADANCO and the Kennett Symphony Children’s Chorus join the Symphony in a concert sure to delight and surprise audiences of all ages.

Sunday, April 15, 2018 7:30pm • Longwood Gardens

Exhibition HallRomance & Revelry

Arriaga – Los Esclavos Felices: Overture Dvorak – Romance Saint-Saëns – Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso Eliezer Gutman – violinBeethoven – Symphony No. 7 Our concerts in Exhibition Hall have become an evening we look forward to each year. With its beautiful scenery and acoustics to match, there is no place like it to enjoy live, classical music. We begin the program with an overture by Arriaga; a precocious talent; he was known as the ‘Spanish Mozart’. Our very own concertmaster, Eliezer Gutman, is our featured soloist, performing works by Dvorák and Saint-Saëns. The evening concludes with the unbridled joy of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony reverberating throughout the Conservatory.

Sunday, March 25, 20182:00pm • Rustin High School

Family ConcertPotions That Create EmotionsWilliams – Harry’s Wonderous WorldMahler – Symphony No. 1 – Movement 3Mozart – Overture to the Marriage of FigaroCopland – Fanfare for the Common ManTchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Overture-FantasyDe Falla – Final Dance from the Three Cornered Hat

Music is a language of emotion. But how does music affect our emotions? Join us in our Musical Laboratory as your very own Kennett Symphony, with the help of our Mad Scientist, shows us how composers use different musical sounds to create and express emotions. Your children even get to try out the different instruments of the orchestra. Ignite your child’s imagination and love of music.

Saturday, August 18, 20187:30pm • Longwood Gardens

Open Air Theatre

A Midsummer Night’s Concert Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture & ScherzoMenken – Beauty & the Beast Offenbach – Orpheus in the Underworld Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite Williams – Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter Enjoy music under the stars with our concert of magic and mystery. Longwood Gardens becomes a Shakespearean Fairy Land as we perform incidental music from Mendelssohn’s enchanted Midsummer Night’s Dream. Classics such as Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite mix with popular favorites from Disney and Harry Potter. A night not to be missed.

Michael HallMusic Director

2017–2018 Concert Season

www.KennettSymphony.org • 610-444-6363

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Reimagined Symphony Experience!

Beethoven and Bellinis

Saturday, April 14, 20181:00pm • Mendenhall Inn

Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 Last year’s inaugural reimagined concert experience was a great success. This year, we continue this extraordinary project with a musical encounter with Beethoven’s bacchanalian Symphony No.7, complete with fascinating musical insights. With the orchestra in the round, and food and drink available throughout the performance, this is a completely unique experience. Come witness what all the excitement last season was about. Perfect for people wanting a more relaxed and intimate relationship to the music.

Photo by Natale Caccamo

Photo by Lois Greenfield