Symphony New Hampshire Opens the 2024-25 Season with Mahler.
On Sunday, October 27 at 4pm, Maestro Roger Kalia brings soprano Carley DeFranco to the Nashua Center of the Arts for a journey through Gustav Mahler’s delightful vision of heaven with his Fourth Symphony paired with Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a boy’s poetic description of heaven at his childhood home. Tickets start at $32 and are available at the Nashua Center for the Arts (https://nashuacenterforthearts.com/ (800) 657-8774/ 201 Main St. Nashua, NH 03060)
Soprano Carley DeFranco returns to the stage with SNH to perform the final movement in Mahler’s Fourth ‘The Heavenly Life’ and Barber’s Summer of 1915. Ms. DeFranco’s “sunny” and “soaring” voice can be heard regularly with the Boston Lyric Opera, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, and Boston Baroque. Along with private vocal lessons, Ms. DeFranco is the Director of After School Music at Dexter Southfield and a Voice Instructor in Harvard University’s Holden Voice Program.
Maestro Kalia says, “Carley is an exceptional performer, and we are lucky that such an amazing talent is in our area.” DeFranco most recently performed with SNH in March 2023 for Mozart’s Requiem as a part of the Symphony’s 100th anniversary. Kalia continued, “It is always a special treasure when you get to work with such an extremely talented artist who is also a genuine and wonderful person.”
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G Major was composed in 1899-1900 after a long period of writer’s block. The fourth movement titled ‘The Heavenly Life’ was written in 1892, originally intended for the finale of the Third Symphony. Arguably one of his more accessible pieces of work, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony clocks in at under one hour, it is replete with airy and colorful reoccurring themes, and it finishes in the fourth movement with the delicate voice of a boy fantasizing about what heaven will be like.
Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (Op. 24) was composed in 1947 based on a passage from James Agee’s 1938 autobiographical prose poem of the same name. Agee was six years old in 1915 and the portrayal in this passage is just one year before his father’s death by a car accident. This was the child’s heaven – before he knew there was such pain and tragedy.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Don’t miss PRELUDES one hour before the performance. Sponsored by Nashua Ink Link. Maestro Kalia and special guests will discuss the music, the composers, and why these works are so important today. PRELUDES will begin at 3PM at the Nashua Center for the Arts.
JUST THE FACTS:
Mahler 4: Visions of Heaven Concert Sunday, October 27, 2024 | 4PM
Nashua Center for the Arts 201 Main Street, Nashua, NH 03060
https://www.nashuacenterforthearts.com/ (800)-657-8774
Samuel Barber(1910-1981) Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1947)
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Symphony No. 4 in G Major (1901)(arr. Farrington)
Roger Kalia, conductor
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Symphony New Hampshire 2024-25 Season at a Glance
Fanfare Kick-Off Celebration: 10/23/2024 – Sky Meadow Country Club
SymphonyNH.org | (603)595-9156
Mahler 4 –Visions of Heaven: 10/27/ 2024, 4pm – Nashua Center for the Arts
nashuacenterforthearts.com | (800)657-8774
Beethoven’s 3rd– Exploring Eroica: 11/9/2024, 7:30pm – Nashua Center for the Arts
nashuacenterforthearts.com | (800)657-8774
Illuminated Ensembles – American Standards: 11/17/2024, 4pmBank of NH Stage
canh.com | (603)225-1111
Holiday Brass: 12/5/ 2024,7:30pm – The Rex Theatre
palacetheatre.org | (603)668-5588
Holiday Brass: 12/6/2024,7:30pm – St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church | SymphonyNH.org| (603)595-9156
Illuminated Ensembles – HeartStrings: 2/14/2025,7:30pm – Bank of NH Stage
ccanh.com | (603)225-1111
Serenade of the Winds: 3/8/2025, 7:30pm – Nashua Community College
symphonynh.org | (603)595-9156
Hollywood Hits: 3/29/2025,7:30pm – Stockbridge Theater
pinkertonacademy.org/stockbridge-theatre |(603)437-5210
Hollywood Hits: 3/30/2025, 3pm- Capitol Center for the Arts
ccanh.com | (603)225-1111
It’s All Overtures: 4/19/2025, 7:30pm – Nashua Center for the Arts
nashuacenterforthearts.com | (800)657-8774
Rhapsody in Blue: 5/10/2025, 7:30pm – Capitol Center for the Arts
ccanh.com | (603)225-1111
Illuminated Ensembles – Chamber Favorites: 5/18/2025, 4pm Bank of NH Stage
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Concert Season By Venue
NASHUA CENTER FOR THE ARTS 201 Main Street, Nashua, NH 03060
For tickets, call (800)-657-8774
Mahler 4 : October 27, 2024 4PM
Beethoven 3: November 9, 2024 7:30PM
It’s All Overtures: April 19, 2025 7:30PM
CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS
44 S Main St, Concord, NH 03301
For tickets, call (603) 225-1111
Hollywood Hits: March 30, 2025 3PM
Rhapsody in Blue: May 10, 2025 7:30PM
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE STAGE
16 S Main St, Concord, NH 03301
For tickets call (603) 225-1111
Illuminated Ensembles – American Standards: November 17, 2024, 4PM
Illuminated Ensembles – HeartStrings: February 14, 2025, 7:30PM
Illuminated Ensembles – Chamber Favorites: May 18, 2025, 4PM
REX THEATRE
23 Amherst St, Manchester, NH 03101
For tickets, call (603) 668-5588 or click http://rextheatre.org
Holiday Brass: December 5, 2024, 7:30PM
ST. MARY’S & ARCHANGEL MICHAEL COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH
39 Chandler Street, Nashua, NH, 03064
For tickets, call (603) 595-9156 or click https://symphonynh.org/
Holiday Brass: Friday, December 6, 2024 7:30PM
NASHUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
505 Amherst Street, Nashua, NH, 03063 For tickets, call (603) 595-9156 or click
https://symphonynh.org/
Serenade of the Winds: March 8, 2025, 7:30PM
STOCKBRIDGE
22-98 Bypass 28, Derry, NH 03038
For tickets, call (603) 437-5210 or click https://www.stockbridgetheatre.com/
Hollywood Hits: March 29, 2025, 7:30PM
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