THE 2017-18 ECSO SEASON
All performances are at 8 p.m. on Saturdays at the Garde Arts Center, 325 State St., New London (except the Nov. 19 “Family of Animals” concert at 1 p.m.) Season subscriptions range from $225 to $340 and single-concert tickets range from $28 to $62, with $12 seats available for anyone under 30 and/or active/ retired military personnel. There’s also a Pick-4 subscription where patrons can choose any of four concerts for HOW MUCH. The Nov. 19 “Carnival of Animals” matinee performance is specially priced at $10 for adults and $5 for children 18 and under. Call (860) 443-2876 or visit www.ectsymphony.com for details. Oct. 22 — “Revolutionaries,” with soloist Mark Markham; Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser Overture,Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, Ludwig von Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3. Nov. 18 — “American Rhapsody,” with soloist Lindsay Garritson; Peggy Stuart Coolidge’s Pioneer Dances, Aaron Copland’s Our Town, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Ferde Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite. Nov. 19 — “Carnival of the Animals,” with soloists Lindsay Garritson and Gary Chapman, New London Poet Laureate Rhonda Ward and the Eastern Connecticut Ballet; 2 p.m. concert with pre-concert activities at 1 p.m. George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, and pre-concert activities in the lobby include a photo booth, musical petting zoo, and more. Jan. 27 — “Mozart & Lalo Birthday Bash,” featuring Miller-Porfiris Duo and ECSO principals Carla Parodi, Kelli O’Connor,Tracy McGinnis, Matthew Muehl-Miller and Sarah Yanovitch; Édouard Lalo’s Le Roi d’Y’s Overture, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Rue Sanft, Mein Holdes Leben and Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297b, Édouard Lalo’s Rapsodie norvégienne (Norwegian Rhapsody), Mozart’s aria from Il re pastore (The Shepherd King),L’amero, saro costante and Sinfonia Concertante K. 364 for Violin and Viola. Cake and champagne afterwards. Feb. 24 — “Paintings & Pictures,” with 2017 ECSO Instrumental Competition winner Yi Qun Xu; Hannah Lash’s This Ease, Maurice Ravel’s Pavane pour une infant défunte, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. March 24 — “From Tragedy to Triumph”; Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 100 (Military) and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. April 28 — “Candide,” featuring soloists from the Salt Marsh Opera, Leonard Bernstein’s Candid