Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Each summer, thousands of people enjoy free classical music concerts at the Hatch Hell. Boston Landmarks Orchestra was founded in the year 2000 by Charles Ansbacher to perform free concerts at varying locations in greater Boston. The Landmarks Orchestra performances are of high quality, and bring classical music to a diverse population in Boston that may otherwise be unable to attend such concerts.
Some of the goals of the orchestra are to provide high quality music and make it available to all, foster a broad appreciation of classical music, enhance the awareness of greater Boston as a cultural destination, and promote the appreciation and preservation of historic and architectural landmarks in the area.
The main venue for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra is the Hatch Shell, but the orchestra also performs at other significant locations. The Sanders Theatre at Harvard University in Cambridge, the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, Jamaica Pond, and local churches have been locations for free concerts in the past.
The Boston Landmarks Orchestra is an asset to the community, it collaborates with greater Boston organizations such as schools, community centers, churches, museums, environmental groups, and senior centers to devise and implement educational partnerships of various forms, including youth programs, lectures, and open rehearsals.
Charles Ansbacher was the founder and former conductor of the orchestra. He attended Brown University and the University of Cincinnati, and had studied conducting in Salzburg, Austria and other European locations. Early in his music career he helped build the Colorado Springs Symphony. He held titled positions with orchestras in Boston, Moscow, Sarajevo, and Bishkek. He conducted the Boston Landmarks Orchestra through the Beethoven series in the summer 2010, and passed away on September 12, 2010 at the age of 67.
June, 2012
Saturday June 9
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Benefit Concert
7:30 pm Dinner &
Dancing Gala
$ 250 per person
Join Landmarks Orchestra inside so they can play outside for free!
Official Announcement
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
45 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
July, 2012
Wednesday July 11, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston Sings
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins
Guests: Boston All-City Choir
Program:
All Works by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Shall We Gather
at the River
Appalachian Spring
"Prairie Night" and "Celebration
Dance" from Billy the Kid
Old American Songs
"The Promise of Living" from
The Tender Land
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday July 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Fiesta Sinfónica
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins
Program:
Caribbean Bacchanal, Miguel Del Aguila (b. 1957)
Polovstian Dance, Alexander Borodin (1833-1887)
"Mambo" from West Side Story,
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Viaje (Afro-Latin Suite), Gonzalo Grau
Danzón No. 2, Arturo Márquez (b. 1950)
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday July 25, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
At the River
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins
Program:
The Moldau, Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
The River, Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Symphony No. 3 "Rhenish," Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
August, 2012
Wednesday August 1, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Guest Orchestra: Boston Civic
Symphony
Conductor:
Max Hobart
Program:
"Jupiter" from The Planets, Gustav
Holst (1874-1934)
Symphonie Espagnole, Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Symphony No. 7, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday August 8, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
In Concert with Boston Lyric
Opera
Conductor: David Angus
Program:
Works of
Puccini, Mozart, Wagner, and Bernstein.
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday August 15, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Guest Orchestra: Longwood Symphony
Orchestra
Program:
Piano Concerto No. 21, Wolfgang Mozart
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday August 22, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Landmarks Virtuosos
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins
Program:
Concertstück for Four Horns, Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Sinfonia concertante, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 4
"Italian," Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Wednesday August 29, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Boston Loves Shakespeare
Featuring Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Conductor: Christopher Wilkins
Program:
Coriolan Overture, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Henry
V, William Walton (1902-1983)
Music to Hamlet, Dmitri Shostakovich
(1906-1975)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Location: Hatch Shell
Rain Location: Back Bay Events Center
Contact Information & Address:
Boston Landmarks Orchestra (Hatch Shell Venue)
Storrow Drive & Mugar Way, Boston, MA
617.520.2200
landmarksorchestra.org
Weather Hot Line: 617.987.2000 or Text Landmarks to 27138
