NEW! Festival of Strings – Brockton Symphony Orchestra

This delightful all-string concert features a variety of musical styles: from Sophie Till performing two Bach violin Concertos to Britten’s Lachrymae, played by 2023 BrSO Youth Concerto Competition second-place winner, Esther Man, viola; and Chinese pipa virtuoso Amber Sang, playing Yangfan Xu’s Ecstatic Burial. The BrSO premieres a new string piece, the winner of our Brockton Symphony String Orchestra Composition Competition. This concert is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Diane and Kirk Hartung.

J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major
Sophie Till, violin
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae for Viola and String Orchestra
Esther Man, viola
World-premiere composition – Winner TBA

Brockton Symphony String Orchestra Composition Competition, in partnership with The Boston New Music Initiative

Yangfan Xu – Ecstatic Burial for Pipa and String Orchestra
Amber Sang, pipa
J.S. Bach – Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Sophie Till, violin