MUSIC

Opening night for the 151st Music Festival brings the ever popular Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, with the charismatic Maestro Benjamin Zander, presenting a program with a French theme; from Gershwin's An American in Paris, evoking the sounds of the "city of light" through an American perspective, to Ravel's ravishing Piano Concerto in G Major performed by critically acclaimed pianist Stephen Drury, and from Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments - a masterpiece dedicated to Debussy and scored entirely for solo wind and brass instruments, to the iconic French masterpiece by Debussy, Le Mer, we have here the ingredients for an extraordinary evening of French delights - bon appetit!! Ticket Orders are being taken by telephone 508-754-3231 and mail only at this time. Series orders (6 or more events) are filled first, in the order received. - PROGRAM - Gershwin: An American In Paris Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Debussy: La Mer