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Mechanics Hall is one of the world's finest concert halls. Internationally regarded for its superb acoustics, the Hall boasts a celebrity list that includes Thoreau and Dickens, Caruso and Dvorak, Teddy Roosevelt and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Yo Yo Ma and Itzak Perlman, Mel Torme and Ella Fitzgerald. Mechanics Hall is home to the Worcester Music Festival, the oldest music festival in the nation, founded in 1859.

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    Mechanics Hall

    321 Main Street
    Worcester, MA 01608

    Phone: (508) 752-5608   |   Email   |   Official Website

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      06/03/12

      Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - Worcester Chorus Mechanics Hall Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - Worcester Chorus Presented by Music Worcester, Inc. at Mechanics Hall June 3, 2012 152nd Worcester Music Festival closing concert features The Worcester Chorus, Chris Shepard, Artistic Director, with guest soloists and the Worcester Childrens Chorus, Two Pianos, and assorted percussion. Sometimes called a "dramatic cantata", the Carmina Burana is based upon a group of 13th century poems that were discovered in the Benedictine monastery of Beuren in Bavaria. Written in medieval Latin and middle high German, yet this is one of the most recognizable of...

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    06/03/12

    Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - Worcester Chorus Mechanics Hall Carl Orff's Carmina Burana - Worcester Chorus Presented by Music Worcester, Inc. at Mechanics Hall June 3, 2012 152nd Worcester Music Festival closing concert features The Worcester Chorus, Chris Shepard, Artistic Director, with guest soloists and the Worcester Childrens Chorus, Two Pianos, and assorted percussion. Sometimes called a "dramatic cantata", the Carmina Burana is based upon a group of 13th century poems that were discovered in the Benedictine monastery of Beuren in Bavaria. Written in medieval Latin and middle high German, yet this is one of the most recognizable of...

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    04/03/12	Red Star Red Army Chorus, Dance Ensemble, & Orchestra Mechanics Hall
    03/17/12	2011 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition Winner on Tour - A Special Evening Mechanics Hall
    03/01/12	The Nordwest Deutsche (German) Staatskapelle, Eugene Tzigane, Cond., with Amit Peled, Cello Mechanics Hall
    02/18/12	The Bach B-Minor Mass - Worcester Chorus Performance Mechanics Hall
    01/21/12	The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra with Guy Braunstein, Violin Mechanics Hall
    01/07/12	The John Pizzarelli Quartet Mechanics Hall
    12/03/11	Handel's Messiah - The Worcester Chorus Holiday Tradition Mechanics Hall
    11/11/11- 11/11/09	Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with Yuja Wang, Piano, Conductor Long Yu Mechanics Hall
    11/09/11	The New Century Chamber Orchestra with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Mechanics Hall
    11/04/11	The National Acrobats of the People's Republic of China Mechanics Hall
    10/14/11	Opening Night Worcester Music Festival St. Petersburg Symphony with Dmitry Kouzov, Cello Mechanics Hall
    03/01/11	The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Panteleev, Conductor, and Philippe Quint, Violin Mechanics Hall
    02/16/11	Opole, The Philharmonic of Poland, Boguslaw Dawidow, Music Director, with Evgeni Mikhailov, Piano Mechanics Hall
    01/24/11	German State Philharmonic, Philippe Entremont, Conductor/Pianist and Sebastian Knauer, Pianist Mechanics Hall
    12/04/10	The Worcester Chorus performs Handel's Messiah Mechanics Hall
    11/19/10	Dave Brubeck Quartet Mechanics Hall
    10/22/10	The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra Mechanics Hall
    04/23/10	The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, Conductor, with Gwyneth Wentink, Harp Mechanics Hall
    04/09/10	The Worcester Chorus performs The Brahms Requiem and more Mechanics Hall
    12/05/09	Handel's Messiah - Worcester Chorus Mechanics Hall
    10/23/09	Worcester Chorus: "The Best of the Best" - Celebrating 150 Years of Choral Music Mechanics Hall
    10/16/09	Orquestra de Sao Paulo, with Evelyn Glennie, Percussion, Kazem Abdullah, Conductor Mechanics Hall