Past Performances
Saturday, November 9th
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3
Margaret Bonds, Montgomery Variations (1965)
Schumann, Symphony No. 3
The Du Bois Orchestra presents a very special concert, featuring a rare performance of the Montgomery Variations by Margaret Bonds, a recently rediscovered score that had been lost for decades, a deeply moving score composed at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The Du Bois Orchestra is thrilled to present one of the great, rarely heard voices of 20th century American music, a prolific composer, and the first African American woman to perform as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony. Also on the program are Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3 and Schumann's Symphony No. 3, two of the most life-affirming and uplifting works in the symphonic repertoire.
Friday, April 12th
First Church Cambridge
Cambridge MA
Nabucco Overture
Giuseppe Verdi
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (premiere)
Florence Price
Lyricora, Choir
Sarah Joyce Cooper, Soprano
Symphony No. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven
Saturday, February 23rd
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
This program is supported in part by a grant from Cambridge Arts, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. We are also grateful for the support of Insomnia Cookies and Wegmans. Your generosity also helps make these events possible.
Romeo & Juliet - Fantasy Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Sorrow Songs, World Premiere
Based on passages from "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois
Sachiko Murata
Poème, Op.25
Ernest Chausson
Thomas Cooper, Violin
Hiawatha Overture, Op. 30
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Saturday, November 3rd
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
We would like to thank our sponsor for this concert, Insomnia Cookies.
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 Unfinished
Friday, October 26th
University Lutheran Church
66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA
This performance is part of a conference at Harvard commemorating W.E.B. Du Bois's 150th birthday.
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Petite Suite de Concert
Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 Unfinished
Saturday, September 22nd
Harvard Yard
This performance is part of an exciting outdoors art exhibition with artist Teresita Fernández. You can learn more here.
Richard Wagner
Tannhäuser Overture
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Excerpts from Petite Suite de Concert
Attendance is free. This is an outdoor performance.