Lexington Symphony Presents "Concert in the Round"

Lexington Symphony will give an informal and intimate performance at the final concert of its 2015–2016 season, Concert in the Round, on Saturday, June 11 at 7:00 p.m. Situated in a circle formation on the floor of Cary Hall (1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington), Lexington Symphony and Music Director Jonathan McPhee and will present a lineup of musical pieces selected, and performed in succession, by ensembles from the orchestra.

Devised to eliminate the traditional boundaries between orchestra and audience, the annual Concert in the Round program gives audience members a unique perspective by enabling them to sit amongst the Symphony’s musicians during the performance. The relaxed format of this pre-summer evening concert translates into an intimate and immersive musical experience, as concertgoers are able to get up close and personal with Maestro McPhee and Symphony musicians.

This year’s Concert in the Round program will feature two compositions for oboes and strings: Handel’s Arrival of the Queen of Sheba and Albinoni’s Concerto for 2 Oboes in C Major, Op. 9 No 9. Two pieces arranged for brass quintet, Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess Suite and Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, will also be performed, along with Nielsen’s Little Suite for Strings, Op. 1. This concert is sponsored by The Sonin Fund.

Concert in the Round seating is unreserved; audience members are able to change seats between musical pieces. A pre-concert Q&A with Music Director Jonathan McPhee and orchestra musicians will be offered at 6 p.m. Tickets, which are priced at $40 for adults and $15 for students, can be purchased online at www.lexingtonsymphony.org, by phone at 781-523-9009, or at the door.