Brockton Symphony Orchestra
Festival of Strings

The Saugus Cultural Council will be hosting the Saugus Cultural Celebration festival at the Saugus Middle High School on Sunday, February 23rd. This will be a free, inclusive and family-friendly event that celebrates Saugus’ cultural diversity through the showcase of food, performances, arts, and other fun activities.

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 Xueqi Sang, playing Yangfan Xu's Ecstatic Burial, the first performance of this new arrangement for string orchestra. The BrSO introduces Hymn and Balkan Dance by Douglas Hedwig, 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

Douglas Hedwig - Hymn and Balkan Dance
Winner, Brockton Symphony String Orchestra Composition Competition, in partnership with The Boston New Music Initiative

Yangfan Xu - Ecstatic Burial for Pipa and String Orchestra
Xueqi Sang, pipa

J.S. Bach - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Sophie Till, violin

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