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AUGUSTA — The Augusta Symphony Orchestra will perform three compositions written about springtime and the warmer season of the year, summer, in its Sunday, April 28, concert.
The orchestra will finish its 98th season playing Mendelssohn’s Overture from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” followed by “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring” by Frederick Delius, and ending with a major work, Robert Schumann’s 1st Symphony, the “Spring Symphony” 2 p.m. Sunday April 28, at South Parish Congregational Church, 9 Church St.
The Mendelssohn overture is a lively piece, full of strings and major melodies which arouse the spirit; Delius captures the quiet and fanciful moment of hearing the first cuckoo in the spring with an airy, melodic, and polyphonic composition; Schumann’s first symphony portrays the diversity of spring with energetic, melodic, vibrant, and celebratory movements, drawing the listener to experience a musical expression of the season that awakens new life.
The Augusta Symphony Orchestra, established in 1920, serves as an educational and charitable organization through which amateur and semi-professional musicians have opportunities to perform great music seasonally. For more information, visit www.augustasymphonymaine.org.
