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2026-2027 Season

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Opening Night: Fatal Beauty

Saturday, October 10, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Feel the pull of fate, the thrill of the unexpected, and the sheer force of sound wash through you. What begins as suspense will give way to a feeling of being fully alive.

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Sydney Lee, cello

Silvestre Revueltas: Sensemayá
Antonín Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4

Marking his 10th season with the NBSO, Yaniv returns to his audition piece that got him the job—Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. Opening with the “fate” motif, the eternal ballet composer’s most original symphony consists of numerous surprises, like an entire movement of just string plucking, cymbals and bass drum only in the last movement (making so much noise) and an unhinged piccolo solo, to name just a few. Sydney Lee returns to the NBSO to perform Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, the Mount Everest of the cello repertoire. We open our season with Revueltas’ stirring Sensemayá, or as Yaniv likes to call it: “the Latin version of The Rite of Spring in seven minutes.”

Goosby Plays Brahms

Saturday, November 21, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Let beauty and restlessness collide in a rush of rhythm and emotion. Feel deeply, leave renewed.

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Randall Goosby, violin

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1
Johannes Brahms:  Violin Concerto

Rising star violinist Randall Goosby performs Brahms’ Violin Concerto, a piece of unmatched beauty, drama, and, of course, some Hungarian dancing. It is paired with music from the Americas—the intoxicating rhythms and sounds of Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz, alongside Samuel Barber’s First Symphony, a tragic, poignant, and restless piece, written in one sweeping movement.

Holiday Pops

Sunday, December 20, 3:30 and 7:00 PM
The Zeiterion

Feel the season come alive!

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
The Showstoppers
Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra

Round up your favorite people—kids, grandparents, neighbors, friends—and celebrate the season together at Holiday Pops. It’s festive, high-spirited, and just the right mix of laughter, nostalgia, and music you’ll be humming all the way home.

The hall sparkles, the energy is contagious, and the music delivers that unmistakable holiday glow. The Showstoppers join forces with members of the Southeastern Massachusetts Youth Orchestra alongside Yaniv and your NBSO musicians for a feel-good celebration that brings every generation together.

Choose your moment: the 3:30 PM concert is a lively, one-hour experience—perfect for families and younger listeners. The 7:00 PM performance lingers a little longer, letting you settle in and savor the full sparkle of the evening. Both are seamless and nonstop, with no intermission—just pure holiday joy from start to finish.
Feel the season come alive!

Movie Pops: All John Williams

Saturday, February 20, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Because sometimes, what you need most… is to be transported.

Yaniv Dinur, conductor and emcee

This all-John Williams program surrounds you with music that has shaped generations, not just as soundtracks, but as emotional touchstones. Hearing these iconic themes vividly brought to life by a full symphony orchestra is an incredibly powerful experience.

From the awe of Jurassic Park to the suspense of Jaws, the magic of Harry Potter, and the soaring hope of E.T., each piece opens a door back to imagination, nostalgia, and joy. After intermission, the journey continues with the adventure and heart of Hook and Indiana Jones, the quiet beauty of The Terminal, and the powerful, unmistakable themes of Star Wars.

Requiem for a Dream

Saturday, March 20, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Honor the past and feel it unfold before your ears. The beauty, intensity, and transformation will leave you changed in ways you didn’t expect. 

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Alexander Korsantia, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Guillaume Connesson: Flammenschrift
Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose
Maurice Ravel:  La valse

Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of Beethoven’s death, beloved pianist Alexander Korsantia returns to the NBSO to perform Beethoven’s Fourth—perhaps the most perfect piano concerto in the repertoire. Beethoven was a fervent advocate for the ideals of the French Revolution, and in that spirit, the second half of this concert is all French. And while Beethoven’s piece is the epitome of 19th-century Viennese music, Ravel’s La valse represents its unravelling, a magnificent farewell letter to the Viennese Waltz and to a world that would never be the same after the First World War. Connesson’s brilliant depiction of Beethoven the man will make the orchestra sound like you’ve never heard it before.

Cuppa Tea

Saturday, April 17, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Be carried through memory, melody, and quiet longing, as nostalgia deepens into something tender and true, leaving you feeling gently restored.

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Percy Grainger: Five British Folk-Music Settings
Stephen Hough: Piano Concerto “The World of Yesterday”
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations

World-renowned pianist Stephen Hough, and one of Twenty Living Polymaths (as named by The Economist), joins us to play his own Piano Concerto. Titled “The World of Yesterday”, Hough’s piece takes us on a rollercoaster ride to nostalgic memories of some good-old dances like the waltz and tarantella. You will hum along with Percy Grainger’s arrangements of famous tunes like “Oh Danny Boy”, and might shed a tear when you hear “Nimrod” from Elgar’s Enigma Variations in this concert dedicated to great British music.

Season Finale: The B-Side

May 15, 7:30 PM
The Zeiterion

Feel the energy, the color, and the pulse of something bigger than you—until tension breaks into triumph, lifting you out of the everyday and leaving you exhilarated.

Yaniv Dinur, conductor
Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Brown, clarinet

Leonard Bernstein: (arr. Foss) Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Luciano Berio: Folk Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs turns the orchestra into a jazz band that gets out of control. Mezzo-soprano Rinat Shaham sings the theatrical Folk Songs of Berio in nine languages and dialects. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony never ceases to shatter the heart, from its rattling opening to the victorious finale. Don’t miss this spectacle of words and sounds from faraway places, and the most famous four opening notes that forever changed the music world—all on one stage with your New Bedford Symphony.
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