Applause!
Symphony Supporters
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The NBSO expresses its deep appreciation to all who support our concerts, educational programs, and community outreach. Donations of $250 or more received between September 1, 2025, and August 31, 2026, are recognized.
$100,000+
Dr. Roger Allen
Anonymous
$25,000+
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$10,000
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$2,500+
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Bristol County Savings Bank
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The Symphony Music Shop
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Anonymous
$1,000+
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Anonymous
$500+
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Abigail Test
Tri-County Music Association
KC Van Colen
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Your Theater
Anonymous
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$250+
Chris and Trish Arnold
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Nathan Chu
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Mary Denker
Anne Eisenmenger and Patrick Lester
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Point32Health Foundation
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Anonymous
Leaving a Legacy
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Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield
Michael Esposito and Cynthia Redel
Dorothy A. Hebden-Heath
Edward Hoffer, MD
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Sandria Parsons
Janet Whitla‡
Patricia Plum Wylde
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Ellen Witt and Thomas Clark Fund for Music Education
Endowment Gifts
$1,000,000
Gidwitz Endowment Fund for the Future
$250,000+
Allen and Priscilla Ditchfield
Tom and Barbara Farquhar
Patricia Plum Wylde
Anonymous
$100,000 – $249,999
John and Nancy Braitmayer
Milan Heath Memorial Fund
Merilyn Eustis Education Fund
Ann and Hans Ziegler
Anonymous
$50,000 – $99,999
Lucile and William‡ Hicks
Pamela M Hoffer Memorial Chair
Heather Parsons and Andrew Kotsatos
Sandria Parsons
The Parsons Family Education Fund
$25,000 – $49,999
Michael and Margherita Baldwin
Janet and Bill Coquillette
The Shulamith Friedland Memorial Fund
Paul and Denise Lamoureux
Anonymous
$10,000 – $24,999
The Barbara and Hershel Alpert Fund for Music Education
Jim and Carol Dildine
Drs. Cynthia and Albert Fox
The Frauwirth Music for Youth Fund
Prof. James T. Griffith and Prof. Susan J. Leclair
Ellen Hocker
Nan Johnson and Alan Minard
The Lillian Lamoureux Music Scholarship Fund
Susan and Dexter Mead
Barry and Meg Steinberg
Geoff and Judy Swett
Anonymous
$5,000 – $9,999
Robert Booth
Gertrude Trumbull Burr
Michael Esposito and Cynthia Redel
Raymond and Julie Hoben
Norman J. and Maryellen Shachoy
Dean‡ and Janet‡ Whitla
Terry and Chris Wolkowicz
Chamber Music Fund
The Gladstone Family Fund
John Newton and Janice Weber
Ed Ottensmeyer and Anne Donnellon
Sandria Parsons
Margaret-Ann Rice
Richard‡ and Patricia Wecker
Patricia Plum Wylde
Ann and Hans Ziegler
Furtado Family Scholarship Fund
Raymond and Marilyn Melanson
Kristian and Judith Stoltenberg
Business Partnerships
Albert Fox Facial Plastic Surgery Center
Animal Hospital Supply Inc.
Baldwin Wealth Partners
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation
Diana Henry Realty
Fiber Optic Center, Inc.
Hawthorn Medical Associates
LandVest
Minuteman Press
On the Go
Servedwell Hospitality
Shepard Turf Management, Inc.
Sine Nomine Choral Ensemble
Southcoast Health
Southeastern MA Festival Chorus
Sylvia Group of Insurance Agencies
Taunton Federal Credit Union
The Symphony Music Shop
Tri-County Music Association
Whaling City Sound
Your Theatre, Inc.
Foundations
Amelia Peabody Foundation
Association for the Relief of Aged Women
BayCoast Bank
Berman-Sumberg Family Fund
Bristol County Savings Charitable Foundation
Demoulas Foundation
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Charitable Foundation
Island Foundation, Inc.
Leonard and Hilda Kaplan Charitable Foundation
New Bedford Day Nursery Fund
Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Charitable Foundation
Schrafft Charitable Trust
The Carney Family Charitable Foundation
The Howard Bayne Fund
The Klarman Family Foundation
The Nelson Mead Fund
Tow Foundation
Henry H. Crapo Foundation Fund
Creative Commonwealth Initiative
The Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield Fund
Stasia Gorczyca Endowment Fund for the New Bedford Symphony
Jacobs Family Donor Advised Fund
Senator Montigny’s Children’s Equity and Empowerment Fund
The Marjorie Waite Fund
The Wintrub and Barton Family Fund
Special Support
Learning in Concert program support provided by Concerts at the Point for Fall River, Westport, and Tiverton elementary schools, and by Up with Schools Arts for Little Compton and New Bedford private schools. Educational program support is provided in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
SING TO ME
October 12 &13, 2024, 3 PM
Special Additional Performance: Friday, October 11, 7 PM, New Bedford Whaling Museum
On October 11, join us in the Harbor View Gallery and stay for an after-concert reception to mingle with guests and musicians while enjoying hors D'oeuvres and spirits.
A dazzling vocal journey
Featuring Philip Lima, baritone
Many thanks to Patty Plum Wylde, whose generous Gift of Music has made this concert possible. She dedicates her gift to all teachers of music for their devotion to the art of making music eternal.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Selections from Songs of Travel (arr. John Greer)
The Vagabond
Youth and Love
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
Charles Ives: Songs
The Children's Hour
Tom Sails Away
The Circus Band
Three Spirituals
Wade in the Water (arr. Anthony Green)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. H. T. Burleigh/Green)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. Cynthia Jackson/Green)
Joly Braga Santos: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 26
Joaquín Turina: The Toreador's Prayer, Op. 34
Jesse Holstein, violin
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Lustrous baritone Philip Lima joins NBSO core musicians in an eclectic potpourri ranging from Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach to the earthy songs of Charles Ives and three spirituals. A piano quartet by Portuguese master Joly Braga Santos and The Toreador’s Prayer by Joaquín Turina offer interludes of instrumental poetry and brilliance.
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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.”
Come Early for the Full Experience!
Make the most of your evening by arriving early to check out the pre-concert activities and settle into the rhythm of the night.
- 6:00 to 7:25 PM: Drop in to The Speakeasy Experience! Free pre-registration required. The Speakeasy in the lower level of the Zeiterion has quickly become the place to be! Get your ticket to Fatal Beauty, then register to attend this special pre-concert experience. (You must have a ticket to Fatal Beauty to attend this experience.)
Come on down for a beverage at the cash bar and entertainment by the Buttonwood Brass jazz quartet. It’s a cool, relaxed setting with tables and chairs where you can mingle with friends before the NBSO concert. - 6:30 to 6:55 PM in the auditorium: Join Yaniv Dinur and guest artist Sydney Lee for the always-popular pre-concert chat—a lively and insightful preview that deepens your connection and enhances your listening experience.
- 7:00 to 7:15 PM in the Dr. Gail Davidson Movement Studio: Sangha Yoga will lead a gentle 15-minute chair yoga session as a calming reset to help you slow down, ground yourself, and open your senses before the music begins.
- 6:30 to 7:30 PM: Enjoy a cocktail in the main lobby bar and mingle with friends! The bar will be open for intermission as well.