Maine is home to an incredible array of world-class festivals, orchestras, chamber ensembles and solo artists – all right here on our doorstep.
Producer and Host Joe Boucher invites you to hear the latest performances from across the Pine Tree State on Maine Stage, every Wednesday evening at 8:00 pm.
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Upcoming Maine Stage Performances:
September 25, 2024
Bay Chamber Concerts
- Jupiter Quartet performing:
- Quartet in A Major, K. 464 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Imprimatur by Kati Agocs
- Orion Weiss, piano; Geoff Nuttall, violin; Matthew Lipman, viola; and Arlen Hlusko, cello performing:
- Toccata in G Major, BWV 916 by J.S. Bach
- Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, K.493 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
October 2, 2024
Portland Symphony Orchestra
- Quarter Days by Anna Clyne
- Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Choral) by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Concert features guest artists:
- Charles Dimmick, concertmaster
- Sarah Atwood, principal second violin
- Cara Pogossian, principal viola
- Choral Art Masterworks
October 9, 2024
Salt Bay Chamber Festival
- Lethi'sotha Ahsonthehnehka Karahkwa (Grandmother Moon) by Dawn Avery
- Il tramonto by Ottorino Respighi
- String Sextet in A major, Op. 48 by Antonin Dvorak
October 16, 2024
Bangor Symphony Orchestra
- Overture No. 2 in E-flat Major by Louise Farrenc
- Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, “Rhenish” by Robert Schumann
- Piano Concert No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, “Emperor” by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Concert features guest soloist, pianos Jon Kimura Parker
October 23, 2024
Portland Ovations presents “Gather Hear Portland” featuring pianist Miki Saweda
- "Maine the Beautiful” Meditation on ‘America The Beautiful’ by Maine-based composer Conrad Winslow
- Also works by Amy Beach, Frederic Chopin, Alexander Scriabin, Jean Sibelius and William Grant Still
October 30, 2024
Bowdoin International Music Festival
- String Trio in D Major, Op. 9, No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven
- Electric Aroma by Viet Cuong
- Piano Quintet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 67 by Ayano Ninomiya
November 11, 2024
Bach Virtuosi Festival
- Sonata in G major for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord, BWV 1027 by J.S. Bach
- From Membra Jesu Nostri, Bux WV 075 by Dietrich Buxtehude
- Five Sinfonias arr. by Sitkovetsky by J.S. Bach
- Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048 by J.S. Bach