BB&B is back with our postponed celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday, starting out with his overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, rekindling the fire that led us to music and love, and concluding with his brilliant and high-spirited First Symphony. In between we will honor Black Boston-trained composer Florence Price with her neo-romantic Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Lucia Lin from the Boston Symphony and Muir Quartet -- one of Boston’s most cherished musical artists -- who will also carry us to new heights in Ralph Vaughan Williams’ transcendent The Lark Ascending. This concert is dedicated to the memory of William D. Adams.

Program: Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture; Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 1 featuring soloist Lucia Lin; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending featuring soloist Lucia Lin; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

The Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society Orchestra with members of The Heritage Chorale, The Apollo Club, and VOICES Boston

Our traditional holiday concert celebrates Vienna and Boston in song and dance. Featuring members of the BB&B orchestra with singers from The Apollo Club, The Heritage Chorale, and VOICES Boston, we will present seasonal songs alongside dances and songs by J.S. Bach, Johannes Brahms, Clara Schumann, and Margaret Bonds. BB&B’s winds will continue our celebration of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday, with his masterful Octet op. 103.

Program: Seasonal songs; Dances & songs by Bach, Brahms, Clara Schumann, Margaret Bonds; Ludwig van Beethoven: Octet op. 103

BB&B’s strings will shine with two of the most glorious, gleaming works in the repertoire – the Serenades of Antonin Dvořák and Pyotr Tchaikovsky – each preceded by an overlooked masterpiece: a lyrical Andante from Venezuelan composer and international piano virtuoso Teresa Carreño, and a moving Elegy by Grace Williams, “Wales’ most notable female composer.”

Teresa Carreño: Andante; Antonin Dvořak: Serenade for Strings; Grace Williams: Elegy; Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

We conclude Ludwig van Beethoven’s anniversary festivities with his exuberant Eighth Symphony and his poetic and powerful Violin Concerto featuring rising star Julian Rhee, the winner of several recent international competitions. Raising the curtain will be a newly commissioned overture by Howard Frazin, a favorite living composer of our Faneuil Hall audiences, to celebrate five years as the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society. This concert is dedicated to the memory of Herbert Voigt.

Program: Howard Frazin: New overture *; Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto featuring soloist Julian Rhee; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

*Special commission written for the Bach, Beethoven, & Brahms Society made possible by the support of our generous donors. goes here