Cellist Allison Eldredge, a recipient of the coveted Avery Fisher Career Grant and Musical America’s “Young Artist of the Year”, has enjoyed performing nationally and internationally, from London to Moscow to China to Berlin. She has been called “a cellist afraid of nothing” (Chicago Times) with “virtuosity wholly at the service of the music” (American […]
Manny Abrams is a founding member of the New Philharmonia and recently celebrated his 98th birthday! Some New Phil members, neighbors, family, and friends gathered to celebrate Manny’s 98th with a surprise rendition of Happy Birthday performed in his driveway last weekend. Manny gleefully thanked the party goers as he accepted his flowers and cards, […]
Join us Sunday, March 27 at 3:00pm at Newton North High School for this musical travelogue, including a special tribute to the enduring spirit of the people of the Ukraine during this tragic time. Purchase your tickets here to enjoy fantastic performances from our Classics III soloists. Olga Lisovskaya, soprano A Newton resident, Olga […]
We regret to announce that we have canceled our Classics II concert scheduled for February 5th and 6th due to COVID. Although we value gathering with our musical community, the safety of our musicians and our audience members is our highest priority. We wish everyone a safe, restful, and healthy January and February and we […]
“Have you ever been to a show where you feel an invisible wall between you and the performer? Catie Curtis pulls the walls down.” Mary Chapin Carpenter “Catie makes audiences feel like they’re part of the show. She doesn’t perform at you, she performs for you. Our audiences just adore her.” Matt Smith, Manager, Club […]
Program to feature performances from Newton based stars including internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Catie Curtis, Mayor Ruthanne Fuller and 13-year-old violinist Keila Wakao 2019-20 Schedule Includes Six Other Performances (Newton, MA August 19) The 25th season of Newton’s New Philharmonia Orchestra, Francisco Noya, Music Director, will begin with a special gala concert and reception Saturday, September […]
By Jonathan Blumhofer New Philharmonia Orchestra and music director Francisco Noya presented a concert Saturday night at Newton’s First Baptist Church, which consisted of two favorites by Johannes Brahms played in memory of a departed friend. That person was Susan Kaplan, a longtime Newton resident and arts advocate who passed away in November. The evening’s program, with […]
by Lee Eiseman A pair of all-in performances from the major orchestra of a nearby metropolis rewarded our afternoon drive last Sunday. Newton’s 24-year-old New Philharmonia, yet to learn either fear or hubris, tore into Brahms’s Fourth Symphony and First Concerto at the intensely polychromatic First Baptist Church of Newton with no concessions to their […]
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Opus 98 Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg on May 7, 1833, and died in Vienna on April 3, 1897. He first mentioned the Fourth Symphony in a letter to his publisher on August 19, 1884; about a year later, in October 1885, he gave a two-piano reading of […]