Saturday, March 29, 2025
7:30 PM
Garde Arts Center, New London

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Taking place on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, the ECSO’s March concert is a dedication to the commitment of armed forces and heralds in Spring. The program will begin with two haunting works from 70 years apart: These Worlds in Us of 2006 by Missy Mazzoli, Musical America’s 2022 Composer-of-the-Year, and Samuel Barber’s 1936 Adagio for Strings, dedicated to the late ECSO Board member, John Anthony.

Appropriately, since the day before is World Piano Day— the 88^th day of the year, for the instrument’s 88 keys—the ECSO will perform Sergei Prokofiev’s excitingly modern Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major from 1921. The soloist is Adam Adov, a Boston Conservatory at Berklee student who won the ECSO’s 2024 Instrumental Competition. Concluding the concert will be Robert Schumann’s sprightly Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Minor, known as the “Spring Symphony,” written in 1841.     

This concert is presented as part of Connecticut Orchestra Month, a statewide celebration of the vibrant orchestral scene across Connecticut. CT Orchestras play nearly 300 concerts each year for more than 185,000 people, including 45,000 students! This March, new and returning audience members can experience and enjoy concerts all month long. Learn more and view the concert calendar at CTOrchestraMonth.org. 

Check out our 2024-25 season program book for more information on each concert, piece, and soloist:

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There will be a pre-concert chat at 6:30pm prior to the concert on March 29. This event is free and open to the public. It will be in the Oasis room located in the Garde Arts Center through the side “G” door entrance. No need to RSVP, just arrive and enjoy. There will be limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis. While you don’t need a ticket to enjoy the lecture, you will need a ticket to get into the concert hall afterwards and ticket scanners will be standing by.

These chats are generously sponsored through a Connecticut Humanities Quick Grant.