The Boston Festival Orchestra leaps into its third summer season with three innovative concerts showcasing the orchestra’s vivacious spirit and stylistic versatility. Made up of Boston’s all-star local professional musicians, the BFO is dedicated to creating a one-of-a-kind experience for its audience through creative and approachable performance that welcomes newcomers and seasoned concert-goers alike. By blending familiar classics with exciting new works by the game-changing composers of today, the BFO’s Summer Stage concerts are a great destination for family, friends, and everyone in Boston’s local summer community. This season’s programs explore the concepts of movement and motion, and consider the ways that we journey together as a community.

PROGRAM

Jean Sibelius, Valse Triste

William Grant Still, Patterns

Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances

Gabriela Lena Frank, Elegía Andina

Zoltán Kodály, Dances of Galanta