THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, February 8, 2019 Page 7 North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra Winter Concert – Sun., Feb. 17 at Swampscott High School Highlighted by Joseph Foley playing Trumpet Concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel M usic Director Robert Lehmann will conduct the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra (NSPO) in its Winter Concert with a program highlighted by trumpeter Joseph Foley playing the Trumpet Concerto by Johann Nepomuk Hummel on Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m. at Swampscott High School. Antonín Dvořák’s “Slavonic Dances” and Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 complete the program. Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors and students, and children 12 and under are admitted free. Tickets will be available at the door on the day of the concert and are available for advance purchase through NSPO’s website, www. nspo.org. Hummel’s short (under 20 minVALENTINE’S ART WORK: Daniella Quagenti, 7, a second-grader at the Douglas Waybright Elementary School, wears a special heart hat she made this week at the Saugus Public Library at the crafts table. Joining her in the back is her sister, Ava Quagenti, 5, who is a kindergartner at Lynnhurst Elementary School. Paper and supplies will be available at the crafts table now through Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14. (Special to The Saugus Advocate by Amy Melton, head of the Children’s Department at the Saugus Public Library.) utes) but spirited concerto was composed in 1803, and it is well known for its pert rhythms and pleasant melodies. First written for trumpets in the “pre-valve” age, it’s wide range and inflection and dancing quality has made it a popular staple of the classical repertoire. Soloist Joseph Foley is well known throughout New England The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra will perform the Winter Concert of its 71st Dvořák, Hummel and Schumann. as principal trumpet of both the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with the Boston Pops, the Boston Classical Orchestra and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and his recording “Nightsongs” (with Bonnie Anderson) earned critical praise. Robert Schumann’s Symphony No. 4 is a brilliant, if controversial, example of the composer’s work. While some have considered it to contain errors in orchestration, others have regarded it as daring and innovative. Regardless of historical commentary, the work has grown to be regarded as one of the great symphonies of all time. Leonard Bernstein recorded the work with the New York Philharmonic and praised its “image of Romantic Man, the Artist-God, escaping from the treacherous earth on the aerial currents of a masterpiece.” Schumann’s Fourth is today regarded as rising above the blinders and conventions of its time. Antonín Dvořák wrote the Slavonic Dances as a series of 16 orchestral pieces in 1878 and 1866. The NSPO will play Nos. 6, 7 and 8 of Opus 46. Dvorak was inspired to write the dances by the work of Johannes Brahms, whose Hungarian Dances were highly regarded. The North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra plays three subscription concerts at Swampscott High School. The 2018-2019 season marks NSPO’s 71st Anniversary. NSPO is supported in part by a grant from the Swampscott Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information about the NSPO, visit the Orchestra’s website at www.nspo.org or on Facebook. Your career deserves an Encore. Encore Boston Harbor is hiring. Explore thousands of fulfilling careers. You deserve an Encore. In accordance with our host and surrounding community agreements, hiring preference is given to properly qualified residents of the cities of (1) Everett, (2) Malden, and (3) Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Medford, and Somerville.
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