Page 8 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2022 BSO violinist Lucia Lin headlines North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra’s Winter Concert B oston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) violinist Lucia Lin will play the Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto No. 1 as the featured soloist highlighting the Winter Concert of the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra (NSPO) on Sunday, February 27. Music Director Robert Lehmann will raise his baton to start the concert at 3:00 p.m. at the Swampscott High School auditorium. The concert program will open with Mikhail Glinka’s “Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture” and conclude with Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 1. Tickets can be purchased in advance on the Orchestra’s website – www.nspo.org – or at Swampscott High on the day of the concert for $30 – $25 for seniors and students. Children 12 and under are admitted free. Violinist Lucia Lin joined the BSO in 1985 and has enjoyed a stellar career as soloist, chamber musician and recording artist. She debuted at age 11 when she performed Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has won numerous competitions, including the 1990 International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She has appeared with the Boston Pops, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and the Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria. She has served • • • Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Lucia Lin will play the Sibelius Violin Concerto as the featured soloist in the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra’s Winter Concert on Sunday, February 27, at 3:00 p.m. at Swampscott High School. as the BSO’s assistant concertmaster, and she also has held concertmaster roles with the Milwaukee Symphony OrASKS | FROM PAGE 7 place got visited by a Hollywood movie crew? A: I don’t know of any. I really don’t know of any. Q: Somebody from the movie crew went down to Town Hall yesterday to do some kind of registration. A: Yeah. A guy was saying they had to get an occupancy permit for the restaurant; they had to get food permits for the catering; I think, a health inspection for the bathrooms they had in the parking lot – and make arrangements for a police detail. We had to shut the alarm system down because they wanted to use fake smoke to give it the apMusic Director Robert Lehman will conduct the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra’s Winter Concert on Sunday, February 27, at 3 p.m. at Swampscott High School. Log on to www.nspo.org for more information. chestra and London Symphony Orchestra. She previously appeared with the NSPO in 2015. pearance of a smoky restaurant, so the Fire Department had to come. One guy came to shut the alarm down. So, there was a fi re detail there all day. They had to get about six to seven permits. Q: Do they share much with you about the movie and the plot and whatnot? A: No, they don’t. Q: So, you probably surfed the Internet to see what you could fi nd out? A: I surfed the Internet and that’s about it; I probably know as much as everybody else does. Q: So today you saw some of the actors who were involved? A: Yeah. Paul Giamatti … he was there. And the other ones Danish Composer Carl Nielsen wrote his fi rst Symphony in 1891-92 and dedicated the work to his wife, renowned sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen. The work is known for its distinctively “Danish” fl avors and Nielsen’s personal style. Out of concern for the health and safety of all musicians and audience members, the NSPO requires all concert attendees to present proof of a Covid-19 vaccination, or proof of a negative Covid-19 test no more than 72 hours prior to the concert. Home tests are not accepted. Patrons will be required to wear masks and socially distance in the auditorium. For more information about the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, visit nspo.org. I really don’t know too well. There’s a young kid … I haven’t really seen him before. Q: They’re pretty protective of the whole movie set. Because yesterday, I asked one of the crew, “Do you mind if I take a picture with nobody in it, of one of the booths in here,” and he got uncomfortable. A: And they were like that yesterday when you went in? Q: Yeah, and there was somebody texting from Town Hall, telling the staff, “You should ask him to leave.” A: I think that’s the production manager. Q: I had reached out – “Can I talk to a contact person? I’m doing a story.” But they were not interested in telling me much of anything. A: I found myself in the same situation. They didn’t tell me much either. Q: There was an interesting crew in last night. I don’t know if you got to talk to any of them. There was one guy who spent some time in Nahant. He was the guy who put in the recommendation for your restaurant four years ago. A: Oh, he did? No, I don’t know him. I wonder which one it was. Well, they got my contact information now, so if somebody wants to use my restaurant again, they will be calling me. Q: So, you would do it again? A: Sure, I would do it again. Yeah, I think it would create a lot of buzz, and I think it’s good for the town. ASKS | SEE PAGE 15
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