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Name: The Concord Orchestra presents "Folk Roots"
Start: 2025-12-05T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-06T22:00:00-05:00
Location: 51 Walden Performing Arts Center

The Concord Orchestra presents "Folk Roots"

When

12/5/25 8:00 pm to 12/6/25 10:00 pm EST

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Website: https://www.concordorchestra.com/folk-roots

Location: 51 Walden Performing Arts Center

51 Walden St

Concord, MA 01742

United States

Contact: Margaret Romero

Event Description

The Concord Orchestra presents “Folk Roots” at 8:00pm on Friday, December 5 and Saturday, December 6 at the Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden. The orchestra, conducted by Music Director Zeke Fetrow, performs a program of Zoltan Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon, Johannes Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5, and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Richard Svoboda joins the orchestra to perform Nino Rota’s Concerto for Bassoon A pre-concert talk is scheduled for 7:15pm on Saturday. Tickets for adults and seniors are $25. Admission for youth under 18 is free.

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