Penobscot Bay Orchestra performs concerts in Belfast and Camden in May.

Concert dates:

2:00 PM Sunday, May 5 at Belfast Unitarian Universalist Church, 37 Miller Street, Belfast, ME
7:00 PM Tuesday, May 7 at John Street United Methodist Church, 98 John Street. Camden, ME

The concert offers orchestral music of Shostakovich, Pietro Mascagni, and Johann Strauss, Jr., along with chamber works performed without conductor that feature members of the orchestra, including Durst’s Adagio for Four Violas. Two of Shostakovich’s best known works will be heard, including the final movement of his Fifth Symphony and his Second Waltz. Mascagni’s beautiful Intermezzo from Cavilierra Rusticana and the Blue Danube Waltz of Johann Strauss, Jr. will complete the program.

This free concert will last about one hour.

The Penobscot Bay Orchestra performs free concerts where donations are accepted to support local charities. This concert series will collect donations for Habitat for Humanity and Maine Needs.

Penobscot Bay Orchestra has grown in 3 short years to an impressive 38 players. The orchestra performs three concerts per year - in December, May, and August - each well performed and to much audience acclaim. The orchestra seems to be filling a great need for classical orchestral music performance in the region, and has experienced audience sizes that fill and even overfill our performance venues.