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2026 Orchestra Series - Week 1 Illuminations
Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
American voices and luminous reflections open the season in radiant style. Aaron Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring evokes wide-open landscapes and quiet hope, while Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight offers aching, meditative beauty. The evening culminates in Elaine Hagenberg’s soaring Illuminare, a breathtaking choral journey from darkness into light featuring the NHMF/Pemi Festival Chorus.
ARTISTS
Charles Dimmick, Concertmaster
William Gunn, Guest Choral Conductor
PROGRAM
Diamond, David* – Rounds for String Orchestra
Copland, Aaron* – Appalachian Spring Suite
Intermission
Richter, Max – On the Nature of Daylight
Hagenberg, Elaine* – Illuminare
featuring the NHMF/Pemi Festival Chorus
