2024 Summer Stage
Alyssa Wang, conductor
Affordable. Accessible. Music designed for you!
What does accessible mean to BFO? It means we have pay-what-you-can ticket prices that cater to your financial needs. It means our concerts are interactive, educational, and designed for modern audiences. It means you can show up just as you are! Our concerts welcome everyone, so be a part of our growing community and experience live orchestra like you never have before!
The Boston Festival Orchestra's highly anticipated fourth Summer Stage season promises an enchanting journey into the realms of fantasy, storytelling, and boundless imagination. Join us for two spellbinding concerts in the historic Jordan Hall, featuring some of the most imaginative orchestral masterpieces in the repertoire. This extraordinary season will transport you to worlds beyond!
View our Season 4 Program Booklet here to learn more about the BFO!
Scheherazade
A Celebration of Chinese Arts & Culture
July 28, 2024 @ 3:00pm
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
SUNDAY
28
JULY
$50 - Premium (Reserve Your Own Seat)
$30 - General Admission (First Come, First Serve)
$10 - Student (Optional Reserve Your Own Seat)
Join the Boston Festival Orchestra for an unforgettable Summer Stage grand finale. This enchanting afternoon of storytelling begins with the BFO's own pianist, Ruoting Li, as soloist, bringing to life Qigang Chen’s Franco-Chinese masterpiece Er Huang. The orchestra then takes center stage to perform Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, a four-movement adventure inspired by the Arabian Nights tale of a woman who cleverly saves her own life by spinning fantastical stories for the Sultan over 1000 nights. You won’t want to miss the breathtaking conclusion of the BFO’s fourth season!
PROGRAM
*Walk-ins may be turned away due to this concert selling out. Online purchases are encouraged. Check seat map for updates.*
Qigang Chen, Er Huang - Ruoting Li, piano
Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade
Firebird
July 14, 2024 @ 3:00pm
SUNDAY
14
JULY
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
$50 - Premium (Reserve Your Own Seat)
$30 - General Admission (First Come, First Serve)
$10 - Student (Optional Reserve Your Own Seat)
Immerse yourself in a fantastical musical journey at the Boston Festival Orchestra's first concert of the summer, "Firebird." This imaginative program unfolds with Rossini's humorous overture from the opera Semiramide. The orchestra then delves into the contemporary with Missy Mizzoli's electric Orpheus Undone, a modern interpretation of the tragic tale of Orpheus and his lover Eurydice. The grand finale is Stravinsky's beloved ballet, The Firebird, whose astonishing orchestral effects bring to life the mystical folkloric tale of Prince Ivan and the magical creature that saves him.
PROGRAM
Rossini, Overture to Semiramide
Missy Mazzoli, Orpheus Undone
Igor Stravinsky, The Firebird Suite (1945)
New England Conservatory's Summer Orchestra Institute
The Planets
July 20, 2024 @ 2:00pm
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
SATURDAY
20
JULY
$50 - Premium (Reserve Your Own Seat)
$30 - General Admission (First Come, First Serve)
$10 - Student (Optional Reserve Your Own Seat)
New England Conservatory collaborates with the Boston Festival Orchestra to present an epic concert featuring the students of the Summer Orchestra Institute. Occurring just one day before the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, this free educational concert explores the mystery and endlessness of space. The program, aptly named The Planets, showcases Gustav Holst's cosmic masterpiece alongside Kaija Saariaho's companion piece, Asteroid 4179: Toutatis.
PROGRAM
Kaija Saariaho, Asteroid 4179: Toutatis
Gustav Holst, The Planets
Venue Information
Card to Culture
We are proud to participate in Mass Cultural Council's Card to Culture program in collaboration with the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Public Health's WIC Nutrition Program, the Massachusetts Health Connector, and hundreds of organizations by making cultural programming accessible to those for whom cost is a participation barrier.
Community members participating in the EBT, WIC, or ConnectorCare programs can enjoy BFO events free of charge. Through the BFO's pay-what-you-can ticket model, patrons have the option to choose the price that's right for them, including the option to attend for free!
See the complete list of participating organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.