With August just around the corner, thoughts turn to the upcoming performing arts season in Aiken. A mainstay of that calendar is the Aiken Symphony Orchestra, which offers three different
The latest Hartford Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert beautifully pairs Smetana's "The Moldau" with the Chinese classic "The Yellow River" and Beethoven's nature-filled "Pastoral" symphony.
The first Hartford Symphony Orchestra concert of the 2022-23 Masterworks season, "American Adventures," gives works by George Gershwin, Ferde Grofé and Aaron Copland the jazziness or folkiness they deserve. The orchestra also performs Valerie Coleman's short 2020 tribute to COVID-era frontline workers, "Seven O'Clock Shout."
The Courant's top arts picks this week include a multi-act '80s Latin Freestyle tour at Foxwoods, Billy Bragg in Ridgefield, season-opening shows at TheaterWorks, Yale Rep and Hartford Symphony and much more.