2025/26 Masterpiece Series

• Event dates: November 15 & 16, 2025
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Guillaume Pirard, Conductor

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 2 

This concert is a powerful tribute to veterans, honoring their courage and sacrifice through exceptional music that embodies the American spirit. Our stirring program opens with Dudley Buck’s 1879 Festival Overture on The Star-Spangled Banner followed by Morton Gould’s rousing An American Salute. Solemn trumpet fanfares frame Maurice Ravel’s elegant Le Tombeau de Couperin and Barber’s deeply moving Adagio for Strings. Following intermission, Aaron Copland’s grand Symphony No. 3 brings the afternoon to a triumphant resolution. Experience a concert filled with reflection, remembrance, and reverence for those who have served.

Ticketholders are invited to a preconcert talk about the program, led by George Scharr, Cape Symphony Orchestra trombonist from 1989 - 2025. The talk begins one hour before the concert.

• Event dates: January 24 & 25, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Alyssa Wang, Music Director, Conductor
  Awadagin Pratt, Piano

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 3

Come with us to the heart and soul of Vienna, a stunningly beautiful city which over the centuries has given rise to boundless musical brilliance. Your Cape Symphony Orchestra will perform some of its finest. Our captivating program opens with Arnold Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 2, a rich and expressive work that bridges the gap between tradition and modernism. We are then honored to welcome celebrated pianist Awadagin Pratt to the stage, bringing his exceptional insight and intensity to Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23, a masterpiece of elegance and lyrical beauty. After an intermission, Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 7 closes the afternoon with its irresistible energy and triumphant spirit. Don’t miss this wonderful voyage through Vienna’s legendary soundscape, right here on Cape Cod. Music Director Alyssa Wang will conduct. 

Ticketholders are invited to a preconcert talk about the program led by George Scharr, Cape Symphony Orchestra trombonist from 1989 - 2025. The talk begins one hour before the concert.

• Event dates: April 11 & 12, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 4

Experience the beauty of nature through music in this evocative program celebrating the sounds of the natural world. From the mystical call of The Swan of Tuonela to the delicate avian portraits in Respighi’s The Birds, each expressive piece beautifully conveys the wonders of the wild. Rautavaara’s Cantus Arcticus weaves recorded birdsong into an orchestral tapestry, immersing listeners in the haunting soundscape of the Arctic. Following an intermission, Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee will bring vivid depictions of nature’s changing moods to shimmering life in Vivaldi’s beloved The Four Seasons.

Ticketholders are invited to a preconcert talk about the program, led by Assistant Conductor Joe Marchio. The talk begins one hour before the concert.

• Event dates: May 30 & 31, 2026
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  Alyssa Wang, Music Director, Conductor

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

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Masterpiece 5

Celebrate the vibrant spirit of spring with your Cape Symphony Orchestra. This program will awaken the senses and conjure the season of renewal in all its shades of beauty. Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps shimmers with youthful energy and the brightness of a new day, setting the stage for Debussy’s languorous, dreamy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, a masterpiece of impressionistic color and sensuality. After intermission, Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5 unfolds—a journey from darkness and grief to hope and triumph, culminating in the radiant beauty of its famous Adagietto. Let the power and poetry of these works transport you in this brilliant Masterpiece series finale. Music Director Alyssa Wang will conduct. 

Ticketholders are invited to a preconcert talk about the program, led by Assistant Conductor Joe Marchio. The talk begins one hour before the concert.

• Event dates: September 20 & 21, 2025
• Showtimes: Sat 4:00 PM, Sun 3:00 PM
• Featured Artists:

  David Charles Abell, Conductor
  Sofia Hernández Williams, Cello

  Location:
  Barnstable Performing Arts Center
  744 West Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601

Masterpiece 1

Our season opens with American spirit, youthful brilliance, and timeless orchestral mastery. Join us to usher in a new era of exceptional performances at Cape Symphony!