Season Opening: Counterpoints on the Rhein
Sun, Oct 05
|Greenfield High School
The Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra & Chorus open our 87th season with a celebration of women composers. Arrive early at 1PM for a pre-concert talk with Dr. David Schneider.
Time & Location
Oct 05, 2025, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Greenfield High School, 21 Barr Ave, Greenfield, MA 01301, USA
About the event
Ethyl Smyth, arr. Anthony Ferreira March of the Women
Anonymous Adoramus Te
Leopold Stokowski Adoramus Te
Clara Wieck Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7
with Yang Liu, piano
Robert Schumann Symphony No.3 "Rhenish"
Tianhui Ng, Music Director
Dr. Allegra Martin, Chorus Director
The Pioneer Valley Symphony launches our 87th season honoring the contributions of women composers. Ethyl Smyth’s rousing March of the Women celebrates the resilient, daring, and effective advocacy of women. The beautiful and entrancing Piano Concerto in A minor by Clara Wieck Schumann forms the centerpiece of the concert, and will feature Yang Liu on the piano. Adoramus Te, long misattributed to Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Stokowski’s sumptuous rendering of it for orchestra prefaces Robert Schumann’s beloved “Rhenish” symphony, exploring the world of counterpoint and chorales.