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PROGRAM NOTES

For the final symphonic program of, this, my 30th season with the Plymouth
Philharmonic Orchestra, we felt it important to include concert elements truly
meaningful to us.

• We showcase our commitment to educating our youth by sharing the stage tonight
with the talented members of the South Shore Conservatory Youth Orchestra.
• We present new music we co-commissioned, exemplifying our commitment to
perpetuating our art through creating music that is relevant to our own time.
• Because I would be nothing if it weren’t for the splendid artist-musicians who make
up our orchestra, we highlight their magnificent abilities by performing a true
symphonic tour-de-force — Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s epic Pictures at
an Exhibition.
• And, as a way to come full circle, this special evening includes Ralph Vaughan
Williams’ Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’, stunningly gorgeous music we
last performed together in 1994 — on my very first concert as music director of our
cherished orchestra.

As we approach the close of our 30th season together, please accept my sincere gratitude
for continuing on this musical journey with me. If the demonstrated artistic trajectory
of our great orchestra is any indication, the best is yet to come!
-- Steven Karidoyanes

TONYA WIND SINGER
Wampanoag: Stories for All Time

In 2018 the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra partnered with the Cape Cod
Symphony to commission two new works in observance of the Plymouth
400th commemoration in 2020: Mayflower by Alex Berko and Wampanoag:
Stories for All Time by Tonya Wind Singer.
That concert was initially scheduled for performance in November 2020 – but
the pandemic lockdown cancelled that performance. We felt this music was
too important to not present, so we rescheduled it for January 2022. Then, as
you may recall, Mother Nature threw a blizzard at us on our concert weekend
and that performance was cancelled, too.
In August 2022 we were able to perform Alex Berko’s Mayflower. We are so
grateful to finally perform for you Wampanoag: Stories for All Time by Tonya
Wind Singer.
Wampanoag: Stories for All Time is a symphonic tone poem which honors the
indigenous people who thrived here for centuries before the arrival of the

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