The Assabet Valley Mastersingers (AVM) will present The Seasons, by Franz Joseph Haydn, on Sunday, May 22 at 3:30 p.m. in the Robert R. Jay Performing Center at St. John’s High School, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury. Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Founder and Artistic Director, will conduct soloists Soprano Mary Johnston Letellier, Tenor Gregory Zavracky, and Baritone John Salvi, along with the orchestra and ensemble.
The Seasons was completed in 1801, Haydn’s last major composition. It is highly regarded to be his most mature, carefully crafted, and musical. Its orchestral tone-paintings (instrumental pictures such as soaring birds, leaping lambs, storms, stag hunt, drinking scene, etc.) are abundant and unmatched in any other major work. No musical knowledge is necessary to delight in the simple folk song melodies and vivid orchestral tone-painting.
Tickets may be purchased online or at the door. The price is $25 for general admission and $20 for seniors and
students.
It is an AVM core value to be responsible and community-minded. As such AVM will follow all public health guidelines provided by Federal, state, and local health departments and those of our concert venues. Please check our website for the most up to date information.
Our programs are supported in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Cultural Councils of Ashland, Boylston, Grafton, Marlborough, Northborough, Shrewsbury, Southborough, West Boylston, and Westborough. AVM is also supported in part by grants from the Avidia Charitable Foundation; from
Southborough Community Fund, a fund of the Foundation for MetroWest.