Albany Symphony Orchestra

Another fine Albany Symphony Orchestra season ends Saturday when David Alan Miller and company team up with David-Griggs Janower and Albany Pro Musica to perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. We are on record as being in disagreement with just about everyone else in the musical world about the Ninth; we are not convinced that Beethoven’s magnum opus is the greatest piece of music since that first caveman banged two rocks together. However, we are also on record as saying that Miller and the ASO have performed the Ninth in a spectacular and moving fashion. And Albany Pro Musica are a heavenly choir. Also on the bill is the premiere of Along the River of Stars, by Dorothy Chang (pictured). Albany Symphony Orchestra will perform Saturday (May 17) at 7:30 PM at the Palace Theatre (19 Clinton Ave., Albany). Tickets are $23-$46. Today (Thursday, May 15), David Alan Miller will host a concert preview at 1 PM at the Albany Public Library (161 Washington Ave., Albany). For reservations and information, call 465-4663.

Performance

Bard College, Olin Hall, Annandale-on-Hudson. 5/16, 8 PM: The Bard Orchestra will perform the winner of the annual concerto competition. Free. (845) 758-7250.

Beltrone Living Center, 6 Winners Circle, Albany. 5/19, 7:30 PM: The Colonie Town Band and the Beltrone Singers will perform pops and light classical favorites. Free. 459-2857 ext. 303.

Bethesda Episcopal Church, Washington Street and Broadway, Saratoga Springs. 5/18, 4 PM: Organist Farrell Goehring will perform works by J.S. Bach, Vierne and Mulet. Free. 584-5980.

Community Hall, Stage Road, Benson, Vt. 5/18, 3 PM: Capitol Chamber Artists will present the program European Romantics. Works by Beethoven and more. Preconcert recital at 2 PM. $16, $8 students. 458-9231.

The Egg, Empire State Plaza, Albany. 5/16, 8 PM: The Mendelssohn Club of Albany, a men’s chorus, will present their spring concert. $16. 473-1845.

First Congregational Church, 405 Quail St., Albany. 5/17, 8 PM: Capitol Chamber Artists will present the program European Romantics. Works by Beethoven and more. Preconcert recital at 7 PM. $16, $8 students. 458-9231.

Palace Theatre, 19 Clinton Ave., Albany. 5/17, 7:30 PM: Albany Symphony Orchestra will perform Beethoven’s ninth (with guests Albany Pro Musica) and premiere Dorothy Chang’s Along the River of Stars. $23-46. 465-4663.

St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Pittsfield, Mass. 5/18, 3 PM: A Bach and Beyond organ concert with Charles Olegar. Free. (413) 447-7510.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 58 3rd St., Troy. 5/20, noon: Tuesdays at Noon concerts will present cellist Petia Kassarova and pianist Todd Sisley. Duets by Bach, Schumann and more. Free. 273-7351.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Park Square, Pittsfield, Mass. 5/18, 3 PM: The Berkshire Concert Choir will present a Haydn gala, including Te Deum and Mass in Time of War. $15, $12 seniors, students. (413) 243-2140.

Third Reformed Church, Ten Eyck Avenue, Albany. 5/18, 3 PM: Monday Musical Club’s Women Chorus Spring concert. $5, children under 12 free. 463-7276.

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