THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2020. A new event is scheduled for March 28, 2021.
The Plymouth 400 National Instrumental Festival is a Celebratory Concert which will feature four outstanding orchestras and wind ensembles in a musical commemoration honoring the traditions which have shaped the building of America! Hosted by Plimoth Plantation.
The Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Steven Karidoyanes, honors the Plymouth 400 Anniversary with a visual, vocal and orchestral and spiritual celebration! Award-winning cellist Zlatomir Fung joins the orchestra for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, a New World Concerto of sorts because Dvořák composed it here in America. Choruses from Pembroke, Plymouth North, and Silver Lake Regional High Schools lend their voices to Copland’s Simple Gifts and the Promise of Living, elections that exemplify hope and gratitude. Wampanoag leader, historian, and artist, Jonathan James-Perry stirs Native People’s ancestral heritage with First Light, a reference to the Wampanoag, or People of the Light, by Tonya Wind Singer. The lives of early settlers come into focus through archival photos from Pilgrim Hall Museum set to musical touchstones: Copland’s music from the film, Our Town and Miklós Rózsa’s The Mayflower from the film score to the 1952 film Plymouth Adventure. The Phil honors the many who have walked this place before us.
You can still enjoy the Annual Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra 4th of July Concert via radio or television.
95.9 FM/WATD – Tune in Saturday, July 4 at 7 p.m. The concert will also air across the WATD “Radio Network” which includes AM 1510 WMEX in the Quincy/Boston area and 101.1 FM and AM 1460 WBMS in Brockton. The concert will also be available via the radio.com app and through your smart speaker by saying ‘Play WATD’.
PACTV – Tune in Saturday, July 4 at 6 p.m. to re-live the 2018 concert, and Sunday, July 5 at 7 p.m. to enjoy the 2019 concert!
