MCC to Host Lowell Chamber Orchestra for “World of Music” Concert

Middlesex Community College is excited to welcome the Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) for a second performance as part of the Spring 2024 “A World of Music” concert series. The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 at MCC’s Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center in Lowell.

Conducted by MCC Music faculty member Orlando Cela, the LCO will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem with The Boston Cecilia chorus and soloists.

“We are so looking forward to hearing the Lowell Chamber Orchestra perform Mozart’s final masterpiece, the ‘Requiem,’” said Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta, MCC’s Chair of Music. “This work was not finished when Mozart died on December 5, 1791, and over the years many composers and musicologists have written concluding sections. In this performance, the unfinished portions of the ‘Requiem’ were completed by Harvard musicologist Robert Levin in the 1990’s. LCO will be joined by the noted Boston Cecilia chorus and soloists, and it will be a truly exciting event!”

“A World of Music” will end the Spring 2024 season with Duo du Sud at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 2 in MCC’s Bedford Campus Concert Hall. Previous concerts include the LCO on Sunday, February 18; A Chopin Celebration on Sunday March 3; Duos and Trios for Oboe, Flute and Piano on Friday, April 5; and a Student Recital on Monday, April 22.

All concerts are free and open to the public.

MCC’s Academic Arts Center is located at 240 Central Street in Lowell. With parking not available on site, the nearest public parking facility is the Early Garage on 135 Middlesex St.

Visit www.middlesex.mass.edu/worldofmusic/ for more information.