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Albany Symphony Orchestra Community Concert

Hudson Crossing Park will host its first major concert event with the Albany Symphony. The concert day will include an immersive outdoor street fair from 5:30pm through the Symphony’s performance which begins at 7:30pm. Pre-concert activities will include featured opening acts by local school and community groups, local craft food and beverage vendors, community art making, and family fun. The Marshall House will also be hosting reenactments telling the story of Baroness Riedesel’s travails during the Revolutionary War from 3pm - 5pm. More information can be found here HERE.

Program: In addition to the new work outlined below, the program will also include Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, summertime favorites such as Stars and Stripes Forever, and singalongs including “This Land Is Your Land” and “Lift Every Voice And Sing.”

FEATURED WORK:

Loren Loiacono and Capital Repertory Theatre, Petticoats of Steel
Inspired by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the origin of the fight for women’s suffrage, Loiacono creates a musical docu-play in collaboration with Capital Repertory Theatre exploring New York’s role at the vanguard of the women’s rights movement.

CONCERT WILL CONCLUDE WITH FIREWORKS OVER THE HUDSON