Musical Kickoff Party
Sunday, July 13 | 2pm-4pm
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Wednesday, July 16 | 7pm-9pm
Longwood Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra of Boston’s medical community, opens Landmarks’ 2025 concert series at the Hatch Shell, led by guest conductor Ronald Feldman.
Longwood Symphony Orchestra | Ronald Feldman, guest conductor
Gabriel Jojatu, cello
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
David Popper Polonaise de Concert Op. 14
Georges Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 11
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G, Op 88
Best of Boston
Wednesday, July 23 | 7pm-9pm
Featuring a prelude concert by Boston String Academy at 6:30pm.
In celebration of Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s 25th season, Best of Boston showcases some of Boston’s most celebrated composers of the past and present, including familiar music by Leonard Bernstein and John Williams, gems by Florence Price and John Harbison, and featuring the Hatch Shell premiere of Amy Beach’s Piano Concerto, a rarely heard masterpiece.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
Asiya Korepanova, piano
Landmarks repertoire includes:
John Williams selections from film and TV scores
Amy Beach Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor
Leonard Bernstein Candide Overture and Suite
Florence Price Juba from Symphony No. 1
John Harbison Rubies (After Thelonius Monk’s “Rubies, My Dear”)
Peter & the Wolf and More
Wednesday, July 30 | 7pm-9pm
Featuring a prelude concert by Four Strings Academy at 6:30pm.
Prokofiev’s charming Peter and the Wolf has been enchanting audiences of all ages for almost a century, and it is the centerpiece of this program of musical storytelling.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
Keila Wakao, violin
Repertoire includes:
Benjamin Britten Soirées Musicales
Fritz Kreisler Liebesleid and Marche Miniature Viennois
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf
Louis Moreau Gottschalk arr. David KempersBamboula
Antonio Vivaldi “Summer” from The Four Seasons
Mercury Orchestra
Wednesday, August 6 | 7pm-9pm
Mercury Orchestra, led by Music Director Channing Yu, performs Respighi’s majestic Pines of Rome, and Finzi’s poignant cantata Intimations of Immortality.
Mercury Orchestra | Channing Yu, Music Director
New World Chorale | Holly Krafka, Director
Repertoire includes:
Ottorino Respighi Pines of Rome
Gerald Finzi Intimations of Immortality
Debussy & Music of the Sea
Wednesday, August 13 | 7pm-9pm
Debussy’s evocative La Mer and other music depicting the sea and its creatures are featured in our latest collaboration with the New England Aquarium.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
In Partnership with the New England Aquarium, Vikki Spruill, President and CEO
Featuring a prelude concert by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center Summer Choir at 6:30pm.
Landmarks repertoire includes:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The Sea Hawk
Maurice Ravel Une Barque sur l’océan
Paul Gay North Atlantic Sea Songs
Felix Mendelssohn The Hebrides
Samuel Barber Adagio for Strings
Claude Debussy La Mer
Eroica Symphony: Beethoven and Revolution
Wednesday, August 20 | 7pm-9pm
Beethoven and Revolution: Beethoven’s revolutionary “Eroica” symphony was born of the social and political turbulence following the American and French Revolutions, while Boston-based composer and “Sound Chemist” Val Jeanty draws on the cultural heritage of her native Haiti to create revolutionary works of her own.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
Val Jeanty, composer and sound chemist
Adrian Anantawan, violin
Repertoire includes:
Ludwig van Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G, Op. 40
Occidente Jeanty Quand nos Aïeux brisèrent leur entraves
Buyu Ambroise Kote Moun Yo
Val Jeanty Faces
Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Mahler & Ravel
Wednesday, August 27 | 7pm-9pm
This program is presented in conjunction with the Esplanade Association, whose year-round work building community and care of and for the Esplanade (including care of the Hatch Shell lawn) meets their mission “Making life better on the Esplanade for all”.
The 2025 season of Boston Landmarks Orchestra on the Esplanade concludes with two of the greatest works of the late romantic period, the second suite from Ravel’s sensuous Daphnis and Chloe, and Mahler’s towering Symphony No. 1, both heard for the first time at the Hatch Shell.
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, Music Director
Repertoire includes:
Zhou Tian Broken Ink: The Mighty River Runs Eastward
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1
Maurice Ravel Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
From Boston Landmarks Orchestra:
Direction to DCR Hatch Memorial Shell
NOTE: There is NO PARKING on the Esplanade. Please plan to arrive via one of the options below:
| WALKING If entering by foot, you can take one of many footbridges to enter the park. They are all noted on this map. The Hatch Memorial Shell is closest to the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge which is located between Beacon Street and Beaver Place, adjacent to David G Mugar Way. Once in the Esplanade, begin walking right to shortly find the Hatch Shell! |
| MBTA The Hatch Shell is a ten-minute walk from the Arlington MBTA Station (Green Line) and a ten minute walk from the Charles / MGH MBTA Station (Red Line). Find all of the nearby stations on this map. |
| BLUE BIKES Pick up a Bluebike at any station around Boston, Brookline, Cambridge and Somerville and return to a station located conveniently near the Hatch Shell. Find locations on the System Map or mobile app. The closest Blue Bikes station is located where Beacon Street meets David Mugar Way, in front of Beacon Street access to the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge. |
| PARKING (outside of park) Recommended parking locations include Newbury Street lots or the Boston Common Garage. |
| RIDE SHARE Please direct rideshare vehicles to drop you off on Beacon Street near Arlington Street. Cheers is a good reference spot. Once you’ve been dropped off, enter the park on foot via the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge, located between Beacon Street and Beaver Place, adjacent to David G Mugar Way. |
