Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 2:30pm
Wesley United Methodist Church, Hadley, MA
In 1723, when Hamburg, Germany’s officials wanted music for a celebration of the city’s maritime heritage, they turned to their famous local composer, Georg Philipp Telemann. The Overture he gave them captured the motion and character of Hamburg’s main waterway, the River Elbe, from musical portraits of mythological water spirits to the stomping dances of local boatmen.
Telemann’s “Water Music: Hamburg, Ebb and Flow” is the centerpiece of Arcadia Players’ concert “Making Overtures” on Saturday May 2 at 2:30 in Hadley’s Wesley United Methodist Church. Also on the program:
Overtures by two of Telemann’s contemporaries, Johann Caspar Fischer and Johann Bernhard Bach (J.S. Bach’s cousin.)
Andrus Madsen directs the Arcadia Players ensemble.
Tickets at arcadiaplayers.org or at the door.
