Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra season begins

13th Concert Season Opener Newburgh — Maestro Woomyung Choe begins the Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra season at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 29. GNSO’s Hungarian Concertmaster Nicholas Szucs is performing the world premiere of a work by Steve Margoshes “A New Hungarian Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra.” Szucs has established himself as both an orchestral musician and a soloist. First on the program is the Beatrice and Benedict Overture by French composer Hector Berlioz. Concluding the concert is Symphony No. 5 in C# minor-D major by Gustav Mahler. The best known of Mahler’s symphonies, it includes a distinctive funereal trumpet solo and the Adagietto; a love-poem for the beautiful Alma Schindler, his future wife; and subsequently made famous by its use in Visconti’s film “Death in Venice.” A preview at 7 p.m. is a pre-concert introduction to the evening’s music by Gordon Shacklett. Tickets are $25 reserved seating, $20 general admission, $15 seniors, $10 students, children under 7 free. Tickets available at the door. To reserve tickets or for more information, call 913-7157 or visit www.newburghsymphony.org.