Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra Main Stage Concert: "Paint Me a Picture"
Date and Time
Sunday Mar 14, 2027
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
Sunday, March 14, 2026 3 pm - 4:30 pm
Location
The Music Hall Historic Theater
28 Chestnut St, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Fees/Admission
Subscriptions - on sale until the end of 2026 - learn more on our website
Adult: $110
Youth: $20
*an additional $8.75 box office fee may apply per subscription
Individual Tickets
Adults: $33, $43, $53 depending on section
Youth: $10
*an additional $8.75 box office fee may apply per subscription
Contact Information
Erin Dubois, General Manager
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Description
Anna Clyne Color Field
Michael Torke Green
Modest Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
The PSO’s winter concert features a color-filled program that will take audiences on a musical walk through galleries of sound and color, where paintings come to life, hues are translated into music, and each piece offers a distinct visual and emotional landscape. Adding another dimension to the experience, NH artist Nick Skally will create a painting live during the concert, allowing audiences to watch as music takes visual form.
Clyne’s melodic and hazy Color Field draws inspiration from the Color Field painting movement—particularly Mark Rothko’s 1961 work Orange, Red, Yellow—as well as the concept of synesthesia. Synesthesia also inspired the titles of five orchestral “color” works by Michael Torke in the mid-to-late 1980s, including Green, a shimmering, propulsive work filled with rhythmic drive and radiant energy. The concert concludes with Mussorgsky’s iconic Pictures at an Exhibition, a vivid suite that transforms a walk through an art gallery into a sweeping musical journey.
