The Vermont Symphony Orchestra will present its popular annual concert in the State House Chambers in Montpelier on Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 p.m. The traditional David M. Wilson Memorial Farmers’ Night Concert, this year entitled “The Luck of the VSO,” is free and open to the public, firstcome, first-seated. The doors will open at 6:45 p.m.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your Vermont Symphony. The Orchestra is indeed lucky to have Sarah Hicks to guest conduct a program of favorites from the British Isles, including Irish Tune from County Derry, Brian Boru’s March, Molly on the Shore, and works by Holst, Elgar, Purcell, Grainger, and Boyce. If luck holds, harpist Heidi Soons has promised to add some Irish jigs and reels.

Farmers’ Night, a series of entertaining winter evenings in the House Chambers of the Vermont Legislature, is an annual tradition in Vermont. The series began in 1923, long before the Interstate was built, when many legislators lived in Montpelier during the session and organized mid-week entertainment for themselves. In recent years Farmers’ Night performances have featured music, poetry, historic displays and more, and the public is welcome. The annual VSO concert has been dedicated to the memory of David M. Wilson, who was prominent attorney, public servant and VSO board chairman.

The VSO Farmers’ Night Concert is sponsored by Chittenden Bank, Green Mountain Power Corporation, and McLean, Meehan, and Rice.

For additional information please visit the VSO website at www.vso.org.