We Celebrate Ten Years at Meymandi Concert Hall!
Extraordinary Artists: Peter Donohoe, Noriko Ogawa, Jean-Philippe Collard, Navah Perlman, Giora Schmidt, Zuill Bailey, Marvin Hamlisch, The Broadway Tenors, Pink Martini and more…
Acclaimed Guest Conductors: Andrea Quinn, Alexander Mickelthwate, Carlos Miguel Prieto
Exceptional repertoire: Beethoven, Brahms, Adams, Shostakovich, Liszt, Prokofiev, Ginastera, Wagner, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Bruch, Elgar, Britten and more
Four Composer Portraits: Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Adams
Pops: Summerfest Favorite Cirque de la Symphonie Returns for a
Spectacular Indoor Concert at Meymandi Concert Hall
Friday Favorites: A Norman Rockwell Collaboration with the NC Museum of Art, pianist Valentina Lisitsa, Shakespeare in Music
Outstanding Special Events: The Incomparable Lang Lang, a Benefit for the Symphony with Branford Marsalis and Friends, plus our unrivaled New Year’s Eve Celebration
Summerfest: The Wizard of Oz, Tiempo Libre, The Ahn Trio, a Salute to America’s Armed Forces, Our Annual Independence Day Concert with Fireworks
Best Young People’s Concerts Ever: Halloween Magic, Magic Circle Mime Company and Peter and the Wolf
Ambitious programming, incomparable guest artists and repertoire that displays the brawn and talent of the orchestra in a generous span of colors, textures and moods mark the North Carolina Symphony’s outstanding 2010-11 season. “We’re taking a bold view, examining the orchestral canon in big, broad strokes,” says Music Director Grant Llewellyn. “Our intent is to take the audience on a fantastic musical journey over the course of the year. Offering a balanced musical diet is what we strive for as the season unwinds.”
The Duke Medicine Raleigh Classical Series opens September 24-25, 2010 with a powerful program featuring iconic works by Schubert, Mahler and Beethoven. “Mahler is bookending the season as perhaps only Mahler can,” says Llewellyn. “There is probably no other single composer for symphony orchestras who has so stretched the medium. By programming the first movement of Mahler’s last symphony, the Tenth, at the top of the season and ending the season with his Ninth Symphony, we mean to make a powerful statement.” Because Mahler never finished his Tenth Symphony, Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished,” makes a perfect concert companion. Beethoven’s joyful Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, “Triple,” rounds out this first offering and features an exciting trio of emerging young artists: Navah Perlman, piano; Giora Schmidt, violin; and Zuill Bailey, cello.
A focal point of the season will be four composer portraits: a deeper examination of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and John Adams. “We’ll investigate these masters and really get to know them,” says Llewellyn. The Tchaikovsky program includes two well known works: the Overture from the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy and Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra, featuring the Symphony’s exquisitely gifted principal cellist, Bonnie Thron. Likely new to audiences will be the composer’s Symphony No. 7, compiled by Russian musicologist Semyon Bogatiryov using several sources from among Tchaikovsky’s works. It has all the characteristic symphonic sweep that listeners adore.
For the Mozart portrait, the Symphony will collaborate with PlayMakers Repertory Theatre Company and director Joseph Haj in a semi-staged production of Sir Peter Shaffer’s popular play Amadeus. We’ll take a look at Mahler through the lens of his magnificent Symphony No. 9. The John Adams portrait will explore three works that represent the spectrum of his career: Eros Piano, Short Ride in a Fast Machine and Harmonium. Setting up these pieces will be works by Britten and Ives, as well as Beethoven’s rarely heard Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Pianist Christopher Baylor and the North Carolina Master Chorale will join the Symphony for this program.
Other highlights from the season’s repertoire include some of the most celebrated works of the orchestral canon including Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, “Eroica;” Brahms’s Symphony No. 3; Haydn’s Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La passion;” Elgar’s Symphony No. 1; Dvořák’s Symphony No. 5; Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10; and Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 2, “London.” Audiences will hear piano concertos by Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Saint-Saëns, as well as concertos for violin, violin and oboe, and the aforementioned Beethoven “Triple” Concerto. Among the season’s featured soloists will be several North Carolina Symphony musicians: Brian Reagin, concertmaster; Bonnie Thron, principal cello; Dovid Friedlander, associate concertmaster; and Melanie Wilsden, principal oboe.
Extraordinary guest artists on the 2010-11 Duke Medicine Classical Series include several who will be introduced to North Carolina audiences for the first time. In addition to Navah Perlman and Giora Schmidt, violinist Baiba Skride and pianists Peter Donohoe, Jean-Philippe Collard and Christopher Taylor make their North Carolina Symphony debuts next season. Returning to the Symphony will be exceptional pianists Noriko Ogawa and Stewart Goodyear as well as cellist Zuill Bailey.
Highly-praised guest conductors Alexander Mickelthwate, Andrea Quinn and Carlos Miguel Prieto will lead the orchestra in November, January and February. Widely considered one of classical music’s great emerging young talents, Mickelthwate is music director of the Winnipeg Symphony while Carlos Miguel Prieto is the dynamic young music director of the Louisiana Philharmonic. North Carolina Symphony audiences will remember British conductor Andrea Quinn as a finalist in the 2002-04 music director search.
The Fidelity Investments Pops Series will open October 1-2 with Cirque de la Symphonie, a smash hit at the 2009 Summerfest series. Featuring the breathtaking acrobatic feats of some of the world’s top circus performers combined with some of the greatest classical music ever written, this performance will be fun and exciting for the entire family. The Series will also feature Motown legend Mary Wilson of The Supremes, as well as the delightfully entertaining Marvin Hamlisch presenting the Barbra Streisand Songbook with vocalist Julie Budd. Back by popular demand will be the little orchestra that rocked the music world in a big way. Pink Martini, with their mix of Paris café orchestra, classical wizardry and Brazilian samba, bring an unstoppable electric energy to their performances that always leaves us wanting more. The annual Holiday Pops concert in Raleigh celebrates the season with The Broadway Tenors, three outstanding performers who will team up with the orchestra and the Concert Singers of Cary to bring audiences the best of the musical holiday spirit. The Pops season concludes with Blues in the Night, a riveting journey through the history of jazz and blues in America featuring blues duo Phil Wiggins and Corey Harris and sopranos Tina Morris-Anderson and Rozlyn Sorrell.
Friday Favorites, the Symphony’s popular weekday series, again includes three 75-minute daytime concerts. North Carolina Symphony conductors will offer insight from the stage into the music they love.
Resident Conductor William Henry Curry’s October Friday Favorites concert features composer Stella Sung’s Rockwell Reflections, in collaboration with the North Carolina Museum of Art’s planned Norman Rockwell exhibition. In February, pianist Valentina Lisitsa will join Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks for Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No.2, along with by works Borodin, Debussy and Stravinsky. May brings Grant Llewellyn’s Shakespeare-themed look at works by Mendelssohn, Berlioz, Dvořák, Delius and Nicolai.
Chapel Hill, Durham, Southern Pines, Fayetteville, New Bern and Wilmington offer performances that include the same great programs and artists that make up the Duke Medicine Classical Series and Friday Favorites Series, as well as some programs and guest artists heard only in those communities.
“Performing in communities around the state continues to be one of the North Carolina Symphony’s most central missions,” says Llewellyn. “Meeting North Carolinians and taking our music to them is enjoyable to us, and it is hoped, to them.”
Summerfest, the Symphony’s popular open-air concerts under the pines at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre, gets underway on May 29, 2010 for Play with the Pros, featuring area musicians of all ages. June 5 finds the Symphony honoring our troops in Red, White and Blue: A Salute to America’s Armed Forces. On June 12, fiery Cuban jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre will join Resident Conductor William Henry Curry for a night of hot rhythms from Spain, Central and South America. Everyone is invited to an anniversary party on June 19 when we celebrate our 10th season at fabulous Booth Amphitheatre. We’ll perform favorite repertoire from our wonderful decade under the stars. On June 26, we’ll share the stage with the Ahn Trio, one of classical/crossover’s hottest acts in music, featuring three talented sisters performing Kenji Bunch’s Hardware Concerto. Heading down the Yellow Brick Road on July 10, we’ll see the beloved and iconic film The Wizard of Oz on the big screen while the orchestra plays the soundtrack live. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, just enjoy the music! We’ll finish out the Summerfest season on July 17 with two great and powerful works: Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and Saint-Saëns’s titanic “Organ” Symphony. And as always, we’ll be at Regency Park and on July 4 for all the excitement and fireworks of the Triangle’s best Independence Day celebration.
Special Events for the 2010-11 season includes Branford Marsalis and Friends: A Benefit for the North Carolina Symphony. For one special night only, saxophonist and Symphony trustee Branford Marsalis will collaborate with amazing performers from across the musical spectrum, including gospel vocalist Tina Morris-Anderson, old-time string band Big Medicine and blues harmonica genius Phil Wiggins. Grant Llewellyn serves as host for this once-in-a-lifetime event. All proceeds support North Carolina Symphony statewide and education programs. Also on offer is a concert with the incomparable pianist Lang Lang on January 31. Following his appearances at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lang Lang has truly become a global icon as well as an electrifying performer. With the North Carolina Symphony, he’ll play Tchaikovsky’s superb Piano Concerto No. 1. And of course, we’ll welcome in the New Year with Grant Llewellyn, who promises his distinctive mix of fun and surprises to ring in 2011. Concertgoers agree: the North Carolina Symphony’s New Year’s Eve Celebration is the Triangle’s best party!
Young People’s Series concerts are designed to delight children of all ages and their favorite adults. The series opens October 30 with Halloween Magic! A magician will perform mysterious and astounding illusions while the orchestra plays spooky and chilling music including Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette. Kid favorite Magic Circle Mime Company will return to Meymandi Concert Hall on January 22 for The Mozart Experience, a lively show designed to lead the audience in experiencing Mozart’s life as a very human story as well as a great musical adventure. Finally, on March 12, Prokofiev’s thrilling musical story Peter and the Wolf will come to life with actors and dancers to help tell the tale of bravery and teamwork.
Information about subscription options, dates, times and ticket prices is available on the Symphony’s website at www.ncsymphony.org, through the season brochure, by calling Audience Services at 919.733.2750, 10am-5pm,
Complete 2010-11 Season Concert Listing by Series:
2010-11 Duke Medicine Raleigh Classical Series
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
All concerts start at 8pm
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
September 24-25, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Navah Perlman, piano
Giora Schmidt, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Mahler: Symphony No. 10, Movement I
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, “Triple”
Elegant and Elemental
October 8-9, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Sibelius: Tapiola
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
Composer Portraits: Tchaikovsky
October 22-23, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Bonnie Thron, cello
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky/ed. Bogatïryov: Symphony No. 7
From Brahms to Bach – and Back Again
November 5-6, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Dovid Friedlander, violin
Melanie Wilsden, oboe
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Haydn: Divertimento in B-flat
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Orchestra Showcase: Beethoven’s” Eroica”
November 19-20, 2010
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Brian Reagin, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Composer Portraits: Mozart
December 3-4, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
PlayMakers Repertory Company,
Joseph Haj, Producing Artistic Director
A semi-staged production of Sir Peter Shaffer’s beloved play Amadeus, complete with the North Carolina Symphony playing Mozart’s incomparable music.
Orchestra Showcase: Wagner and Elgar
January 14-15, 2011
Andrea Quinn, conductor
Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La passione”
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Slavic Drama
January 28-29, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Baiba Skride, violin
Karel Husa: Music for Prague 1968
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5
A Festive Anniversary: Celebrating 10 Years at Meymandi Concert Hall
February 11-12, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Peter Donohoe, piano
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Orchestra Showcase: Copland and Rachmaninoff
February 25-26, 2011
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Composer Portraits: John Adams
March 25-26, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Christopher Taylor, piano
North Carolina Master Chorale
Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Britten: Young Apollo
Ives: The Unanswered Question
Adams: Eros Piano
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Adams: Harmonium
Musical Destinations
April 8-9, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Noriko Ogawa, piano
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, “London”
Once Upon a Time…
April 15-16, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky/orch. Stravinsky: Bluebird Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Composer Portraits: Mahler
May 13-14, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
2010-11 Fidelity Investments Pops Series
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
All concerts start at 8pm
Cirque de la Symphonie
October 1-2, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Witness the acrobatic feats of some of the world’s top circus performers with some of the greatest classical music ever written. A smash hit at our Summerfest series in July 2009, Cirque de la Symphonie is fun and exciting for the whole family!
Holiday Pops with the Broadway Tenors
November 26-27, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
The Broadway Tenors
Concert Singers of Cary
We light up the holidays with all the glitz and glamour of the Great White Way. Three wonderful Broadway regulars team up with the Symphony and the Concert Singers of Cary for blazing renditions of your yuletide favorites.
Mary Wilson of The Supremes
January 21-22, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
The Supremes, the most famous female trio in music history, had twelve No. 1 songs in the 1960s. Mary Wilson continues to perform and touch countless lives as a goodwill ambassador around the globe. She joins the Symphony for an evening of soulful numbers from Motown’s golden era.
Pink Martini
March 4-5, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Back by popular demand, Pink Martini is a mix of equal parts Paris café orchestra, classical wizardry, and Brazilian samba band. They bring an electric energy that you won’t want to miss.
Marvin Hamlisch presents: The Barbra Streisand Songbook
April 1-2, 2011
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor
Julie Budd, vocalist
Broadway legend and Pops icon Marvin Hamlisch presents this tribute to one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Barbra Streisand. Featuring the show-stopping vocal talents of Julie Budd.
Blues in the Night
May 6-7, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Phil Wiggins and Corey Harris, blues duo
Tina Morris-Anderson, soprano
Rozlyn Sorrell, soprano
Resident Conductor William Henry Curry leads you on a compelling journey through the history of jazz and blues in America.
2010-11 Friday Favorites Series
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
All concerts start at 11:30am
Art in Music
Friday, October 15, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Copland: Suite from The Red Pony
Stella Sung: Rockwell Reflections
(in conjunction with North Carolina Museum of Art’s Norman Rockwell exhibition)
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Debussy: La Mer
Dance in Music
Friday, February 4, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
Shakespeare in Music
Friday, April 29, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
Mendelssohn: Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dvorak: Othello Overture
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
2010-11 Duke Medicine Chapel Hill Classical Series
Memorial Hall, UNC-Chapel Hill
All concerts start at 8pm
Ceremonial Splendor
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
Handel: Suite from Water Music
Gareth Glyn: Enduring City (World Premiere)
Copland: Outdoor Overture
Terry Mizesko: Sundays at Shackleford Banks
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Elegant and Elemental
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Jean-Philippe Collard, piano
Sibelius: Tapiola
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 5
From Brahms to Bach – and Back Again
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Dovid Friedlander, violin
Melanie Wilsden, oboe
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Haydn: Divertimento in B-flat
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Orchestra Showcase: Beethoven’s “Eroica”
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Alexander Mickelthwate, guest conductor
Brian Reagin, violin
Strauss: Don Juan
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
Orchestra Showcase: Wagner and Elgar
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Andrea Quinn, guest conductor
Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman
Haydn: Symphony No. 49 in F minor, “La passione”
Elgar: Symphony No. 1
Slavic Drama
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Baiba Skride, violin
Karel Husa: Music for Prague 1968
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvorak: Symphony No. 5
Musical Destinations
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Noriko Ogawa, piano
Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian”
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2, “London”
Shakespeare in Music
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
Mendelssohn: Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dvorak: Othello Overture
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Composer Portraits: Mahler
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Mahler: Symphony No. 9
2010-11 Southern Pines/Moore County Classical Series
Lee Auditorium, Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines
All concerts start at 8pm
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Navah Perlman, piano
Giora Schmidt, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Mahler: Symphony No. 10, Movement I
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, “Triple”
Composer Portraits: Tchaikovsky
Thursday, October 21, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Bonnie Thron, cello
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky/ed. Bogatïryov: Symphony No. 7
Debussy’s La Mer
Thursday, January 6, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Tapiola
Chabrier: Fête polonaise from Le roi malgré lui
Debussy: La Mer
Liszt and Shostakovich
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Peter Donohoe, piano
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Orchestra Showcase: Copland and Rachmaninoff
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Carlos Miguel Prieto, guest conductor
Ginastera: Variaciones concertantes
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Once Upon a Time…
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite
Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song for Piano and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky/orch. Stravinsky: Bluebird Pas de Deux from Sleeping Beauty
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto
Thursday, May 19, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Mary Boone, flute
Anita Burroughs-Price, harp
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
2010-11 Wilmington/Cape Fear Classical Series
Kenan Auditorium, UNC-Wilmington
All concerts start at 8pm
Ceremonial Splendor
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Walton: Orb and Sceptre
Handel: Suite from Water Music
Gareth Glyn: Enduring City (World Premiere)
Copland: Outdoor Overture
Terry Mizesko: Sundays at Shackleford Banks
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
From Brahms to Bach – and Back Again
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Dovid Friedlander, violin
Melanie Wilsden, oboe
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Haydn: Divertimento in B-flat
Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe
Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Holiday Pops!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Greet the holidays with the North Carolina Symphony’s annual festive concert.
Debussy’s La Mer
Friday, January 7, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Strauss: Don Juan
Sibelius: Tapiola
Chabrier: Fete polonaise from Le roi malgré lui
Debussy: La Mer
Passion and Fire
Friday, February 18, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Bonnie Thron, cello
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme
Haydn: Symphony No. 49, “La passione”
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto
Friday, May 20, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Mary Boone, flute
Anita Burroughs-Price, harp
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
2010-11 New Bern Classical Series
New Bern Riverfront Convention Center
All concerts start at 7:30pm
Art in Music
Thursday, October 14, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Copland: Suite from The Red Pony
Stella Sung: Rockwell Reflections
(in conjunction with North Carolina Museum of Art’s Norman Rockwell exhibition)
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Debussy: La Mer
Dance in Music
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
Shakespeare in Music
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
Mendelssohn: Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dvorak: Othello Overture
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
2010-11 Fayetteville/Cumberland Classical Series
Reeves Auditorium, Methodist University, Fayetteville
All concerts start at 8pm
Art in Music
Sunday, October 17, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Copland: Suite from The Red Pony
Stella Sung: Rockwell Reflections
(in conjunction with North Carolina Museum of Art’s Norman Rockwell exhibition)
Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
Debussy: La Mer
Dance in Music
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
Shakespeare in Music
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Berlioz: Overture to Beatrice et Benedict
Mendelssohn: Intermezzo, Nocturne and Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dvorak: Othello Overture
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet
Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
2010 Summerfest Series
Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
All concerts start at 7:30pm (except on July 10th – start time is 8:30pm)
Tchaikovsky and Beethoven featuring Play with the Pros
Saturday, May 29, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director
Two blockbuster works: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto featuring Felix Cheng, our 2009 Youth Concerto Competition winner, and Beethoven’s inventive Symphony No. 7. We also join forces with some of the area’s finest amateur musicians for our annual Play with the Pros.
Red, White and Blue: A Salute to America’s Armed Forces
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Koka Booth Amphitheatre is the last stop on a five-night tour that includes all four of North Carolina’s major military bases. This concert will pay tribute to the men and women who have kept America safe for generations, as well as some of the distinctive places that make America great.
Tiempo Libre
Saturday, June 12, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director
Join us for a night of Latin fire! Cuban jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre headlines this program of music from Spain, Central America and South America.
Celebrating 10 Seasons at Koka Booth Amphitheatre
Saturday, June 19, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director
Concert Singers of Cary
Summerfest 2010 will be our 10th season at Cary’s wonderful Koka Booth Amphitheatre and we’re celebrating by playing some of our favorite repertoire from past Summerfest seasons. Featuring Verdi’s Triumphal March from Aida, Wagner’s Prelude to Die Meistersinger, and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture complete with choral accompaniment by the Concert Singers of Cary.
The Ahn Trio
Saturday, June 26, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director
With passionate artistry on piano, violin and cello, the Ahn sisters have redefined the chamber ensemble and become one of the hottest acts in classical and crossover music. They share their joy for music beneath the pines in a concert of groundbreaking compositions.
Independence Day
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Join in the fun and celebrate our great nation with the Triangle’s largest Fourth of July festivities, including the Town of Cary’s special fireworks display.
The Wizard of Oz
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor
Experience one of the most beloved films of all time as you never have before – on the big screen at Koka Booth Amphitheatre with the North Carolina Symphony playing the soundtrack live on stage!
Beethoven’s Emperor and Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2010
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Summerfest 2010 closes with two powerhouse works – Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto for piano and orchestra, and Saint-Saëns’s titanic “Organ” Symphony. An unforgettable night of music under the stars.
2010-11 Special Events
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
All concerts start at 7:30pm
Branford Marsalis and Friends: A Benefit Night for the North Carolina Symphony
presented by Highwoods Properties
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist and Symphony Trustee Branford Marsalis invites you to a once-in-a-lifetime concert event, featuring collaborations with a North Carolina Symphony string quartet, old-time string band Big Medicine, gospel vocalist Tina Morris-Anderson, and other amazing performers from across the musical spectrum. Grant Llewellyn hosts this special benefit for the North Carolina Symphony’s statewide and music education programs.
New Year’s Eve Celebration
Thursday, December 31, 2010
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Our popular annual celebration takes on a local flair by featuring the winners of our 2009 Triangle-wide Talent Competition. Let us plan the dinner and dancing while you ring in a happy New Year.
Lang Lang
Monday, January 31, 2011
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Charismatic global icon Lang Lang has taken his dynamic musicality from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to the ceremonies awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He joins us to perform Tchaikovsky’s incomparable Piano Concerto No. 1.
2010-11 Young People’s Concert Series
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
All concerts start at 11am and are presented in a special hour-long format.
Halloween Magic!
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Timothy Myers, conductor
A magician performs mysterious and astounding illusions to the thrilling, chilling sounds of Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette, and more. Wear your costume and join in our Halloween parade.
The Mozart Experience with Magic Circle Mime Company
Saturday, January 22, 2011
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Magic Circle Mime Company
A street musician caught playing the orchestra’s grand piano is offered an on-stage role as Mozart in an upcoming performance. But the play’s not the only thing in this thrilling musical adventure, as the musician, joined by her prankster companion, soon find their world mirroring the life of music’s most famous prodigy.
Peter and the Wolf
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
A delightful favorite for the whole family, Prokofiev’s timeless story of bravery and teamwork is brought to life through music and dance. Also on the schedule: charming works inspired by classic storybook characters, including Huckleberry Finn and Sleeping Beauty.