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New Music Raleigh
posted by: Jeannie Mellinger, Director of Communications
The fall issue of Opus magazine, due out in November, includes a profile of the North Carolina Symphony’s assistant concertmaster Karen Strittmatter Galvin. You’ll read about the wedding business she ... More »
Teachers Take Center Stage
posted by: Jessica Nalbone, Education Manager
Every August, teachers from across the state flock to Meymandi Concert Hall for the North Carolina Symphony’s Education Concert Workshop. They spend an entire day of their summer vacations learning ... More »
Classical Music, Alive and Well
posted by: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Communications Project Manager
Here’s a music activity you may not have heard of. The world championships of Drum Corps International kicked off with the quarterfinals last night in Indianapolis. Strictly DCI for those ... More »
Your Chance for a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the North Carolina Symphony!
posted by: Amy Russell, Director of Artistic Programs and Partnerships
It’s 7:55 pm and you are settled into your seat in the balcony at the concert hall. The lights are about to dim and then you will be transported into ... More »
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2010-11 New Bern Series: Art in Music
Date: October 14, 2010
Featuring:
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Program:
Stella Sung’s new classic Rockwell Reflections, set to Rockwell’s iconic paintings and performed in conjunction with the North Carolina Museum of Art exhibit, headlines this provocative examination of visual art and its influence. Maestro William Henry Curry guides you through other favorites by Copland and Butterworth, before a dazzling finale in Debussy’s La Mer.
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
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2010-11 New Bern Series: Dance in Music
Date: February 05, 2011
Featuring:
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Program:
Sarah Hicks handpicks a program of wonderful music that inspired or was inspired by the pinnacle of the classical dance form. Renowned soloist Valentina Lisitsa performs Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concerto No. 2, while the orchestra presents legendary works including Debussy’s Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite.
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Debussy: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky: Suite from The Firebird
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2010-11 New Bern Series: Shakespeare in Music
Date: May 01, 2011
Featuring:
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Program:
“If music be the food of love, play on.” Sweethearts, enjoy an afternoon of the best music inspired by the English language’s greatest craftsman. Grant Llewellyn presents Delius’s The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet, as well as romantic selections by Berlioz, Dvorak, Mendelssohn and more.
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
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