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Music of the Moment: July 27, 2010
posted by: Amy Russell, Director of Artistic Programs and Partnerships

We presented our final concert of the Summerfest series on July 17th and now is the time to plan for the coming season, as we await the return of our ... More »

Summertime at the Symphony
posted by: Jessica Nalbone, Education Manager

I’m often asked by friends and colleagues what life is like during the summer at the North Carolina Symphony’s Artistic Operations and Education Departments. After all, schools on the traditional ... More »

Our Final 2010 Summerfest Concert
posted by: William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor

Our 2010 Summerfest season ends at Regency Park this Saturday with a classical blockbuster of a program that I will conduct. The concert begins with music from Handel’s Music for ... More »

Pianos on the Street Corner
posted by: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey, Communications Project Manager

"People need to get more music in their lives," says New Yorker Aaron George. We couldn't agree more. Read about a fascinating public art installation by British artist Luke Jerram, ... More »

Events

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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
Date: September 23, 2010
Featuring:
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Navah Perlman, piano
Giora Schmidt, violin
Zuill Bailey, cello
Program:
Threes are wild at the Symphony’s season opening romp. Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony and a movement from Mahler’s Tenth face off with Beethoven’s extraordinary “Triple” Concerto, performed by a trio of world-class guest artists. Don’t miss this bold start to a remarkable new season.

Schubert: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Mahler: Symphony No. 10, Movement I
Beethoven: Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello, “Triple”
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Composer Portraits: Tchaikovsky
Date: October 21, 2010
Featuring:
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Bonnie Thron, cello
Program:
Treat yourself to the Tchaikovsky you’ve never heard. The season’s first Composer Portrait focuses in on the Russian visionary with the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture and virtuosic Rococo Variations. Then judge Tchaikovsky’s impact for yourself with a very rare performance of his posthumous Seventh Symphony.

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Cello and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky/ed. Bogatïryov: Symphony No. 7
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Beethoven's Eroica
Date: January 06, 2011
Featuring:
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Brian Reagin, violin

Program:
Strauss: Don Juan
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Liszt and Shostakovich
Date: February 10, 2011
Featuring:
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Peter Donohoe, piano
Program:
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Orchestra Showcase: Copland and Rachmaninoff
Date: February 24, 2011
Featuring:
Carlos Miguel Prieto, guest conductor
Program:
Ginastera: Variaciones Concertantes
Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Once Upon a Time...
Date: April 14, 2011
Featuring:
Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano
Program:
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
 
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2010-11 Southern Pines Series: Mozart’s Flute and Harp Concerto
Date: May 19, 2011
Featuring:
William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor
Mary Boone, flute
Anita Burroughs-Price, harp
Program:
Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
 
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