Our Season of Celebration begins with the grand Mozart Symphony No. 31, which made him the toast of Paris. The Symphony’s ongoing commitment to music by women composers continues with the gorgeous Sea Sketches by Grace Williams, depicting the Welsh coast. Elgar’s “Enigma” Variations share musical portraits of friends and family with humor, tenderness, and sweeping emotion.

Haydn: “Rider” String Quartet
Brahms: Piano Quintet

Experience music from the most popular video games of all time with the North Carolina Symphony, featuring Mario™, Zelda™, Halo®, Warcraft®, Final Fantasy®, and more! Gamers and non-gamers alike will be dazzled by synchronized cutting-edge video screen visuals, state-of-the-art lighting, stage-show production, and special on-stage interactive segments.

Barber: Violin Concerto
Chaplin: Smile (Theme from Modern Times)
     Eternally (Theme from Limelight)
     The Kid Fantasy
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Rune Bergmann, conductor
Philippe Quint, violin