Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2
and Violinist Philippe Quint
FRI/SAT, OCT 11-12, 2019 | 8PM
Rune Bergmann, conductor
Philippe Quint, violin
Barber: Violin Concerto
Chaplin: Suite for Violin and Orchestra
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2
Philippe Quint performs the Barber Violin Concerto and three Charlie Chaplin favorites, building to the triumphant “victory symphony” by Rachmaninoff.
Dvořák’s love letter to America
New World Symphony
FRI/SAT, NOV 14-15, 2019 | 8PM
André de Ridder, conductor
Julia Wolfe: Big, Beautiful, Dark, and Scary
Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Experience the ultimate trip through the galaxy!
The Planets
FRI/SAT, JAN 10-11, 2020 | 3PM
Gemma New, conductor
Women of the NC Master Chorale
Salina Fisher: Rainphase
Debussy: Nocturnes
Holst: The Planets
2019 Grammy winner James Ehnes returns
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
and Violinist James Ehnes
FRI/SAT, FEB 7-8, 2020 | 8PM
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
An evening of jazzy romantic masterpieces
An American in Paris
and Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
FRI-SAT, MAR 13-14, 2020 | 8PM
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Gershwin: “I Got Rhythm” Variations
Roussel: Bacchus & Ariadne
Gershwin: An American in Paris
The pursuit of love and conquest comes alive
Scheherazade
and Pianist Lukáš Vondráček
FRI-SAT, APR 17-18, 2020 | 8PM
Michał Nesterowicz, conductor
Lukáš Vondráček, piano
Fanny Mendelssohn: Overture in C Major
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Grand Finale Celebration
The Rite of Spring
FRI/SAT, MAY 15-16, 2020 | 8PM
Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Wagner: Prelude to Parsifal
Debussy: Jeux
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Grant Llewellyn conducts the earth shattering Rite for his final statement as music director.