Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

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Pre-Concert Talks
Friday Morning Classics

BANK OF AMERICA Classics SERIES All concerts are performed at 8 pm in Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center **Indicates part of 7-concert series
MOZART & MAHLER** Fri Sep 12 \| Sat Sep 13 Christof Perick, conducting Heidi Meier, soprano LISTEN PROGRAM NOTES MOZART Overture and Arias from The Abduction from the Seraglio MAHLER Symphony No. 1, “Titan”	Christof Perick
SCHUMANN PIANO CONCERTO Fri Oct 3 \| Sat Oct 4 Andrew Grams, conducting Ingrid Fliter, piano LISTEN PROGRAM NOTES BERLIOZ Roman Carnival SCHUMANN Piano Concerto in A Minor DVORÁK Symphony No. 8	Andrew Grams
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE** Fri Oct 31 \| Sat Nov 1 Thierry Fischer, conducting Oratorio Singers of Charlotte Scott Allen Jarrett, Director LISTEN PROGRAM NOTES FAURÉ Requiem BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique	Thierry Fischer
GERSHWIN, MOZART & ADAMS Fri Nov 21 \| Sat Nov 22 Alan Yamamoto, conducting Jasminka Stancul, piano LISTEN PROGRAM NOTES GERSHWIN Cuban Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21, “Elvira Madigan” John ADAMS Harmonielehre	Alan Yamamoto
NIGHTS WITH SCHEHERAZADE Fri Jan 9 \| Sat Jan 10 Christopher Warren-Green, conducting Julie Albers, cello MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain HAYDN Cello Concerto in D Major RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade LISTEN PROGRAM NOTES	Christopher Warren-Green
ANDRÉ WATTS PLAYS BEETHOVEN** Fri Jan 16 \| Sat Jan 17 Rossen Milanov, conducting André Watts, piano RAMEAU Overture to Zaïs BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead DEBUSSY La Mer LISTEN	André Watts
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH** Fri Feb 20 \| Sat Feb 21 Christof Perick, conducting BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 LISTEN	Christof Perick
ZARATHUSTRA SPEAKS** Fri Mar 20 \| Sat Mar 21 Christof Perick, conducting Baiba Skride, violin WAGNER Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde MOZART Violin Concerto in A Major STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra LISTEN	Baiba Skride
ALL BEETHOVEN** Fri Apr 3 \| Sat Apr 4 Christof Perick, conducting Oratorio Singers of Charlotte Scott Allen Jarrett, Director Ute Selbig, soprano BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8 BEETHOVEN Ah, Perfido! BEETHOVEN Mass in C Major LISTEN	Scott Allen Jarrett
SEASON FINALE!** Fri May 8 \| Sat May 9 Christof Perick, conducting NICOLAI Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor WEILL Suite from Threepenny Opera MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream STRAUSS Interludes from Intermezzo KÜNNEKE Dance Suite for Jazz Band and Orchestra	Christof Perick