SLIDESHOW: A Home Run at Truist Field

Your Charlotte Symphony hit a home run at Truist Field on Saturday! Concert-goers were greeted by Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles and enjoyed a beautiful program celebrating Charlotte with special appearances by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Wiggins, Charlotte Symphony Brass, and Charlotte Knight's mascot Homer the Dragon before enjoying a big fireworks finale. (Photos by Laura Wolff/Charlotte Knights unless otherwise noted.)

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It's a beautiful day in Uptown Charlotte as staff and musicians get ready for the concert on the infield.

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Workers from Atrium Health check temperatures before concertgoers head into Truist Field to find their seats.

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Charlotte Symphony President & CEO David Fisk meets with TV crews for interviews in the press box. (photo courtesy of the Charlotte Symphony)

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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles welcomes the crowd under a skyline lit in CSO teal for the occasion.

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The night's soloist, Jennifer Wiggins opens the concert with a rousing rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

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Music Director Christopher Warren-Green conducts the CSO in Nkeiru Okoye's Charlotte Mecklenburg, a piece commissioned by the Symphony on the occasion of Charlotte's 250th anniversary.

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Ms. Wiggins performs Che faro senza Euridice from Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice.

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The Orchestra receives a standing ovation after a moving performance of Barber's Adagio for Strings.

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Uh-oh... General Manager John Clapp has paused the concert for a conference on the mound with Warren-Green and Concertmaster Calin Lupanu.

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In the meantime, Charlotte Knights mascot Homer the Dragon leads the crowd in an enthusiastic chorus of "Take me out to the ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch.

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After hitting it out of the part, Christopher Warren-Green takes one more swing for the fences before passing the proverbial baton to the Charlotte Symphony Brass.

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Trumpet players Alex Wilborn and Jon Kaplan, French horn player Andrew Fierova, trombonist Tom Burge, and bass trombone player Scott Hartman came on in relief to finish the show.

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After performing works by The Beatles, Leonard Bernstein, and Duke Ellington, the Charlotte Symphony Brass Players waved to a roaring crowd.

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Fireworks light up the sky in Uptown Charlotte.

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Socially-distanced fans enjoy a noisy and illuminating grand finale before heading home.

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