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Finesse, phantasmagoria at Charlotte Symphony

Forgive me if I devote most of a review to the shortest piece on the Charlotte Symphony program this weekend.

Guest conductor Robert Moody handled Hector Berlioz's huge "Symphonie Fantastique" with vigor and precision. Guest soprano Sarah Jane McMahon sang Samuel Barber's dreamlike "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" with warmth and emotion. But how often do you get to hear this orchestra play a piece it has never done?