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Anthem, Summer, and Winter Bring Enthusiastic Charlotte Symphony Audience to Its Feet

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC -- 

Charlotte Symphony had plenty to celebrate as their 2021-22 Classical Series began: they were playing on the Knight Theater stage for the first time since February 2020, they were beginning what is expected to be their first full season since 2018-19, it's their 90th season, and it's Maestro Christopher Warren-Green's farewell season as CSO's musical director. Happy as Warren-Green and all the musicians appeared to be, there was no hiding that the return was not altogether smooth. The disconnect between what brochures in the lobby said the orchestra would be playing and the reality was fairly dramatic. All three of the selections originally scheduled in the "Russian Masters" program including a Shostakovich symphony, a Glinka overture, and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, featuring Paul Huang were dropped. Now we were three-quarters Italian, with works by Ottorino Respighi, Pietro Mascagni, and Heinrich von Biber served up before intermission and Huang switching off to Antonio Vivaldi's beloved Four Seasons after the break.

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