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North Carolina Symphony Broadcast Concert Series
Hear the broadcast on the last Monday of each month, starting at 8 p.m.
On the last Monday of every month, North Carolina Public Radio brings you a concert from the North Carolina Symphony. They're recorded in performance at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh.
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David Hartman (photo: Dave DeWitt) |
David Hartman, who you may know from his years hosting ABC's "Good Morning America," hosts each of WUNC's broadcasts, bringing you background information on the music, and conversation with the major players in each concert for additional musical perspective.
Here's a snapshot of recent and upcoming broadcasts:
May 5 (note special broadcast date)
Guest conductor: John Mauceri (pictured)
Guest performers: members of the NC School of the Arts Drama Program
Dmitri Shostakovich: "Hamlet"
(This is Shakespeare's tragedy interwoven with music from Shostakovich's 1964 film score.) [More on this performance from WUNC News and The State of Things]
May 26
Resident Conductor: William Henry Curry
Cellist: Bonnie Thron
Roy Harris: Symphony No 7
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto in A minor
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade
June 30
Music Director: Grant Llewellyn
Guest musician: Michael Collins, basset clarinet (pictured)
Felix Mendelssohn: Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Elena Kats-Chernin: Ornamental Air for Basset Clarinet and Orchestra (World Premiere)
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"
July 28
Music Director: Grant Llewellyn
Guest violinist: Ilya Gringolts (pictured)
Guest musicians: the NC Master Chorale and Choral Society of Durham Chamber Choir with soprano Jane Jennings, mezzo Stacey Rishoi, tenor Richard Clement, and bass Nathan Berg
Karel Husa: Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
