Masterworks
Masterworks: Other Worlds
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesExperience music like no other with the Silk Road Ensemble’s Wu Man, the world’s foremost pipa artist, performing the cinematic Concerto No. 2 for Pipa and Orchestra by Jiping Zhao. Also featured on the opening Masterworks program: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Suite and the triumphant Pines of Rome by Respighi.
Masterworks: Romance and Realism
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesPresenting Rachmaninoff’s beloved romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and more.
Masterworks: Carmina Burana
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesOne of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece.
Community Conversation: Pioneering Women Composers – Dame Ethel Smyth, Women’s Suffrage, and Musical Identity
Ridgeview Branch Library 706 1st St SW, Hickory, NC, United StatesCommunity Conversation: Pioneering Women Composers - Dame Ethel Smyth, Women's Suffrage, and Musical Identity
Masterworks: Symphonie Fantastique
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesAcclaimed violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins returns to perform Bruch’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin in G minor.
Masterworks: Landscapes
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesThe symphony’s flagship classical series concludes with two WORLD PREMIERES: Kachina, by Amber Ferenz, and a commission for orchestra of music inspired by the foothills region by American composer Daniel Perttu. Grofé’s picturesque Grand Canyon Suite closes the series.