Masterworks
Masterworks: Mozart and the Mandolin
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesBluegrass comes to the symphony featuring mandolin artist Jeff Midkiff performing his From the Blue Ridge concerto. Concert includes Rossini's Overture to La gazza Ladra and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.
NEW DATE-Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesSEASON FINALE! Celebrating the centennial of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and composer Peter Boyer launched the Rhapsody National Initiative with Rhapsody in Red, White, & Blue, a vibrant new work reflecting the American landscape, with the pulse, energy, and beauty of our shared identity as Americans. Western Piedmont Symphony is the only orchestra in North Carolina represented in this national symphonic project. Also on the program is the celebrated masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue, the lyrical and vivid Symphony No. 1 by living composer Adolphus Hailstork, and the mesmerizing Bolero by Ravel.