Posts Tagged ‘Masterworks’
WESTERN PIEDMONT SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES 2022-2023 SEASON OF MASTERWORKS, FOOTHILLS POPS, AND CHAMBER CLASSICS CONCERTS
HICKORY, N.C. (August 28, 2022) – Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western foothills of North Carolina, announces its 2022-2023 season, Experience the Music. Hear Your Story.…
Read MoreCANCELED: Soundbites: Kinga Augustyn, violin
Soundbites has been canceled this season (April 21, 2023).
Read MoreCANCELED: Soundbites: Britton-Rene Collins, vibraphone
Soundbites has been canceled this season. (February 10, 2023)
Read MoreMasterworks: The New Colossus
Tickets on sale August 15, 2022. The 22-23 Masterworks season closes with a multi-media storytelling concert experience. Nkeiru Okoye’s personal response to 9/11, Voices Shouting Out, opens the concert. Acclaimed violinist Kinga Augustyn will perform the Korngold Concerto for Violin. The evening culminates with Peter Boyer’s visual telling of the immigrant experience, Ellis Island: the Dream of America.
Read MoreMasterworks: Mighty Mahler
Tickets on sale August 15, 2022. Western Piedmont Symphony principal flute Laura Dangerfield Stevens performs Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2. Then, the orchestra dives into the masterful Fifth Symphony by Mahler, featuring the adored Adagietto, Mahler’s declaration of love to his wife, Alma.
Read MoreMasterworks: Orchestral Blockbusters
Tickets on sale August 15, 2022. Maestro Matthew Troy leads the Western Piedmont Symphony in an evening of classical favorites old and new. Program includes works by Quinn Mason, Bizet, and Beethoven.
Read MoreMasterworks: Opening Night
Tickets on sale August 15, 2022. Acclaimed saxophonist Joe Lulloff joins the Western Piedmont Symphony for Masterworks: Opening Night. Lulloff will perform the Tomasi Concerto for Saxophone (1949). Program also includes works by Ravel, Franck, and Stravinsky.
Read MoreMasterworks: Poetry in Motion
Award-winning vibraphonist Britton-René Collins joins the Western Piedmont Symphony for Masterworks: Poetry in Motion. Collins will perform the Concerto for Vibraphone (2010) by North Carolina-based composer Nathan Daughtry. Program also includes works by Marquez, de Falla, and Debussy.
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