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 Host Joe Brant presents memorable performances by the area’s most prominent orchestras.
Weeknights at 7 p.m.
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March 12, 2009
Host Joe Brant samples the sounds of Schubert and Mozart played in concert by the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Christof Perick. |
March 11, 2009
Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathrusta
North Carolina Symphony, Gerhardt Zimmerman, conductor
Williams: Joyride from Escapades for Alto Sax & Orchestra
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4: Finale
North Carolina Symphony, Gerhardt Zimmerman, conductor
Stephen Jaffe: Cut Time
North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Christopher Rouse: Sarabande from Friandiese
North Carolina Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Thompson: Alleluia
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus, Grant Llewellyn, conductor |
March 11, 2009
Host Joe Brant introduces American Spectrum, the new CD release of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn. We’ll also hear an in-concert performance by the Asheville Symphony. |
March 10, 2009
Today the focus is on the great traditions – and the brand-new energy -- of the revitalized Brevard Music Center Orchestra under its charismatic new Music Director, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart.
Strauss: Emperor Waltz
Brevard Festival Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires: Primavera Porteña (Spring)
Brevard Festival Orchestra, Andres Cardenes, conductor and violin
Bernstein: Times Square (1944) – from On the Town
Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor
Brahms: Scherzo from Symphony No. 3
Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Brevard Festival Orchestra, Keith Lockhart
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March 9, 2009
The Greensboro-based Eastern Music Festival Orchestra pairs front-line soloists with edge-of-the-seat music-making by young artists on the cusp of their orchestra careers. We’ll hear riveting performances led by Music Director Gerard Schwarz.
Mussorgsky: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Jorge Mester, conductor
Haydn: Cello Concerto in C: Finale
Xavier Phillips, cello
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Grieg: Finale from Lyric Pieces, Op 54
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70: I. Allegro
Easterm Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 “Titan”: II. Scherzo
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D: Finale
Midori, violin
Eastern Music Festival Orchestra, David Lockington, conductor |
March 5, 2009
Joe Brant plays selections by the Winston-Salem Symphony. |
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