Sunset Serenade: West Side Story
5/26/2013 8:00 PM
West Side Story. The dramatic setting turns the city into a stage with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra led by guest conductor Yuriy Bekker, who is also CSO Concertmaster & Acting Artistic Director. Guest soloists include world-class singers who have performed with the Metropolitan Opera. Admission is free and no tickets are needed. Guests may want to bring lawn chairs or blankets.
Yuriy Bekker, guest conductor
Melissa Battales, soprano
Jennifer Luiken, mezzo-soprano
Eric Maggiore, tenor
KANDER- Chicago
SAINT SAENS- Bacchanale
SAINT SAENS- Mon Couer
BIZET- Habanera from Carmen
BERNSTEIN- What A Movie
BERNSTEIN- West Side Story Concert Suite
WEBBER- Don't Cry for Me Argentina
GLINKA- Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
US Custom House- Map & Directions
Concord Street Side
200 East Bay Street
CSO Remix: A Night in Monte Carlo
6/21/2013 8:00 PM
Presented by CSO Remix and the Charleston Library Society
Join these young professional groups for an evening of food, drinks, games, and music by the CSO Remix quartet.
Reduced ticket prices for Remix members--- only $50!
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Fiesta
10/4/2013 7:30 PM
James Stephenson, guest conductor
Dancefx Charleston, dancers
An audience favorite, James Stephenson made his Charleston conducting debut in December 2012 with the Holiday Pops concert. This season he will bring a program created just for the CSO with sultry Latin rhythms and a feisty brass section. Continuing a partnership also begun in the 2012-13 season, special guest dancers from Dancefx Charleston will also perform.
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Individual concert tickets will go on sale in September 2013.
Fiesta
10/5/2013 7:30 PM
James Stephenson, guest conductor
Dancefx Charleston, dancers
An audience favorite, James Stephenson made his Charleston conducting debut in December 2012 with the Holiday Pops concert. This season he will bring a program created just for the CSO with sultry Latin rhythms and a feisty brass section. Continuing a partnership also begun in the 2012-13 season, special guest dancers from Dancefx Charleston will also perform.
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Individual concert tickets will go on sale in September 2013.
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
10/17/2013 7:30 PM
Perry So, guest conductor | Jennifer Luiken, mezzo-soprano
Robert Schuman- Manfred Overture
Franz Schubert- Selected Songs
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" (orch. Reger)
"Die Forelle" (orch. Britten)
"Du bist die Ruh" (orch. Webern)
"An die Musik" (orch. Reger)
" Nacht und Träume" (orch. Reger"
Antonín Dvořák- Symphony No. 7
The 2013-14 Masterworks Series opens with Schumann’s highly regarded Manfred Overture. Schubert's songs (such as the famous "Die Forelle" or "The Trout") from various song cyles, orchestrated by other famous composers, will also be featured. Dvořák’s inspiration for Symphony No. 7 was Brahms’ Third Symphony, but is also a nationalistic and patriotic proclamation in recognition of personal and political struggles.
One of the inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellows at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conductor and CSO Music Director search candidate Perry So received the first and special prizes at the Fifth International Prokofiev Conducting Competition in 2008. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Luiken is a local singer that often performs with the CSO. She is a member of the vocal faculty of Charleston Southern University.
From the Stage - Pre-concert talks are held each concert night from 6:30- 7:00 p.m. These talks are free to all ticket holders.
Sottile Theatre- 44 George Street
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Dvořák Symphony No. 7
10/18/2013 7:30 PM
Perry So, guest conductor | Jennifer Luiken, mezzo-soprano
Robert Schuman- Manfred Overture
Franz Schubert- Selected Songs
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" (orch. Reger)
"Die Forelle" (orch. Britten)
"Du bist die Ruh" (orch. Webern)
"An die Musik" (orch. Reger)
" Nacht und Träume" (orch. Reger"
Antonín Dvořák- Symphony No. 7
The 2013-14 Masterworks Series opens with Schumann’s highly regarded Manfred Overture. Schubert's songs (such as the famous "Die Forelle" or "The Trout") from various song cyles, orchestrated by other famous composers, will also be featured. Dvořák’s inspiration for Symphony No. 7 was Brahms’ Third Symphony, but is also a nationalistic and patriotic proclamation in recognition of personal and political struggles.
One of the inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellows at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conductor and CSO Music Director search candidate Perry So received the first and special prizes at the Fifth International Prokofiev Conducting Competition in 2008. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Luiken is a local singer that often performs with the CSO. She is a member of the vocal faculty of Charleston Southern University.
From the Stage - Pre-concert talks are held each concert night from 6:30- 7:00 p.m. These talks are free to all ticket holders.
Sottile Theatre- 44 George Street
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Individual concert tickets will go on sale in September 2013.
Dvořák Symphony No. 7
10/19/2013 7:30 PM
Perry So, guest conductor | Jennifer Luiken, mezzo-soprano
Robert Schuman- Manfred Overture
Franz Schubert- Selected Songs
"Gretchen am Spinnrade" (orch. Reger)
"Die Forelle" (orch. Britten)
"Du bist die Ruh" (orch. Webern)
"An die Musik" (orch. Reger)
" Nacht und Träume" (orch. Reger"
Antonín Dvořák- Symphony No. 7
The 2013-14 Masterworks Series opens with Schumann’s highly regarded Manfred Overture. Schubert's songs (such as the famous "Die Forelle" or "The Trout") from various song cyles, orchestrated by other famous composers, will also be featured. Dvořák’s inspiration for Symphony No. 7 was Brahms’ Third Symphony, but is also a nationalistic and patriotic proclamation in recognition of personal and political struggles.
One of the inaugural Dudamel Conducting Fellows at the Los Angeles Philharmonic, guest conductor and CSO Music Director search candidate Perry So received the first and special prizes at the Fifth International Prokofiev Conducting Competition in 2008. Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Luiken is a local singer that often performs with the CSO. She is a member of the vocal faculty of Charleston Southern University.
From the Stage - Pre-concert talks are held each concert night from 6:30- 7:00 p.m. These talks are free to all ticket holders.
Sottile Theatre- 44 George Street
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Individual concert tickets will go on sale in September 2013.
Mozart & Dvořák: Night Music and Serenades
10/29/2013 7:30 PM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Antonin Dvořák-Serenade for Strings in E major
The Charleston Chamber Orchestra Series opens with an evening of musical serenades that feature the woodwind and string sections of our orchestra, highlighting the talents of our musicians. Two works on this program are Mozart’s Serenades - one for Winds and one for Strings (the latter being the very popular Eine kleine Nachtmusik). Antonin Dvořák’s enchanting Serenade for Strings is a lilting and tender, yet soaring and lively, piece written during a prolific period in the composer’s life.
Dock Street Theatre- Map
135 Church St.
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
11/14/2013 7:30 PM
Christopher Wilkins, guest conductor | Karen Gomyo, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Cosi fan tutte Overture
Henryk Wieniawski- Violin Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius-Symphony No. 2
Chicago Tribuneas "a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity.” She returns to Charleston to perform Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto, which withstands as one of the greatest and virtuosic violin concertos of the Romantic era. The soaring melodies and divine finale in Sibelius’ Second Symphony make it his most well-known and loved. Guest conductor and CSO Music Director search candidate Christopher Wilkins currently serves as Music Director of the Orlando Philharmonic and the Akron Symphony and last conducted the CSO in March 2012.
From the Stage - Pre-concert talks are held each concert night from 6:30- 7:00 p.m. These talks are free to all ticket holders.
Sottile Theatre- Map & Directions
44 George Street
Individual concert tickets go on sale in September 2013.
Sibelius Symphony No. 2
11/15/2013 7:30 PM
Christopher Wilkins, guest conductor | Karen Gomyo, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart- Cosi fan tutte Overture
Henryk Wieniawski- Violin Concerto No. 2
Jean Sibelius-Symphony No. 2
Chicago Tribuneas "a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity.” She returns to Charleston to perform Wieniawski's Second Violin Concerto, which withstands as one of the greatest and virtuosic violin concertos of the Romantic era. The soaring melodies and divine finale in Sibelius’ Second Symphony make it his most well-known and loved. Guest conductor and CSO Music Director search candidate Christopher Wilkins currently serves as Music Director of the Orlando Philharmonic and the Akron Symphony and last conducted the CSO in March 2012.
From the Stage - Pre-concert talks are held each concert night from 6:30- 7:00 p.m. These talks are free to all ticket holders.
Sottile Theatre- Map & Directions
44 George Street
Individual concert tickets go on sale in September 2013.