CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO | MUSIC DIRECTOR
MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL RHAPSODY IN BLUE
SUN, SEPT 7, 2025 | 3PM Sophie Mok, conductor
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin: An American in Paris Gershwin: Lullaby Gershwin: Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture
DVOŘÁK: NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
SUN, SEPT 28, 2025 | 3PM Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Samuel Almaguer, clarinet
Barber: Essay No. 2 Copland: Clarinet Concerto Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
BEETHOVEN “EROICA” SYMPHONY
THU, NOV 13, 2025 | 7:30PM Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor Paul Watkins, cello
Jennifer Higdon: Suite from Cold Mountain Schumann: Cello Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
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ALL MOZART
SUN, JAN 25, 2026 | 3PM
Keitaro Harada, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni Mozart: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
SUN, FEB 1, 2026 | 3PM Sophie Mok, conductor
Dvořák: Serenade for Strings Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik
CARLOS MIGUEL PRIETO
CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
THU, MAR 5, 2026 | 7:30PM
Eduardo Strausser, conductor Claire Huangci, piano
Rossini: Overture to La Cenerentola Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
CLAIRE HUANGCI
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
SUN, DEC 7, 2025 | 3PM Katharina Wincor, conductor Rachele Gilmore, soprano Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano Aaron Crouch, tenor Weston Hurt, bass North Carolina Master Chorale
Handel’s stunning masterpiece—performed live by your North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Master Chorale, and soloists to celebrate the season with passion and beauty, including the Hallelujah chorus.
PAUL WATKINS
JENEBA KANNEH-MASON
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