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Salisbury Symphony Celebrates Spring

3/17/2009

The Salisbury-Rowan Symphony Society invites you to celebrate the first day of spring, Saturday, March 21st, with the Salisbury Symphony and glorious music! The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Keppel Auditorium on the Catawba College campus, and is sponsored by Bill and Nancy Stanback.

The concert begins with Stravinsky’s String Concerto in D. Stravinsky is notorious for his “infamous” Rite of Spring (interestingly), but the String Concerto, composed some twenty years later, is less shocking although containing all the energy and intensity one would expect from this composer.

Louis Goldstein is the featured solo pianist in this concert, and his reputation as a virtuoso is perfect for Mozart’s Piano Concert in D Minor, a piece that “presumed a prominent role for the soloist.” Mr. Goldstein is a Professor of Music at Wake Forest University and has performed widely in the United States, most notably at the Hollywood Bowl, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City. He has also performed in many countries around the world, and his recordings have garnered accolades from the press and fellow musicians.

It is the entire orchestra that shines in the final number, Rimsky-Korsakov’s masterpiece Scheherazade, music based on One Thousand and One Nights. “Scheherazade transports the listener to an exotic, oriental fairy-tale world of magic carpets, magicians, genies, and magic lamps”!

Program Notes for the entire concert may be found by visiting the Symphony’s website at salisburysymphony.org.

Tickets to the concert are $20 for adults, $17 for seniors (60 and older), $6 for students, and $4 for children 8 years and younger, and may be purchased at any of the ticket outlets: Belk, Rowan County Convention & Visitors Bureau, A Step In Time, Sidewalk Deli, Escape the Daily Grind (Spencer), or Crescent Pharmacy (Rockwell). The Salisbury Symphony is also offering “Balcony For A Buck” for this concert; simply come to the box office between 6:30 and 7:30 the evening of the performance to buy this special ticket. For ticket and concert information, call 704-637-4314, or visit www.salisburysymphony.org.