Long Bay Symphony Announces 2008-2009 Concert Series

http://www.longbaysymphony.com/images/violin2red2.jpgUnder the direction of conductor Dr. Charles Jones Evans, the Long Bay Symphony recently announced the schedule for its 2008-2009 subscription concert season. Performances will include:

• Rhapsody! (Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, 4 p.m., Myrtle Beach High School Auditorium). A program of great works in this freer, more imaginative musical form – featuring Dvorak’s exciting Scherzo Capriccioso, Vaughan Williams’ beautiful Norfolk Rhapsody; Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice (best know from the film Fantasia), Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (re-popularized in the film Somewhere in Time) and Tchaikovsky’s dynamic Capriccio Italien.
• Great Romantics (Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, 4 p.m., Myrtle Beach High School Auditorium). Experience of the vivid colors and emotions of Verdi’s dramatic Overture to La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny), Brahms’ great Symphony No. 2, Chausson’s meditative Poeme and Saint-Saëns lively Introduction and Rondo Capriccios, with acclaimed violinist Asmira Woodward-Page.
• Pictures at an Exhibition (Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009, 4 p.m., Myrtle Beach High School Auditorium). Mussorgsky’s famous masterpiece Pictures at an Exhibition serves as the focal point for a program of music inspired by visual imagery, including Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Debussy’s ethereal Nocturnes, and songs from Mahler’s Des Knaben Wunderhorn and Rückert Lieder - brought to life by world-renowned baritone Tom Fox.
• The World of Dance! (Sunday, March 8, 2009, 4 p.m., Myrtle Beach High School Auditorium). Highlighting the fundamental relationship between music and dance, featuring the world of ballet, Baroque dance, Eastern European folk dance, ballroom, shag and more, all with leading dance companies. Don’t miss this extravaganza - a symphonic “Dancing with the Stars!”

Season tickets range from $105 to $160 for adults and $95 to $140 for seniors. For single shows, tickets for each age group cost $35 to $50 and $30 to $45, respectively.

Long Bay Symphony also offers a series of smaller, more intimate orchestral performances through its 2008-2009 Chamber Concert Season. Concerts will include:

• Messiah (December 6, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, Myrtle Beach). Handel’s perennial Holiday favorite, performed with combined area choirs, outstanding vocal soloists, and the Chamber Orchestra. Through a grant from the Chapin Foundation, this special concert will be free and open to the public (tickets available beginning Nov. 10).
• St. John Passion (March 28 & 29, 2009, Sat. 7 p.m./ Sun. 3 p.m., area locations TBD). The Chamber Orchestra will join with the Carolina Master Chorale and its music director, Dr. Tim Koch, for a memorable performance of J. S. Bach’s powerful musical interpretation of the Passion of Christ, according to the Gospel of St. John.
• Bach to the Future (April 19, 2009, 3 p.m., area location TBD). Popular selections from Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Handel’s Watermusic Suite No 1, Vaughan Williams’ stirring Concerto grosso and Stravinsky’s dynamic Dumbarton Oaks.

General seating tickets for the Chamber season begin at $20/25. Please contact The Long Bay Symphony for more information about tickets for these and other concerts throughout the year (843-448-8379).

Source: Long Bay Symphony

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