Capitol Conference Center Symphonic Series
All symphonic concerts begin at 8 p.m. at the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of West Virginia.
Opening Night Celebration!
September 10 & 11, 2010
with guest artists David Kim, violin
Carter Brey, cello
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello
Sponsored in part by: BrickStreet Insurance
Valentina Returns!
October 15 & 16, 2010
with guest artist Valentina Lisitsa, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastorale
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Sponsored in part by: Cecil I. Walker Charitable Trust and McJunkin Red Man Corporation
An Appalachian Autumn
November 12 & 13, 2010
with guest artist Mark O’Connor, violin
Grant Cooper: Appalachian Autumn (World Premiere)
Mark O’Connor: Fiddle Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Sponsored in part by: Thomas Health System and Jackson Kelly, PLLC
A Touch of Tchaikovsky
January 28 & 29, 2011
with guest artist Adam Golka, piano
Douglas Lilburn: Overture: Aotearoa
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Douglas Lilburn: Symphony No. 2
Sponsored in part by: Edmundo & Teresa Figueroa
Additional support provided by: The Bell Law Firm, PLLC and DiTrapano Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC
Classic Expressions
March 4 & 5, 2011
with local favorite artists
Bob Turizziani, clarinet
Vicki Berneking, piano
Deborah Gross, piano
Claude Debussy: Première Rapsodie
Camille Saint Saëns: Carnival of the Animals
Igor Stravinsky: Petrouska (1947 version)
Sponsored in part by: BB&T West Virginia Foundation and Verizon
Song of the Earth
April 15 & 16, 2011
with guest artists Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
and John MacMaster, tenor
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Sponsored in part by: Wells Fargo Insurance Services and West Virginia American Water