This preview has been provided by the North Carolina Symphony. The North Carolina Symphony, led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn will perform some of the most beloved music from the movies Saturday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the 2013 Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series. Gates open at 5 p.m. Children 12 and under are free on the lawn.
Concert-goers can sit back and enjoy the early summer evening, accompanied by the strains of some of film’s most thrilling music including “Raiders March” from the Indiana Jones films and the swashbuckling excitement of Pirates of the Caribbean, along with Diamonds Are Forever, the stirring theme from Out of Africa, and music from Titanic, among many others. And, the Symphony is hosting a costume contest for folks who come dressed as their favorite movie character, with a chance to win free Summerfest tickets, and more.
This summer marks the 28th anniversary of performances in Cary and the orchestra’s thirteenth season in the stunning lakeside pavilion built by the Town of Cary. While performances begin at 7:30 p.m., concertgoers may bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs as early as 5 p.m. to enjoy the striking natural surroundings before the music begins. Children ages 12 and under are free on the lawn, so attending a North Carolina Symphony concert at Booth Amphitheatre is a wonderful summer bargain for families.
The eight-concert Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series offers music lovers a perfect family outing, and once again, concertgoers who display the biggest and boldest culinary skills can win prizes. The Whole Foods Market of Cary Picnic of the Week contest returns for the fourth year. Throughout the summer, groups of concertgoers selected as the best picnickers of that weekend’s concert will receive a $100 gift basket from Whole Foods Market of Cary. Two honorable mentions in the form of $25 gift cards will also be awarded.
Select Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series concerts also feature other pre-concert activities, including instrument zoos for kids.
Tickets and Subscriptions
General admission lawn seating to “At the Movies: A Night of Oscar-Winning Music and More” is $28 in advance, $30 at the door. Covered table seating is also available for $30 in advance, $32 at the door. Children 12 and under are admitted free for lawn seating at all Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series concerts.
Flex tickets on the lawn and covered tables are also available for the entire series, on sale through June 7. Beginning at $84, flex tickets allow music lovers the easiest access to the Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series, for savings of up to 40% when compared to single-concert ticket prices. For more on becoming a series subscriber, visit the Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series page at www.ncsymphony.org/subscriptions.
This year’s series lineup also includes “Classical Mystery Tour,” featuring some of the greatest songs from the Beatles’ songbag, June 8; “Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” featuring pianist Di Wu, June 15; “Broadway Blockbusters,” featuring vocalists Scott MacLeod and Elizabeth Williams-Grayson and Symphony Associate Concertmaster Dovid Friedlander, June 22; “Holst’s the Planets: An HD Odyssey,” featuring the North Carolina Master Chorale, June 29; the Symphony’s free “Independence Day” concert, July 4; and “Classic Celebrations: 1812 Overture,” featuring the Concert Singers of Cary, July 6.
For tickets, visit the North Carolina Symphony website at www.ncsymphony.org or call North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724.
Booth Amphitheatre is located at 8003 Regency Parkway, just past the intersection of US-1 and US-64/Tryon Road, in Cary. Food and beverages, including wine and beer, are allowed on the grounds.
The series is presented by Rex Healthcare and co-sponsored by ABB, First Citizens Bank and the Town of Cary. Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series partners are Balentine and CaptiveAire. Media partners are the News & Observer, Fox 50, and Cary Magazine.
About the North Carolina Symphony
Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony performs over 175 concerts annually to adults and school children in more than 50 North Carolina counties. An entity of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, the orchestra employs 65 professional musicians, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Grant Llewellyn and Resident Conductor William Henry Curry.
Based in downtown Raleigh’s spectacular Meymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts and an outdoor summer venue at Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C., the Symphony performs about 60 concerts annually in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and Cary metropolitan area. It holds regular concert series in Fayetteville, New Bern, Southern Pines and Wilmington—as well as individual concerts in many other North Carolina communities throughout the year—and conducts one of the most extensive education programs of any U.S. orchestra.
Concert/Event Listings:
North Carolina Symphony
Summerfest “At the Movies”
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Saturday, June 1 2013, 7:30pm
Booth Amphitheatre, Cary
Program Listing:
North Carolina Symphony
Summerfest “At the Movies”
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Saturday, June 1 2013, 7:30pm
The Dambusters March from The Dam Busters
Eric Coates
Main Title from Out of Africa
John Barry
Colonel Bogey March from The Bridge on the River Kwai
Kenneth J. Alford
Waltz from Murder on the Orient Express
Richard Rodney Bennett
Irish Tune From County Derry
Percy Grainger
Diamonds Are Forever
John Barry
Orb and Scepter Coronation March
Sir William Walton
Gershwin In Hollywood
Robert Russell Bennett
Suite from Titanic
James Horner/John Moss
Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch
Never An Absolution
Southampton
Hard to Starboard
My Heart Will Go On
Raiders March from Raiders of the Lost Ark
John Williams
Symphonic Highlights from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Hans Zimmer/Paul Lavender
Hoist the colors
Drink up, me hearties
Singapore
I see dead people in boats
Up is down
