This preview has been provided by the North Carolina Symphony.
The North Carolina Symphony will bring to life “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage,” on Saturday, March 7 at 1 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. at Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Raleigh. The concert, which will be led by Associate Conductor David Glover and features Classical Kids Live!, is a wonderful way to introduce youngsters to classical music and makes for a great family outing.
The concert will tell the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s young son Karl, who longs to spend more time with his famous father. The boy receives that opportunity when they attend a performance of The Magic Flute. The audience can follow Karl’s journey as he (and they) learn more about his father’s life and music.
Free pre-concert activities, which begin one hour before the concert, include the MetLife Instrument Zoo, face painting with Paint Savvy, a coloring contest sponsored by Coastal Federal, and Music Makers with Marbles Kids Museum.
These concerts also feature the debut of a partnership between Time Warner Cable and the Symphony in infusing Science of Sound elements into its music education program for 2015-16. Pre-concert activities connected with Science of Sound/Connect A Million Minds will be coordinated by TWC volunteers. For more information about Time Warner Cable’s “Connect A Million Minds” initative, go to www.connectamillionminds.com.
Classical Kids Live! theatrical symphony concerts bring to life Susan Hammond’s best-selling audio stories for student and family audiences. Over two million children and adults throughout North America and abroad have enjoyed these magically staged concerts designed to bring to life the extraordinary lives and the musical masterpieces of the great classical composers.
Tickets to “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage” are $23. For more information, go to the North Carolina Symphony’s website at www.ncsymphony.org, or call 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724. Tickets can also be purchased one hour prior to concert times at Meymandi Concert Hall.
The 2014-15 NCS Kids Young People’s Concerts sponsor is WakeMed. Coloring contest sponsor is Coastal Federal. Science of Sound/Connect A Million Minds sponsor is Time Warner Cable. The concerts are also made possible in part by The Drs. James and Mary Susan Fulghum Fund.
All NCS Kids performances take place on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and again at 4 p.m. at Meymandi Concert Hall in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, located at 2 E. South St., in downtown Raleigh.
About the North Carolina Symphony
Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony gives more than 200 performances 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 66 professional musicians, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and Conductor Grant Llewellyn, Resident Conductor William Henry Curry, and Associate Conductor David Glover.
Headquartered 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.
March 7 Concert/Event Listings:
North Carolina Symphony
“Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage”
David Glover, conductor
Classical Kids Live!
Saturday, March 7, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh
March 7 Program
North Carolina Symphony
“Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage”
David Glover, conductor
Classical Kids Live!
The program consists of excerpts from various Mozart works:
Magic Flute, Overture
Clarinet Quintet, Mvt. 2
Sonata in C Major, Mvt. 1
Magic Flute, Drei Knabchen
Symphony No. 1, Mvt. 1
Allegro in B-flat
Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Flute Quartet in D, Mvt. 2
Magic Flute, “Der Vogelfanger”
Magic Flute, “O ew’ge Nacht”
Magic Flute, “Wie stark”
Magic Flute: Allegro/’Was Klinget’
Minuet in G for Piano
A Little Night Music, Mvt. 1
Ave Verum Corpus
Don Giovanni, Act 1, Finale Minuet
Variations on “Ah, Vous Dirai-je”, Nos. 1, 2, 9, 12
Magic Flute, “Marsch der Priester”
Magic Flute, “Der Holle Roche”
Magic Flute, March
Sonata in A Major, Mvt. 1
Magic Flute, Finale
