Featuring the Carolina Master Chorale and the Coastal Carolina University Choir Modest Mussorgsky’s famous orchestral showpiece Pictures at an Exhibition (based on paintings by his friend Viktor Hartmann) serves as the focal point for a program of music inspired by visual imagery.  Included are a brilliant portrayal of Fireworks by Igor Stravinsky, a gripping account of the crucifixion from the Virgin Mary’s perspective in Giuseppe Verdi’s Stabat Mater, a dramatic description of the peril and triumph of sea travel in…

Featuring LBS Concertmaster William Terwilliger and actors from Atlantic Stage Our popular concert of macabre masterpieces returns with favorite symphonic classics inspired by the frightful and fantastical. Included are Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Camille Saent-Saëns’ Danse macabre, dramatic excerpts from the play Peer Gynt (including “Hall of the Mountain King”) by Edvard Grieg, Fantasy on “Faust” for Violin and Orchestra by Pablo de Sarasate, Hector Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, and more!

Featuring pianist Ko-Eun Yi A memorable melody is the main “take away” from listening to a piece of music, whether it’s a catchy, humorous set of tunes such as Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture or the sorrowful, intense melodic unfolding heard in the Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber. Extended compositions are often unified by recalling significant melodies heard in the beginning at the work’s conclusion, as in Brahms’ Symphony No. 3, while the manipulation of a melody…