2023-2024 Season At A Glance
MASTERWORKS
- Elgar’s “Enigma” (9/22 & 9/23)
- An Evening with Zukerman (10/27 & 10/28)
- Majestic Bruckner (11/17 & 11/18)
- Schwarz Conducts Brahms (1/12 & 1/13)
- The Music of Bernstein and Marsalis (1/26 & 1/27)
- The Planets (3/1 & 3/2)
- Verdi’s Requiem (3/22 & 3/23)
- Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony (4/19 & 4/20)
POPS
- Music of the Movies: Fantasy Films (10/12)
- Holiday Pops! (12/21-12/23)
- Cirque de la Symphonie (1/19)
- Harlem Renaissance (4/6)
Elgar’s “Enigma” Season Opening Weekend
Friday, September 22 | Saturday, September 23, 2023
Thomas Wilkins, Conductor
Michelle Cann, Piano
PROGRAM
Maurice Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin
Florence Price Piano Concerto in One Movement (orch. Trevor Weston)
Edward Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”), Op. 36
Music of the Movies: Fantasy Films
Friday, October 12, 2023
Yuriy Bekker, Conductor
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Dr. Robert Taylor, Director)
Enjoy the first Pops concert of the season with music from these popular fantasy movies: Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Avatar, Willow, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Pirates of the Caribbean, How to Train Your Dragon, and Hook.
An Evening with Zukerman: Tchaikovsky, Mozart, and Vivaldi
Friday, October 27 | Saturday, October 28, 2023
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin and Conductor
Amanda Forsyth, Cello
PROGRAM
Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for Violin and Cello in B-flat Major
Max Bruch Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, “Turkish”
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Majestic Bruckner: Illuminating Sounds of the Symphony
Friday, November 17 | Saturday, November 18, 2023
Carl St.Clair, Conductor
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Dr. Robert Taylor, Conductor)
College of Charleston Concert Choir
PROGRAM
Morten Lauridsen Lux Aeterna
Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 7 in E Major
Holiday Pops!
Wednesday, December 21-Friday, December 23, 2023
Yuriy Bekker, Conductor
Gracie and Lacy, Vocalists
The Charlestones, Vocalists
Jason McKinney, Baritone
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Dr. Robert Taylor, Director)
Schwarz Conducts Brahms with Dvořák’s Cello Concerto
Friday, January 12 | Saturday, January 13, 2024
Gerard Schwarz, Conductor
Julian Schwarz, Cello
Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Antonín Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Cirque de la Symphonie
Friday, January 19, 2024
Yuriy Bekker, Conductor
This Pops concert will include music from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, Bizet’s Carmen, Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, plus Dvořák’s Carnival Overture and Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, and more.
The Music of Bernstein and Marsalis
Friday, January 26 | Saturday, January 27, 2024
William Eddins, Conductor
Bella Hristova, Violin
PROGRAM
Leonard Bernstein Overture to Candide
Wynton Marsalis Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
The Planets with Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto
Friday, March 1 | Saturday, March 2, 2024
Tito Muñoz, Conductor
Maxim Lando, Piano
Women of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus
PROGRAM
Jessie Montgomery Starburst
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Gustav Holst The Planets
Verdi’s Requiem Behind the Baton with Bekker
Friday, March 22 | Saturday, March 23, 2024
Yuriy Bekker, Conductor
TBD, Vocalists
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Dr. Robert Taylor, Director)
College of Charleston Concert Choir
PROGRAM
Giuseppe Verdi Messa da requiem
Harlem Renaissance
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Kellen Gray, Conductor
In this year’s Pops season finale, discover the history and influence of these titans through an evening with the Charleston Symphony that can only be described as an experience!
Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony with Grieg’s Piano Concerto
Friday, April 19 | Saturday, April 20, 2024
Lina González-Granados, Conductor
Paul Sánchez, Piano
PROGRAM
Edvard Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor