This Friday, Jan. 8, the Charlotte Symphony, conducted by Michael Christie (pictured above)— music director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Phoenix Symphony — will kick off its first performance of the new year at Belk Theater with a reflection on classical masterpieces in the realm of baroque repertoire. This will include Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Fantasia and Fugue,” Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” and Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 4, Italian.”
A pre-concert talk with Michael Christie and violinist Calin Ovidiu Lupanu will take place at 7 p.m. Continues through Saturday, Jan. 9. Tickets are $15-$77. Concert starts at 8 p.m. Belk Theater is located at 130 N. Tryon St. For more information, call 704-372-1000 or click here.
This article appears in Jan 5-11, 2010.
