Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
The singularly most important cultural event in North Carolina this season!
Thursday, January 10 at 8:00 pm
Wright Auditorium
Reserved seating by zone: $45/$35/$25/$15.
Available in full or pick-five subscription packages.
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Description
The Grammy Award-winning orchestra is a standard-bearer of innovation and artistic excellence, combining the intimacy and warmth of a chamber ensemble with the richness of an orchestra. Performing without a conductor, Orpheus presents an annual series at Carnegie Hall and tours extensively. They’ve released 71 critically-acclaimed recordings to date, on the Sony Classical, EMI Classics and Decca labels, as well as their own, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Records. ECU’s program is slated to include works by Mozart and Dvorák. Don’t miss this crown jewel in the presenting history of the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series!
Program, subject to change
Perhaps the North Carolina premiere of a new work by composer James Matheson
Mozart’s Concerto for Piano No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595
Dvorák’s Five Bagatelles, Op.47
Mozart’s Symphony No.33 in B-flat major
*Program subject to change
Press
“Stunning.” -The Telegram
“The audience was rapt.” -Huffpost
About the artists
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra creates extraordinary musical experiences that enrich lives and empower individuals through collaboration, innovation, and a passion for artistic excellence. Orpheus strives to be the world’s premier chamber orchestra by performing music at the highest level, challenging artistic boundaries, inspiring the public to think and work with new perspectives, and building a broad and active audience in New York City and around the world.
Javier Perianes’ flourishing international career spans five continents taking him to some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Barbican, Royal Festival and Wigmore Halls in London, Philharmonie and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and Philharmonie in Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, St Petersburg’s Philharmonic Hall, the Great Hall at the Moscow Conservatory, Suntory Hall in Tokyo and Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Last season he performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Finnish and Norwegian Radio, Danish National, City of Birmingham and Hamburger Symphoniker, as well as debuts with Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Basel, RTÉ National, Oslo Philharmonic, Lille and Moscow State Symphony orchestras. He records exclusively for harmonia mundi.
Composer James Matheson has been commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Carnegie Hall.
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Series
This event is a part of the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series. Founded in 1962, SRAPAS presents world-class touring artists to support the quality of life of all eastern North Carolinians.
Tickets
Buy tickets online or call 252-737-5444.