2007 – 2008 Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Concert Series

Symphony Before Sunset

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra
Pre-season FREE concert
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Festival Park
4:00 p.m.

A  unique concert of traditional patriotic favorites, distinctively foreign beats and an emotional performance of “LaFayette” composed by FSO Conductor Fouad Fakhouri


“Tchaikovsky’s Triumphant Fourth”

Methodist University-Reeves Auditorium
Saturday, November 3, 2007
8:00 pm

Wagner’s Tannhauser Overture, William Schuman’s  New England Triptych and Tchaikovsky’s “Triumphant” Symphony No. 4.

Free pre-concert lecture Thursday, October 25, 7:00 – 9:00pm. Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville 
 

“Holiday Extravaganza”

Berean Baptist Church
Saturday, December 1, 2007 
8:00 pm

A jubilant celebration of the season with guest soprano Elizabeth Grayson, former Miss North Carolina.

“Romantic Masterpieces”

Fayetteville State University-Seabrook Auditorium
Saturday, February 16 , 2008  
8:00 pm

FSO presents the world premiere of Heron an original composition by Fouad Fakhouri.

Also experience Brahms’s masterpiece, the Fourth Symphony and Schumann’s cello concerto. 

Free pre-concert lecture Thursday, February 7, 7:00 – 9:00pm. Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville 
 
 
“Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Beethoven”

Methodist University-Reeves Auditorium  
Saturday, April 26, 2008 
8:00 pm

The season finale features masterpieces of three great composers:  Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.

Free pre-concert lecture Thursday, April 17, 7:00 – 9:00pm. Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville