Welcome to our 2022-2023 season! We can’t wait to connect again both inside and outside the concert hall. Scroll down to see the concerts we have planned for you this upcoming year.
In addition to our 7 season concerts, we also have a variety of free Community Concerts and a free concert series called Symphony on Tap.
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The Music of John Williams
Pembroke Performance: Friday, October 7, 2022 at 8:00pm | Givens Performing Arts Center, University of North Carolina Pembroke
Fayetteville Performance: Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 7:30pm | Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University
You don’t have to go to a galaxy far far away to experience the iconic music of John Williams. Enjoy themes from your favorites – Star Wars, Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, E.T., Catch Me If You Can, Schindler’s List, Jaws, and many more – as the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra honors the master of film scores.
Something in the Wind
Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 7:30pm
St. John’s Episcopal Church
*Selected Pieces:
- Giuseppe Torelli – Concerto in D Major, Timothy Altman, trumpet
- Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Bassoon, RV 496, G minor, Patrick Herring, bassoon
- More pieces will be added – stay tuned!
Total Concert Run-Time: 1hr 15min
The alluring sounds of our brass and woodwind soloists fill the air this fall at St. John’s Episcopal Church in a delightful assortment of Baroque masterpieces. Featured pieces include Torelli’s Concerto in D Major performed by Timothy Altman, Principal Trumpet and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Bassoon performed by Patrick Herring, Principal Bassoon, among others. There will certainly be something magical in the wind at this chamber performance.
Holiday Brass
Friday, December 9, 2022 | 7:30pm
Haymount United Methodist Church
*Selected Pieces:
- Wassail Song
- Victor Herbert – March of the Toys
- Claude Debussy – Footprints in the Snow
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Suite from The Nutcracker
- Johann Sebastian Bach – Christmas Oratorio No. 62 “Now may your proud foes be afraid”
- Gustav Holst – Christmas Day
- Mykola Leontovich – Carol of the Bells
- O Come, O Come Emmanuel
- Cantique de Noël
- Little Drummer Boy
Get in the holiday spirit with your Fayetteville Symphony Brass Ensemble with this festive and fun program in the beautiful sanctuary of Haymount United Methodist Church. Selected pieces include Tchaikovsky’s Suite from The Nutcracker, Leontovich’s Carol of the Bells, and some of your favorite holiday songs such as Little Drummer Boy and O Come, O Come Emmanuel, among others.
Jubilate Deo
Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 7:30pm
First Presbyterian Church
Total Concert Run-Time: 60 min with no intermission
Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo exemplifies the Psalm 100 text, “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands,” by including movements in seven different languages and drawing from a range of musical influences. Experience influences from different musical cultures as the Fayetteville Symphony and voices from First Presbyterian Church take you on a joyous and worldly journey with Dan Forrest’s beloved, Jubilate Deo.
One Song
Saturday, February 4, 2023 | 7:30pm
Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University
*Selected Pieces:
- Andrew Harris – The Stars Above
- Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3, op.37, C minor, mvmt. I Allegro con brio, Zirui Yin, piano
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Andante from String Quartet No. 1 in D major, op. 11
- Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1, op. 46
Our mission to educate, entertain, and inspire our community will be on full display with our annual side-by-side concert, where the Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra performs alongside our world class musicians. This exciting and collaborative program will feature a new work from North Carolina composer, Andrew Harris, titled The Stars Above. Also highlighted on this program are the 2021 Harlan Duenow Young Artist Concerto Competition Winner, Zirui Yin. Yin will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. We hope you’ll join us for this meaningful performance featuring young musicians.
Update on January 18, 2023: 2021 Harlan Duenow Young Artist Concerto Winner, Gavin Hardy, will not be performing in this concert due to a hand injury. Join us in wishing Gavin a full recovery.
Call Me Maybe
Saturday, March 18, 2023 | 7:30pm
Seabrook Auditorium, Fayetteville State University
*Selected Pieces:
- Felix Mendelssohn – Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Clara Schumann – Piano Concerto, op.7, A minor, Scott Marosek, piano
- Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2, op.73, D major
Explore the beauty and heartache of one of classical music’s most famous unrequited love stories through the music of Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms. Selected pieces include Felix Mendelssohn’s Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Clara Schumann’s Piano Concerto, performed by our Principal Pianist, Scott Marosek, and Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 2.
Fayetteville Celebration
Saturday, May 13, 2023 | 7:30pm
Huff Concert Hall, Methodist University
*Selected Pieces:
- José Moncayo – Huapango
- Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, Fabián Lopez, violin
- Peter Maxwell Davies – An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise
Our season closes with a program that brings together performers from our community to perform alongside the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra in an exciting collaborative concert. Selected pieces include José Moncayo’s Huapango, Astor Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires featuring Concertmaster Fabián Lopez on violin, and Peter Maxwell Davies’ An Orkney Wedding, among others.
We’re EXCITED to announce the following collaborators: The Cape Fear Regional Theatre, Kris Vargas on the trumpet, The Con Fiero Vocal Experience, and Alina Cherkasova.
*Selected Pieces are subject to change
