Program:

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565, Johann Sebastian Bach  (1685-1750) arr. Victor Lopez 

 

“In the Hall of the Mountain King” from Peer Gynt Suite No.1, op. 46, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

 

Phantom of the Opera for Strings and Piano, Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) arr. Lee Che-yi 

The Phantom of the Opera • Think of Me • Angel of Music

The Music of the Night • Masquerade • All I Ask of You 

Paula Akbar, violin • Tinder Burris, violoncello

  

Danse Macabre, op. 40 , Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Paula Akbar, violin

 

INTERMISSION

  

Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 527, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

 

Highlights from Wicked, Stephen Schwartz (b. 1948) arr. Ted Ricketts 

No One Mourns the Wicked • The Wizard and I

Dancing Through Life • Popular • Defying Gravity

 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Suite for Orchestra, John Williams (b. 1932) 

I.   Hedwig’s Theme

II.  The Sorcerer’s Stone

III. Nimbus 2000

IV. Harry’s Wondrous World  

Featured Artists

Paula Sisson Akbar, violin

Paula Sisson Akbar attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and received her Master of Violin Performance degree from the Yale Graduate School of Music. She has played in the Oregon, New Haven, and Baltimore Symphonies and the Kennedy Center Opera/Ballet Orchestra. In 2016 Ms. Akbar retired from the National Symphony Orchestra first violin section after 24 years. Ms. Akbar’s violin is crafted by luthier Kate Rickenbacker, whose studio is located in Black Mountain. Ms. Rickenbacker is also a member of the BRO.

Tinder Burris, violoncello

Tinder Burris is an experienced and accomplished musician and string educator.  She has recently retired from Miami-Dade County Public Schools as the Orchestra Director of Southwood Middle School Center for the Performing Arts.  She has a Bachelor's degree in Cello Performance and a Master's degree in Music Education, both from the University of Miami.  She has two daughters; Sara, from Candler, North Carolina and Claire, from Clearwater, Florida.

Online ticket sales will end at 12pm on Thursday, October 26th, 2023. Tickets will be available at the door unless noted here. 

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