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South Carolina Philharmonic Launches 62nd Season of Capital Concerts
The South Carolina Philharmonic has launched its 62nd season of Capital Concerts — formerly known as the Masterworks Series — at the Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia, opening October 17 with a performance celebrating the Romantic era of classical music.
The opener, With Love, the Best of the Romantic Period, features Verdi’s Overture to La Forza del Destino alongside works by Rachmaninoff and Brahms. “These works from some of the greatest Romantic composers allow us to showcase our deep emotional engagement with music, something I believe the musicians of the South Carolina Philharmonic excel in,” said Music Director Morihiko Nakahara, who described Verdi’s overture as an attention-grabbing opener that delivers dramatic intensity in seven minutes.
The six-concert 2026-2027 season, themed “Find Your Sound,” continues with Beethoven & Blue Jeans on January 9, 2027, and The Golden Age of Hollywood on February 6, featuring music from some of cinema’s most enduring classics. Highlights across the season include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
“Season 62 is a wonderful reflection of what makes live orchestral music so exciting,” said Executive Director Rhonda Hunsinger. “This is a season made to be experienced together, and we look forward to welcoming audiences throughout the Midlands.”
WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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