Arts Calendar

JUNE 5

Selections from Swan Lake

UNC HEALTH SUMMERFEST

Join the NC Symphony and violinist Elli Choi for music from Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece.

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JUNE 6

A Space Spectacular: Star Wars & More

UNC HEALTH SUMMERFEST

Classic sci-fi film scores, with the NC Symphony. Hosted by The Classical Station’s Richard McCorkell.

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JUNE 9, 11, 12, 16, 18 & JULY 2

Free Patriotic Pops Concerts

NC SYMPHONY

A special series of concerts in six North Carolina towns, from the Piedmont to the coast. FREE.

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JUNE 11

My Brother's Keeper

CIOMPI QUARTET

An all-Baroque performance on period instruments, with works of Bach, Biber, Kuhnau and Marais.

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JUNE 14

Free Choral Concert: Hear My Voice

VOCAL ARTS ENSEMBLE of DURHAM

Reena Esmail’s She Will Transform You, Tallis’s Spem in Alium, and more, at Duke Chapel. FREE.

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JUNE 18

Kind of Blue

CIOMPI QUARTET

Works by the greats of American music: Leonard Bernstein, Bill Evans, Joan Tower and more.

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JULY 2-26

Wintergreen Music Festival 2026

WINTERGREEN RESORT

Virtuoso performances, free coffee talks and fun musical hikes, all in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains.

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JULY 3 & 4

Free Independence Day Concerts

NC SYMPHONY

The people’s orchestra celebrates America 250 in Garner and Cary, North Carolina. FREE.

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JULY 3

Free Patriotic Celebration: America’s 250th

CARY TOWN BAND

Music from our nation’s rich history, narrated by The Classical Station’s Mark Schreiner. FREE.

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Now Playing

Selections from The Skaters

Composed by

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864)

Performed by

Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

Label

Vox

Catalog Number

5130

Today's Playlist

4:00pm Grand Tarantelle

Composed by

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, arr. by Hershy Kay

Performed by

List/Vienna State Opera Orchestra/Buketoff

4:09pm Trio in D, Op. 2 No. 4

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

The Vivaldi Project

4:20pm Violin Sonata in E flat, K. 302

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Gil & Orli Shaham

4:32pm Mallorca, Op. 202

Composed by

Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909)

Performed by

David Russell

4:40pm Romance from Masquerade

Composed by

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Performed by

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Simonov

4:46pm Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F, BWV 1047

Composed by

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Performed by

Mason/English Chamber Orchestra/Britten

4:59pm Canzon No.2

Composed by

Giovanni Gabrieli, arr. by Tim Higgins

Performed by

National Brass Ensemble

5:03pm My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone

Composed by

Percy Grainger (1882-1961)

Performed by

Smirnoff/Moerschel/Drury

5:09pm Were you there?/Steal Away from Spirituals for Strings

Composed by

Morton Gould (1913-1996)

Performed by

London Philharmonic/Klein

5:15pm La Valse

Composed by

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Performed by

Vienna Philharmonic/Previn

5:29pm Fleeting Happiness, a waltz

Composed by

Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)

Performed by

Ensemble Vienna

5:37pm Flute Quartet in B flat, Op. 8 No. 2

Composed by

Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)

Performed by

de Winne/Il Gardellino

5:51pm Serenade for String Quartet, Op. 1

Composed by

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

Performed by

Ying Quartet

6:01pm Impromptu in F minor, D. 935 No. 1

Composed by

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

Performed by

Maria Joao Pires

6:14pm The Swan of Tuonela

Composed by

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Performed by

Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy

6:25pm Minuet from L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1

Composed by

Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Performed by

Balint/Mercz

6:31pm Romance No. 1 in G for Violin, Op. 40

Composed by

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Performed by

Midori/Festival Strings Lucerne/Dodds

6:38pm Concertino in E flat for Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 26

Composed by

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Performed by

Stoltzman/Slovak Radio Symphony/Trevor

6:49pm Music selected by the announcer

6:59pm Villi_Rondine Part 1

Composed by

Giacomo Puccini

8:11pm Villi_Rondine Part 2

Composed by

Giacomo Puccini

9:28pm Villi_Rondine Part 3

Composed by

Giacomo Puccini

10:10pm Lavender and Mulberry Sonatina

Composed by

Anthony Sidney (b. 1952)

Performed by

Cover/Bonachea/Savage

10:19pm The Seasons, Op. 67 (a ballet)

Composed by

Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)

Performed by

Philharmonia/Svetlanov

11:01pm Guitar Quintet No. 9 in C, "Retreat from Madrid"

Composed by

Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)

Performed by

Pepe Romero/Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble

11:30pm Violin Sonata in D, K. 306

Composed by

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Performed by

Perlman/Barenboim

11:54pm Music selected by the announcer