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UNC Symphony Orchestra

Starts at: 07:30 PM
Location: Memorial Hall

Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute; Laura Smithburg Byrne, harp • Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp; Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 • $15 general admission ($10 UNC students, faculty and staff) • information and tickets, 843-3333

Brooks and Laura

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The flute, harp and UNC Symphony Orchestra take center stage in a concert April 27 featuring Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Concerto for Flute and Harp” and Sergei Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 2.”
 
The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tickets are $15 general admission ($10 for UNC students, faculty and staff) and are available at the Memorial Hall box office or by calling (919) 843-3333.
 
Flutist Brooks de Wetter-Smith and harpist Laura Smithburg Byrne will be featured in Mozart’s concerto with the UNC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tonu Kalam. The two soloists are faculty members in the music department in UNC’s College of Arts and Sciences. The 100-member orchestra will present “Romeo and Juliet” in the second half of the program.
“Concertos featuring more than one instrument are not all that common, and this particular Mozart concerto combining flute and harp is unique. It’s an absolutely gorgeous work and very popular with listeners. It’s scored for a smaller group of players accompanying the flute and harp,” Kalam said. “The Prokofiev piece is a half-hour-long suite of excerpts from his full-length ‘Romeo and Juliet’ ballet and features the full UNC Symphony Orchestra.”

De Wetter-Smith, the James Gordon Hanes Distinguished Professor, is in demand as a recitalist, concert soloist and master class teacher, having performed in 20 nations and nearly all 50 states. Byrne has performed as a professional harpist throughout the country in Symphony, Ballet and Opera orchestras and is praised for her sensitive performances as well as her spirited collaborations with the area’s finest musicians.
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