Alpine Symphony with Bruch's Violin Concerto

Name: Alpine Symphony with Bruch's Violin Concerto
Start: 2026-01-09T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-09T21:30:00-05:00
Location: Gaillard Center

Schedule

Fri Jan 09 2026 at 07:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Gaillard Center | Charleston, SC

Experience Richard Strauss’s “Alpine Symphony” as it was meant to be heard—live, immense, and breathtaking. With more than 100 instruments on stage, this musical epic is a rarity in concert halls. Strauss invites us on a dawn-to-dusk trek through the Alps: shimmering sunrise, swirling storms, quiet forest paths, and the hushed majesty of nightfall. It’s a triumphant homage to the natural world—one that lifts the listener’s spirit as high as the mountains themselves.
For this extraordinary evening of German masterworks, the Charleston Symphony welcomes back Carl St. Clair, celebrated Music Director of the Pacific Symphony. Rising star Aubree Oliverson joins the orchestra for Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a beloved masterpiece whose glowing lyricism and virtuosic demands spotlight every facet of a soloist’s artistry.
A concert of rarity, beauty, and sheer orchestral power awaits.