NCS Concertmaster Justin Bruns joins Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto to discuss insights and connections behind Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. The music discussed in this podcast will be performed by the North Carolina Symphony as part of the Mendelssohn and Mozart program in New Bern, Pinehurst, Raleigh, and Wilson, N.C.

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Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto shares insights and connections behind our opening weekend program: Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Stravinsky’s dazzling Petrushka, and the centerpiece of the program—Rachmaninoff’s breathtaking Piano Concerto No. 3.

The music discussed in this podcast will be performed by the North Carolina Symphony, with guest pianist Boris Giltburg, at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall on September 18-19, 2026.

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Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto shares the personal stories and connections behind our season finale: Gabriela Ortiz’s Kauyumari, Copland’s iconic Appalachian Spring, and Silvestre Revueltas’ powerful Night of the Mayas.

The music in this podcast will be performed by the North Carolina Symphony Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall at the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts, May 8-9.