Spend a romantic evening on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Palladium as the Carmel Symphony Orchestra (CSO) celebrates Valentine’s Day with a performance of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet Suite, and Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Symphonic Dances.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets start at $67. They’re available at tinyurl.com/CSOvalentine2024 and through the Center for the Performing Arts Box Office by calling (317) 843-3800. Shared boxes are available online. VIP and private box experiences for groups of four or more are available by contacting the Carmel Symphony Development Office at (317) 844-9717.
The evening will begin at 6:30 with some pre-concert romantic surprises in the Palladium side lobbies and atrium. Festivities will include two specialty drinks: Love Potion No. 9 (vodka, strawberry juice, grenadine, two cherries) and Hearts on Fire (a St. Elmo Old Fashioned with two cherries). Each will be available for $13.
After that, it’s an evening of virtuosity and passionate performances featuring acclaimed Spanish violinist Francisco Fullana soloing on the Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. Fullana, winner of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, has been hailed as a “rising star” (BBC Music Magazine), an “amazing talent” (conductor Gustavo Dudamel) and “frighteningly awesome” (Buffalo News). His Carnegie Hall recital debut was noted for its “joy and playfulness in collaboration … it was perfection” (New York Concert Review).
Fullana’s versatility as a performer has brought him to perform with numerous ensembles across the artistic spectrum: from major orchestras such as the City of Birmingham, Vancouver, Pacific, and Buffalo symphony orchestras, the chamber orchestras of Saint Paul and Philadelphia, to the baroque ensemble Apollo’s Fire and the new music driven Metropolis Ensemble. Francisco has worked under the batons of Hans Graf, Alondra de la Parra, Christoph Poppen, Jeannette Sorrell, and Joshua Weilerstein, among many others.
“This promises to be an extraordinary evening filled with passion, artistry, and emotion,” CSO Executive Director Anne Marie Chastain said. “And it will be a great start to celebrating Valentine’s Day.”
Watch Francisco performing solo at tinyurl.com/FullanaPlaysAsturias.