North Carolina Symphony Announces MOZART AND MARTINIS, 7/12

The North Carolina Symphony presents a special Rush Hour concert event for Triangle residents later this summer. Join the Symphony right after work for "Mozart and Martinis," an intimate celebration of Mozart's most popular masterworks, music full of passion, power, heroism and grace.

Resident Conductor William Henry Curry conducts the orchestra and featured soloist, Associate Concertmaster Dovid Friedlander, in the performance, at downtown Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall, Thursday, July 12 at 6:30 p.m.

The 70-minute program will include selections from Eine kleine nachtmusik, Serenade No. 12, Violin Concerto No. 5 and the full and unforgettable Symphony No. 40, the "Great G minor" Symphony. A martini bar will be available in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets for the concert are just $45 and go on sale tomorrow, Friday, June 1, at 10:00 a.m.

Tickets will be available for purchase online at www.ncsymphony.org or by calling the North Carolina Symphony Box Office at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724. Tickets will also be available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000.