MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2021 | 8PM
Filmed and recorded live from Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage Raleigh
The North Carolina Symphony, in grateful acknowledgment of its generous grant-in-aid, performs under the auspices of the State of North Carolina, the Honorable Roy Cooper, Governor.
The North Carolina Symphony gratefully acknowledges financial support from Wake County, the City of Raleigh, and the Town of Cary.
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STREAMING SERIES
Concert Sponsor: Galloway Ridge
APPALACHIAN SPRING
SAT, APR 17, 2021 | 8PM
Andrew Grams, conductor Copland: Suite from Appalachian Spring Mozart: Symphony No. 33
RAGTIME KINGS
SAT, APR 24, 2021 | 8PM Wesley Schulz, conductor Enjoy your Ragtime-era favorites with iconic music by Scott Joplin and Jelly Roll Morton including The Entertainer, Maple Leaf Rag, and King Porter Stomp.
BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO
SAT, MAY 8, 2021 | 8PM
Aram Demirjian, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Beethoven: Violin Concerto Concert Sponsor: The Cypress of Raleigh
SAT, MAY 15, 2021 | 8PM Sarah Hicks, conductor Take a musical journey around the world with guest pops conductor Sarah Hicks and the Symphony—from close-tohome gems like Georgia on My Mind, to music from faraway lands including the Argentinian tangos of Piazzolla, and much more. Concert Sponsor: First Citizens Bank
BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 4
SAT, MAY 22, 2021 | 8PM Brett Mitchell, conductor Joan Tower: Chamber Dance Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
AUGUSTIN HADELICH
Thomas Wilkins, conductor Samuel Almaguer, clarinet Copland: Clarinet Concerto Dvořák: Serenade for Strings
POPS AROUND THE WORLD
Concert Sponsor: Penick Village
CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE
SAT, JUNE 12, 2021 | 8PM Wesley Schulz, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie returns for an all-new program with dazzling feats of strength and grace. Acrobats, aerial flyers, contortionists, and strongmen perform awe-inspiring choreography to orchestral favorites that will thrill audiences of all ages.
SARAH HICKS
COPLAND & DVOŘÁK
SAT, APR 10, 2021 | 8PM
SAMUEL ALMAGUER
April 2021–June 2021
Concert Sponsor: UNC Health
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This concert has been postponed.
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MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES Saturday, March 27, 2021 | 8pm
Filmed and recorded live from Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage
Raleigh Joseph Peters, conductor and host Marsha Gordon, special guest Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 I. Allegro con brio John Williams / Arr. Ted Ricketts John Williams: An Evening at the Cinema Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone A.I. The Patriot
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Howard Shore
Concerning Hobbits from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
Pietro Mascagni
Bernard Herrmann / Psycho: A Short Suite for String Orchestra Ed. Christopher Palmer I. Prelude II. The Murder III. Finale Michael Giacchino / Music from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Arr. Sean O’Loughlin
Leonard Bernstein / Arr. Robert Longfield
Mambo from West Side Story
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ABOUT THE MUSIC: MOVIE GUIDE
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART HEARD IN: Amadeus (1984) WATCH ON: • iTunes • Google Play • YouTube HEARD IN: Romeo + Juliet (1996) WATCH ON: Amazon Prime Video
John Williams: An Evening at the Cinema JOHN WILLIAMS HEARD IN: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) WATCH ON: • Peacock • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play HEARD IN: A.I. (2001) WATCH ON: • Amazon Prime • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play HEARD IN: The Patriot (2000) WATCH ON: • Netflix • Amazon Prime
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 SAMUEL BARBER HEARD IN: Platoon (1986) WATCH ON: • Netflix • Amazon Prime Video
Concerning Hobbits from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring HOWARD SHORE HEARD IN: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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WATCH ON: • HBO Max • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play
Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana PIETRO MASCAGNI HEARD IN: Raging Bull (1980) WATCH ON: • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play HEARD IN: The Godfather, Part III (1990) WATCH ON: • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play
Psycho: A Short Suite for String Orchestra BERNARD HERRMANN HEARD IN: Psycho (1960) WATCH ON: • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play
Music from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story MICHAEL GIACCHINO HEARD IN: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) WATCH ON: • Disney+
Mambo from West Side Story LEONARD BERNSTEIN HEARD IN: West Side Story (1961) WATCH ON: • Hulu • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • iTunes • Google Play
ABOUT THE ARTISTS Joseph Peters, conductor and host Joseph Peters, Associate Principal Oboe and English horn with the North Carolina Symphony, previously held Principal Oboe chairs with the Minnesota Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed as guest principal with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and The Florida Orchestra, and for three years, he was a member of the New World Symphony in Florida.
conducted side-by-side concerts for New World Symphony’s MusicLab program. He has been involved in premieres by composers including Aaron Jay Kernis, Jocelyn Hagen, Polina Nazaykinskaya, and Samuel Carl Adams.
In addition to hosting this season’s North Carolina Symphony streaming concerts, Joseph has previously conducted a Holiday Pops concert with the Symphony. He conducts the Taneycomo Festival Orchestra in Branson, Missouri, and was Music Director of the SUNY Buffalo State Philharmonia Orchestra and the Saybrook College Orchestra of Yale University. He has also led a variety of programs at the New World Symphony.
Dr. Marsha Gordon, special guest A Film Studies professor at North Carolina State University since 2002, Marsha Gordon has given talks on American film and cultural history across the United States and in Europe. She has introduced films at venues including the North Carolina Museum of Art and the National Archives, and cofounded Home Movie Day Raleigh. Co-director of three short documentaries and author of two books, she is currently on a Public Scholar Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities. She also appeared on a monthly Movies on the Radio series on WUNC’s show The State of Things for seven years.
Joseph first played with the Minnesota Orchestra at age 18, performing Mozart’s Oboe Concerto. He has also appeared as a soloist with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies, of which he is an alumnus. Long committed to teaching, Joseph was the oboe and conducting instructor at the SoBe Institute of the Arts and
Joseph received a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Minnesota and a master’s degree in music from Yale University.
Please find bios for orchestra personnel performing on this evening’s concert linked on the following pages.
Thank you to the North Carolina Symphony Society Board of Trustees, the North Carolina Symphony Foundation Board, the North Carolina Symphony Chapter Boards, and the many individuals, businesses, foundations, and community partners who support the North Carolina Symphony through contributions each season. Our performances this season, along with our extensive music education program and community service across the state, are made possible by your support. View North Carolina Symphony board members here and a list of our supporters here.
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ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL Grant Llewellyn, Music Director Laureate The Maxine and Benjamin Swalin Chair
Janet Gayer Hall
Wesley Schulz, Associate Conductor The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair
Anton Shelepov
VIOLIN I Brian Reagin, Concertmaster The Annabelle Lundy Fetterman Chair Dovid Friedlander, Associate Concertmaster** The Assad Meymandi and Family Chair Karen Strittmatter Galvin, Associate Concertmaster* To Be Filled, Assistant Concertmaster The Anne Heartt Gregory Chair
Oskar Ozolinch
Jeanine Wynton VIOLA Samuel Gold, Principal The Florence Spinks and Charles Jacob Cate and Alma Yondorf and Sylvan Hirschberg Chair Kurt Tseng, Associate Principal The Betty Ellen Madry Chair To Be Filled, Assistant Principal Petra Berényi
DOUBLE BASS Leonid Finkelshteyn, Principal The Martha and Peyton Woodson Chair Robert K. Anderson, Associate Principal The Dr. and Mrs. Preston H. Gada Chair Craig Brown The Mark W. McClure Foundation Chair Erik Dyke The Harllee H. and Pauline G. Jobe Chair Bruce Ridge The John C. and Margaret P. Parker Chair FLUTE Anne Whaley Laney, Principal The Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stephens Chair
Robert Anemone**
Paul Malcolm
Emily Rist Glover The Jessie Wyatt Ethridge Chair
Christine Martin
Mary E. Boone, Assistant Principal The Dr. and Mrs. Shaler Stidham, Jr. Chair
Amy Mason The J. Sidney Kirk Chair
Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford The Jack and Sing Boddie Chair
Paul Goldsberry The Richard and Joy Cook Chair So Yun Kim The Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Chair Marilyn Kouba The Phyllis (“Pat”) Conrad Wells Chair Eric McCracken The James C. Byrd and Family Chair Maria Meyer The Tom and Mary Mac Bradshaw Chair Eileen Wynne The Harvey At-Large Chair Erin Zehngut The J. Felix Arnold Chair VIOLIN II Jacqueline Saed Wolborsky, Principal The Nancy Finch Wallace Chair
Sandra Schwarcz The Samuel H. and Anne Latham Johnson Viola Chair CELLO Bonnie Thron, Principal The Herman and Marga Roberg Chair Elizabeth Beilman, Associate Principal The Sarah Carlyle Herbert Dorroh Chair Peng Li, Assistant Principal Anonymously Endowed Yewon Ahn Anonymously Endowed Sunrise Kim The William Charles Rankin Chair David Meyer The Nell Hirschberg Chair
PICCOLO Elizabeth Anderton Lunsford The Jean Dunn Williams Chair OBOE Melanie Wilsden, Principal The Hardison and Stoltze Chair Joseph Peters, Associate Principal The Lizette T. Dunham Chair Sandra Posch The Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe Chair ENGLISH HORN Joseph Peters The Bruce and Margaret King Chair
To Be Filled, Associate Principal The Blanche Martin Shaw Chair
Lisa Howard Shaughnessy The Sara Wilson Hodgkins Chair
CLARINET Samuel Almaguer, Principal The Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Walker, II Chair
David Kilbride, Assistant Principal
Nathaniel Yaffe The Secretary of Cultural Resources Betty Ray McCain Chair
To Be Filled, Assistant Principal The Kathryn Powell and Green Flavie Cooper Chair
Qi Cao
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BASSOON Aaron Apaza, Principal The Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Hudson Chair Wenmin Zhang, Assistant Principal The Beethoven Chair FRENCH HORN Rebekah Daley, Principal The Mary T. McCurdy Chair Kimberly Van Pelt, Associate Principal The James Marion Poyner Chair Christopher Caudill The Roger Colson and Bobbi Lyon Hackett Chair Rachel Niketopoulos The Paul R. Villard and Gabriel Wolf Chair To Be Filled The Mary Susan Kirk Fulghum Chair TRUMPET Paul Randall, Principal The George Smedes Poyner Chair To Be Filled, Associate Principal The Henry and Martha Zaytoun and Family Chair Don Eagle Anonymously Endowed
TROMBONE John Ilika, Principal The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair Jonathan Randazzo, Assistant Principal The Frances Armour Bryant Chair BASS TROMBONE Matthew Neff Anonymously Endowed TUBA Seth Horner, Principal The Governor and Mrs. James G. Martin, Jr. Chair HARP Anita Burroughs-Price Vonda Darr TIMPANI Colin Hartnett, Principal The Patricia R., Steven T. and George F. Hackney III Chair PERCUSSION Richard Motylinski, Principal The Margery and Earl Johnson, Jr. Chair Rajesh Prasad, Assistant Principal The Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Chair
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ORGAN To Be Filled The Albert and Susan Jenkins and Family Organ Chair LIBRARY Stephanie Wilson, Principal The Mary Colvert and Banks C. Talley Chair *Acting position **Leave of absence Named musician chairs are made possible through very meaningful gifts to the Symphony’s endowment. As such, these donor families are also members of the Lamar Stringfield Society. Learn more. All string players rotate stands on a periodic basis in each section with the exception of titled players: Principals, Associate Principals, and Assistant Principals. The North Carolina Symphony is a member of the League of American Orchestras and the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians. The North Carolina Master Chorale is the Resident Chorus of the North Carolina Symphony. The North Carolina Symphony Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous gift of the Lupot violin from Arnold and Zena Lerman.
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