APPALACHIAN SPRING SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021 | 8PM
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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-to-home 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
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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. Concert Sponsor: UNC Health
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BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO
SAT, MAY 22, 2021 | 8PM Brett Mitchell, conductor Joan Tower: Chamber Dance Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
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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 SYMPHONY NO. 4
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RAGTIME KINGS
SAT, APR 24, 2021 | 8PM
RAGTIME KINGS
April 2021–June 2021
APPALACHIAN SPRING Saturday, April 17, 2021 | 8pm
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Raleigh Andrew Grams, conductor Joseph Peters, host
Aaron Copland Suite from Appalachian Spring (1970 version) (1900-1990)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, K. 319 (1756-1791) I. Allegro assai II. Andante moderato III. Menuetto IV. Allegro assai
This concert is made possible in part by The Arthur and Campbell Moss Endowed Fund.
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
Appalachian Spring
6. Very slowly (as at first). Transition scene to music reminiscent of the introduction.
AARON COPLAND THE STORY:
7. Calm and flowing/Doppio Movimento. Scenes of daily activity for the Bride and her Farmer husband. There are five variations on a Shaker theme. The theme, sung by a solo clarinet, was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published under the title “The Gift to Be Simple.” The melody borrowed and used almost literally is called “Simple Gifts.”
• In 1942, American arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge commissioned Aaron Copland to write a ballet with “an American theme” for choreographer/dancer Martha Graham. • Graham provided a rough outline for the ballet, and with that, Copland wrote, “I knew certain crucial things—that it had to do with the pioneer American spirit, with youth and spring, with optimism and hope.” • The Los Angeles Times provides the following summary of the ballet: “A young farm couple ruminate on their lives before getting married and setting up house in the wilderness. An itinerant preacher delivers a sermon. An older pioneer woman oversees the events with sympathy and wisdom. The newlyweds muse on their future as night falls. In the course of the dance, Graham reveals the inner lives of the four principal characters— Wife, Husbandman, Pioneer Woman, and Preacher. She shows that the couple will face a future that will not be all sweetness and light, but she also draws out the private and shared emotional resources they will be able to bring to the challenges.” • This simple story is often seen as a parable of a struggle leading to a new beginning. • Although the story is not set in the Appalachian mountains, Graham suggested the title Appalachian Spring, which she took from a poem by Hart Crane. Copland was always amused when people told him that he captured the beauty of the Appalachian mountains in his music, as he did not know the title when he was composing. • The ballet premiered in 1944, with Graham dancing the lead role. • There are four versions of Appalachian Spring: the 1944 complete ballet for chamber orchestra; the 1945 suite for full orchestra; the 1954 complete ballet for full orchestra; and the 1970 suite for chamber orchestra (the version heard in this performance).
LISTEN FOR: Copland’s description of the eight scenes of the ballet is as follows: 1. Very slowly. Introduction of the characters, one by one, in a suffused light. 2. Fast/Allegro. Sudden burst of unison strings in A-major arpeggios starts the action. A sentiment both elated and religious gives the keynote to this scene. 3. Moderate/Moderato. Duo for the Bride and her Intended— scene of tenderness and passion. 4. Quite fast. The Revivalist and his flock. Folksy feeling— suggestions of square dances and country fiddlers.
8. Moderate. Coda/Moderato – Coda. The Bride takes her place among her neighbors. At the end the couple are left “quiet and strong in their new house.” Muted strings intone a hushed prayerlike chorale passage. The close is reminiscent of the opening music.
Symphony No. 33 in B-flat Major, K. 319 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART THE STORY: • Mozart had explored Parisian and Italian styles in his Symphonies Nos. 31 and 32, respectively; with the Symphony No. 33, he returned to an Austro-German style. • This symphony was originally in three movements, but several years after its completion, Mozart added the minuet movement to appease the audience at a performance in Vienna, where four-movement symphonies had become popular. • Mozart composed the symphony during a challenging time in his life—he was restless in his career and his mother had recently died—yet the overall mood of the work is very lighthearted. • The instrumentation of this symphony is small compared with Mozart’s other late symphonies. • The Symphony No. 33 is one of only a few Mozart symphonies that were published during his lifetime.
LISTEN FOR: • The unusual triple meter of the opening movement, suggesting a waltz—a dance that was just beginning to emerge in Austria • In the second movement, the “mirror image” recapitulation— the second theme returns first, before the reappearance of the primary theme to end the movement • The dark mood of the added movement, Menuetto, in contrast to the rest of the symphony • High-spirited energy, reminiscent of Mozart’s later operas, in the finale
5. Still faster/Subito Allegro. Solo dance of the Bride— presentiment of motherhood. Extremes of joy and fear and wonder.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Andrew Grams, conductor Andrew Grams became Music Director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in 2014 after an international search. He is the winner of the 2015 Conductor of the Year award from the Illinois Council of Orchestras and has led orchestras throughout the United States including the National Symphony Orchestra; the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Dallas; and The Philadelphia Orchestra. He has made several appearances as a guest conductor with the North Carolina Symphony, including this season’s program featuring Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. A frequent traveler, Andrew has worked extensively with orchestras abroad, including the symphony orchestras of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver; the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC orchestras in London, Wales, and Scotland; the symphony orchestras of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and West Australia; the Orchestre National de France; and Het Residentie Orchestra in The Hague, Netherlands. He has led multiple performances of New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker and the first performances of the new production of The Nutcracker for the Norwegian National Ballet in Olso. As an educator, Andrew has worked with orchestras at institutions such as the Curtis Institute of Music, the Cleveland
Institute of Music, Indiana University, Roosevelt University, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival at the University of Maryland, and the Amsterdam Conservatory. Also an accomplished violinist, Andrew was a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra from 1998-2004, serving as acting Associate Principal Second Violin in 2002 and 2004. Additionally, he has performed with ensembles including the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, and chamber music ensembles around the country. Joseph Peters, host Joseph Peters has been North Carolina Symphony Associate Principal Oboe and English Horn since 2018, and previously held Principal Oboe chairs with the Minnesota Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. To his role as host for this season’s streaming concerts, Joseph brings a great love for teaching and communication. He has also conducted the Symphony twice, most recently for last month’s Music From the Movies concert. Please find bios for orchestra personnel performing on this evening’s concert linked on the following pages.
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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
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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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