HOLIDAY FAVORITES WITH BRASS & ORGAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2020 | 8PM Filmed and recorded live in Hayes Barton United Methodist Church Raleigh
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HOLIDAY FAVORITES WITH BRASS & ORGAN Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | 8pm Filmed and recorded live in Hayes Barton United Methodist Church Raleigh
David Jernigan, organ Lindsay Kesselman, vocals Christopher James Lees, piano
Paul Randall, trumpet Don Eagle, trumpet Rebekah Daley, horn John Ilika, trombone Seth Horner, tuba Joseph Peters, host
Eugène Gigout / Grand choeur dialogue Arr. Nate Hepler Brass Quintet David Jernigan, organ
Traditional / I Saw Three Ships Arr. Jamie Keesecker Brass Quintet
Franz Gruber / Silent Night Arr. Jamie Keesecker Brass Quintet
Adolphe Adam / “O Holy Night” Arr. Christopher James Lees Lindsay Kesselman, vocals Christopher James Lees, piano Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, Awake!) David Jernigan, organ
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Felix Mendelssohn / Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Arr. Lee Poquette Brass Quintet David Jernigan, organ Traditional / “The Twelve Days of Christmas” Arr. Christopher James Lees Lindsay Kesselman, vocals Christopher James Lees, piano Marcel Dupré Variations on Adeste Fideles David Jernigan, organ
Various / O Come All Ye Faithful and Joy to the World Arr. Howard Cable Brass Quintet David Jernigan, organ
George Frideric Handel / Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah Arr. Mike Huff Brass Quintet David Jernigan, organ Traditional / “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” Arr. Christopher James Lees Lindsay Kesselman, vocals Christopher James Lees, piano
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS David Jernigan, organ David Jernigan has performed as a soloist in venues including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, and Westminster Abbey in London; the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; and the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. He has played many of the most challenging works for solo organ including Max Reger’s Chorale Fantasia on “Hallelujah! Gott zu loben,” Maurice Duruflé’s Suite for Organ, and J.S. Bach’s longest and most complex work for organ, the complete Clavier-Übung III. David’s career is dedicated primarily to the field of sacred music and is currently the Organist and Choirmaster at Christ Church on Capitol Square in Raleigh. Having founded professional and semi-professional choirs, he has also been active as a conductor and a composer of choral music. A North Carolina native, David holds music degrees from East Carolina and Yale Universities. His appearances with the North Carolina Symphony include the Saint-Saëns “Organ” Symphony in 2016 as well as concerts featuring Handel, Bach, and Britten. Christopher James Lees, piano Christopher James Lees is Resident Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the
Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra. He has conducted the North Carolina Symphony for several Young People’s Concert and Summerfest programs. Other appearances include the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. Only the second American to be named a Gustavo Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Christopher led concerts with that orchestra in 2013 and 2015. He has taught at the University of Michigan and has been a featured guest clinician of El-Sistema-inspired programs including Kidznotes in Durham. Since 2014, Christopher has served as Music Director of the UNC School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra. In this position he has spearheaded cross-disciplinary collaborations across five arts schools. A native of Washington, D.C., he holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan. Lindsay Kesselman, vocals Lindsay Kesselman is featured on recordings including Chris Cerrone’s The Pieces That Fall to Earth with Los Angelesbased ensemble Wild Up, Mathew Rosenblum’s Falling with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and Jon Magnussen’s Twinge with HAVEN. She is the resident soprano of the continued on next page
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Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble and toured to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 with Kieren MacMillan’s The Gray Cat and the Flounder. Lindsay has appeared with the North Carolina Symphony for its 2019 Independence Day concert and a 2018 tribute to Rodgers and Hammerstein. Recent highlights include world premieres by John Mackey and D. J. Sparr, Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra, and the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust. Lindsay holds degrees from Rice University and Michigan State University. HAVEN, her trio with Kimberly Cole Luevano (clarinet) and Midori Koga (piano), commissions and tours throughout North America and has released the albums Bright Angel and Atonement. Paul Randall, trumpet The George Smedes Poyner Chair At age 17, Paul Randall won his first-ever audition and joined the New Orleans Symphony in 1973. Four years later he became Principal Trumpet, and went on to win the same position with the North Carolina Symphony in 1988. In addition to performing as an orchestral soloist, he has toured with Capital Brass, comprised of NCS colleagues. Don Eagle, trumpet Anonymously Endowed Don Eagle teaches trumpet at Duke University and has appeared as soloist with the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Raleigh Civic Symphony, North Carolina Bach Festival, Elon University Chamber Orchestra, North Carolina State University Band, and Triangle Brass Band, among others.
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Rebekah Daley, horn The Mary T. McCurdy Chair Rebekah Daley won her position as North Carolina Symphony Principal Horn while pursuing her graduate work. NCS has featured her as a soloist and in chamber music concerts, and she has appeared at a variety of music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival for several summers. John Ilika, trombone The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair North Carolina Symphony Principal Trombone since 2001, John Ilika has been a member of many musical organizations including the Delaware Symphony, Pennsylvania Ballet Orchestra and the Eastern Music Festival. Since 2010 he has also been Artist Faculty Trombone at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Seth Horner, tuba The Governor and Mrs. James G. Martin, Jr. Chair Seth Horner joined the North Carolina Symphony as Principal Tuba in 2017. He was Acting Principal Tuba of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for three seasons, where he performed on two recordings. He has held principal positions with several other orchestras throughout the U.S., and has been featured widely as a soloist and chamber musician. 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. NCS audiences may also know him as a 2019 Holiday Pops conductor! To his role as host, Joseph brings a great love for teaching.
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With creativity and innovation, your North Carolina Symphony remains committed to serving our state with inspiring music and meaningful music education programs.
Thank you to the members of the Lamar Stringfield Society who support the future of your North Carolina Symphony with estate gifts and endowed funds. Their generosity will help the orchestra share the power of music for generations to come.
Want to make music part of your legacy? To learn more about including the Symphony in your estate plans, contact Rebecca Watkins, Director of Major Gifts & Planning Giving, rwatkins@ncsymphony.org or 919.789.5497
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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 To Be Filled, Assistant Concertmaster The Anne Heartt Gregory Chair Karen Strittmatter Galvin, Assistant Concertmaster
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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