POPS AROUND THE WORLD SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 | 8PM
Filmed and recorded live from Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage Raleigh
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The North Carolina Symphony gratefully acknowledges financial support from Wake County, the City of Raleigh, and the Town of Cary.
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POPS AROUND THE WORLD Saturday, May 15, 2021 | 8pm Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage
Raleigh Sarah Hicks, conductor John Ilika, trombone Emily Rist Glover, violin
Edvard Grieg Two Norwegian Melodies, Op. 63 IIb. Bauerntanz (“Country-dance”) Béla Bartók Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 68 I. Joc cu bâtă II. Brâul III. Pe loc IV. Buciumeana V. Poargă Românească VI. Mărunțel VII. Mărunțel
Gioachino Rossini
Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri
Hoagy Carmichael / Georgia on My Mind Arr. Calvin Custer John Ilika, trombone
Traditional / Arr. Larry Moore
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
An Irish Party in Third Class from Titanic Four Novelletten, Op. 52, No. 1 in A Major
Astor Piazzolla / Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas Arr. Leonid Desyatnikov (“The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”) I. Verano Porteño (“Summer of Buenos Aires”) Emily Rist Glover, violin
Manuel de Falla
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Sarah Hicks, conductor Sarah Hicks has collaborated with artists from Hilary Hahn and Dmitri Hvorostovsky to Rufus Wainwright, Jennifer Hudson, and Smokey Robinson. She has toured with Sting as conductor of his Symphonicities Tour in 2011, and recorded a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, where she is Principal Conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall. Associate Conductor of the North Carolina Symphony from 2007 to 2010, Sarah has conducted ensembles including The Philadelphia Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops Orchestra, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. A specialist in film music, Sarah’s live concert recordings have aired on Disney+ (A Celebration of the Music from Coco) and ABC (The Little Mermaid). Her program of film music with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, The Morricone Duel, was released as an album in 2018 and has more than 80 million views on YouTube. Sarah was on faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2000 to 2005 and Staff Conductor until 2012. Her interest in the intersection of mental health and music led to a concert titled Music and the Mind, and continues through blogs, online advocacy, and development of a Musical Mindfulness course. Born in Tokyo and raised in Honolulu, Sarah trained on both the piano and the viola and was a prizewinning pianist by her early teens. She holds degrees from Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music. In her spare time, she enjoys running, hiking, her Papillon dog, cooking (and eating) with her husband, traveling, and blogging. John Ilika, trombone The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair North Carolina Symphony Principal Trombone since 2001, John Ilika has also held principal trombone positions with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Delaware Symphony, Opera Delaware, Florida Music Festival, and the Philadelphia Brass (quintet). He played for three years with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Maracaibo in Venezuela, and has performed and recorded with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
John lives in Garner with his violinist wife, Ariadna, and their two children, Tristan and Zofia. Emily Rist Glover, violin Emily Glover joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2015. In recent seasons she has played regularly with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and Colorado Music Festival. She spends her summers with the Central City Opera orchestra. She was Concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra from 2013 to 2016, and has held principal positions with the Castleton Festival Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and Brevard Symphony Orchestra. Emily has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, and Furman Symphony Orchestra. She has performed on chamber music concerts presented by the Symphony and has been a guest artist for the Talking Music series at UNC-Chapel Hill. A native of Lynchburg, Virginia, Emily holds degrees from Furman University and Boston University. She lives in Cary with her husband, David, and daughter, Maia. 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 Music From the Movies in March.
Please find bios for orchestra personnel performing on this evening’s concert linked on the following page.
In 1992, with the Delaware Symphony, John commissioned and premiered the Trombone Concerto by Kile Smith, Curator of the Fleisher Collection of the Free Library of Philadelphia. He holds degrees from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (now the University of the Arts). Teaching posts include the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, along with institutions in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Venezuela.
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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 June and Tom 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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