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MUSICIANS’ CHOICE Saturday, January 16, 2021 | 8pm
Filmed and recorded live from Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage
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Joseph Bologne, Chevalier String Quartet in C Major, Op. 1, No. 1 de Saint-Georges I. Allegro (1745-1799) Anton Shelepov, violin Emily Rist Glover, violin Sandra Schwarcz, viola Elizabeth Beilman, cello Zoltán Kodály Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7 (1882-1967) I. Allegro serioso, non troppo Anton Shelepov, violin David Meyer, cello Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F Major, K. 360/368b (1756-1791) I. Allegro Joseph Peters, oboe So Yun Kim, violin Kurt Tseng, viola Yewon Ahn, cello Bohuslav Martinů Nonet No. 2 for Winds and Strings, H. 374 (1890-1959) I. Poco Allegro Mary E. Boone, flute Sandra Posch, oboe Samuel Almaguer, clarinet Aaron Apaza, bassoon Rachel Niketopoulos, horn Emily Rist Glover, violin Petra Berényi, viola Sunrise Kim, cello Craig Brown, double bass
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François Devienne Quartet for Bassoon and Strings in C Major, (1759-1803) Op. 73, No. 1 III. Rondo: Allegro Moderato Wenmin Zhang, bassoon Qi Cao, violin Kurt Tseng, viola Peng Li, cello Victor Vladímirovich Ewald Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 (1860-1935) I. Moderato – Più mosso II. Adagio non troppo lento – Allegro vivace – Adagio III. Allegro moderato Paul Randall, trumpet Don Eagle, trumpet Kimberly Van Pelt, horn John Ilika, trombone Seth Horner, tuba Tōru Takemitsu Rain Tree (1930-1996) Richard Motylinski, percussion Rajesh Prasad, percussion Colin Hartnett, percussion
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
Allegro from String Quartet in C Major, Op. 1, No. 1 JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES • Born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, and raised in Paris, Joseph Bologne was the son of a French nobleman and an African woman enslaved on his plantation. • Bologne was a true “Renaissance man.” He was an expert swordsman, violin virtuoso, composer, and military commander—and by the age of 21, he had been made a Chevalier (knight) and a Gendarme du roi (officer of the king’s bodyguard). • Little is known about his musical training, since his talent as a fencer overshadowed his musical pursuits. • Bologne is sometimes referred to as the “Black Mozart.” He and Mozart knew each other, and in fact, lived in the same house for a time in Paris. Reportedly, Mozart strongly disliked him. • Bologne’s string quartets were among the first to be composed in France.
• Mozart composed the Oboe Quartet to show off Ramm’s virtuosity as well as recent advancements in the construction of the oboe—including the ability to play a high F, a note rarely used in any previous oboe repertoire. • In addition to Ramm’s technical skill, the quartet also spotlighted the expressiveness of his playing. • With the oboe taking the starring role and the strings mainly providing accompaniment, the Quartet for Oboe and Strings almost resembles an oboe concerto. • The first movement, Allegro, is built on a single theme— unusual for Mozart.
Poco Allegro from Nonet No. 2 for Winds and Strings, H. 374 BOHUSLAV MARTINŮ • Bohuslav Martinů was a 20th-century Czech composer. He found his compositional voice when he turned to a neoclassical style in the 1930s, looking to Stravinsky’s music as a model.
• The String Quartet No. 1 in C Major, written in 1771, is reminiscent of Mozart’s music in its subtlety and perfection. The musical subjects are straightforward and create elegant contrasts to one another.
• The Nonet No. 2 for Winds and Strings was one of the last works that Martinů wrote, in 1959, the final year of his life.
Allegro serioso, non troppo from Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
• Every instrument has moments to shine with solo-like writing.
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY • Zoltán Kodály had little formal musical training, but his parents were both amateur musicians and he grew up learning folk music and playing violin and piano. • In the early 1900s, he began researching, collecting, and documenting Hungarian folk music, often together with fellow Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. • Like Bartók, Kodály fused classical forms with folk melodies and rhythms. • The Duo for Violin and Cello is written in a modal tonality, based on a five-tone scale rather than Western seven-tone scales. • It was composed in 1914, as the war was looming, and seems to reflect the tensions of the time. • The work has a conversational quality, with the violin and cello in constant dialogue with one another—although it is not always a friendly conversation!
Allegro from Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F Major, K. 360/368b WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART • While visiting Munich, Mozart was reunited with a friend, Friedrich Ramm, a virtuoso oboist.
• Composed for nine players, it strides the line between a chamber work and an orchestral work—with intimate textures but a robust character.
• The lively music of the first movement, Poco Allegro, unfolds organically, and is brimming with color and texture. • The movement concludes with the entire ensemble playing a unified gesture.
Rondo: Allegro Moderato from Quartet for Bassoon and Strings in C Major, Op. 73, No. 1 FRANÇOIS DEVIENNE • François Devienne was a prolific composer for wind instruments; he raised the musical and technical level— and the profile—of wind playing in 18th-century France. • He was a bassoonist and flutist himself, and wrote five bassoon concertos and more than a dozen flute concertos. • During his time, he was known as “The Mozart of the Flute,” but he ultimately faded into the shadow of Mozart and Haydn. • The brilliant bassoon part of the Quartet for Bassoon and Strings in C Major is designed to show off the player’s skill; however, the string parts are more than mere accompaniment and each has a high degree of independence. continued on next page NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY • 5
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Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 5 VICTOR VLADIMÍROVICH EWALD • Victor Ewald, an engineer by trade, was also an amateur cellist and hornist. He composed mainly for brass instruments. • His Brass Quintet No. 1 is one of the first known pieces of concert music specifically written for brass quintet— and is one of the most famous works in the brass quintet literature. • Altogether Ewald wrote three brass quintets, but his first was the only one to be published during his lifetime. • Similarly to Mozart with his Oboe Quartet, Ewald showcased developments in brass instrument technology and design with his brass quintets. • Ewald himself played in a brass quintet, so he likely performed his own music.
Rain Tree TŌRU TAKEMITSU • As a student, Tōru Takemitsu became transfixed by a recording of French singer and decided to make music his life’s work. He took a job in the kitchen of an American
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military base in Japan in order to have access to the piano in the dining hall. • Takemitsu became known to wider audience in 1958 when Stravinsky praised his Requiem for Strings, which he heard during a trip to Japan. • Takemitsu’s music is often described as a fusion of Japanese and Western music; he was influenced by Debussy, Schoenberg, Webern, Messiaen, and Cage. • Water is a theme of many of his works, including Rain Tree. • The title comes from a passage in the novel Atama no ii, Ame no Ki by Kenzaburo Oe which reads: “It was named the ‘rain tree,’ for its abundant foliage continued to let fall rain drops from the previous night’s shower until the following midday. Its hundreds of thousands of tiny, finger-like leaves store up moisture, whereas other trees dry out at once.” • Written for two marimbas, vibraphone, and crotales (small cymbals struck with mallets), the texture of the music is sparse—seeming to evoke randomly falling drops of water. • A performance of Rain Tree calls for timed lighting effects, making it not only a musical experience but a theatrical one.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Emily Rist Glover, violin The Jessie Wyatt Ethridge Chair
Sandra Schwarcz, viola The Samuel H. and Anne Latham Johnson Viola Chair
Emily Glover joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2015. 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 holds degrees from Furman University and Boston University.
Sandra Schwarcz earned degrees from Indiana University and the University of Akron. After engagements with the Cleveland Opera orchestra and the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra, followed by a year with the Savannah Symphony, she joined the North Carolina Symphony in 1984. She has taught strings at several colleges and at the Ravenscroft School in Raleigh.
So Yun Kim, violin The Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. Chair So Yun Kim began studying violin at the age of four with her father, Chan Kim, also a violinist and conductor. She earned degrees at the Eastman School of Music and University of Nevada, Reno, and came to the North Carolina Symphony after a year with the Naples Philharmonic. Also a teacher, So Yun is on faculty at the Eastern Music Festival and teaches privately. Qi Cao, violin Qi Cao has performed as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestra musician in China, Singapore, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States. In addition to the North Carolina Symphony, she plays in the summer with the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra. She is an active teacher of violin, viola, and recorder, and frequently serves as a juror for auditions and competitions. Anton Shelepov, violin A native Siberian, Anton Shelepov holds a master’s degree from St. Petersburg Conservatory and a doctorate from Michigan State University. He joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2016 and is also Concertmaster of the West Virginia Symphony and a member of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He has worked extensively as an educator and soloist. Kurt Tseng, viola The Betty Ellen Madry Chair Kurt Tseng joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2020 as Associate Principal Viola. Before moving to the Raleigh-Durham area, he held a position in the viola section of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He completed his master’s degree at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music and his bachelor’s at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory. Petra Berényi, viola Born in Hungary, Petra Berényi enjoys a dual career as a violist and cimbalom player, having earned degrees in both instruments from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. After moving to the U.S. in 2003, she was Associate Principal Viola of the MusicaNova Orchestra in Scottsdale, Arizona, and occasionally performed in the Phoenix Symphony. She joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2012 and has performed locally on both her instruments.
Elizabeth Beilman, cello The Sarah Carlyle Herbert Dorroh Chair A member of the North Carolina Symphony since 1988, Associate Principal Cello Elizabeth Beilman is also Co-Founder and Executive Director of the North Carolina Chamber Music Institute and performs with the Aurora Musicalis String Quartet. Peng Li, cello Anonymously Endowed Peng Li joined the North Carolina Symphony as Assistant Principal Cello in 2008. He was previously a member of the San Antonio Symphony, as well as a substitute musician for the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and Houston Ballet. He earned degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music and Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. Yewon Ahn, cello Anonymously Endowed Yewon Ahn joined the North Carolina Symphony cello section in 2018, after two seasons and an eight-concert European tour with the Houston Symphony. She earned an artist diploma and professional studies certificate from the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, where she also performed in the Ziering-Conlon Initiative for Recovered Voices founded by James Conlon, Music Director of LA Opera. She has taught at the Meadowmount School of Music in New York. Sunrise Kim, cello The William Charles Rankin Chair A native of Daegu, South Korea, Sunrise Kim was educated in Seoul and at the Colburn Conservatory of Music at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. He has performed at the Pacific Music Festival Sapporo in Japan and with the American Youth Symphony. He joined the cello section of the North Carolina Symphony in 2019. David Meyer, cello The Nell Hirschberg Chair David Meyer joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2013 after a year with the Charlotte Symphony. He has often served as a principal cellist—including for the Verbier Festival Orchestra and New World Symphony—and as a soloist. David holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern continued on next page NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY • 7
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California Thornton School of Music and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory, and was a founding member of the Discovery Ensemble of Boston.
of Bassoon at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, as well as acting Assistant Principal positions with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Colorado Symphony.
Craig Brown, double bass The Mark W. McClure Foundation Chair
Wenmin Zhang, bassoon The Beethoven Chair
In addition to performing in the bass section of the North Carolina Symphony, Craig Brown is an active music educator who teaches privately and serves on the faculty of both the Brevard Music Center and the College of Visual and Performing Arts at UNC-Greensboro.
Appointed Assistant Principal Bassoon for the North Carolina Symphony in 2016, Wenmin Zhang was previously Assistant Principal Bassoon of the Omaha Symphony Orchestra and Co-Principal Bassoon of the China National Center for the Performing Arts orchestra. A native of Beijing, he holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and Rice University.
Mary E. Boone, flute The Dr. and Mrs. Shaler Stidham, Jr. Chair Mary E. Boone is Assistant Principal Flute with the North Carolina Symphony and has appeared as a soloist with NCS, as well as with the South Carolina Chamber Orchestra and Augusta Symphony. She was formerly Principal Flute with the Augusta Symphony, and holds a master’s degree and an artist diploma from the Cleveland Institute of Music. An active recitalist and educator, Mary teaches flute at North Carolina State University. Joseph Peters, oboe & host The Lizette T. Dunham Chair The Bruce and Margaret King Chair Joseph Peters has been NCS 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 Joseph as the host of the Symphony’s 2020/21 streaming concert series—a role to which he brings a great love for teaching and communication. Sandra Posch, oboe The Clarence and Alice Aycock Poe Chair Sandra Posch joined the North Carolina Symphony in 1990, having previously been a member of the Nashville Symphony. She has been active in the NCS Ensembles in the Schools program and has taught at UNC-Chapel Hill. Samuel Almaguer, clarinet The Mr. and Mrs. J. Christopher Walker, II Chair Principal Clarinet Samuel Almaguer was a Vandoren Emerging Artist in 2013 and has served as second clarinet with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Since joining the North Carolina Symphony, he has been featured as a soloist and chamber musician, and has appeared on WUNC – North Carolina Public Radio.
Kimberly Van Pelt, horn The James Marion Poyner Chair After engagements in Los Angeles and three-and-a-half years with South Africa’s Cape Town Symphony, Kimberly Van Pelt joined the North Carolina Symphony in 1993 and was appointed Associate Principal Horn in 2003. She has appeared as a soloist with NCS and in chamber music performances throughout the state. Rachel Niketopoulos, horn The Paul R. Villard and Gabriel Wolf Chair Rachel Niketopoulos studied music at the universities of Iowa and Missouri (Kansas City). After seven seasons with the Virginia Symphony and Opera, she joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2005. Rachel is a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique, teaches yoga, and has given workshops at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, UNCGreensboro, and elsewhere. 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 at 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.
Aaron Apaza, bassoon The Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald S. Hudson Chair
John Ilika, trombone The Thomas Warwick Steed, Jr. Family Chair
Before joining the North Carolina Symphony as Principal Bassoon in 2020, Aaron Apaza held the positions of Principal Bassoon with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Lecturer
North Carolina Symphony Principal Trombone since 2001, John Ilika has been a member of many musical organizations including the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, Pennsylvania
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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. Colin Hartnett, percussion The Patricia R., Steven T., and George F. Hackney III Chair Appointed North Carolina Symphony Principal Timpani in 2016, Colin Hartnett previously was Principal Timpani at the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera, and Principal Timpani and Percussion at Cleveland’s Blue Water Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared as guest principal with the Minnesota Orchestra.
Richard Motylinski, percussion The Margery and Earl Johnson, Jr. Chair Principal Percussion Richard Motylinski joined the North Carolina Symphony in 1974 after playing in the percussion sections of the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and The Cleveland Orchestra. He founded the Raleigh Consort, a group which has performed Renaissance music since 1979. Rajesh Prasad, percussion The Abram and Frances Pascher Kanof Chair Rajesh Prasad joined the North Carolina Symphony in 2016 as Acting Assistant Principal Percussion, and became Assistant Principal in 2018. He was previously a member of the New World Symphony and has performed with major orchestras across the country. He spends his summers as Principal Percussion with the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra and performs in the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
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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
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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