North Carolina Symphony Young People's Concert: Cirque de la Symphonie program

YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 | 3PM

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.

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YOUNG PEOPLE’S CONCERT

CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE Saturday, June 19, 2021 | 3pm Meymandi Concert Hall Woolner Stage

Raleigh Wesley Schulz, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie, guest artists

Gioachino Rossini

Zequinha Abreu / Tico-tico no Fubá Arr. Bob Lipton Vladimir & Elena Tsarkov, quick change

Georges Bizet / Prélude: Les Toréadors from Carmen Suite No. 1 Arr. Gábor Kerényi Aleksandr Deev, cube & frame

Claude Debussy / Clair de Lune (“Light of the Moon”) from Suite bergamasque Orch. André Caplet Elena Zhirnova, contortion & dance Camille Saint-Saëns / Danse Macabre, Op. 40 Arr. Hubert Mouton Vitalii Buza, aerial straps Georges Bizet / Danse Bohème from Carmen Suite No. 2 Arr. Gábor Kerényi Vladimir Tsarkov, juggling

Felix Mendelssohn

Overture to La Cenerentola (“Cinderella”)

Saltarello: Presto from Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90, “Italian”

Johannes Brahms / Hungarian Dance No. 5 Arr. Iain Farrington Aleksandr Deev, Cyr wheel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Overture to Così fan tutte, K. 588

Johann Strauss, Jr. / Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214 Arr. Iain Farrington Vladimir Tsarkov, electric juggling

Antonín Dvořák / Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, No. 1 Arr. Alfred Pfortner Elena Tsarkova, ribbon dance

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Arr. David M. Carp

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Waltz from Swan Lake, Op. 20 Vitalii Buza & Elena Zhirnova, aerial silks

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This concert is made possible in part by The Drs. James and Mary Susan Fulghum Fund.

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Wesley Schulz, Associate Conductor The Lucy Moore Ruffin Chair Now in his fourth season as North Carolina Symphony Associate Conductor, Wesley Schulz is also Music Director of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra in Washington. Previously, he was a Conducting Fellow at the Seattle Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Britt Festival Orchestra, and Education and Family Conductor for the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

Wesley has led concerts across North Carolina with the Symphony including programs in the Classical, Pops, and Friday Favorites series, Holiday Pops performances, Young People’s Concerts and Education Concerts, and Summerfest performances at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, where NCS makes its summer home.

As Music Director of the Auburn Symphony Orchestra, Wesley’s recent projects include visual art projects with local elementary schools, multiple commissions of new music, and expanding the orchestra’s offerings to include more diverse concert presentations at various local parks, breweries, and community spaces. He is also the former Music Director of Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Festival Orchestra.

State University, and doctoral and master’s degrees in orchestral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin.

When not on the podium, he can be seen running outdoors or playing endless fetch with his two dogs, Chewbacca and Han Solo.

Cirque de la Symphonie Cirque de la Symphonie is the only cirque company in the world that works exclusively with symphony orchestras.

Aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers, and strongmen perform to music selected to be both entertaining for the audience and challenging for the orchestra. Their performances are adapted to a stage shared with the symphony and choreographed to the music.

Since the company was founded in 2005, Cirque de la Symphonie programs have included world-record holders, gold-medal winners, and Olympians. Long a favorite of North Carolina Symphony audiences, the troupe has appeared in concerts both at Summerfest and in Meymandi Concert Hall.

This performance includes artists who have toured with the renowned Moscow State Circus and appeared in major productions from Las Vegas to South Korea.

Wesley graduated magna cum laude with bachelor’s degrees in percussion performance and music education from Ball

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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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.

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