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The University of North Carolina Wilmington present

Tonight’s performance utilizes the Ruth Funk Orchestra Shell named in Ruth’s memory by a gift from the Alliance for a Regional Concert Hall.

Ushers are Wilson Center volunteers.The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra logo was created by Wilmington artist Claude Howell in 1973.

THE WILMINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASaturday, March 14, 2020 7:30 p.m.

Wilson Center, Cape Fear Community CollegeSteven Errante, conductor

Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 7 Arcangelo Corelli Vivace; Allegro Allegro Andante largo; Allegro Vivace

Christine Maynard, Jane Tierney, violinsKathy Meyer, violoncello

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 J. S. Bach Ouverture Rondeau Sarabande Bourrée I & II Polonaise; Double Menuet Badinerie

Mary Jo White, flute

I N T E R M I S S I O N

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051 J. S. Bach [Allegro] Adagio ma non tanto Allegro

Music is underwritten by Peter and Gaile Zack

Entrée de Polimne from Les Boréades Jean-Philippe Rameau

Concerto a Due Cori No. 1 in B-flat Major, HWV 332 G. F. Handel Ouverture; Allegro m non troppo Allegro Lento; A tempo ordinario Alla breve. Moderato Menuet

Music is underwritten by David Elsbree and Lorraine Gilmore

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from the conductor

ARCANGELO CORELLI(1653–1718)

Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 7

One of the joys of performing an all-Baroque program is that despite a shared musical language and set of general forms, there is a lot of variety due to regional tastes as well as placement within the 150-year Baroque period. Corelli’s music, from the middle of the period, is sunny and simple—there are rarely more than two musical elements at a time and the rhythms perfectly suit bowed string instruments. Like most of the works on tonight’s concert, there is both an alternation of fast and slow movements and an emphasis on the contrast between one instrument (or a small group of instruments) and the larger ensemble.

J. S. BACH(1685–1750)

Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067

J. S. Bach admired his Italian predecessors (especially Vivaldi) but brought a new level of complexity to the style. In the Ouverture to his Suite No. 2, the jostling lines of the fugal section are heard in so many layers that each time I listen something new emerges. The remainder of the Suite comprises shorter dance-inspired forms, each in a different tempo and rhythmic style. Throughout, the solo flute rides at the top of the texture, occasionally emerging as the virtuoso soloist (as in Bourée II and the improvisatory Double of the Polonaise). The Badinerie is one of my favorite “built-in” encores.

J. S. BACH(1685–1750)

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat Major, BWV 1051

If the preponderance of viola jokes on the internet is any indication, viola players have to fight for respect against their more-showy violin-playing colleagues. The Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 is the perfect way

to achieve this, since the violins are not even invited. The first movement is fascinating in the way the two viola lines chase each other at a close time interval as the melody keeps diving down and coming up again. The second movement is pure loveliness, and the third is so syncopated that it sounds truly jazzy.

JEAN-PHILLIPPE RAMEAU(1683–1764)

Entrée de Polimne from Les Boréades

French Baroque composers provide a stylistic contrast to the German and Italian composers we hear more often, so over the years I’ve enjoyed performing works of Lully and Rameau with the Wilmington Symphony. The gossamer textures of this short operatic interlude are magical, and I particularly like the way the bassoon lines weave through the texture.

G. F. HANDEL(1685–1759)

Concerto a Due Cori No. 1 in B-flat Major, HWV 332

The “due cori” in the title refers to the two opposing groups of woodwinds, each group consisting of two oboes and a bassoon. Handel threw this work together in 1748 to augment the premiere of his oratorio Joshua. Apparently, performing a massive oratorio was not enough at Covent Garden and so composers would add some instrumental works to the mix. Messiah fans will recognize Handel borrowing from himself in the second section, but this was actually OK: at least in this case he stole from his own music. Handel effortlessly shifts the focus around the string orchestra and the two woodwind groups, and he goes out dancing in the final Menuet.

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conductor, Steven Errante

Dr. Steven Errante has been Conductor of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and a member of the UNCW Department of Music faculty since 1986. He is also founding conductor of the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra and accompanist for the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington. At an early age Steven began

arranging, composing and conducting for various musical groups in the Detroit area where he grew up. By the time he graduated from high school, his music was being performed by leading orchestras and musicians.

At college, Errante studied composition and conducting at the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School, studying with Leslie Bassett, Vincent Persichetti, and Uri Mayer. During this time, he wrote the score for The Boar’s Head Festival, a work heard annually in Detroit since 1972. Dr. Errante has degrees from the University of Michigan and the Juilliard School and has previously taught at the University of Michigan,

Northern Michigan University, and the University of Richmond. Errante is an active composer and arranger. His Battleship North Carolina March has been performed throughout the region by the North Carolina Symphony, and most recently Steven has been commissioned to compose a new work for the 2020 North Carolina Azalea Festival. His composition will be featured at the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra’s March 29, 2020 Azalea Festival Pops concert.

Errante’s approach to music centers on his belief that performance and education enhance each other. In addition to his teaching at UNCW, Errante presents in area schools, organizations and occasionally before a Wilmington Symphony concert in which he illuminates the music being heard. Steven Errante has a special gift for making music an exciting adventure, whether it is through his teaching, conducting, or composing. Those who have experienced his genuine warmth and intense enthusiasm for music may attest to the deeper understanding and heightened emotional experiences they have discovered under his musical direction and in his compositions.

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VIOLIN I * Christine Maynard, Concertmaster Shirley Lebo Jane Radack Katherine Meyer Andy Bonner Monica ThiriotConcertmaster Chair

Permanently Endowed in Memory of Nancy H. McAllister

Assistant Concertmaster Chair Endowed in Memory of Miriam Warshauer

Violin I – 2 nd Stand, Outside Chair Endowed by the Robert W. Austin Family

VIOLIN II * Jane Tierney Isabel De Andrade Annie Jewell Jessica Landes Roberta Mouheb Christa Faison

VIOLA * Carrie Jackson * Barney McWilliams Sarah Gardner Neda Pourdeyhimi Diane Stephens Dan Sanchez Brent Trubia Elizabeth CalvinoAssistant Principal Viola

Chair Endowed in Memory of Katherine Hoyt

CELLO * Kathy Meyer John Illingworth Tanner Meyers Michael Pope Sarah Stoloff Stephen Liederbach

BASS * Karl Marzolf Brian Westbrook

FLUTE Yuri Gang Julia Williams

OBOE * Rebecca Rose Sara Parker Amy Sandlin

BASSOON Larry Thee Jim Boston

HARPSICHORD Dr. Steven Errante

* Principal- Assistant Principal∞ UNCW Faculty

CONDUCTOR’S CIRCLE:

• Pre-concert Lobby Entertainment is provided by Thalian Association Community Theatre.

• Bach’s birthday cake is provided by Nothing Bundt Cakes

• Thank you to St. James Episcopal for loaning the harpsichord for today’s performance.

• Special thanks to the Wilson Center staff, volunteer ushers, UNCW Dept. of Music, and to our WSO musicians!

wilmington symphony orchestra roster

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wilmington symphony orchestra board & staff

2019–2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORSOfficers

Peggy Higgins, President Bob Austin, Immediate Past PresidentMarva Robinson, 1st Vice-President

Robert Roer, Treasurer Gaile Zack, Secretary

Robin Robinson, Member-at-large Karen Smith, Member-at-large John Stike, Member-at-large

DirectorsPat Browning

Rick CatlinSchorr Davis

Carol EllisSteven Errante, ex officio

James H. Faison, III Justine Lerch Marian Hills Kathy Meyer Joy Murrell

Joanne NewtonRichard TrubiaRandolph Trull

Lorraine WestermarkOwen Wexler

Ronna ZimmerLarry Zimmerman

Honorary Life MembersBunnie Bachman Rosemary Kline

STAFFArtistic

Steven Errante, Wilmington Symphony and Youth Orchestra ConductorJake Yates, Orchestra Manager

Bob Norem, Youth Orchestra Manager/ Music Librarian

Lisa Gattuso, Junior Strings Directors

BusinessLiz Scanlon, Executive Director

Breana Hebert, Development DirectorJoelle Thomas, Bookkeeper

Wilmington Symphony Orchestra Conductors

Mr. William F. Adcock, Jr., 1971–1982Dr. Joe Hickman, 1982–1986

Dr. Steven Errante, 1986–Present

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ANGEL ($10,000 and UP)

VIRTUOSO ($5,000 to $9,999)AnonymousWilbur and Eileen AllingBarry and Janet BurkholderJames and Mary Hagen

MAESTRO ($3,000 to $4,999)Anonymous Carol EllisRonald and Marilyn GuntherRobert and Marjorie RoerDr. John R. Stike*Hans and Lorraine Westermark

BENEFACTOR ($1,000 to $2,999)Anonymous (2)Bob AustinMarcelle L. AustinChristine BallGail BerryRick and Janice CatlinRobert and Ann DrescherVal and Betty FischerBruce and Karen GibsonAndy and Hathia HayesPeggy HigginsMarian HillsPaul and Liz HosierJune KnoxAnn LongleyRobert and Harriet LowethChip and Peggy MahanDr. William Malloy and Maxine TerryJoseph and Matilda MarcheseDorothy MarshallBuzz and Lori McManusClint and Kathy MeyerFletcher and Janis NorrisFrances ParkerSean and Liz ScanlonJoe and Amy SchultzRobert and Lucy ShermanDoug and Karen SmithLeonard SteinJanice StrattonKevin and Laura TannerRichard and Diane TrubiaMat and Pat WhitePeter and Gaile ZackHerbert and Ronna Zimmer

GRAND PATRON ($500 to $999)AnonymousMark AlperRalph and Pamela BradleySally BrauerJudith BrockelmanBob Dawson and Pat BrowningH. Coleman Burgess, IIIGeorge and Cathy BurwellJerome Hurwitz and Lois ButlerBruce and Carol CarterWilliam and Jean CredleJames and Angela FaisonArthur and Nancy FitzgeraldKevin O’Grady and Diane GuidaCarl and Norma HoffmanCarlton and Lee HowardDavid and Therese HueholtCarl Jahrstorfer*Gustav Grosch and Jane KuleszaJames and Mary LaBordeTom and Carolyn LeonardJustine LerchBrian Gilmore and Janet MillsSam and Joy MurrellEd and Lou PowersRobin RobinsonMarkus and Mary SauerGerrie StorchHarry and Bettie StovallRandolph TrullEdith WertherGreg and Cassie Zack

PATRON ($250 to $499)Jim and Maxine AdamsAnn BadtBoyd and Rebecca BaldwinMichael and Gayle BeaudoinMartha Blomberg BeeryJane BirnbachMary Beth BobekCharlie and Phenie BowenRobert BoydJames and Joal BrittonCleve and Jenny CallisonPam CarrollRegina CoxMarion DalgleishNicholas and Lori Anne DavisRussell and Schorr DavisSonja DillamanEdward Dorsey

Connie Drain-GreeneJeanne EtheridgeTom and Carolyn FinleyMary Anne FrostBarbara FurrJoe and Marjorie GeorgeJames GlasenappRobert and Deborah GradyJ. Edward and Lee GrahamJohn and Mimi GrimshawRobert and Joan GrissomJan HaldersonAlex and Nora HargroveRobert and Jeanette HinchcliffePaige S. HouserKristina HubardDick and Karen HullJane HutchinsJohn IllingworthJean KellerBill and Victoria KnowlesColleen KolbJames and Mary LaBordePhyllis LeimerChristian and Lisa LloydLinda LoweNick and Jennifer MaraveyiasMatt and Christine MaynardSara MesserJoseph and Janie MitchellReid and Linda MurchisonSusan L. NelsonJoanne NewtonNancy O’DonohueJohn and Ann ParkerLinda PyleMatthew and Jane RadackBob RiedingerCharles and Joanne RieszMarva RobinsonRobert and Joanne RothermelJoan SametShannon Ackermann SandlinMurray and Deanne ShermanJane Hinton-SmithC. Justin SmithNancy SmithDavid and Daphne SnowLeon and Deborah SochaJohn and Melinda StewartJohn TablerDavid and Phillis ThompsonMichael and Alaine TremelJohn and Janet Tufano

(Reflects contributions received February 12, 2019 – February 12, 2020)On behalf of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and its Board of Directors we would like to thank these individuals for their generous investment in the work of one of Wilmington’s great cultural organizations. Please notify our Symphony Office (791-9262) about any corrections that need to be made in future listings.

BOLDED names are also Masterworks Series Season Subscribers. We are grateful to those donors marked with an asterisk (*) for taking extra time to acquire matching gifts from their employers.

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William and Emily VassarDiana WallaceJanet WesslingOwen WexlerJoyce WhittakerElizabeth WrightDouglas and Betsy YoungRob and Michele ZappleLarry and Malinda Zimmerman

SUSTAINING MEMBERS ($100 to $249)Anonymous (3)Robert Accordino and Patricia PowderlyMary AinsleyVictor AlocciTerri AlsinaErling and Alice AndersonBeverly AndrewsJames and Sandy AppleJoe and Carolyn AugustineJanice BarfieldGeorge F. BartschGeorge BeattyPatricia Donovan BennettMaryEllen BonczekJim and Kikki BrackneyConnette BradleyGeoff and Lesa BroadheadDaniel Bruneau and Susan FishbeinLinda CalhounVivian CarterDavid and Vicki CarusoRichard and Linda ChapmanJohn and Susan CharkoudianStuart CherryAnne CoffeeWalt and Janet ConserBrian and Carla CoxWilma DanielsJames and Alice DavisPeter and Cay DavisRoger and Marcia DavisJune DavisonElizabeth DematteoRegina DoylePat and Casey FinnTim and Pat FordCharles Fox and Lillian WestSara FruechtenichtRobert and Judy FulkFrances GoodmanNancy GuytonRobert HickmanGeorge and Mary HoltMark and Lori HoltJodi Hough

Bob and Sue HouserClaudius and Azzari JarrettLekeshia JarrettCarolyn JeffriesMaura JohnsonTaylor and Bettie Ann JohnsonArthur KareffCharles KernanHarold and Minnie LarsonWarren LeibowitzCharles LittleBeth LooneySpiro MacrisPatrick and Diana MainesGussie MapsonMichael and Margaret McElroyWilliam and Frances McMillanCharles and Sherry McShaneFrederick and Elizabeth Meine IIIFrantz MezaFrank and Stephanie MilanoBrenda Schwartz MitwolJanet MonteroseMary MooneyhamAlma MoorePeter and Lettyann MudarJohn Muller and Constance HeymannKenneth and Joellen MyersMort and Judith NeblettPat and Kathleen NolanHenry NoldanWalter and Beth PancoeBill ParisJames and Mary Paterson, Jr.Marilyn PecoraroJim and Deborah PhillipsStuart and Cris PointGrayson and Darlene PowellWalter and Carolyn PrenticeByron PriceJoanne PurnellTerry and Charlene RichardsonClaude RobinsonR. Joe and Jean RogersMichael RogusStanley and Mary SheltonKim ShipleyHenry and Gorda SingletaryRobert and Deborah SmithWardsworth and Carolyn SodersThomas and Katherine SolomitaRuth Anne SouthworthEugene and Marian SpagnoliJack and Jenny SpruillGeorge StephanouMilton Stevenson

Sandra StinsonEd SullivanJanet SuttonJane B. TatumRose TerryDeanne TheriotDavid and Renae ThompsonNancy ThompsonMark and Kelly TinsleyBertha ToddKelly TomsRichard and Lynne TrottaGayle Price Van VelsorRobert and Barbara WaxmanAcquenetta WheelerCalvin and Cynthia WhiteElizabeth WilcoxAlex and Corinne YipKaren ZackDavid and Amy Zub

HONORARIUM/MEMORIAL GIFTS(Received since September 1, 2019)By James and Sandy Apple

in honor of Jane BirnbachBy Jane Birnbach

in honor of Sarah StoloffBy James H. Faison III and

Angela W. Faison in memory of James H. Faison, Jr., Mary R. Faison, Geraldine Gore Woodard, and McKinley Gore, Jr.

By Beth Looney in honor of Emily Vassar

By C. Justin Smith in memory of Robert W. Winston, Jr.

By William and Emily Vassar in honor of Ned and Dana Riddle

By Robert J. Warren in memory of J. Robert Lane, Jr.

By Karen Hull, Wallace and Lindsay Mayton, Cathy McCarty, Mary Mooneyham, P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapter AA, Ed and Lou Powers, Matthew and Jane Radack, Dr. John R. Stike, Sue and Lloyd Watkins, and Emerson and Elisabeth Willard in memory of Mary Kathleen Lane Hansen

By Bob Austin, Carol Ellis, Robert and Marjorie Roer, Robin Robinson, Sean and Liz Scanlon, Doug and Karen Smith, and Dr. John R. Stike in memory of James Hendry “Chip” Robinson, Jr.

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The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021! With this exciting anniversary quickly approaching, we’ve asked our donors to grow with us by becoming a Pacesetter and increasing their annual gift by 30%. Please join us in thanking the following Pacesetters:

Wilbur and Eileen AllingJames and Sandy AppleBob AustinMarcelle AustinChristy BallGail BerryConnette BradleyBarry and Janet BurkholderBruce and Carol CarterWilliam and Jean CredleConnie Drain-GreeneCarol EllisJeanne EtheridgeThomas and Carolyn FinleyArthur and Nancy FitzgeraldMary Anne Frost

Kevin O’Grady and Diane GuidaJim and Mary HagenAndy and Hathia HayesPeggy HigginsMarian HillsPaul and Elizabeth HosierCarlton and Lee HowardKaren HullJune KnoxJustine LerchDorothy MarshallSam and Joy MurrellFletcher and Janis NorrisFrances ParkerMatthew and Jane RadackRobin Robinson

Marva RobinsonRobert and Marjorie RoerMurray and Deanne ShermanDoug and Karen SmithC. Justin SmithDavid and Daphne SnowDr. John R. StikeGerrie StorchHarry and Bettie StovallDavid and Phillis ThompsonDiana WallaceHans and Lorraine WestermarkElizabeth L. WrightPeter and Gaile ZackHerbert and Ronna Zimmer

Pacesetter

The Wilmington Symphony Legacy Society is a group of friends who have included the Wilmington Symphony in their will or estate plans. Current Legacy Society Associates include:

Bob AustinMarcelle AustinFrank and Ruth Funk (deceased)Marian Hills

Katherine Hoyt (deceased)Justine LerchNancy McAllister (deceased)Robert and Marjorie Roer

Dr. John R. StikeRandolph TrullDiane UsherPeter and Gaile Zack

Legacy Society

Anonymous (4)Wilbur and Eileen AllingBob AustinMarcelle L. AustinChristy BallGail BerryBob King AutohausBrightmore of WilmingtonCarolina Bay at Autumn HallBarry and Janet BurkholderCatlin Engineers and ScientistsDavis CommunityRobert and Ann DrescherCarol EllisVal and Betty FischerBruce and Karen GibsonRonald and Marilyn Gunther

James and Mary HagenPeggy HigginsMarian HillsPaul and Liz HosierJames E. Moore Insurance AgencyJune KnoxAnn LongleyChip and Peggy MahanRexroad Loweth Wealth ManagementDr. William Malloy and Maxine TerryJoseph and Matilda MarcheseDorothy MarshallBuzz and Lori McManusClint and Kathy MeyerFletcher and Janis NorrisFrances ParkerReeds Jewelers

Robert and Marjorie RoerRonald Sachs ViolinsSean and Liz ScanlonJoe and Amy SchultzRobert and Lucy ShermanDoug and Karen SmithBucky SteinDr. John R. StikeDr. Janice StrattonKevin and Laura TannerRichard and Diane TrubiaHans and Lorraine WestermarkWilmington HealthPeter and Gaile ZackHerbert and Ronna Zimmer

Wilmington Symphony SocietyThe Wilmington Symphony Society honors individuals, couples and corporations who annually contribute at the Benefactor level and above, helping lead the way to the Orchestra’s future continued growth. In grateful appreciation to these current 2019–2020 Season members:

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wilmington symphony orchestra corporate, foundation & public support

MAESTRO CIRCLE ($10,000 and up)

COMPOSER’S CIRCLE ($5,000 to $9,999)Brightmore of WilmingtonCarolina Bay at Autumn HallMarilyn Senn Moll Charitable TrustReeds JewelersThe Landfall Foundation, Inc.

SOLOIST’S CIRCLE ($3,000 to $4,999)Arts Council of Wilmington and NHCBob King AutohausDavis CommunityJames E. Moore Insurance AgencyRonald Sachs ViolinsWilmington Health

CONCERTMASTER’S CIRCLE ($1,000 to $2,999)Catlin Engineers and ScientistsDan Cameron Family FoundationRexroad Loweth Wealth ManagementThe Pleasants Cole

Wealth Management Group

PRINCIPAL PLAYER’S CIRCLE ($500 to $999)Omega SportsThe David B. Elsbree and

Lorraine Gilmore Charitable FundThe True North FoundationSeaNotes Brass StudiosWilmington Conservatory of Fine ArtsWilmington Woman’s Club

MUSICIAN’S CIRCLE ($100 to $499)BB&T Scott & StringfellowCape Fear Music Teachers AssociationDavis Funeral HomeFensel Supply Co.Fountain Financial ServicesGreater Wilmington Business JournalHamilton & Company CPAsMcFayden Engineers, PLLCNew Elements GalleryPEO Sisterhood Chapter AAPrudential Laney Commercial Real EstateRCC FoundationSaffo ContractorsSeacoast Wealth Management, Inc.Southern Bank

South State BankState Farm Insurance Agent —

Josh LondonStevenson Stohl Suzuki StudioThe Farlow Group, Inc.The Oleander CompanyTrusst Builder Group

Matching Gift CompaniesAetna FoundationCoca-Cola FoundationCorning Inc. FoundationDuke Energy FoundationExxonMobil FoundationGE Foundation Matching GiftsIBM FoundationJohnson & JohnsonUBS Financial Services, Inc.

In addition to gifts from individuals, it is the generosity of these businesses, foundations and organizations that help us produce our Masterworks Series, Symphony Pops!, Family Matinees, and an array of youth education programs.

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