Sat, May 31, 2025 | 1pm & 4pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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North Carolina Symphony
Joseph Peters, conductor
Raleigh Dance Theatre 
Megan Marvel, Artistic Director

Dmitri Kabalevsky       
"Galop" from The Comedians, Op. 26

Dmitri Shostakovich      
Selections from Ballet Suite No. 1, Op. 84
      1. Lyric Waltz
      4. Polka
      6. Galop

Edvard Grieg
“March of the Dwarfs” from Lyric Suite, Op. 54

Ottorino Respighi
“La Nascuta si Venere” from Trittico Botticelliano

Ralph Vaughan Williams
“March Past of the Kitchen Utensils”  from The Wasps

Camille Saint-Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals 
I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion
II. Hens and Roosters
III. Hemiones: Tumbling Asiatic Donkeys
IV. Tortoises
V. The Elephant
VI. Kangaroos
VII. Aquarium
VIII. People with Long Ears
IX. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Forest
      X. Aviary        
      XI. Pianists        
      XII. Fossils        
      XIII. The Swan        
      XIV. Finale
Raleigh Dance Theatre
Choreography by Megan Marvel

The North Carolina Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of Young Peoples Concert Series Sponsor WakeMed Children's.

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