Fri/Sat, Sep 19-20, 2025 | 8pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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North Carolina Symphony
Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor
Denis Kozhukhin, piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Overture to The School for Scandal

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 
    I. Allegro vivace 
    II. Largo 
    III. Allegro vivace
Denis Kozhukhin, piano

INTERMISSION

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, “From the New World”
    I. Adagio – Allegro molto 
    II. Largo 
    III. Molto vivace 
    IV. Allegro con fuoco

At the heart of this America 250 program is Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony, written in America. Works by Barber and Rachmaninoff—whose Fourth Piano Concerto took shape in New York—expand the reflection on identity and place.

The North Carolina Symphony gratefully acknowledges the support of Weekend Sponsor WRAL-TV.