Wed, Nov 26, 2025 | 4pm
Fri/Sat Nov 28-29, 2025 | 3pm & 7:30pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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North Carolina Symphony
Sophie Mok, conductor
Cirque de la Symphonie

Various composers / Arr. Robert Wendel
“Christmas a la valse” 

Franz Schubert / Arr. Carmen Dragon
“Ave Maria” 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
“Dance of the Tumblers” from The Snow Maiden 

Claude Debussy / Arr. Lucien Cailliet
“Clair de lune” from Suite bergamasque 

Ottorino Respighi
“Danse cosaque” from La boutique fantasque 

David Arkenstone
“Snowdance” 

Leroy Anderson
“Sleigh Ride” 

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Polonaise from Christmas Eve 

Delvyn Case
“Rocket Sleigh”

INTERMISSION

Felix Bernard / Arr. Calvin Custer
“Winter Wonderland” 

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Danse des cygnes” from Swan Lake 

George Antheil
“Hot-Time Dance” 

Traditional / Arr. David Arkenstone
“I Saw Three Ships” 

Manuel de Falla / Arr. Stéphane Chapelier
“Spanish Dance No. 1” from La vida breve 

Dmitri Kabalevsky
“Comedians' Galop” from The Comedians, Op. 26 

Robert Wendel
“Caribbean Sleigh Ride” 

Ottorino Respighi
Can-Can from La boutique fantasque 

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Waltz of the Flowers” from The Nutcracker 

Traditional / Arr. Arthur Harris
“We Wish You a Merry Christmas”