Fri/Sat, Jan 9-10, 2026 | 8pm
MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL, WOOLNER STAGE
MARTIN MARIETTA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, RALEIGH

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North Carolina Symphony
JoAnne Falletta, conductor
Magdalena Kuźma, soprano 
Nicholas Phan, tenor 
Johnathan McCullough, baritone 
North Carolina Master Chorale, 
Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis, Music Director

Richard Strauss (1864-1949) program notes
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 
     I. Attire of the Rose Cavalier and Duet
     II. Ochs-Walzes
     III. Tenor Aria
     IV. [Breakfast Scene]
     V. Terzett
     VI. [Closing Duet] 

INTERMISSION

Carl Orff (1895-1982) program notes
Carmina Burana
     I. Fortuna imperatrix mundi [Fortune, Empress of the World]
     II. Primo vere [In Springtime]
     III. Uf dem Anger [On the Green]
     IV. Adagio
     V. Cour d’amours [The Court of Love]
     VI. Blanziflor et Helena [Blanziflor and Helena]
     VII. Fortuna imperatrix mundi
Magdalena Kuźma, soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Johnathan McCullough, baritone
North Carolina Master Chorale

The Friday concert is made possible in part by the A. J. Fletcher Foundation Fund. 

The Saturday concert is made possible in part by the Margaret E. and Edgar W. Dunham Fund.