Catrin Finch Featured in Raleigh and Wilmington Concerts
?Grant?s Postcards from Home,? April 19-21
NC Symphony Catrin Finch
Music Director Grant Llewellyn and the North
Carolina Symphony present ?Grant?s Postcards from Home,? a
program of celebrated 20th- and 21st-century music from
Llewellyn?s native land, Wales. The concerts take place in
Wilmington?s Kenan Auditorium on Thursday, April 19 and in
downtown Raleigh?s Meymandi Concert Hall on Friday and Saturday,
April 20-21. All three concerts begin at 8:00 p.m.
On April 19, UNC-Wilmington?s Dr. Barry Salwen leads a pre-concert
talk on the music inside Kenan Auditorium beginning at 6:50 p.m.
In Raleigh, Dr. Randolph Foy of North Carolina State University
will present a pre-concert talk in the Swalin Lobby of Meymandi
Concert Hall on Friday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m., while Catherine
Brand of WUNC-FM hosts the concert?s special guest, harpist Catrin
Finch, among others, for ?Meet the Artists? on Saturday, April
21 at 6:30 p.m.
The notion of an evening of works by Welsh composers was first
suggested to Llewellyn by audience members at a post-concert
discussion. Though skeptical at first, the conductor soon warmed to
the recommendation. ?As the idea of this concert developed,? he
says, ?I was very keen to represent a cross-section of Welsh
composers with a variety of names (some more pronounceable than
others!)?
Also featured on the program is Catrin Finch, a gifted Welsh
harpist praised worldwide for her ?deep musical insight? and
?impeccable rhythmic poise.? H.R.H. Charles, The Prince of Wales
appointed Finch Official Royal Harpist in 2002, saying of her,
?When I re-established the ancient tradition of appointing a
harpist to The Prince of Wales, little did I imagine that I would
find someone with such a rare and special talent as Catrin. She is
a credit to Wales, and I could not be more proud of her.?
?Grant?s Postcards from Home? includes work by William
Mathias, the first Welsh composer of which Llewellyn was aware and,
later, met. ?I first played his Celtic Dances when I was eleven
years old and a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Wales,?
he says. The Symphony will perform Mathias?s Symphony No. 3, his
final major work.
The evening also includes music by two of the exciting young
generation of Welsh composers: Ceiri Torjusson?s Momentum and
Pwyll ap Si?n?s Gwales. The latter was written in memoriam of
Mathias, with whom Pwyll studied. ?It?s a take on Mozart?s
Requiem which was one of Mathias?s favorite works,? says
Llewellyn, ?and you will recognize elements of it in Gwales.?
Born in Cardiff, Torjusson is a fluent Welsh speaker, and though
classically trained, he has played in and arranged for various
soul, jazz, funk and disco bands. He has composed scores for nine
independent feature films and written additional music for a number
of high-profile movies such as Die Hard 4.
The final composer featured on the program is Karl Jenkins,
destined to be, ?in my opinion, the most performed composer of the
21st century,? says Llewellyn. ?He is maddeningly popular with
an unerring ear for what audiences enjoy. His Over the Stone
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra is an absolute winner and with
Catrin Finch to perform it, this work will become an audience
favorite.?
Regular tickets to the Duke Medicine Classical Series Raleigh
performances of ?Grant?s Postcards from Home? on Friday and
Saturday, April 20-21 range from $33 to $48, with $30 tickets for
seniors.
Regular tickets to the Wilmington Series performance on Thursday,
April 19 range from $33 to $48.
Students receive $10 tickets in both venues.
For tickets, visit the North Carolina Symphony website at
www.ncsymphony.org or call North Carolina Symphony Audience
Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724.
Meymandi Concert Hall is located in the Progress Energy Center for
the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., in Raleigh.
Kenan Auditorium is located on the UNC-Wilmington campus, at 601 S.
College Road in Wilmington.
About the North Carolina Symphony
Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony performs over 175
concerts annually to adults and school children in more than 50
North Carolina counties. An entity of the North Carolina Department
of Cultural Resources, the orchestra employs 67 professional
musicians, under the artistic leadership of Music Director and
Conductor Grant Llewellyn, Resident Conductor William Henry Curry
and Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks.
Based in downtown Raleigh?s spectacular Meymandi Concert Hall at
the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts and an outdoor
summer venue at Booth Amphitheatre in Cary, N.C., the Symphony
performs about 60 concerts annually in the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel
Hill and Cary metropolitan area. It holds regular concert series in
Fayetteville, New Bern, Southern Pines and Wilmington?as well as
individual concerts in many other North Carolina communities
throughout the year?and conducts one of the most extensive
education programs of any U.S. orchestra.
Concert/Event Listing:
North Carolina Symphony
Grant?s Postcards from Home
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
Catrin Finch, harp
Thur, April 19, 2012, 8pm
Kenan Auditorium, UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington
Fri/Sat, April 20-21, 2012, 8pm
Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing
Arts, Raleigh
Program Listing:
North Carolina Symphony
Grant?s Postcards from Home
Grant Llewellyn, Music Director
April 19-21, 2012
Momentum
Ceiri Torjussen (b. 1976)
Over the Stone, Concerto for Harp and Orchestra
Karl Jenkins (b. 1944)
I. Carillon
II. Somnium Aeternum
III. Song of the Bards
IV. Tros y Garreg
V. Cadenza
VI. Vamp Latino
Catrin Finch, Harp
Gwales
Pwyll ap Si?n (b. 1968)
Symphony No. 3
William Mathias (1934-1992)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Lento appassionato
III. Allegro non troppo, e risoluto
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