Beethoven + Borodin
Beethoven + Borodin
with the Symphony Chorus
Saturday
Mar 7, 2026
7:30 PM
Sunday
Mar 8, 2026
3:00 PM
Winston-Salem Symphony
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Kathryn Levy Flute
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Chris Gilliam Chorus Director
Beethoven Symphony No. 8
Griffes Poem for flute and Orchestra
Quinn Mason Princesa de la Luna
Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
This program will be performed without intermission and is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Beethoven’s firework Eighth Symphony and Borodin’s familiar and raucous Polovstian Dances (featuring the Symphony Chorus) bookend a concert with a quieter middle. Charles Griffes’s Poem features WSS principal flutist Kathryn Levy, celebrating her 50th season with the orchestra; Quinn Mason’s recent Princesa de la Luna is a palette of colors and textures for a string orchestra with harp.
Individual Concert Sponsor:
Dr. Patricia Willis
Saturday
Mar 7
7:30 PM
Sunday
Mar 8
3:00 PM
Pre-Concert Talk
Saturday at 6:30 PM | Sunday at 2:00 PM
All audience members are invited to join us in the Chorus Rehearsal Room, directly adjacent to Reynolds Auditorium on its north side, for a lively discussion about the music and surrounding context. Local musicologist and WFU emeritus professor of music Dr. David Levy is your guide—pre-concert talks are free to attend, and occur one hour before the concert.
Venue
Reynolds Auditorium
301 N. Hawthorne Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27104
Rideshare and Dining
What will my view be like?
While Reynolds Auditorium’s sightlines and sound are best enjoyed in the Mezzanine, Orchestra-level seating also offers superb viewing and sound, especially in rows F through O. Please bear in mind that Reynolds Auditorium is a historic venue; there is no elevator, thus the Mezzanine and Balcony levels are only accessed via stairs. Accessible seating is available on the Orchestra level at the rear of the house and along the outside left and right.
Kathryn Levy Flute
Flutist Kathryn Levy is a native of Salinas, California. She studied flute with Katherine Sorensen of San Jose, Paul Renzi of San Francisco, Roger Stevens at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Maurice Sharpe at the Aspen Music Festival and Joseph Mariano at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York where she earned both the BM and the Coveted Performer’s Certificate. In 1976, Ms. Levy moved to Winston-Salem, NC where she teaches in the Wake Forest University Department of Music. She has developed the flute choir and wind chamber music programs in addition to her studio teaching and has performed frequently in faculty chamber music concerts.
Ms. Levy is equally at home as an orchestral musician, having served as a flutist in the New Orleans Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic and numerous summer festival orchestras. She currently holds the position of Principal Flute with the Winston-Salem Symphony and Piccoloist with the Chautauqua Symphony.