A memorial to the events of 9/11 by the people of North Carolina September 11, 2011, 7pm Meymandi Concert Hall progress energy center for the performing arts raleigh, nc Presented in cooperation with: Personal Reflections on September 11, 2001 There are few events in human history that galvanize the whole world through their sheer awfulness. Those of September 11, 2001, were just such events. We each have our story of that day, and mine is not very remarkable, program except for its geographical proximity to those events. Having flown into Boston, Massachusetts, on September 10 on American Airlines, I felt too close for comfort to all that happened. “Comfort” was not a word in anyone’s vocabulary for months following that date. I was to have commenced my duties as musical director of the Handel and Haydn Society the following day in rehearsal for a performance of Haydn’s oratorio The Creation just as we were witnessing the most wicked acts of wanton destruction in New York and Washington, D.C. Haydn’s masterpiece actually begins with a Representation of Chaos which is chilling in its wordless musical effect. However, we felt that music’s power to soothe was more important at that time and so, as now, turned to Mozart. The Ave verum corpus, written some six months before his own death, beautifully captures the utter pathos of human mortality. But it is through the music of the Requiem that we fully explore the depth and breadth of human emotion. Just as 9/11 affected us all, this music speaks to each and every one with a message that is both personal and universal. Take from it what you will, but know that this music will outlive us mere human beings and remember the prophetic words of Antonio Salieri in Sir Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus: “It will help the ages to mourn.” — GRANT LLEWELLYN, Music Director, North Carolina Symphony program Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ave verum corpus, K.618 north carolina (1756-1791) Interfaith Invocation Nancy Huslage, President, remembers 9/11 Triangle Interfaith Alliance Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/ Introitus from Requiem Mass in D minor, K.626 september 11, 2011, 7pm ed. Franz Beyer Dominique Labelle, soprano Historical Commentary David Crabtree, Anchor, WRAL-TV meymandi concert hall Mozart Dies irae from Requiem Mass progress energy center for the performing arts Toni Morrison “The Dead of September 11” (b. 1931) David Hartman, reader North Carolina Symphony J. Mark Scearce Excerpt from This Thread Grant Llewellyn, Music Director (b. 1960) Krista River, mezzo-soprano Brian Reagin, violin North Carolina Master Chorale Reflections on 9/11 Governor Beverly Perdue Dr. Alfred E. Sturgis, Music Director Mozart Lacrymosa from Requiem Mass Thoughts and hopes Rose Aslan, Daljinder Kaur Bhangoo, Marie Garlock, for our future Jonathan Locklear, Hetali Lodaya, Daniel Marcus, Tonight’s program will be broadcast live on UNC-EX, the Explorer Channel, at 7pm Alejandro Martinez, Ghazal Rahmani, readers and on WRAL-TV at 8pm, with a repeat broadcast on UNC-TV at 10:30pm. Please turn off cell phones or pagers. No photography or recording. Mozart Communio: Lux aeterna from Requiem Mass Dominique Labelle, soprano text and translation Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K.618 Dies irae Ave, verum corpus, Hail, true body, Dies irae, dies illa This day, this day of wrath natum de Maria virgine: born of the Virgin Mary: solvet saeclum in favilla, shall consume the world in ashes, Vere passum, immolatum Who hath truly suffered, teste David cum Sibylla. so spake David and the Sibyl. in cruce pro homine; broken on the cross for man; Quantus tremor est futurus, Oh, what great trembling there will be Cujus latus perforatum from Whose pierced side quando Judex est venturus when the Judge will appear unda fluxit et sanguine. flowed water and blood. cuncta stricte discussurus! to examine everything in strict justice! Esto nobis praegustatum Be for us a foretaste in mortis examine. of the trial of death. Lacrymosa Lacrymosa dies illa Oh, this day full of tears qua resurget ex favilla when from the ashes arises Mozart: Requiem Mass in D minor, K.626 judicandus homo reus; guilty man, to be judged: huic ergo parce Deus. Oh Lord, have mercy upon him. Introitus: Requiem (Chorus and Soprano) Pie Jesu, Domine, Gentle Lord Jesus, Requiem aeternam dona eis, Rest eternal grant them, dona eis requiem. grant them rest. Domine, O Lord; Amen. Amen. et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, There shall be singing unto Thee in Zion, Communio: Lux aeterna (Soprano and Chorus) et tibi reddetur votum and prayer shall go up to Thee Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, May eternal light shine upon them, O Lord, in Jerusalem. in Jerusalem. cum sanctis tuis in aeternam, with Thy saints forever, Exaudi orationem meam. Hear my prayer. quia pius es. for Thou art good. Ad te omnis caro veniet. Unto Thee all flesh shall come. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Lord, grant them eternal rest, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. and let perpetual light shine upon them. The Dead of September 11 by Toni Morrison Some have God’s words; others have songs of comfort for the bereaved. If I can pluck courage here, I would like to speak directly to the dead — the September dead. Those children of ancestors born in every continent on the planet: Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas … born of ancestors who wore kilts, obis, saris, geles, wide straw hats, yarmulkes, goatskin, wooden shoes, feathers and cloths to cover their hair. But I would not say a word until I could set aside all I know or believe about nations, war, leaders, the governed and ungovernable; all that I suspect about armor and entrails. First I would freshen my tongue, abandon sentences crafted to know evil — wanton or studied; explosive or quietly sinister, whether born of a sated appetite or hunger; of vengeance or the simple compulsion to stand up before falling down. I would purge my language of hyperbole; of its eagerness to analyze the levels of wickedness; ranking them, calculating their higher or lower status among others of its kind. Speaking to the broken and the dead is too difficult for a mouth full of blood. Too holy an act for impure thoughts. Because the dead are free, absolute; they cannot be seduced by blitz. To speak to you, the dead of September, I must not claim false intimacy or summon an overheated heart glazed just in time for a camera. I must be steady. I must be clear, knowing all the time that I have nothing to say — no words stronger than the steel that pressed you into itself; no scripture older or more elegant than the ancient atoms you have become. And I have nothing to give — except this gesture, this thread thrown between your humanity and mine: I want to hold you in my arms and as your soul got shot of its box of flesh to understand, as you have done, the wit of eternity: its gift of unhinged release tearing through the darkness of its knell. NORTH CAROLINA REMEMBERS 9/11 | 5 thoughts and hopes for our future The following students are members of the Triangle Interfaith Alliance. Tonight’s message of hope for the future was prepared by this group. Rose Aslan, Carrboro Hetali Lodaya, Chapel Hill A Ph.D. student in religious studies at the University of North Carolina at A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying Chapel Hill, Rose is Muslim. chemistry and public policy, Hetali is Jain. Daljinder Kaur Bhangoo, Cary Daniel Marcus, Raleigh A student at North Carolina State University studying human biology, A student at North Carolina State University and Wake Technical Community Daljinder is Sikh. College studying computer science, Daniel is Jewish. Marie Garlock, Raleigh Alejandro Martinez, Miami, Florida A Ph.D. student in communication studies at the An IRB specialist at Duke University, Alejandro is Buddhist. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marie is Christian. Ghazal Rahmani, Morrisville Jonathan Locklear, Maxton A student at North Carolina State University, Ghazal is Baha’i. A student at North Carolina State University studying technology design and engineering, Jonathan is a member of the Lumbee Tribe. 6 | PROGRAM biographies Governor Beverly Perdue Grant Llewellyn, Music Director, North Carolina Symphony In January 2009, Bev Perdue was inaugurated as the 73rd Governor of Grant Llewellyn is known throughout the world as a musician of great North Carolina and our state’s first woman governor. On Governor Perdue’s talent, versatility and passion. Born in Tenby, South Wales, Llewellyn won a first day in office she signed a series of executive orders designed to make conducting fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts in government more efficient, more accessible and more accountable to the 1985 where he worked with Bernstein, Ozawa, Masur and Previn. people. Llewellyn began his tenure as North Carolina Symphony Music Director in Before entering public service, Perdue worked as a public school teacher, 2004. His sophisticated perspective has captured the interest and imagina- as director of geriatric services at a community hospital in her hometown of tion of everyone he encounters. Critics and audiences alike have noted the New Bern and earned a Ph.D. in Education Administration. Governor Perdue passion and concentration of the orchestra under his baton and praise his has also served in the State House, State Senate and as lieutenant governor “transcendent performances” and his “graceful and expressive direction.” To for eight years. date, Llewellyn has held positions with three European orchestras: principal As a state legislator, Perdue was part of several landmark initiatives, includ- conductor of the Royal Flanders Philharmonic, principal guest conductor of ing raising teacher salaries from forty-third to twenty-first in the nation, start- the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra and associate guest conductor with the ing the Children’s Health Insurance Program and creating the Clean Water BBC National Orchestra of Wales.