2016-17 Season Brochures 2016-17 Meyerhoff Season | Page 16

MAY/JUNE
Stravinsky’s Firebird

Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Markus Stenz, conductor
David Fray, piano

Markus Stenz, conductor
Andrew Balio, trumpet

Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and
Prosperous Voyage
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Stravinsky: The Firebird (Complete)

Mozart: Symphony No. 29
Haydn: Trumpet Concerto
Detlev Glanert: Frenesia (BSO Premiere)
R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz gives
us a rare opportunity to hear the color and
brilliance of Stravinsky’s complete score for
The Firebird, the commission from Diaghilev’s
Ballet Russes that catapulted him to fame in
pre-WWI Paris. Years later, Paris was again
the setting for Ravel’s popular jazz-inflected
concerto, a perfect vehicle for the musical
refinement and elegance of French pianist
David Fray, who makes his BSO debut.

Maestro Stenz is a master of both the classic and
modern Austro-Germanic repertoire. Mozart’s
graceful Symphony No. 29 is modeled after Haydn,
who Mozart often called his teacher. Haydn’s own
humorous and virtuosic trumpet concerto showcases
Principal Trumpet Andrew Balio. Transforming the
orchestral palette, Stenz introduces fun and frantic
Frenesia, an ironic homage to Richard Strauss, whose
own whimsical tribute to the medieval trouble-maker,
Till Eulenspiegel, makes for a rousing finale.

THU, MAY 4, 8 PM

FRI, MAY 12, 8 PM

 rogram features Centennial Celebration Commission
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BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2016-2017 SEASON

Late Night performance in the lobby. See page 4 for details.

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