2016-17 Season Brochures 2016-17 Meyerhoff Season | Page 22

HOLIDAY
The Nightmare Before Christmas
SAT, OCT 29, 8 PM
SUN, OCT 30, 3 PM
Movie and Music
Elfman: The Nightmare Before Christmas
What’s this, what’s this?!—the wildly inventive
world of Tim Burton’s macabre classic. Danny
Elfman’s rambunctious, colorful score will roar into
life in the hands of the BSO as you follow Jack the
Pumpkin King’s quest to seize Christmas.

Handel’s Messiah

FRI, DEC 2, 7:30 PM
SUN, DEC 4, 3 PM
Edward Polochick, conductor
and harpsichord
Concert Artists of Baltimore
Symphonic Chorale
Handel: Messiah
From the sheer joy and magnitude of the
“Hallelujah” chorus to the delicate beauty of
the arias, it’s no wonder this beloved work has
crowned holiday celebrations for centuries.
The BSO’s annual complete performance of
the Messiah, led from the harpsichord by
the dynamic Edward Polochick, is a musical
tradition you’ll want to make your own.

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It’s A Wonderful Life
THU, DEC 15, 7 PM
FRI, DEC 16, 7 PM
Movie and Music
Justin Freer, conductor
George Bailey’s extraordinary Christmas Eve journey
with an Angel Second Class is a story we turn to year
after year. As the BSO performs the score live to
accompany the film, you’ll experience the warmth
of this cinematic classic as never before.

Holiday Pops with Storm Large
SAT, DEC 17, 2 PM
SAT, DEC 17, 7:30 PM
SUN, DEC 18, 2 PM

Storm Large, vocalist
Baltimore City College Choir
Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers

EDWARD POLOCHICK

A “SWINGIN’

NUTCRACKER”
à la Ellington

FRI, DEC 9, 7:30 PM
SAT, DEC 10, 2 PM
SAT, DEC 10, 7:30 PM
SUN, DEC 11, 2 PM
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Step Afrika! Dancers

Vocal sensation Storm Large of Pink Martini joins the
BSO for a sparkling holiday celebration! Bring the
whole family to get in the spirit of the season with this
special program of carols, classics and lots of surprises.
Plus—back by popular demand, the Tap-Dancing
Santas are comin’ to town!

Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness
THU, DEC 29, 8 PM (Star Trek)
FRI, DEC 30, 8 PM (Star Trek Into Darkness)

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Composed and arranged by
Ellington/Strayhorn/Murtha

Movie and Music

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