Program features Centennial Celebration Commission Late Night performance in the lobby. See page 4 for details.
BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2016-2017 SEASON
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Bruckner’ s Symphony No. 4
FRI, FEB 3, 8 PM SAT, FEB 4, 8 PM
Markus Stenz, conductor Gabriela Montero, piano
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 Bruckner: Symphony No. 4,“ Romantic”
The vibrant Venezuelan Gabriela Montero, known as much for her dazzling improvisations as for her brilliant command of the repertoire, makes her BSO debut. Perhaps, like Mozart himself, she will indulge in some improv. Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz conducts Bruckner’ s most popular symphony, the Fourth known as the“ Romantic,” with its brilliant use of horns and allusions to the hunt. A showcase for the BSO’ s great brass section!
Mendelssohn’ s Symphony No. 4
FRI, FEB 24, 8 PM SUN, FEB 26, 3 PM
Nicholas McGegan, conductor Henning Kraggerud, violin
Rameau: Suite from Dardanus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3 Schubert: Overture in the Italian Style Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4,“ Italian”
Baroque and early Classical expert Nicholas McGegan brings his infectious enthusiasm to a light and buoyant program. Mozart’ s delightful Violin Concerto No. 3, which he composed at the early age of 19, and Rameau prepare the way for Italian-themed classics by Schubert and Mendelssohn. Both young composers in their early 20s found inspiration from the beauty, art and vitality of Italy. Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud makes a welcome return as concerto soloist.
HENNING KRAGGERUD
DVORáK’ S
THU, FEB 16, 8 PM
CELLO CONCERTO
VALENTINA PELEGGI
Marin Alsop, conductor Johannes Moser, cello Kwame Kwei-Armah, narrator
Barber: Symphony No. 1 Copland: Lincoln Portrait Dvořák: Cello Concerto
JOHANNES MOSER
American Classics. Marin Alsop, a champion of American music, pairs Samuel Barber’ s unabashedly Romantic First Symphony with Copland’ s dramatic evocation of the nation’ s 16th President, narrated by Baltimore’ s own Kwame Kwei-Armah. And the greatest concerto in the cello literature, an exquisite tribute to a dying first love, was also written in America, after the Czech composer Antonin Dvořák moved here from his native Moravia. Johannes Moser brings this concert to a rousing conclusion.
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