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BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2016-2017 SEASON

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

INON BARNATAN

Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10
FRI, OCT 14, 8 PM
SUN, OCT 16, 3 PM

Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano
Beethoven: Overture to Coriolan
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Two revolutionary composers, both as musicians and
as humanists, are explored by Vasily Petrenko, who
made a strong impression on his last BSO visit. Written
after the death of Stalin, Shostakovich’s pulsing
and militaristic 10th Symphony is often called an
“optimistic tragedy.” Beethoven complements the
work with his tumultuous, war-like Coriolan Overture
and the Third Piano Concerto, performed by emerging
Israeli-born New Yorker Inon Barnatan, hailed as
“superb” by The New York Times, and here making
his BSO subscription debut.

Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8
FRI, OCT 21, 8 PM
SUN, OCT 23, 3 PM

Hannu Lintu, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano
Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus
(BSO Premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8
Hannu Lintu is joined by a close collaborator, 2006
Gramophone “Artist of the Year” Angela Hewitt, to
perform Beethoven’s joyful Piano Concerto No. 1.
In a natural mode, the program opens with Finnish
composer Rautavaara’s evocative blending of
taped birdsong recorded at the Arctic Circle with
symphony orchestra. Listen for the songs of birds
and feel the sunlight warming the fields in Dvořák’s
pastoral Eighth Symphony, which conjures country
walks in his native land.

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NUTCRACKER
THU, NOV 3, 8 PM
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Nicole Cabell, soprano
John Adams: The Chairman Dances:
Foxtrot for Orchestra
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker,
Overture Miniature
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Act II
Newly appointed BSO Associate Conductor
Nicholas Hersh embraces love, longing and
dance in this program. He opens with John
Adams’ witty depiction of Chairman Mao and
his future wife joining in a humorous, slightly
amorous foxtrot. The sights and sounds of
dream-like Arabian Nights are conjured in Ravel’s
ravishingly beautiful song cycle. And what better
way to be transported to the Land of Sweets,
than through the glorious, joyous music of
Tchaikovsky’s second act from The Nutcracker?

Mahler’s Symphony No. 6

NICOLE CABELL

FRI, NOV 11, 8 PM
SAT, NOV 12, 8 PM

Marin Alsop, conductor

Mahler: Symphony No. 6
An acknowledged Mahler authority, Maestra
Alsop is passionate about this composer—a
man who grappled mightily with his own
nature and that of all mankind, illuminating
the human condition with every note he wrote.
The Sixth Symphony is a massive undertaking—
for the composer, for the conductor, for the
orchestra and for the audience. Big, dramatic
and life-affirming, it packs into one masterpiece
Mahler’s lifelong efforts to succeed against
the inevitable blows of fate. Not heard at the
BSO since 1992, this is a rare opportunity
to experience this extraordinary work.

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