2017-2018 Season Brochure Choose 4 Concerts: Meyerhoff

SEPTEMBER 2017 Pinchas Zukerman OFF THE CUFF: IMPRESSIONIST MASTERWORKS SAT, JAN 13 | 7 PM TCHAIKOVSKY THRILL RIDE FRI, SEP 15 | 8 PM SAT, SEP 16 | 8 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director Visuals from the Baltimore Museum of Art Marin Alsop, Music Director Łukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar DEBUSSY // La Mer RAVEL // La Valse JOHN ADAMS // Short Ride in a Fast Machine JOHN ADAMS // Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance (East Coast Premiere) RODRIGO // Concierto de Aranjuez TCHAIKOVSKY // Symphony No. 5 in E Minor Nicholas Hersh, associate conductor OCTOBER 2017 WAGNER’S QUEST THU, OCT 5 | 8 PM Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Jonathan Carney, violin MENDELSSOHN // The Hebrides Overture BRUCH // Scottish Fantasy WAGNER // Selections from Parsifal OFF THE CUFF: WAGNER’S QUEST SAT, OCT 7 | 7 PM Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Frankie Moreno Marin Alsop, Music Director Gabriela Montero, piano BARTÓK // Concerto for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY // Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor Marin Alsop, Music Director Lukáš Vondráček, piano SAT, SEP 30 | 8 PM SUN, OCT 1 | 3 PM Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Frankie Moreno, vocalist FRI, JAN 19 | 8 PM SUN, JAN 21 | 3 PM FRI, SEP 22 | 8 PM SUN, SEP 24 | 3 PM JURASSIC PARK: MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA FRI, APR 13 | 8 PM SAT, APR 14 | 8 PM SUN, APR 15 | 3 PM TCHAIKOVSKY’S VIVID VIRTUOSITY POETIC FIRE: FROM HAMLET TO DON JUAN TCHAIKOVSKY // Hamlet Fantasy-Overture After Shakespeare R. STRAUSS // Don Juan RACHMANINOFF // Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor SUPERPOPS: VEGAS NIGHTS WITH FRANKIE MORENO SUPERPOPS: DIVA TO DIVA – FROM ELLA TO ADELE PINCHAS ZUKERMAN PERFORMS BACH FRI, NOV 10 | 8 PM SAT, NOV 11 | 8 PM Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin BACH // Violin Concerto in A Minor SCHOENBERG // Verklärte Nacht (1943) BEETHOVEN // Symphony No. 2 in D Major ANDRÉ WATTS RETURNS FOR RACH 2 FRI, JAN 26 | 8 PM SAT, JAN 27 | 8 PM SUN, JAN 28 | 3 PM MAHLER’S TITAN Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist FRI, APR 20 | 8 PM SAT, APR 21 | 8 PM FEBRUARY 2018 Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Jonathan Carney, violin Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello Ryo Yanagitani, piano STEPHEN HOUGH PERFORMS MENDELSSOHN FRI, FEB 2 | 8 PM SAT, FEB 3 | 8 PM FRI, NOV 17 | 8 PM SUN, NOV 19 | 3 PM Günther Herbig, conductor Stephen Hough, piano Robert Spano, conductor André Watts, piano MENDELSSOHN // Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor BRUCKNER // Symphony No. 9 in D Minor CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS // Dreamtime Ancestors ELGAR // Falstaff RACHMANINOFF // Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor MOZART’S REQUIEM THU, NOV 30 | 8 PM WAGNER // Selections from Parsifal Marin Alsop, Music Director University of Maryland Concert Choir SUPERPOPS: CIRQUE GOES BROADWAY CHRISTOPHER ROUSE // Berceuse Infinie (World Premiere Commission) FRI, OCT 13 | 8 PM SAT, OCT 14 | 8 PM SUN, OCT 15 | 3 PM MOZART // Requiem Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Cirque de la Symphonie Ben Crawford, vocalist Charlie Metzger III, vocalist Christina DeCicco, vocalist DECEMBER 2017 OFF THE CUFF: MOZART’S MYSTERIOUS REQUIEM SAT, DEC 2 | 7 PM BEETHOVEN // Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Piano MAHLER // Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan” TCHAIKOVSKY WITH BALANCHINE PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION FRI, FEB 16 | 8 PM SUN, FEB 18 | 3 PM Nicholas Hersh, Associate Conductor Joyce Yang, piano PRICE // Dances in the Canebrakes PROKOFIEV // Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL // Pictures at an Exhibition THU, APR 26 | 8 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director Deborah Wingert, stage director Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers, coached by Heather Watts TCHAIKOVSKY // Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture TCHAIKOVSKY // Suite from Swan Lake TCHAIKOVSKY // Serenade for Strings in C Major (Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust) OFF THE CUFF: TCHAIKOVSKY WITH BALANCHINE RITE OF SPRING SAT, APR 28 | 7 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director Branford Marsalis, saxophone Marin Alsop, Music Director Deborah Wingert, stage director Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers, coached by Heather Watts THU, FEB 22 | 8 PM ANNA CLYNE // Abstractions IBERT // Concertino da camera MILHAUD // Scaramouche STRAVINSKY // Rite of Spring Marin Alsop, Music Director University of Maryland Concert Choir TCHAIKOVSKY // Serenade for Strings in C Major (Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust) Marin Alsop MAY 2018 MOZART // Requiem TO BERNSTEIN WITH LOVE HANDEL’S MESSIAH FRI, MAY 4 | 8 PM SUN, MAY 6 | 3 PM Edward Polochick, conductor and harpsichord Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale Marin Alsop, Music Director Nicola Benedetti, violin BERNSTEIN // Birthday Bouquet BERNSTEIN // Serenade BERNSTEIN // Symphonic Dances from West Side Story BERNSTEIN // On the Town: Three Dance Episodes SAT, DEC 9 | 7:30 PM SUN, DEC 10 | 3 PM HANDEL // Messiah HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS SAT, DEC 16 | 3 PM SAT, DEC 16 | 8 PM SUN, DEC 17 | 3 PM Thomas Wilkins, conductor Alison Buchanan, soprano Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers Jonathan Biss CIRQUE DE LA SYMPHONIE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR SYMPHONIC STORIES FRI, DEC 22 | 8 PM SAT, DEC 23 | 3 PM SAT, DEC 23 | 8 PM FRI, OCT 20 | 8 PM SUN, OCT 22 | 3 PM Jun Märkl, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello Lisa Steltenpohl, viola Marin Alsop, Music Director Nicholas Hersh, associate conductor Cirque de la Symphonie Cirque de la Symphonie SAINT-SAËNS // Danse Macabre MOZART // Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major R. STRAUSS // Don Quixote Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor Ted Keegan, vocalist Kristen Plumley, vocalist Ben Crawford, vocalist Baltimore Choral Arts Society Marin Alsop, Music Director Sol Gabetta, cello MENDELSSOHN // A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture TCHAIKOVSKY // Variations on a Rococo Theme DEBUSSY // Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun R. STRAUSS // Der Rosenkavalier Suite SCHUBERT THE GREAT FRI, MAR 16 | 8 PM SAT, MAR 17 | 8 PM Lahav Shani, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano PROKOFIEV // Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor SCHUBERT // Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great” Sol Gabetta JANUARY 2018 MOZART’S JUPITER FRI, JAN 5 | 8 PM SUN, JAN 7 | 3 PM Bernard Labadie, conductor Emily Skala, flute Sarah Fuller, harp MOZART // Eine kleine Nachtmusik MOZART // Concerto for Flute and Harp MOZART // Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter” CONCERTO FANTASY FOR TWO TIMPANISTS THU, JAN 11 | 8 PM SAT, NOV 4 | 3 PM Scott Terrell, conductor MARCH 2018 FRI, MAR 9 | 8 PM SAT, MAR 10 | 8 PM SUN, MAR 11 | 3 PM FRI, OCT 27 | 8 PM SUN, OCT 29 | 3 PM THE WIZARD OF OZ: MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA STRAVINSKY // Rite of Spring SUPERPOPS: FROM VIENNA TO 42 ND STREET SOL GABETTA PERFORMS TCHAIKOVSKY NOVEMBER 2017 OFF THE CUFF: RITE OF SPRING SAT, FEB 24 | 7 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director James Wyman and Jauvon Gilliam, timpani Lura Johnson and Michael Sheppard, piano Wordsmith, narrator SAINT-SAËNS // Carnival of the Animals (With Hip-Hop Narration) PHILIP GLASS // Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists DEBUSSY // La Mer RAVEL // La Valse RACHMANINOFF’S TRANSCENDENT FANTASY FRI, MAR 23 | 8 PM SUN, MAR 25 | 3 PM Peter Oundjian, conductor Yao Guang Zhai, clarinet RACHMANINOFF // Isle of the Dead WEBER // Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major TCHAIKOVSKY // Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Little Russian” APRIL 2018 SYMPHONIC DANCES FRI, APR 6 | 8 PM SUN, APR 8 | 3 PM Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin BEETHOVEN // Symphony No. 1 in C Major KORNGOLD // Violin Concerto in D Major RACHMANINOFF // Symphonic Dances Nicola Benedetti SUPERPOPS: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK – MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA FRI, MAY 11 | 8 PM SAT, MAY 12 | 8 PM SUN, MAY 13 | 3 PM Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor LISZT AND BRAHMS FRI, MAY 18 | 8 PM SUN, MAY 20 | 3 PM Mario Venzago, conductor Kit Armstrong, piano LISZT // Les Préludes MOZART // Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major BRAHMS // Symphony No. 3 in F Major JUNE 2018 GERSHWIN’S PIANO CONCERTO FRI, JUN 1 | 8 PM SAT, JUN 2 | 8 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director Kirill Gerstein, piano STRAVINSKY // Suite from The Firebird (1919) GERSHWIN // Concerto in F SCHUMANN // Symphony No. 2 in C Major SHOSTAKOVICH’S HIDDEN THEMES THU, JUN 7 | 8 PM FRI, JUN 8 | 8 PM SUN, JUN 10 | 3 PM Marin Alsop, Music Director Jon Kimura Parker, piano BERNSTEIN // Slava! A Political Overture BERNSTEIN // Symphony No. 2, “The Age of Anxiety” SHOSTAKOVICH // Symphony No. 5 in D Minor FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS, VISIT BSOmusic.org/CHOOSE4

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