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SYMPHONIC STORIES
OCT 21
Since it was featured in the film Elvira Madigan , Mozart ’ s Piano Concerto No . 21 has become perhaps the most well-known of his piano concertos . This masterpiece is preceded by Saint-Saëns ' grisly dance of death and followed by Strauss ' quintessential tone poem Don Quixote .
JUN MÄRKL , CONDUCTOR JONATHAN BISS , PIANO DARIUSZ SKORACZEWSKI , CELLO
SAINT-SAËNS // DANSE MACABRE MOZART // PIANO CONCERTO NO . 21 IN C MAJOR R . STRAUSS // DON QUIXOTE
Marin Alsop & Leonard Bernstein
POETIC FIRE : FROM HAMLET TO DON JUAN
SEPT 23 Explore the poetry , virtuosity and romantic love of three intense works , including Tchaikovsky ’ s musical telling of Shakespeare ’ s Hamlet and Strauss ’ s tone poem Don Juan . Pianist Lukáš Vondráček , winner of the 2016 Queen Elisabeth Competition , is the perfect interpreter of Rachmaninoff ’ s beloved Piano Concerto .
MARIN ALSOP , CONDUCTOR LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK , PIANO
TCHAIKOVSKY // HAMLET FANTASY-OVERTURE AFTER
SHAKESPEARE R . STRAUSS // DON JUAN RACHMANINOFF // PIANO CONCERTO NO . 3 IN D MINOR
MOZART ’ S JUPITER
JAN 6
Mozart ’ s beloved and revolutionary “ Jupiter ” Symphony spans the breadth of human emotion , showcasing compositional skill that remains unrivaled . Mozart ’ s only score for harp , his Double Concerto , performed by BSO Principal Flute Emily Skala and Acting Principal Harp Sarah Fuller , is divine and melodic .
BERNARD LABADIE , CONDUCTOR EMILY SKALA , FLUTE SARAH FULLER , HARP
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
FEB 17
There are few pieces of music as visually evocative as Mussorgsky ’ s Pictures at an Exhibition . Written in memory of artist Viktor Hartmann , the piece is a musical depiction of an art exhibition . Composer Florence Price was the first African American female recognized as a symphonic composer and the first to have a work premiered by a major symphony orchestra . Witness Joyce Yang push the piano to its limits with her performance of Prokofiev ’ s colorful Piano Concerto No . 3 .
NICHOLAS HERSH , CONDUCTOR JOYCE YANG , PIANO
SYMPHONIC DANCES
MOZART // EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK MOZART // CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND HARP MOZART // SYMPHONY NO . 41 IN C MAJOR , “ JUPITER ”
PRICE // DANCES IN THE CANEBRAKES PROKOFIEV // PIANO CONCERTO NO . 3 IN C MAJOR MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL // PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
APR 7
This journey of melodic splendor begins with Beethoven ’ s playful and spirited First Symphony . The BSO is joined by Arabella Steinbacher for Korngold ’ s lush Violin Concerto No . 1 . Rachmaninoff ’ s Symphonic Dances , his commanding final work , brings a beautiful sense of melody to the powerful Dies Irae chant .
MARKUS STENZ , CONDUCTOR ARABELLA STEINBACHER , VIOLIN
BEETHOVEN // SYMPHONY NO . 1 IN C MAJOR KORNGOLD // VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR RACHMANINOFF // SYMPHONIC DANCES
Joyce Yang
SHOSTAKOVICH ’ S HIDDEN THEMES
JUN 9
The BSO ’ s season culminates with a duo of transformative composers . Shostakovich ’ s Symphony No . 5 , celebrated in its time by both repressed audiences and officials alike , is a stunning example of the symphony as artistic salvation . Bernstein ’ s Slava ! and “ The Age of Anxiety ” use art to cultivate poignant messages that resonate throughout time .
MARIN ALSOP , CONDUCTOR JON KIMURA PARKER , PIANO
BERNSTEIN // SLAVA ! A POLITICAL OVERTURE BERNSTEIN // SYMPHONY NO . 2 , “ THE AGE OF ANXIETY ” SHOSTAKOVICH // SYMPHONY NO . 5 IN D MINOR
BSOMUSIC . ORG 1 . 877 . BSO . 1444