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"I like the
total
music experience, nothing
beats hearing
good
music performed live."
– Paul Skidmore, Subscriber
Kristin Ostling, Cello and
Lachezar Kostov, Assistant Principal Cello
MAR 30
BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Renowned German pianist Lars Vogt is showcased in Brahms’ First Piano
Concerto, written when the composer was only in his mid-twenties. Principal
Guest Conductor Markus Stenz leads the Orchestra in Schoenberg’s lush,
late-Romantic orchestral tone poem, Pelléas und Mélisande.
MARKUS STENZ, CONDUCTOR
LARS VOGT, PIANO
Colin Currie
SCHOENBERG Pelléas und Mélisande
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
APR 13
PORGY AND BESS
Back by popular demand, Marin Alsop leads the BSO and the Morgan State
University Choir as well as vocal soloists in a semi-staged production of
Porgy and Bess. Featuring such well-known hits as “Summertime” and “It
Ain’t Necessarily So,” Gershwin’s jazzy folk opera endures as an American
classic since its 1935 premiere.
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR,
ERIC CO NWAY, DIRECTOR
GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess
THE GERSHWINS® Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin,
DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
MAY 11
TCHAIKOVSKY VIOLIN CONCERTO
Marin Alsop leads the Orchestra in Ein Heldenleben, “A Hero’s Life,”
one of Richard Strauss’ most exhilarating tone poems and a terrific
showpiece for large orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s dashing and elegant Violin
Concerto is performed by James Ehnes, one of the world’s top violinists.
Violin fans shouldn’t miss this program!
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
JAMES EHNES, VIOLIN
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Colin Currie
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