SEP 22
BEETHOVEN EROICA SYMPHONY
Marin Alsop opens the season with Beethoven’ s“ Eroica” Symphony, a work that changed the course of music history. Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner wrote his New Morning for the World for orchestra and narrator, capturing some of Martin Luther King, Jr.’ s most eloquent words. Pianist Garrick Ohlsson returns to play Rachmaninoff’ s scintillating Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR GARRICK OHLSSON, PIANO
JOSEPH SCHWANTNER New Morning for the World( Daybreak of Freedom) RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3,“ Eroica”
OCT 27
GRIEG PIANO CONCERTO
This salute to the great Scandinavian composers is led by Norwegian conductor Rune Bergmann in his BSO debut. The ever-popular Finlandia is Sibelius’ ode to independence. Grieg’ s Piano Concerto spotlights exciting keyboard virtuosity. Nielsen’ s dramatic Fourth Symphony, " The Inextinguishable," reflects the battles of war and features an epic standoff between two timpanists playing on opposite sides of the stage.
Garrick Ohlsson
RUNE BERGMANN, CONDUCTOR FREDDY KEMPF, PIANO
SIBELIUS Finlandia GRIEG Piano Concerto NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, " The Inextinguishable "
JAN 19
SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO
Principal Guest Conductor Markus Stenz conducts an eclectic program including the beautiful Siegfried Idyll that Richard Wagner wrote for his wife, Cosima. In response to failing his violin audition with the Vienna Philharmonic, Sibelius composed one of the most technically challenging violin concertos ever written. Latvian violinist Baiba Skride is up to the task and joins the BSO for the performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto. Haydn’ s Symphony No. 104, " London," is the composer ' s most regal symphony, filled with the sounds of trumpets and timpani.
MARKUS STENZ, CONDUCTOR BAIBA SKRIDE, VIOLIN
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll SIBELIUS Violin Concerto HAYDN Symphony No. 104,“ London”
FEB 16
LISZT PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Pianist Conrad Tao returns to the BSO to perform Liszt’ s breathtaking First Piano Concerto. Conductor Mario Venzago leads the Orchestra in two of Berlioz’ s dazzling overtures, Le corsaire and Le carnival romain, capturing the colors and excitement of the Carnival season in Rome. The program also includes two of Ravel’ s favorite showpieces, Rhapsodie espagnole, which ranges from sultry evocations of Spanish nights to vivid daylight fiestas, and the hypnotic Bolero, a kaleidoscope of different orchestral colors that build to a thrilling conclusion.
MARIO VENZAGO, CONDUCTOR CONRAD TAO, PIANO
BERLIOZ Le corsaire BERLIOZ Le carnival romain LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 RAVEL Rhapsodie espagnole RAVEL Bolero
MAY 18
BRAHMS VIOLIN CONCERTO
BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney takes center stage for Brahms’ beloved Violin Concerto, featuring some of the most beautiful melodies in classical music. Conductor Peter Oundjian leads the Orchestra in Shostakovich’ s Symphony No. 11,“ The Year 1905,” perhaps the most poignant, dramatic and powerful of his 15 symphonies.
PETER OUNDJIAN, CONDUCTOR JONATHAN CARNEY, VIOLIN
BRAHMS Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11, " The Year 1905 "
JUN 15
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA: WEST SIDE STORY
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic winner of 10 Oscars ®— the BSO performs Leonard Bernstein’ s score live with the re-mastered film( directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, featuring Robbins’ choreography, Ernest Lehman’ s screenplay, Arthur Laurents’ book and Stephen Sondheim’ s lyrics) shown in hi-def with original vocals and dialog intact.
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR BERNSTEIN West Side Story
West Side Story © 1961 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All rights reserved. © A. M. P. A. S.
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