2020-2021 Season Brochure BSO2021-Meyerhoff-Renewal_Brochure-final-LOWRES-pa | Page 11

Yefim Bronfman
Ning Feng
MAR 25 JUN 10 JUN 17
FROM PAGANINI TO
ELLINGTON BRAHMS SYMPHONY NO. 1 MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 2
Spanish conductor Juanjo Mena is paired
with one of the world’s most esteemed
pianists, Yefim Bronfman. Bronfman
performs Saint-Saëns' Second Piano
Concerto, written in only seventeen days
and known for its splashy arpeggios and
beguiling grace. The program opens with
Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute
and closes with Brahms’ monumental First
Symphony with its heroic striving first
movement and its triumphant finale. Mahler’s Second Symphony, “Resurrection,”
is a vast, cinematic canvas depicting a
last judgment with an uplifting message
of forgiveness and hope. The Morgan
State University Choir and two operatic
singers join Marin Alsop and the BSO for
this thrilling season finale. The program
also includes a world premiere by sound
artist and composer Angélica Castelló,
co-commissioned by the BSO and the
Space Telescope Science Institute, which
celebrates the launch of the James Webb
Space Telescope, the new infrared
space observatory.
Chinese violinist Ning Feng, winner of the
International Paganini Competition and a
much sought-after soloist, will join Marin
Alsop for Paganini’s First Violin Concerto,
an exciting combination of technical
wizardry and beautiful melodies. Also on
the program is the sophisticated big-
band-flavored jazz of Duke Ellington in
his Night Creature, featuring Baltimore
School for the Arts dancers.
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
NING FENG, VIOLIN
DANCERS FROM BALTIMORE SCHOOL
FOR THE ARTS
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet,
Overture-Fantasy
PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1
ELLINGTON Sophisticated Lady
ELLINGTON Night Creature
JUANJO MENA, CONDUCTOR
YEFIM BRONFMAN, PIANO
MOZART The Magic Flute Overture
SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 2
BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR,
ERIC CONWAY, DIRECTOR
JOÉLLE HARVEY, SOPRANO
J’NAI BRIDGES, MEZZO-SOPRANO
ANGÉLICA CASTELLÓ World Premiere
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
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