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André Watts
Augustin Hadelich
MAR 20 MAY 1 JUN 5
CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO THIBAUDET PLAYS RAVEL Effervescent conductor Mario Venzago
returns for a program of 19th-century
classics including Rossini’s rousing
William Tell Overture. Renowned French
Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs
Chopin’s stunning First Piano Concerto,
written when the composer was only 20.
The program also includes Schumann’s
most popular symphony, the sweeping
“Rhenish” Symphony, with its unforgettable
portrait of the imposing Cologne Cathedral
overlooking the Rhine. The brilliant pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet
returns to the BSO and shows off his
phenomenal talent for mixing jazz with
classical keyboard feats. Maurice Ravel’s
love for George Gershwin’s music
influenced his Concerto in G Major, a blend
of French lyricism and jazz exuberance.
Thibaudet pairs this with Gershwin’s
vivacious “I Got Rhythm” Variations. Under
Marin Alsop’s baton, the program also
features Debussy’s sensuous Prelude to
the Afternoon of a Faun and Respighi’s
spectacular Roman Festivals, a feast of
kaleidoscopic color and sheer volume. RACHMANINOFF
SYMPHONIC DANCES
MARIO VENZAGO, CONDUCTOR
LOUIS LORTIE, PIANO
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, PIANO
DEBUSSY Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G Major
GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” Variations
RESPIGHI Roman Festivals
Series Presenting
Sponsor:
Award-winning German-American
violinist Augustin Hadelich joins Marin
Alsop and the Orchestra in Barber’s
Violin Concerto. The program also
includes a suite from Leonard Bernstein’s
only independent film score, On
the Waterfront, and concludes with
Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances and
its unforgettable solo for saxophone.
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
AUGUSTIN HADELICH, VIOLIN
BERNSTEIN Symphonic Suite from On the
Waterfront*
BARBER Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
*The Parkway Theatre will screen matinee
performances of On the Waterfront during
this weekend.
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