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Behzod Abduraimov
TCHAIKOVSKY PIANO CONCERTO
THURSDAY , MAY 4 , 2023 8 PM S SATURDAY , MAY 6 , 2023 8 PM M ( LATE NIGHT ) SUNDAY , MAY 7 , 2023 3 PM M
Robin Clewley Evgeny Eutykhov Bonnie Perkinson
Xavier Foley
Isata Kanneh-Mason
James Conlon
HIGDON blue cathedral TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No . 1 RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Prepare to get goosebumps when the horns sound , the strings surge , and Behzod Abduraimov plays those first heroic chords that launch the spine-tingling ride of Tchaikovsky ’ s Piano Concerto No . 1 ! Jonathon Heyward makes his debut as Music Director Designate to close the program with Rachmaninoff ’ s Symphonic Dances .
THE PATHÉTIQUE SYMPHONY
FRIDAY , MAY 19 , 2023 AT 8 PM M SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 2023 AT 8 PM S SUNDAY , MAY 21 , 2023 AT 3 PM M
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON The Imagined Forest XAVIER FOLEY Double Bass Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No . 6 , “ Pathétique ”
Jonathon Heyward returns to the podium to take the audience on an exploration of sonic reverie . Grace-Evangeline Mason takes us on an ethereal adventure , and Xavier Foley uses every measure of his creativity to make the overlooked double bass a conduit for joy and justice . Tchaikovsky ’ s passionate Symphony No . 6 closes the program .
ISATA RETURNS
SATURDAY , JUN 10 , 2023 AT 8 PM S SUNDAY , JUN 11 , 2023 AT 3 PM M
KODÁLY Variations on a Hungarian Folk Song , “ Peacock ” PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No . 3 BRAHMS Symphony No . 4
The phenomenon that started when Isata Kanneh-Mason led her siblings onto the stage of Britain ’ s Got Talent has blossomed into a transformational career . Fresh off her debut , Kanneh-Mason returns to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra with the bold showpiece that Prokofiev wrote to delight American audiences . Conductor Kevin John Edusei brings clarity to Brahms ’ Fourth Symphony and Kodály ’ s “ Peacock ” Variations .
TO AWAKEN THE SLEEPER
SATURDAY , JUN 17 , 2023 AT 8 PM S SUNDAY , JUN 18 , 2023 AT 3 PM M
HAILSTORK Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed ALVIN SINGLETON 56 Blows JOEL THOMPSON To Awaken the Sleeper ( BSO Co-Commission ) SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No . 10
The BSO revisits Adolphus Hailstork ’ s memorial to Martin Luther King , Jr ., and it touches on the hurt in Alvin Singleton ’ s 1994 reaction to police brutality . Joel Thompson adds a gripping meditation on the words of James Baldwin . Artistic Advisor James Conlon concludes with a look at the self-reflective symphony Shostakovich wrote in the aftermath of Stalin ’ s reign of terror .
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M : Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall S : The Music Center at Strathmore