Wilkins Conducts Florence Price
Shostakovich Symphony No . 8
The Pines Of Rome
Wilkins Conducts Florence Price
FRI , MAY 31 , 2024 , 8 PM MEYERHOFF SAT , JUN 1 , 2024 , 8 PM STRATHMORE
Thomas Wilkins , conductor Jonathan Carney , violin
KODÁLY Dances of Galánta BRUCH Violin Concerto No . 1 PRICE Symphony No . 1
Ninety years after Florence Price became the first Black woman to have a symphony played by a major orchestra , her Symphony No . 1 still stands out as a marvel of American identity in how it reflects the musical traditions of enslaved and native populations . This program kicks off with dances rooted in the folksongs of Hungary , also featuring BSO Concertmaster Jonathan Carney performing Bruch ’ s beloved Violin Concerto No . 1 , with its fiery finale channeling the rustic fiddling of central Europe .
Shostakovich Symphony No . 8
THU , JUN 6 , 2024 , 8 PM , STRATHMORE SAT , JUN 8 , 2024 , 7 PM *, MEYERHOFF SUN , JUN 9,2024 , 3 PM , MEYERHOFF
Jonathon Heyward , conductor Andrew Balio , trumpet
WEINBERG Trumpet Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No . 8
Shostakovich sustained a quiet resistance against the brutal oppression of the Soviet Union under Stalin , burying his objections under fastidious layers of symphonic elegance , as heard in the wartime Eighth Symphony . Music Director Jonathon Heyward excavates the endlessly revealing layers of this modern masterpiece . The Trumpet Concerto from Shostakovich ’ s protégé Mieczysław Weinberg ( a . k . a . Moisey Vainberg ), featuring BSO ’ s Principal Trumpet Andrew Balio , leans on this Polish- Jewish musician ’ s family roots in Yiddish musical theater .
* The June 8 concert is a part of the Casual Conversations series . Please note : the program does not have an intermission .
Featured soloist BSO Principal Trumpet Andrew Balio is the holder of the Harvey M . and Lynn P . Meyerhoff Chair .
Thomas Wilkins
The Pines Of Rome
THU , JUN 13 , 2024 , 7:30PM MEYERHOFF FRI , JUN 14 , 2024 , 8 PM MEYERHOFF SAT , JUN 15 , 2024 , 8 PM STRATHMORE SUN , JUN 16 , 2024 , 3 PM MEYERHOFF
Jonathon Heyward , conductor Christine Goerke , soprano
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Records of a
Vanishing City STRAUSS Four Last Songs JAMES LEE III Captivating Personas RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Jonathon Heyward closes his debut season as BSO Music Director drenched in the unabashed emotions of Richard Strauss ’ swan song , sung by Artist in Residence Christine Goerke . Respighi ’ s evergreen depictions of towering pine trees around the Eternal City anchor the timelessness of this art form , while the future comes forward in a new work commissioned from hometown hero James Lee III . In Records from a Vanishing City , Jessie Montgomery pines for the gritty , multicultural Manhattan of her youth , spent in her father ’ s Lower East Side rehearsal studio for rock and jazz bands .
Funded in part by The Amphion Foundation , Inc .
The appearance of BSO Artist in Residence Christine Goerke is supported by the Alvin and Fanny B . Thalheimer Guest Artist Fund .
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