Alsop Conducts Chopin & Prokofiev
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JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday , October 17 , 2024 at 7:30 pm Sunday , October 20 , 2024 at 3 pm
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Saturday , October 19 , 2024 at 8 pm
Marin Alsop , conductor Hayato Sumino , piano
James Lee III
Frédéric Chopin
Chuphshah ! Harriet ' s Drive to Canaan
Piano Concerto No . 2 in F Minor I . Maestoso II . Larghetto III . Allegro vivace
Hayato Sumino , piano
INTERMISSION
Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No . 4 in C Major , Op . 112 I . Andante - Allegro eroico II . Andante tranquillo III . Moderato , quasi allegretto IV . Allegro risoluto
This performance lasts approximately 1 hour , 40 minutes and will include a 20-minute intermission .
The appearance of Hayato Sumino is made possible by the major support of The Alvin and Fanny B . Thalheimer Guest Artist Fund .
Marin Alsop
One of the foremost conductors of our time , Marin Alsop is a powerful and inspiring voice . The first woman to head major orchestras in the United States , South America , Austria , and Great Britain , she is internationally recognized for her innovative approach to programming and audience development , her deep commitment to education , and her championing of music ’ s importance in the world .
Alsop is Chief Conductor of the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra , Artistic Director & Chief Conductor of the Polish National Radio Symphony , Principal Guest Conductor of London ’ s Philharmonia Orchestra , Principal Guest Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra , and Chief Conductor of the Ravinia Festival , where she leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra ’ s annual residencies . She is the first Music Director of the University of Maryland ’ s National Orchestral Institute + Festival , Conductor of Honour of Brazil ’ s São Paulo Symphony Orchestra , and Music Director Laureate and OrchKids Founder at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , after an outstanding 14-year tenure as its Music Director . Having made history as the first female conductor of the BBC ’ s Last Night of the Proms , and the first female and first American to guest conduct it three times , this season she becomes the first U . S . -born woman to conduct the Berlin Philharmonic .
To promote and nurture female conductors ’ careers , in 2002 she
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