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FRIDAYS 8 PM
THOMAS HAMPSON SINGS MAHLER
FRI , SEP 23 , 8 PM
THOMAS SØNDERGÅRD , CONDUCTOR THOMAS HAMPSON , BARITONE
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Ballade for Orchestra MAHLER Songs of a Wayfarer STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony
Strauss ascends past waterfalls and glaciers to reach wondrous peaks of sonic rapture in An Alpine Symphony , a feat achieved by history ’ s greatest tone painter with the combined efforts of a colossal orchestra . Mahler ’ s Songs of a Wayfarer delight in the fresh bloom of new love , delivered with the richness and emotional intensity that Thomas Hampson has cultivated through a career-spanning Mahler obsession . In his Ballade , Coleridge-Taylor presents a stirring impression of the American folkloric landscape .
MARIN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN ’ S FIFTH
FRI , NOV 11 , 8 PM
MARIN ALSOP , CONDUCTOR AUGUSTIN HADELICH , VIOLIN
STILL In Memoriam : The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No . 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No . 5
Music Director Laureate Marin Alsop returns with the astonishing violinist Augustin Hadelich for a program that celebrates the redemptive power of creativity . Beethoven ’ s Fifth Symphony turns mere notes into articles of faith , charting an iconic course from darkness to light . The Violin Concerto that Shostakovich wrote after Stalin ’ s death revels in the freedom of self-expression . Amid the pain of World War II , Still memorialized his fellow Black Americans and their long-overlooked sacrifices .
VIOTTI CONDUCTS THE RITE OF SPRING
FRI , JAN 6 , 8 PM
LORENZO VIOTTI , CONDUCTOR
BEETHOVEN Symphony No . 6 , “ Pastoral ” STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
For Beethoven , nature was a place of spiritual renewal , and his “ Pastoral ” Symphony offers his listeners a timeless escape into that idyllic realm of peacefulness and purification . Stravinsky ’ s elemental ballet takes a darker look at the life-cycle of the planet , with jagged rhythms and frenzied dances that imagine an ancient pagan sacrifice . The young Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti , with his athletic grace and history as a jazz and funk drummer , keeps the orchestra and audience on the edge of their seats in these restless scores .
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