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ANGEL BLUE AND RACHMANINOFF 2
FRI , MAR 24 , 8 PM
OKSANA LYNIV , CONDUCTOR ANGEL BLUE , SOPRANO
JANÁČEK ( arr . Talich , rev . Smetáček ): Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen BARBER Knoxville : Summer of 1915 TERRENCE BLANCHARD Selections from Fire Shut Up In My Bones RACHMANINOFF Symphony No . 2
Fresh off her role in the celebrated Metropolitan Opera production of Terrence Blanchard ’ s Fire Shut Up in My Bones , the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra welcomes Angel Blue , one of the opera ’ s stars who “ soared impressively ” ( The New Yorker ), “ bringing her luminous soprano voice and unforced charisma ” ( The New York Times ). Barber ’ s Knoxville and Rachmaninoff ’ s Second Symphony bask in the beautiful , bittersweet glow of nostalgia , while Janáček ’ s The Cunning Little Vixen shines in all its fantastical glory under the baton of the accomplished opera conductor Oksana Lyniv .
MARIN CONDUCTS RACH 3
FRI , APR 14 , 8 PM
MARIN ALSOP , CONDUCTOR OLGA KERN , PIANO
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet , Fantasy Overture ROUSE Symphony No . 6 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No . 3
Tchaikovsky wrestles with eternal themes of love and fate in his Shakespearean tone painting . All the romance and grandeur that Rachmaninoff piled into his glorious Third Piano Concerto emerge with stunning clarity and authenticity in a performance by Olga Kern , the Russian pianist with familial ties to Rachmaninoff and the winner of the prestigious Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition at 17 . Music Director Laureate Marin Alsop memorializes the late Christopher Rouse , a cherished collaborator and Baltimore composer who channeled Mahler ’ s all-embracing scope in this symphonic swan song .
THE PATHÉTIQUE SYMPHONY
FRI , MAY 19 , 8 PM
JONATHON HEYWARD , CONDUCTOR XAVIER FOLEY , DOUBLE BASS
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON The Imagined Forest XAVIER FOLEY Double Bass Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No . 6 , “ Pathétique ”
Make room for a new generation of powerhouse artists when the “ ferociously committed and incisive ” Jonathon Heyward ( The Guardian ) conducts scores by two rising stars in their twenties . The British composer Grace-Evangeline Mason takes us on an ethereal adventure , and the American virtuoso Xavier Foley uses every measure of his creativity and charisma to make the overlooked double bass a conduit for joy and justice . Tchaikovsky ’ s passionate Symphony No . 6 closes the program .
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