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SATURDAYS 8 PM
FROM THE NEW WORLD
SAT, OCT 1, 8 PM
PETER OUNDJIAN, CONDUCTOR TOM BORROW, PIANO
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Snapshots( BSO Co-Commission) MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9,“ From the New World”
Dvořák’ s Symphony No. 9 evokes the wide-open, hopeful spirit of America through the eyes and ears of one of the all-time great symphonists. Jessie Montgomery, proving that Dvořák’ s American dream is alive and well, explores a vision of music and life unbounded in her thrilling and impeccably crafted scores. The Israeli wunderkind Tom Borrow dashes through the high drama of Mozart’ s C Minor Piano Concerto, supported by one of the most astute conductors on the scene. As The Baltimore Sun declares,“ Things tend to go very well whenever Peter Oundjian makes a guest conducting engagement with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.”
CONLON CONDUCTS THE VERDI REQUIEM
SAT, JAN 21, 8 PM
JAMES CONLON, CONDUCTOR MICHELLE BRADLEY, SOPRANO YULIA MATOCHKINA, MEZZO RUSSELL THOMAS, TENOR MORRIS ROBINSON, BASS THE WASHINGTON CHORUS EUGENE ROGERS, DIRECTOR
VERDI Requiem
When Verdi, the king of Italian opera, turned his talents to the Latin mass for the dead, he created a Requiem of unrivaled drama and power that has shattered the norms for sacred music. Drawing on a cast of today’ s vocal stars, Artistic Advisor James Conlon brings potent new insight to this musical meditation on faith and perseverance.
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