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OFF THE CUFF
FRIDAYS 8 PM
Discover the story behind the music. Led by the conductor, Off The Cuff features captivating music along with commentary from the conductor, and a post-concert Q & A session. Perfect for first-time symphony attendees and aficionados alike, this is the place to be entertained and informed.
BERNSTEIN’ S“ KADDISH”
FRI, OCT 7, 8 PM
JAMES CONLON, CONDUCTOR JUDITH AND LEAH PISAR, SPEAKERS ERICA PETROCELLI, SOPRANO UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CONCERT CHOIR JASON FERDINAND, DIRECTOR MARYLAND STATE BOYCHOIR STEPHEN HOLMES, DIRECTOR
BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3,“ Kaddish”
Stunning music and profound words combine to awaken our collective dreams of peace and freedom. In Leonard Bernstein’ s“ Kaddish” Symphony, the Hebrew prayer for times of bereavement sparks a heated exploration of spirit and fate, a testament made all the more poignant with updated words by Holocaust survivor Samuel Pisar( narrated here by his family).
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
FRI, NOV 18, 8 PM
MATTHIAS PINTSCHER, CONDUCTOR
SHOSTAKOVICH SYMPHONY NO. 5
FRI, JAN 27, 8 PM
EVA OLLIKAINEN, CONDUCTOR SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich’ s transcendent Fifth Symphony uses the coded language of musical irony that was off limits in the repressive Soviet regime. The trailblazing Finnish conductor Eva Ollikainen conducts this nuanced score with characteristic thoughtfulness.
MAHLER 5
FRI, MAR 10, 8 PM
FABIEN GABEL, CONDUCTOR MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Mahler floods the ear and heart with every conceivable human emotion in the inexhaustible Fifth Symphony, a work he himself described as a“ foaming, roaring, raging sea of sound”. The French maestro Fabien Gabel guides the way through an uber-emotional program with sure-handed grace.
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
Conductor Matthias Pintscher leads the orchestra in an Off The Cuff performance featuring Berlioz Symphonie fantastique. Witness the wonder of an orchestra pushed to the limits of sonic imagination when Berlioz transforms the symphony into a maniacal paean to obsessive love.
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