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CLASSICAL
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SATURDAYS 8 PM
THOMAS HAMPSON SINGS MAHLER
SAT , SEP 24 , 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 careerspanning Mahler obsession . In his Ballade , Coleridge-Taylor presents a stirring impression of the American folkloric landscape .
A SOLDIER ’ S TALE AND ROMEO AND JULIET
SAT , NOV 5 , 8 PM
RUNE BERGMANN , CONDUCTOR WORDSMITH , NARRATOR
STRAVINSKY ( narr . Wordsmith ) A Soldier ’ s Tale ( World Premiere ) PROKOFIEV Suites from Romeo and Juliet
Wordsmith re-tells Stravinsky ’ s gritty tale of love and temptation from the perspective of a Black American soldier during the Vietnam War . For the second half , Rune Bergmann has selected his own suite of music from Prokofiev ’ s epic ballet , Romeo and Juliet .
MARIN CONDUCTS TITAN
SAT , FEB 18 , 8 PM
MARIN ALSOP , CONDUCTOR
HUANG RUO Tipping Point ( BSO Co-Commission and World Premiere ) MAHLER Titan
Mahler ’ s game-changing First Symphony was originally conceived as Titan : A Tone Poem in Symphony Form . Continuing her advocacy at the forefront of contemporary music , Music Director Laureate Marin Alsop renews her fruitful collaboration with the endlessly expressive composer Huang Ruo , who addresses the crisis of climate change in current day with Tipping Point .
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