Heyward Pays Tribute to Ellington
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday , March 15 , 2025 at 8 pm
Jonathon Heyward , conductor Cyrus Chestnut , piano Peabody Jazz Ensemble
Sean Jones , Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair of Jazz Studies , director Members of Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras Members of BSO OrchKids
Jonathon Heyward
Laura Thiesbrummel
Duke Ellington
INTERMISSION
Works for Jazz Band “ Happy Go Lucky Local ” “ A Portrait of Louis Armstrong ” “ Concerto for Cootie ” “ Chinoiserie ”
Peabody Jazz Ensemble
Three Black Kings I . King Balthazar II . King Solomon III . Dr . Martin Luther King
New World A-Comin ’ for Piano , Jazz Band , and Orchestra
Cyrus Chestnut , piano
“ Come Sunday ” from Black , Brown and Beige
Night Creature for Jazz Band and Orchestra I . Blind Bug II . Stalking Monster III . Dazzling Creature
This performance is approximately 1 hour , 20 minutes and includes a 20-minute intermission .
Jonathon Heyward
Jonathon Heyward is one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene . He is both Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director of Lincoln Center ’ s Summer Orchestra .
Jonathon ’ s guest conducting highlights in the U . K . include debuts and re-invitations with the London Symphony Orchestra , BBC National Orchestra of Wales , BBC Symphony , Royal Scottish National Orchestra , The Hallé in Manchester , and Scottish Chamber Orchestra . In continental Europe , Jonathon collaborates with the Castilla y León Symphony , Galicia Symphony , Danish National Symphony , Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne , Brussels Philharmonic , Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine , Tonhalle Düsseldorf , Hamburg Symphony , and MDR-Leipzig Symphony .
In 2021 , Jonathon made his Wolf Trap debut conducting the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D . C ., and in 2023 , he debuted with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival . Further USA highlights include the New York Philharmonic , the Atlanta , Detroit , Houston , Seattle , and St . Louis symphonies , and the Minnesota Orchestra .
Born in Charleston , Jonathon trained as a cellist at the age of ten . He studied conducting at the Boston Conservatory of Music , and continued lessons with Sian Edwards at London ’ s Royal Academy of Music . Before leaving the
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