CLASSICAL COLLECTION Heyward Conducts Mahler( EARTH | Songs)
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 7 pm
THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 3 pm
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Jonathon Heyward, conductor Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor
Jonathon Heyward
Jonathon Heyward
Kaupo Kikkas
Antonín Dvořák In Nature ' s Realm, Op. 91 Grace-Evangeline Mason
INTERMISSION
An Everywhere of Silver( World premiere, BSO co-commission)
Gustav Mahler |
Das Lied von der Erde |
Movement I. |
I. |
Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde |
arr. Matthews, Colin |
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(“ The Drinking Song of Earth ' s Misery”) |
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II. |
Der Einsame im Herbst(“ The Lonely One in Autumn”) |
III. Von der Jugend(“ Of Youth”) |
IV. Von der Schönheit(“ Of Beauty”) |
V. Der Trunkene im Frühling |
(“ The Drunk in Spring”) |
VI. Der Abschied(“ The Parting”) |
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano Russell Thomas, tenor
This performance is approximately 2 hours and includes a 20-minute intermission.
Commissioning support for Grace-Evangeline Mason ' s An Everywhere of Silver is provided by the Solomon and Elaine Snyder Fund for New Music.
Jonathon Heyward is one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene today. He is Music Director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director of the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center. Jonathon previously completed a four-year tenure as Chief Conductor of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie.
Recent and future guest conducting highlights in the United Kingdom include debuts and re-invitations with the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra Ireland, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Academy of Music, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In continental Europe, Jonathon recently made distinguished debuts with NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester and Danish National Symphony. Other guest conducting highlights include collaborations with the Castilla y León Symphony, Galicia Symphony, and Brussels Philharmonic.
In high demand in the U. S., and in addition to his Music Director positions, Jonathon conducts prominent orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Seattle, Dallas, and St. Louis symphonies, the Minnesota Orchestra, NSO Washington, and Chicago Symphony at Ravinia Festival.
Jonathon made his Royal Opera House debut with Hannah Kendall’ s
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