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Departments
2 ) Letter from the President & CEO
4 ) In Tempo: News Of Note
6 ) BSO Live: Calendar of Events
12) Orchestra Roster
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37) Donors List
44) Impromptu: Rheda Becker,
BSO Narrator
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Hope Eternal.
Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem was
composed for St. Michael’s Cathedral
in Coventry, England, which was
bombed by the Germans in 1940.
Program Notes
13) Scheherazade
& 1812 Overture
September 20 & 22
18) Thibaudet Plays Bernstein
September 27 & 28
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22) The Streisand Songbook
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October 11, 12 & 13
24) Romantic Tchaikovsky
October 18 & 20
30) Brahms’ Third Symphony
October 25 & 26
Features
8) One on One:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
by Christianna McCausland
The award-winning pianist talks about fashion, films
and his quest to find the perfect beach.
10)
Harmony
by Martha Thomas
of Hope
Benjamin Britten’s stirring War Requiem is part of this season’s
theme of music written for healing.
On the Cover
John
Britten’s
Waters
piece iscomes
performed
to the
by Meyerhoff.
the BSO Nov. 14–15
Photography
to mark the anniversary
by Cory Donovan.
of the Coventry
Make-up by
bombing
Rachel and
Hirsch.
the
Hair
centennial
by Vanessa
of theMoser.
composer’s birth.
Be Green: Recycle Your Program!
Please return your gently used program to the Overture racks
in the lobby. Want to keep reading at home? Please do!
Just remember to recycle it when you’re through.
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