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Marin Alsop

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For Marin Alsop’s bio., please see pg. 12.

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5
Music Center At Strathmore

Thursday, April 14, 2016 — 8 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Friday, April 15, 2016 — 8 p.m.
Marin Alsop, Conductor

Christopher Rouse

Processional
(World premiere, BSO commission)

Kevin Puts
The City

James Bartolomeo, Videographer

(World Premiere, Co-Commissioned by Baltimore Symphony Orchestra,
Carnegie Hall, and the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music)

INTERMISSION

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor
Part I:
1. Trauermarsch
2. Stürmisch bewegt, mit grösster Vehemenz
Part II:
3. Scherzo, Kräftig, night zu schnell
Part III:
4. Adagietto, sehr langsam
5. Rondo—Finale, Allegro

Music Center At Strathmore
The concert will end at approximately 10:15 p.m.
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
The concert will end at approximately 10:10 p.m.

The Co-Commissioning and World Premiere of Kevin Puts’
T he C ity are generously underwritten by Claire and
Dr. Allan Jensen. Additional support comes from the Catalyst Fund
of the Johns Hopkins University.
Christopher Rouse’s Processional was commissioned for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director
Marin Alsop by Classical Movements, Inc. as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program. Also made
possible by a grant from New Music USA through a generous contribution from Thomas Brener and Inbal Segev,
and additionally supported by the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, and
the Randolph S. and Amalie R. Rothschild Endowed Fund for New Music.

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James
Bartolomeo

A product of the New
York film scene, director and filmmaker
James Bartolomeo credits much of his
diverse storytelling acumen to long hours
spent on sets with the likes of David
Chase, Darren Aronofsky, James L.
Brooks and Barry Levinson while working in the camera department on feature
films and high-level episodics. He has told
visual stories for the past 15 years with a
focus on comedy and character-driven
performance. Mr. Bartolomeo’s work reflects an appreciation not only for aesthetics, but for offbeat moments that reveal
human nature. One of his favorite projects
to date was directing a PSA featuring
Michelle Obama, the Sprout Channel’s Sportacus, and the puppet character
known as Chica in the East Room of the
White House. In the commercial rea HB