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Departments
2) Letter from the Executive Board Chair
4) In Tempo: News of Note
6) BSO Live: Calendar of Events
7) Orchestra Roster 39) Honor Roll
48) Impromptu: Marcia Kämper, Flute
SuperMaestro
Jack Everly has been the principal pops conductor for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra since 2004, when he took over the post previously held by Marvin Hamlisch.
Program Notes
12) Tchaikovsky’ s Pathétique January 6, 7 & 8
16) Beethoven Symphony No. 7 January 12 & 15
21) Off the Cuff: Beethoven Symphony No. 7
January 13 & 14
22) Brahms Symphony No. 1 January 20, 21 & 22
26) A Tribute to Ol ' Blue Eyes January 26, 27, 28 & 29
28) Bruckner Symphony No. 4 February 2, 3 & 4
31) Dvořák’ s Cello Concerto February 16 & 19
34) Off the Cuff: Dvořák’ s Cello Concerto
February 17 & 18
35) Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 February 24, 25 & 26
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Features
8) Stravinsky in America
by Christianna McCausland The BSO season illustrates how the composer set the bar for his 20 th century peers.
10) Broadway was his Destiny
by Martha Thomas Jack Everly fell in love with musicals the minute he heard Kismet.
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On the Cover
Photo by Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Jeff Roffman
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