Bruckner Symphony No . 4
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Bruckner Symphony No . 4
Music Center At Strathmore Thursday , February 2 , 2017 — 8 pm
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Friday , February 3 , 2017 — 8pm Saturday , February 4 , 2017 — 8 pm
Markus Stenz , conductor Gabriela Montero , piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No . 24 in C minor , K . 491 Allegro Larghetto Allegretto
GABRIELA MONTERO
INTERMISSION
Anton Bruckner Symphony No . 4 in E-flat Major “ Romantic ”
( 1878 / 1880 version ) I . Bewegt , nicht zu schnell II . Andante - Andante quasi allegretto III . Scherzo : Bewegt IV . Finale : Bewegt , doch nicht zu schnell
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm .
Friday , February 3 : Join Gabriela Montero in the Meyerhoff lobby after the concert for a Late Night performance .
Steinway & Sons is the Official Piano of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra .
Seiji Ozawa , Mr . Stenz has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Northern College of Music and the “ Silberne Stimmgabel ” ( Silver Tuning Fork ) of the state of North Rhein / Westphalia .
Recent engagements took Mr . Stenz all over the world , from São Paulo to Shanghai , conducting premières and world premieres , including the German premiere of a Cello Concerto by Pascal Dusapin with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and an orchestra work by Dieter Ammann with the Tonhalle- Orchester Zurich in June 2016 .
Internationally , Stenz ’ s touring schedule takes him to the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and the Bern Symphony Orchestra , the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester and Leeds , and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra on a tour throughout Japan performing Beethoven Symphony No . 9 .
His extensive discography was recently enlarged by the addition of the Dutch premiere of K . A . Hartmann ’ s Simplicius Simplicissimus ( Challenge Classics ), the complete Mahler Symphonies ( Oehms Classics ), which was selected among the “ Quarterly Critic ’ s Choice ” by the German Record Critics ’ Award Association , as well as various Schönberg recordings with the Gürzenich-Orchestra Cologne , which earned the 2016 Gramophone Classical Music Award for best choral album .
Markus Stenz last appeared with the BSO in March of 2016 , conducting an all-Beethoven program . ( Leonore Overture No . 2 , Piano Concerto No . 1 , Overture and Incidental Music to Egmont )
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Markus Stenz
Markus Stenz is principal conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra , principal guest conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conductor-in-residence of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra beginning in January 2017 . He has appeared at many of the world ’ s major opera houses and international festivals .
Previous positions have included artistic director and chief conductor of the Melbourne Symphony . Until the summer of 2014 he was general music director of the City of Cologne and Gürzenich-Kapellmeister , principal guest conductor of the Hallé , music director of the Montepulciano Festival and principal conductor of the London Sinfonietta .
Trained at the School of Music in Cologne under Volker Wangenheim and at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and
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Gabriela Montero
Gabriela Montero ’ s performance highlights from this and recent seasons include recitals around the world , at such venues as Avery Fisher Hall , Berlin Philharmonie , Munich Herkulessaal , Sydney Opera House , Lisbon Gulbenkian Museum and Tokyo Orchard Hall . She has also appeared at the Edinburgh , Ravinia , Tanglewood , Cheltenham , Bergen , Istanbul and Lugano festivals among others .
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