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TO BERNSTEIN WITH LOVE
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Friday , May 4 , 2018 , 8 pm Sunday , May 6 , 2018 , 3pm
Marin Alsop , Music Director Nicola Benedetti , violin
Various
Leonard Bernstein
INTERMISSION Bernstein
TO BERNSTEIN WITH LOVE
A Bernstein Birthday Bouquet Luciano Berio : “ For Lenny ” ( LB . AM . LB . M . W . IS . LB ) John Corigliano : “ For Lenny , with love
— and candor …” John Williams : “ To Lenny ! To Lenny !”
Serenade Phaedrus - Pausanias : Lento - Allegro Aristophanes : Allegretto Erixymathus : Presto Agathon : Adagio Socrates - Alcibiades :
Molto tenuto - Allegro molto vivace
Nicola Benedetti
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Prologue “ Somewhere ” Scherzo Mambo Cha Cha Meeting Scene “ Cool ” Fugue Rumble Finale
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town The Great Lover Displays Himself Lonely Town ( Pas de deux ) Times Square , 1944
The concert will end at approximately 9:45 pm on Friday and 4:45 pm on Sunday .
Friday , May 4 : Join us in the lobby of the Meyerhoff for a post-concert performance featuring Nicola Benedetti .
PRESENTING SPONSOR :
The appearance of violinist Nicola Benedetti is made possible through the major support of the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Guest Artist Fund .
SIMON FOWLER
About the Artists
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop ’ s bio , please see pg . 7 .
Nicola Benedetti
Nicola Benedetti is one of the most sought-after violinists of her generation . Her ability to captivate audiences with her innate musicianship and dynamic presence , coupled with her wide appeal as a high-profile advocate for classical music , has made her one of the most influential classical artists of today .
With concerto performances at the heart of her career , Benedetti is in great demand with major orchestras and conductors across the globe . This 2017 – 2018 season , Benedetti makes her debut with the Orchestre de Paris and collaborates with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin , Philadelphia Orchestra , City of Birmingham Symphony , Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Bremen Philharmonic , Warsaw Philharmonic , the Dallas and Atlanta symphony orchestras and the New World Symphony . She also undertakes a tour of the U . K . and North America with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment .
Benedetti enjoys working with the highest level of orchestras including collaborations with the London Symphony Orchestra , London Philharmonic Orchestra , New York Philharmonic , National Symphony Orchestra , Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre , Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra , Frankfurt Radio Symphony , Camerata Salzburg , Czech Philharmonic , Danish National Symphony Orchestra , Los Angeles Philharmonic , San Francisco Symphony and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the Ravinia Festival .
In addition , Benedetti developed her own education and outreach initiative titled The Benedetti Sessions that gives hundreds of aspiring young string players the opportunity to rehearse , undertake and observe masterclasses , culminating in a performance alongside her .
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