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TCHAIKOVSKY WITH BALANCHINE
About the Artists
Marin Alsop
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 8pm
Saturday, April 28, 2018, 7pm Off The Cuff
For Marin Alsop’s bio, please see pg. 7.
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Friday, April 27, 2018, 8:15pm Off The Cuff
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 3pm
Marin Alsop, Music Director
Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers
Staged by Deborah Wingert
Coached by Heather Watts
Pyotr Ilyich
Tchaikovsky
Baltimore School
for the Arts Dancers
Baltimore School for the Arts (BSA) is
a nationally recognized public arts high
school that provides its students with
intensive pre-professional training in
the arts in conjunction with a rigorous
academic curriculum. BSA graduates go
on to the most selective arts and university
programs nationwide and achieve
prominence in theater, film, music, dance
and visual arts. Additionally, BSA’s highly
acclaimed TWIGS program offers free
after-school arts instruction to 700 city
elementary and middle school children
from schools across Baltimore, as well as
other outreach initiatives to thousands
more. Founded in 1979, the school is an
integral and vibrant part of Baltimore’s
educational and cultural communities.
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture
Tchaikovsky
Suite from Swan Lake, op. 20a
Scène
Valse
Dance of the Swans
Scène
Hungarian Dance, Czardas
Scène
INTERMISSION
Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake and Intermission are included on April 26 and April 29 programs only.
Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings, op. 48
Pezzo in forma di sonatina:
Andante non troppo - Allegro moderato
Walzer: Moderato, Tempo di valse
Elégie: Larghetto elegiaco
Finale (Tema Russo): Andante - Allegro con spirito
The Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers
last appeared with the BSO in June 2016,
performing Copland’s Appalachian Spring,
Marin Alsop, conductor.
Deborah
Wingert
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, 9:15 pm on Friday,
8 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
Deborah Wingert began
her training at the
Central Pennsylvania
Youth Ballet under
Marcia Dale Weary and became a
scholarship student at the School of
American Ballet in New York. At the
age of 16, she was selected by George
Balanchine to join New York City Ballet.
During her 15 years with the company,
Wingert danced over 25 principal, solo
and featured roles in productions that
Saturday, April 28: Join us in the Meyerhoff lobby for an after-party
featuring live entertainment, food and drink specials. Made possible
by The Wallace Foundation.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
SUPPORTING SPONSOR:
M A R –A P R 2018 / OV E R T U R E
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