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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
Mozart’s Jupiter
FRI, JAN 5, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 6, 8 PM S
SUN, JAN 7, 3 PM M
BERNARD LABADIE, CONDUCTOR
EMILY SKALA, FLUTE
SARAH FULLER, HARP
MOZART // EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK
MOZART // CONCERTO FOR FLUTE
AND HARP
MOZART // SYMPHONY NO. 41 IN
C MAJOR, “JUPITER”
Mozart’s “Jupiter” Symphony
showcases unrivaled
compositional skill. His only
score for harp, the Double
Concerto, is divine and melodic.
James Wyman
OFF THE CUFF
Impressionist
Masterworks
FRI, JAN 12, 8:15 PM S
SAT, JAN 13, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR
VISUALS FROM THE BALTIMORE
MUSEUM OF ART
DEBUSSY // LA MER
RAVEL // LA VALSE
Waves of sound crash through the
hall during Debussy’s La Mer in this
concert presented in partnership
with the Baltimore Museum of
Art. Ravel describes the whirling
patterns of La Valse: “Swirling
clouds afford glimpses, through
rifts, of waltzing couples.” Discover
the many influences of these
impressionist masterworks.
Tchaikovsky Piano
Concerto No. 1
FRI, JAN 19, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 20, 8 PM S
SUN, JAN 21, 3 PM M
Concerto Fantasy
for Two Timpanists
THU, JAN 11, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 14, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR
JAMES WYMAN AND JAUVON GILLIAM,
TIMPANI
LURA JOHNSON AND MICHAEL
SHEPPARD, PIANO
WORDSMITH, NARRATOR
SAINT-SAËNS // CARNIVAL OF THE
ANIMALS (WITH HIP-HOP NARRATION)
PHILIP GLASS // CONCERTO FANTASY
FOR TWO TIMPANISTS
DEBUSSY // LA MER
RAVEL // LA VALSE
Marin Alsop brings Carnival of
the Animals into the 21 st century
with Baltimore hip-hop artist,
Wordsmith. Philip Glass creates
rhythmic power with his Concerto
Fantasy in the hands of Principal
Timpanists James Wyman of the
BSO and Jauvon Gilliam of the
National Symphony Orchestra.
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MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR
GABRIELA MONTERO, PIANO
BARTÓK // CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
TCHAIKOVSKY // PIANO CONCERTO
NO. 1 IN B-FLAT MINOR
Revered pianist Gabriela Montero
returns for Tchaikovsky’s virtuosic
Piano Concerto No. 1. Bartók
combines his love of folk music
with traditional classical forms in
his Concerto for Orchestra.
SUPERPOPS
Diva to Diva:
From Ella to Adele
THU, JAN 25, 8 PM S
FRI, JAN 26, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 27, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 28, 3 PM M
JACK EVERLY, PRINCIPAL POPS
CONDUCTOR
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY, VOCALIST
Broadway star Ann Hampton
Callaway fuses a unique blend
of jazz and pop in performances
around the world. From Carly
Simon to Carole King, Etta James
to Ella Fitzgerald, join Ann and the
BSO for a night to remember.
Stephen Hough
Performs
Mendelssohn
Joyce Yang
THU, FEB 1, 8 PM S
FRI, FEB 2, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 3, 8 PM M
GÜNTHER HERBIG, CONDUCTOR
STEPHEN HOUGH, PIANO
MENDELSSOHN // PIANO CONCERTO
NO. 1 IN G MINOR
BRUCKNER // SYMPHONY NO. 9
IN D MINOR
Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto is
sublimely performed by Stephen
Hough, “A virtuoso who begins
where others leave off” (The
Washington Post). A true visionary,
Bruckner transports audiences
with his Ninth Symphony.
MUSIC BOX
On Safari
SAT, FEB 3, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM M
FAMILY
Carnival
of the Animals
SAT, FEB 10, 11 AM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, ASSOCIATE
CONDUCTOR
QING LI, VIOLIN
WORDSMITH, NARRATOR
HE ZHANHAO/CHEN GANG //
THE BUTTERFLY LOVERS’ VIOLIN
CONCERTO
SAINT-SAËNS // CARNIVAL OF THE
ANIMALS
Join BSO musicians for an animal-
themed program featuring visuals
by MICA students.
Pictures at an
Exhibition
FRI, FEB 16, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 17, 8 PM S
SUN, FEB 18, 3 PM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, ASSOCIATE
CONDUCTOR
JOYCE YANG, PIANO
PRICE // DANCES IN THE CANEBRAKES
PROKOFIEV // PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3
IN C MAJOR
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL // PICTURES
AT AN EXHIBITION
Few pieces are as visually
evocative as Mussorgsky’s
Pictures at an Exhibition.
Florence Price was the first
African-American woman
recognized as a symphonic
composer and the first to have
a work premiered by a major
symphony orchestra. Witness
Joyce Yang push the piano to
its limits in Prokofiev’s Piano
Concerto No. 3.
Rite of Spring
THU, FEB 22, 8 PM M
SUN, FEB 25, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR
BRANFORD MARSALIS, SAXOPHONE
ANNA CLYNE // ABSTRACTIONS
IBERT // CONCERTINO DA CAMERA
MILHAUD // SCARAMOUCHE
STRAVINSKY // THE RITE OF SPRING
Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring
is terrifying, beautiful and
awe-inspiring. Branford Marsalis,
who belongs to one of the
greatest American musical
dynasties, joins the BSO for two
melodic French pieces.
OFF THE CUFF
Rite of Spring
FRI, FEB 23, 8:15 PM S
SAT, FEB 24, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, MUSIC DIRECTOR
STRAVINSKY // THE RITE OF SPRING
Stravinsky pushed the boundaries
of classical instruments in
The Rite of Spring. Join Marin
Alsop and explore Stravinsky’s
galvanizing masterpiece.