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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY/JUNE 2019 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
Movie with
Orchestra:
An American
in Paris
THU, MAY 2, 8 PM S
FRI, MAY 3, 8 PM M
SAT, MAY 4, 8 PM M
SUN, MAY 5, 3 PM M
JACK EVERLY, conductor
Jack Everly leads the Orchestra
in Gershwin’s extraordinary film
score, including “Embraceable
You” and “I got Rhythm,” as you
enjoy the classic 1951 full-length
film featuring Gene Kelly and
Leslie Caron.
MUSIC BOX
Opposites
SAT, MAY 4, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM M
Opposites
Brahms Violin
Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 9
Mahler’s magnificent Ninth
Symphony depicts the
composer’s epic battle between
his passionate love for life and
the dread of death. Marin Alsop
conducts this glorious work,
a vivid testament to the power
of a live concert experience.
PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor
JONATHAN CARNEY, violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 11,
“The Year 1905”
BSO Concertmaster Jonathan
Carney takes center stage
for Brahms’ Violin Concerto.
Conductor Peter Oundjian
leads the Orchestra in
Shostakovich’s Symphony
No. 11, “The Year 1905.”
André Watts
OFF THE CUFF
André Watts
Performs Beethoven
Piano Concerto
No. 5, "Emperor"
FRI, MAY 31, 8:15 PM S
SAT, JUN 1, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
ANDRÉ WATTS, piano
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
JAMES EHNES, violin
James Ehnes
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
SAT, MAY 18, 8 PM S
SUN, MAY 19, 3 PM M
THU, MAY 9, 8 PM S
FRI, MAY 10, 8 PM M
SAT, MAY 11, 8 PM M
Marin Alsop leads Ein
Heldenleben, “A Hero’s Life,”
one of Richard Strauss’ most
exhilarating tone poems.
Tchaikovsky’s dashing and
elegant Violin Concerto is
performed by James Ehnes.
FRI, JUN 7, 8 PM M
SAT, JUN 8, 8 PM S
SUN, JUN 9, 3 PM M
SAT, MAY 11, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM S
Tchaikovsky Violin
Concerto
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto
Peter Oundjian
André Watts joins Marin Alsop
and the BSO for a performance
and discussion of Beethoven’s
greatest concerto.
André Watts
Performs
Beethoven’s
Emperor
THU, MAY 30, 8 PM M
SUN, JUN 2, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
ANDRÉ WATTS, piano
BRAHMS arr. SCHOENBERG Piano Quartet
in G Minor
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5,
“Emperor”
André Watts returns to the
BSO to perform Beethoven’s
last piano concerto, the mighty
“Emperor.” Marin Alsop leads
the Orchestra in Brahms’ most
exhilarating chamber work.
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Mahler
Symphony No. 9
MUSIC BOX
West Side Story
SPEACIAL/CLASSICAL
Movie with
Orchestra:
West Side Story
THU, JUN 13, 8 PM M
FRI, JUN 14, 8 PM M
SAT, JUN 15, 8 PM S
SUN, JUN 16, 3 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
BERNSTEIN West Side Story
Celebrate the 50 th anniversary of
the iconic winner of 10 Oscars —
the BSO performs Leonard
Bernstein’s score live with the
re-mastered film.
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SUPERPOPS