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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]
OFF THE CUFF
Turangalîla-
Symphonie
FRI, JAN 11, 8:15 PM S
SAT, JAN 12, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
NATHALIE FORGET, ondes Martenot
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Leon Fleisher’s
Birthday
Celebration
FRI, JAN 4, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 5, 8 PM S
SUN, JAN 6, 3 PM M
PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor
LEON FLEISHER, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 12
in A Major
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
The BSO celebrates the great
Leon Fleisher’s birthday in
an extraordinary concert.
Highlighted in the program is
Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12,
a specialty of Fleisher’s.
Turangalîla-
Symphonie
THU, JAN 10, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 13, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano
NATHALIE FORGET, ondes Martenot
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Messiaen’s mind-blowing
Turangalîla-symphonie takes
listeners on a journey of extreme
dynamic contrasts while Marin
Alsop conducts more than
100 musicians and pianist
Jean-Yves Thibaudet provides
a dazzling performance.
Experience one of the most
innovative works of the
20 th century. Marin Alsop and
Jean-Yves Thibaudet discuss
Messiaen’s great masterwork
featuring the eerie keyboard
ondes Martenot with its
sci-fi sounds.
FAMILY CONCERT
Music Box: Bugs
SAT, JAN 12, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM M
Sibelius Violin
Concerto
SAT, JAN 19, 8 PM S
SUN, JAN 20, 3 PM M
MARKUS STENZ, conductor
BAIBA SKRIDE, violin
WAGNER Siegfried Idyll
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 104, “London”
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Elgar Cello
Concerto
THU, JAN 31, 8 PM S
FRI, FEB 1, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 2, 8 PM M THU, FEB 21, 8 PM M
SUN, FEB 24, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
COLIN CURRIE, percussion
JENNIFER HIGDON Low Brass Concerto
(BSO Co-commission)
HELEN GRIME Percussion Concerto
(U.S. Premiere)
RESPIGHI Brazilian Impressions
RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
Marin Alsop leads the U.S.
Premiere of Helen Grime’s
Percussion Concerto featuring
Colin Currie. Respighi’s
Pines of Rome and the
composer’s lesser-known
but infectiously brilliant gem,
Brazilian Impressions, form the
centerpiece of this program.
MARKUS STENZ, conductor
PAUL HUANG, violin
CHABRIER España
KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto
MOZART Symphony No. 40 in G Minor
BEETHOVEN “Leonore” Overture No. 3
SUPERPOPS SAT, FEB 16, 8 PM S
SUN, FEB 17, 3 PM M
THU, JAN 24, 8 PM S
FRI, JAN 25, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 26, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 27, 3 PM M
JACK EVERLY, conductor
BEN CRAWFORD, vocalist
TED KEEGAN, vocalist
DEBUSSY Rondes de printemps
from Images
ELGAR Cello Concerto
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 6
Narek Hakhnazaryan returns,
performing Elgar’s beautiful
and elegiac Cello Concerto.
Led by BSO Associate
Conductor Nicholas Hersh,
this program also features
Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony.
Narek
Hakhnazaryan
FRI, FEB 8, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 9, 8 PM S
SUN, FEB 10, 3 PM M
Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is
one of the composer’s best-
loved symphonies and Paul
Huang takes center stage for
Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto.
Rodgers and
Hammerstein
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN, cello
Mozart Symphony
No. 40
Markus Stenz conducts an
eclectic program, including
Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, the
Sibelius Violin Concerto
performed by Baiba Skride and
Haydn’s “London” Symphony.
Jack Everly leads Broadway
stars and the BSO in some
of the greatest Rodgers and
Hammerstein hits.
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Respighi
Pines of Rome
Ravel Boléro
MARIO VENZAGO, conductor
CONRAD TAO, piano
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire
BERLIOZ Le Carnival Romain
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
RAVEL Rhapsodie Espagnole
RAVEL Boléro
Mario Venzago leads the
Orchestra in Ravel’s hypnotic
Boléro and Rapsodie espagnole.
Conrad Tao returns to the BSO to
perform Liszt’s breathtaking
First Piano Concerto.
OFF THE CUFF
Elgar Cello
Concerto
FRI, FEB 22, 8:15 PM S
SAT, FEB 23, 7 PM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
NAREK HAKHNAZARYAN, cello
ELGAR Cello Concerto
Nicholas Hersh provides insight
into Elgar’s beautiful Cello
Concerto, which, written at the
end of World War I, was his last
completed work and reflects his
sadness over the loss of friends
and countrymen.
FAMILY CONCERT
Music Box:
All Aboard
SAT, FEB 23, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM
Leon Fleisher