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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
KATHERINE NEEDLEMAN, OBOE
The Nightmare
Before Christmas
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
The Nightmare
Before Christmas
FRI, NOV 2, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 3, 3 PM M
SCOTT TERRELL, CONDUCTOR
Enjoy Tim Burton’s 1993
animated musical fantasy film
accompanied by the BSO.
FAMILY CONCERT
Symphony
Space-tacular:
Star Wars & Beyond!
SAT, NOV 3, 11 AM
NICHOLAS HERSH, CONDUCTOR
NARRATED BY A NASA ASTRONAUT
Join this intergalactic journey
with selections from Star Wars,
Also sprach Zarathustra,
The Planets and more.
Poulenc Concerto
for Two Pianos
FRI, NOV 9, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 10, 8 PM S
SUN, NOV 11, 3 PM M
KWAMÉ RYAN, CONDUCTOR
CHRISTINA NAUGHTON, PIANO
MICHELLE NAUGHTON, PIANO
MENDELSSOHN SINFONIA NO. 7
IN D MINOR
POULENC CONCERTO FOR
TWO PIANOS
MENDELSSOHN SYMPHONY NO. 5,
“REFORMATION”
Conductor Kwamé Ryan leads
the Naughton sisters in Poulenc’s
Concerto for Two Pianos.
The program concludes with
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5.
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ANDREW NORMAN GRAN TURISMO
KEVIN PUTS OBOE CONCERTO,
“MOONLIGHT” (BSO COMMISSION)
COPLAND SYMPHONY NO. 3
Copland’s Fanfare for the
Common Man is featured
prominently in the finale of
his Third Symphony. Andrew
Norman’s work is inspired by
the car-racing video game
Gran Turismo. Kevin Puts’ Oboe
Concerto, a BSO commission,
features BSO Principal Oboist
Katherine Needleman.
OFF THE CUFF
Copland
Symphony No. 3
FRI, NOV 16, 8:15 PM S
SAT, NOV 17, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, CONDUCTOR
Marin Alsop provides insight
into Copland’s grand victory
symphony, which sums up
the American experience
of World War II.
SUPERPOPS
Violinist
Joshua Bell
CHRIS BOTTI, TRUMPET
FRI, NOV 23, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 24, 8 PM M
SUN, NOV 25, 3 PM M
Grammy Award-winning jazz
trumpeter Chris Botti brings
his band to the Meyerhoff for
a Thanksgiving weekend of
Pops concerts.
The BSO is not performing on this program.
Chris Botti
Cirque Nutcracker
FRI, NOV 30, 8 PM M
SUN, DEC 2, 3 PM M THU, DEC 13, 8 PM S
FRI, DEC 14, 8 PM M
SAT, DEC 15, 3 PM M
SUN, DEC 16, 3 PM M
CRISTIAN MĂCELARU, CONDUCTOR
JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN NICHOLAS HERSH, CONDUCTOR
TROUPE VERTIGO
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV MAY NIGHT
OVERTURE
VAUGHN WILLIAMS SYMPHONY NO. 4
DVOŘÁK VIOLIN CONCERTO Troupe Vertigo’s contortionists,
strongmen and high-flying
aerialists will dance, lift and
fly through the concert hall
while the BSO plays music from
Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and
other holiday favorites!
Cristian Măcelaru is joined
by the world-renowned
Joshua Bell in Dvořák’s Violin
Concerto. Vaughan Williams’
Symphony No. 4 is one of the
most revered symphonies of
the 20th century.
CeCe Winans
FAMILY CONCERT
A Swingin’
Nutcracker!
SAT, DEC 8, 11 AM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, CONDUCTOR
FLY DANCE COMPANY
Hip-hop dancers join the
BSO for this holiday concert.
Riffing off of Duke Ellington’s
reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s
masterpiece, jazz composer
Paul Murtha has created a show
for the whole family.
Handel Messiah
Chris Botti
SPECIAL EVENT
THU, NOV 15, 8 PM M
SUN, NOV 18, 3 PM S
SPECIAL EVENT
/CLASSICAL
SAT, DEC 8, 8 PM M
SUN, DEC 9, 3 PM M
EDWARD POLOCHICK, CONDUCTOR
AND HARPSICHORD
CONCERT ARTISTS OF BALTIMORE
SYMPHONIC CHORALE
JENNIFER O’LOUGHLIN, SOPRANO
DIANA MOORE, MEZZO-SOPRANO
BENJAMIN BUTTERFIELD, TENOR
SIDNEY OUTLAW, BASS
HANDEL MESSIAH
A staple of the holiday season,
this masterwork includes the
“Hallelujah” Chorus. A BSO
recording is released this
season on Naxos.
SPECIAL EVENT
Gospel Christmas
with CeCe Winans
FRI, DEC 21, 8 PM M
ERIC CONWAY, CONDUCTOR
CECE WINANS, VOCALIST
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR,
ERIC CONWAY, DIRECTOR
Gospel singer and 12-time
Grammy Award-winner CeCe
Winans joins the BSO and the
Morgan State University Choir in
a Gospel Christmas program.
SPECIAL EVENT
Holiday Pops
SAT, DEC 22, 3 PM & 8 PM M
ANDY EINHORN, CONDUCTOR
BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY,
ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK,
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Broadway musical director Andy
Einhorn leads the BSO and the
Baltimore Choral Arts Society
in a program of festive favorites
from Broadway to American
classics, the tap-dancing Santas,
an audience sing-along and a
few musical surprises.
Copland
Symphony No. 3