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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH /APRIL 2020 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
 ligible for the Young and Free Program. Children ages 7–17 may attend free with the purchase of an adult ticket. Reservations must be made in advance.
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Ray Chen Performs
Shostakovich Mozart and
Mendelssohn
THU, MAR 19, 8 PM M SAT, MAR 28, 8 PM M
SUN, MAR 29, 3 PM S
JUN MÄRKL, conductor
RAY CHEN, violin
MESSIAEN The Forgotten Offerings
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
RAVEL Pavane for a Dead Princess
STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration
Vivaldi Mandolin
Concerto
Ray Chen returns to perform
Shostakovich’s formidable First
Violin Concerto. The program
also includes Ravel’s hauntingly
beautiful Pavane for a Dead
Princess and Richard Strauss’
Death and Transfiguration.
Ray Chen
FRI, MAR 6, 8 PM M
SAT, MAR 7, 8 PM S
SUN, MAR 8, 3 PM M
Mahler
Symphony No. 3
THU, MAR 12, 8 PM S
FRI, MAR 13, 8 PM M
SAT, MAR 14, 8 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
CIERRA BYRD, mezzo-soprano
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE
PARK CONCERT CHOIR
EDWARD MACLARY, director
PEABODY CHILDREN’S CHORUS
DOREEN FALBY, director
MAHLER Symphony No. 3
Mahler’s Third Symphony is
the heart of his symphonic
output. It looks at the totality
of the natural world, beginning
with plants and animals, rising
to humans and culminating in
the divine.
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MARIN ALSOP, conductor
DAVID FRAY, piano
ANNA CLYNE BSO Commission
(World Premiere)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9,
“Jeunehomme”
FANNY MENDELSSOHN-HENSEL
Overture in C Major
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4,
“Italian”
A world premiere by Anna
Clyne is juxtaposed with Fanny
Mendelssohn’s Overture in
C Major. We also hear Fanny’s
famous brother’s “Italian”
Symphony, and David Fray
performs Mozart’s Piano
Concerto No. 9.
SUN, MAR, 29, 3 PM M
HAYDN Symphony No. 80
VIVALDI Mandolin Concerto in C Major
VIVALDI Lute Concerto in D Major
BIZET Symphony No. 1
MUSIC BOX
Celebrate
Springtime
Through the
Telescope
SAT, APR 4, 11 AM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
Hiplet
NICHOLAS MCGEGAN, conductor
AVI AVITAL, mandolin
Nicholas McGegan returns
to the BSO to lead Haydn’s
effervescent Symphony No. 80,
two sunny Vivaldi concertos
with Israeli mandolinist Avi Avital
and Bizet’s Symphony No. 1.
FAMILY CONCERT
The Hiplet Ballerina Company
fuses classical pointe technique
with dance that is rooted in
communities of color, fueled
by inclusivity and modern
movement.
The BSO will not be performing on
this program.
SAT, MAR 21, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM M
SAT, MAR 28, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM
Experience otherworldly images
of galaxies far, far away with a
Hubble Scientist as your guide in
this concert featuring music by
Strauss, Mozart, Holst and more.
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
The Wizard of Oz
THU, APR 16, 8 PM S
FRI, APR 17, 8 PM M
SAT, APR 18, 8 PM M
SUN, APR 19, 3 PM M
SCOTT TERRELL, conductor
Enjoy The Wizard of Oz on the
big screen and follow the yellow
brick road with Dorothy and her
friends as the BSO performs the
Academy Award-winning score.
Holst The Planets
THU, APR 23, 8 PM M
SAT, APR 25, 8 PM S
SUN, APR 26, 3 PM M
PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE
PARK CONCERT CHOIR
EDWARD MACLARY, director
VIVIAN FUNG Dust Devils
DEBUSSY Nocturnes
HOLST The Planets
SAT, MAR 21, 7 PM M Celebrating the 30th anniversary
of the Hubble Telescope, the
BSO performs Holst’s The
Planets. The program also
includes Debussy’s Nocturnes,
which captures the wonders of
Planet Earth.
JUN MÄRKL, conductor
RAY CHEN, violin OFF THE CUFF
AMP Powered by Strathmore
OFF THE CUFF
Shostakovich
Violin Concerto
Holst The Planets
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich’s First Violin
Concerto was composed
during a time of censorship in
Soviet Russia, so the work was
not premiered until after Stalin’s
demise. Violinist Ray Chen
illuminates the hidden messages
of this work.
FRI, APR 24, 8:15 PM S
PETER OUNDJIAN, conductor
HOLST The Planets
Hiplet
The BSO salutes the 30th
anniversary of the Hubble
Telescope, complete with
Hubble photos and a special
guest from NASA.
Avi Avital