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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
MAY/JUNE 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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Baroque Favorites
SAT, MAY 16, 8 PM S
SUN, MAY 17, 3 PM M
Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord
Emily Skala, flute
Jonathan Carney, violin
Peabody Dance Department
danah bella, director
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto
THU, APR 30, 8 PM S
FRI, MAY 1, 8 PM M
SAT, MAY 2, 8 PM M
SUN, MAY 3, 3 PM M
Marin Alsop, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
Hayley Abramowitz, soprano
BACH Orchestra Suite No. 3
BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
TELEMANN Don Quixote
PURCELL The Fairy Queen: Suite No. 1
HANDEL Water Music: Suite No. 2
In a conductor-less program
that puts the musicians of
the BSO front and center, this
concert explores the mastery of
Bach and musical storytelling at
its finest. Telemann and Purcell
depict two classics of literature,
Don Quixote and A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.
ANNA CLYNE Restless Oceans
(U.S. Premiere)
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff’s dauntingly
difficult Third Piano Concerto
is performed by Olga Kern.
The concert opens with a new
work written by Anna Clyne
and Mahler’s enchanting Fourth
Symphony.
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
Star Wars: The
Empire Strikes Back
—In Concert
THU, MAY 7, 8 PM M
FRI, MAY 8, 8 PM S
SUN, MAY 10, 3 PM M
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Gala Concert with
Itzhak Perlman
SAT, MAY 9, 8:30 PM M
Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin
BACH Violin Concerto in E Major
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet,
Fantasy-Overture
RAVEL Boléro
World-renowned violinist Itzhak
Perlman joins the Baltimore
Symphony for the 2019 –20
Season Gala Concert at the
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
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BEETHOVEN 2020
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s
birth, Marin Alsop leads performances of Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony on six continents with 10 orchestras
as part of All Together: A Global Ode to Joy in
collaboration with Carnegie Hall.
Evgeny Kissin
in Recital
MON, MAY 18, 8 PM M
Evgeny Kissin, piano
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 8,
“Pathétique”
BEETHOVEN Variations and Fugue,
“Eroica”
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 17,
“The Tempest”
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21,
“Waldstein”
One of the most gifted
classical pianists of his
generation, Evgeny Kissin
performs a recital of
Beethoven’s treasured
piano sonatas.
The BSO is not performing
on this program.
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
Star Wars:
Return of the Jedi
—In Concert
FRI, MAY 22, 8 PM M
SAT, MAY 23, 3 PM M
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
SUPERPOPS
Lerner and Loewe
Classics
THU, MAY 28, 8 PM S
FRI, MAY 29, 8 PM M
SAT, MAY 30, 8 PM M
SUN, MAY 31, 3 PM M
Jack Everly, conductor
Baltimore Choral Arts Society,
Anthony Blake Clark, director
You’ll hear the most popular
Broadway hits of this dynamic
composer and lyricist duo,
including selections from My
Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi and
Brigadoon.
Pastoral Symphony
THU, JUN 4, 8 PM S
FRI, JUN 5, 8 PM M
SAT, JUN 6, 8 PM S
SUN, JUN 7, 3 PM M
Marin Alsop, conductor
Viktoria Mullova, violin
BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6,
“Pastoral”
Viktoria Mullova performs
Beethoven’s sublime Violin
Concerto, and Beethoven’s
beloved “Pastoral” Symphony
draws our attention to the
beauty and fragility of the
natural world.
Beethoven Ninth
THU, JUN 11, 8 PM M
FRI, JUN 12, 8 PM M
SAT, JUN 13, 8 PM S
SUN, JUN 14, 3 PM M
Marin Alsop, conductor
Wordsmith, spoken word artist
Morgan State University Choir,
Eric Conway, director
Community Chorus of Peabody
Voices Rise: A Baltimore
Choir of Hope
REENA ESMAIL See Me
(World Premiere)
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9,
“Choral”
The season closes with
Beethoven’s ode to joy, the
Ninth Symphony, which
conveys his message about
humankind. Reimagining the
Ninth Symphony as a 21st-
century call for unity, justice
and empowerment, Marin
Alsop, the BSO and members
of the rich musical community
of Baltimore boldly interpret
Beethoven’s ideas in response
to today’s world.