BSO liv e
KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
JANUARY /FEBRUARY 2020 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
OFF THE CUFF
Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto
Prokofiev Romeo
and Juliet
FRI, JAN 24, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 25, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 26, 3 PM S
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
Amadeus
FRI, JAN 3, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 4, 8 PM S
SUN, JAN 5, 3 PM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
LURA JOHNSON, piano
BSO SYMPHONIC CHORALE,
EDWARD POLOCHICK, director
Experience the multi-Academy
Award winning 1984 motion
picture, Amadeus, on a giant
HD screen while Mozart’s
most celebrated works
are performed live by the
Baltimore Symphony, joined by
the BSO Symphonic Chorale.
JOHN STORGÅRDS, conductor
GIL SHAHAM, violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
HAYDN Symphony No. 103, “Drumroll”
Philippe Quint
Legendary violinist Gil Shaham
performs Mendelssohn’s Violin
Concerto, often called the
most perfect violin concerto
ever written. John Storgårds
conducts Shostakovich's Ninth,
the lightest and brightest of the
Shostakovich symphonies.
Charlie Chaplin’s
Legacy: Classical
Music in Film
FRI, FEB 7, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 8, 8 PM S
SUN, FEB 9, 3 PM M
CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
PHILIPPE QUINT, violin
BARBER Adagio for Strings
JOHN CORIGLIANO Chaconne for Violin
and Orchestra from The Red Violin
JOHN WILLIAMS Theme from
Schindler’s List
ENNIO MORRICONE Love Theme from
Cinema Paradiso
CARLOS GARDEL Tango from Scent
of a Woman
VARIOUS Charlie Chaplin’s Smile
Amadeus LIVE is an Avex Classics
International production
Snowflakes
on Parade
SAT, JAN 11, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM M
SAT, JAN 25, 10 AM
& 11:30 AM
AMP Powered by Strathmore
SUPERPOPS
Ben Crawford:
Broadway and
Beyond
THU, JAN 16, 8 PM S
FRI, JAN 17, 8 PM M
SAT, JAN 18, 8 PM M
SUN, JAN 19, 3 PM M
JACK EVERLY, conductor
BEN CRAWFORD, vocalist
Vocalist Ben Crawford, current
star of The Phantom of the
Opera on Broadway, returns
to the BSO to perform show-
stopping songs from Hamilton,
Dear Evan Hansen, South
Pacific, Company and more.
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Gil Shaham
Saint-Saëns Cello
Concerto
THU, JAN 30, 8 PM S
FRI, JAN 31, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 1, 8 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
SHEKU KANNEH-MASON, cello
PRICE The Oak
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Mesmerizing cellist Sheku
Kanneh-Mason makes his BSO
debut playing Saint-Saëns’
charming First Cello Concerto.
The concert opens with
composer Florence Price’s The
Oak and closes with Dvořák’s
exquisite Seventh Symphony.
MUSIC BOX
Combining clips from classic
Chaplin films with live music,
Charlie Chaplin’s Smile is
violinist Philippe Quint’s tribute
to Charlie Chaplin on his
130 th birthday.
Prokofiev Romeo
and Juliet
THU, FEB 13, 8 PM M
SUN, FEB 16, 3 PM S
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
YULIANNA AVDEEVA, piano
MOZART Marriage of Figaro Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Yulianna Avdeeva performs
Chopin’s Second Piano
Concerto, a feast of keyboard
virtuosity and irresistible
lyrical themes. The concert
is bookended by Mozart’s
vivacious Marriage of Figaro
Overture and Prokofiev’s
dramatic Suite from Romeo
and Juliet.
Amadeus
FRI, FEB 14, 8:15 PM S
SAT, FEB 15, 7 PM M
MARIN ALSOP, conductor
PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Originally wanting to give
his ballet a happy ending,
Prokofiev ultimately composed
heartbreakingly beautiful music
for the tale of the star-crossed
lovers’ deaths.
FAMILY CONCERT
Classical Mash-Up
SAT, FEB 22, 11 AM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
The BSO joins with Grammy-
nominated beatboxer and
multi-instrumentalist Christylez
Bacon and wildly original
electric cellist/composer
Wytold for a crash course in the
fundamentals of remixing!
SUPERPOPS
Aretha—A Tribute
THU, FEB 27, 8 PM S
FRI, FEB 28, 8 PM M
SAT, FEB 29, 8 PM M
SUN, MAR 1, 3 PM M
LUCAS WALDIN, conductor
CAPATHIA JENKINS, vocalist
DARRYL WILLIAMS, vocalist
A tribute to the Queen of Soul,
this program features symphony
favorite Capathia Jenkins
performing such iconic hits as
“Respect,” “A Natural Woman,”
“Chain of Fools,” “Amazing
Grace” and much more.
Capathia
Jenkins