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KEY UPCOMING EVENTS
SPECIAL EVENT
Leslie Odom, Jr.
with the BSO
FRI, NOV 1, 8 PM M
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
LESLIE ODOM, JR., vocalist
MOVIE WITH ORCHESTRA
Xian Zhang
Mozart Piano
Concerto No. 23
FRI, NOV 15, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 16, 8 PM S
SUN, NOV 17, 3 PM M
XIAN ZHANG, conductor
GEORGE LI, piano
Ghostbusters (1984)
SAT, NOV 2, 8 PM M
SUN, NOV 3, 3 PM M CHEN YI Ge Xu (Antiphony)
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5
JOHN JESENSKY, conductor Chen Yi’s Antiphony opens
the program, inspired by the
antiphonal singing of South
China’s Zhuang minority. George
Li performs one of Mozart’s
best-loved piano concertos, and
Prokofiev’s greatest symphony,
the Fifth, concludes the program.
Bring your proton pack and join the
original paranormal investigation
and elimination team as they
capture their first ghost, with the
score performed live by the BSO.
Ghostbusters © 1984 Columbia Pictures
Industries, Inc. All rights reserved
Emanuel Ax
Emanuel Ax
Performs Brahms
FRI, NOV 8, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 9, 8 PM S
SUN, NOV 10, 3 PM M
RUTH REINHARDT, conductor
EMANUEL AX, piano
LOTTA WENNÄKOSKI Hava
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 6
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2
Emanuel Ax returns to perform
Brahms’ mighty Second Piano
Concerto, notable for its
formidable demands. A scintillating
work by Finnish-born composer
Lotta Wennäkoski, Hava, is paired
with Schubert’s Sixth Symphony.
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SPECIAL EVENT
FRI, NOV 22, 8:15 PM S
SAT, NOV 23, 7 PM M THU, DEC 12, 8 PM S
FRI, DEC 13, 8 PM M
SAT, DEC 14, 3 PM M
SUN, DEC 15, 3 PM M
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Marin Alsop, conductor
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
He won the 2016 Tony Award for
Best Actor in a Musical and the
Grammy Award for Best Musical
Theater Album for his role as Aaron
Burr in the original production of
Hamilton. The BSO presents Leslie
Odom, Jr. in hits from Hamilton,
Spring Awakening, the Nat King
Cole songbook and more.
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OFF THE CUFF
Pulcinella brought together
Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes,
Stravinsky and Picasso in a
whole new direction. Discover
how Stravinsky fell in love with
the forgotten music and world
of commedia dell’arte clowns.
Cirque Nutcracker
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor
TROUPE VERTIGO
Troupe Vertigo’s acrobats,
jugglers and high-flying
aerialists join the BSO for
this spectacular twist on
Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 events at The Music Center at Strathmore [S] and at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall [M]
SUPERPOPS
Preservation Hall
Jazz Band
FRI, NOV 29, 8 PM M
SAT, NOV 30, 8 PM M
SUN, DEC 1, 3 PM M
The New Orleans-based
Preservation Hall Jazz Band brings
together the sounds of New
Orleans jazz and the rhythm and
soul at the heart of Cuban music.
Troupe Vertigo
SPECIAL EVENT
The BSO is not performing on this program. Gospel Christmas
FAMILY CONCERT THU, DEC 19, 8 PM M
FRI, DEC 20, 8 PM M
The Snowman
NICHOLAS HERSH, conductor CHARLES FLOYD, conductor
CECE WINANS, vocalist
MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR,
ERIC CONWAY, director
Stravinsky Pulcinella Be transported to a winter
wonderland in this story of a
young boy’s friendship with
a snowman. The animated
film projected with music
performed by the BSO is sure to
get you into the holiday spirit! Renowned gospel singer and
twelve-time Grammy Award-
winner CeCe Winans joins
the BSO and the Morgan State
University Choir for a rousing
Gospel Christmas program of
holiday favorites.
THU, NOV 21, 8 PM M
SUN, NOV 24, 3 PM S SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT
SAT, DEC 7, 3 PM M
SUN, DEC 8, 3 PM M SAT, DEC 21, 3 PM M
SAT, DEC 21, 8 PM M
MUSIC BOX
Great Big Animals
SAT, NOV 16
10 AM & 11:30 AM M
SAT, NOV 23
10 AM & 11:30 AM
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MARIN ALSOP, conductor
BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
LERA AUERBACH BSO Commission
(U.S. Premiere)
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical”
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella
Stravinsky’s Pulcinella is a
sparkling evocation of the world
of commedia dell’arte clowns.
Marin Alsop introduces us to
composer Lera Auerbach, who
brings grandeur and intensity to
her large-scale orchestra music.
SAT, DEC 7, 11 AM M
Handel Messiah
Holiday Spectacular
EDWARD POLOCHICK, conductor
and harpsichord
BSO SYMPHONIC CHORALE ANDY EINHORN, conductor
BALTIMORE CHORAL ARTS SOCIETY,
ANTHONY BLAKE CLARK, director
HANDEL Messiah Andy Einhorn leads the BSO
and the Baltimore Choral Arts
Society in an exciting new holiday
program, highlighted by festive
favorites, the ever-popular tap-
dancing Santas, an audience sing-
along and a few musical surprises.
Edward Polochick leads the
BSO Symphonic Chorale in
this holiday favorite, Handel’s
Messiah, featuring the iconic
“Hallelujah” Chorus.