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BSO liv e 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. OV E R T U R E / BSOmusic.org 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. 2 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 AMP Powered by Strathmore 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.