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Baltimore Symphony : 2017-2018 Season Calendar

Gala Celebration Concert with Wynton Marsalis Saturday, September 9, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor Wynton Marsalis, Dan Nimmer, piano Carlos Henriquez, bass Ali O.M. Jackson, II, drums

Tchaikovsky Thrill Ride Thursday, September 14, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, September 15, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, September 16, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor JOHN ADAMS: Short Ride in a Fast Machine Łukasz Kuropaczewski, guitar JOHN ADAMS: Lola Montez Does the Spider Dance (East Coast Premiere) RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 in E Minor

Poetic Fire: From Hamlet to Don Juan Friday, September 22, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, September 23, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, September 24, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Hamlet, Fantasy-Overture After Lukáš Vondráček, piano Shakespeare R. STRAUSS: Don Juan RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor

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Wagner’s Quest Thursday, October 5, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, October 8, 2017 – 3 pm (Strathmore)

Markus Stenz, conductor MENDELSSOHN: The Hebrides Overture Jonathan Carney, violin BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy WAGNER: Selections from Parsifal

Off The Cuff: Wagner’s Quest Friday, October 6, 2017 – 8:15 pm (Strathmore) Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 7 pm (Meyerhoff)

Markus Stenz, conductor WAGNER: Selections from Parsifal

SuperPops: Cirque Goes Broadway Thursday, October 12, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, October 13, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, October 14, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, October 15, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jack Everly, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie Ben Crawford, vocalist Charlie Metzger III, vocalist Christina DeCicco, vocalist

Symphonic Stories Friday, October 20, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, October 21, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, October 22, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jun Märkl, conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Danse Macabre Jonathan Biss, piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello R. STRAUSS: Don Quixote

Shostakovich and Strauss: Musical Iconoclasts Friday, October 27, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, October 28, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, October 29, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sol Gabetta, cello Overture SHOSTAKOVICH: No. 1 in E-flat Major DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite

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Family: Halloween at the Symphony Free Family Concert Tuesday, October 31, 2017 – 5:30 pm (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor Pinchas Zukerman Performs Bach Thursday, November 9, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, November 10, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, November 11, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and BACH: in A Minor violin SCHOENBERG: Verklärte Nacht (1943) BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 2 in D Major

André Watts Returns for Rach 2 Friday, November 17, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, November 18, 2017 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, November 19, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Robert Spano, conductor CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors André Watts, piano ELGAR: Falstaff RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor

Mozart’s Thursday, November 30, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, December 3, 2017 – 3 pm (Strathmore)

Marin Alsop, conductor CHRISTOPHER ROUSE: Berceuse Infinie (World University of Maryland Concert Choir Premiere/Commission) MOZART: Requiem

Off The Cuff: Mozart’s Mysterious Requiem Friday, December 1, 2017 – 8:15 pm (Strathmore) Saturday, December 2, 2017 – 7 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor MOZART: Requiem University of Maryland Concert Choir

Family: A Christmas Carol Saturday, December 9, 2017 – 11 am (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor Tim Marrone, actor

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Handel’s Messiah Saturday, December 9, 2017 – 7:30 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, December 10, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Edward Polochick, conductor and HANDEL: Messiah harpsichord Concert Artists of Baltimore Symphonic Chorale

Home for the Holidays Saturday, December 16, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, December 17, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Thomas Wilkins, conductor Alison Buchanan, soprano Baltimore School for the Arts Dancers

Cirque de la Symphonie Holiday Spectacular Friday, December 22, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, December 23, 2017 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie

Mozart’s Jupiter Friday, January 5, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, January 6, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, January 7, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Bernard Labadie, conductor MOZART: Eine kleine Nachtmusik Emily Skala, flute MOZART: Concerto for Flute and Harp Sarah Fuller, harp MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, “Jupiter”

Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists Thursday, January 11, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, January 14, 2018 – 3 pm (Strathmore)

Marin Alsop, conductor SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals (With Hip-Hop James Wyman and Jauvon Gilliam, Narration) timpani PHILIP GLASS: Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists Lura Johnson and Michael Sheppard, DEBUSSY: La Mer piano RAVEL: La Valse Wordsmith, narrator

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Off The Cuff: Impressionist Masterworks Friday, January 12, 2018 – 8:15 pm (Strathmore) Saturday, January 13, 2018 – 7 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor DEBUSSY: La Mer Visuals from the Baltimore Museum RAVEL: La Valse of Art

Tchaikovsky’s Vivid Virtuosity Friday, January 19, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, January 20, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, January 21, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor BARTOK: Concerto for Orchestra Gabriela Montero, piano TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor

SuperPops: Diva to Diva – From Ella to Adele Thursday, January 25, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, January 26, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, January 27, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, January 28, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jack Everly, conductor Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist

Stephen Hough Performs Mendelssohn Thursday, February 1, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, February 2, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, February 3, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Günther Herbig, conductor MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor Stephen Hough, piano BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Family: Carnival of the Animals Saturday, February 10, 2018 – 11 am (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor Qing Li, violin Wordsmith, narrator Visuals by students from the Maryland Institute College of Art

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Pictures at an Exhibition Friday, February 16, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, February 17, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, February 18, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor PRICE: Dances in the Canebrakes Joyce Yang, piano PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Rite of Spring Thursday, February 22, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, February 25, 2018 – 3 pm (Strathmore)

Marin Alsop, conductor ANNA CLYNE: Abstractions Branford Marsalis, saxophone IBERT: Concertino da camera MILHAUD: Scaramouche STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring

Off The Cuff: Rite of Spring Friday, February 23, 2018 – 8:15 pm (Strathmore) Saturday, February 24, 2018 – 7 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor STRAVINSKY: Rite of Spring

SuperPops: From Vienna to 42ND Street Thursday, March 8, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, March 9, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, March 10, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, March 11, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jack Everly, conductor Ted Keegan, vocalist Kristen Plumley, vocalist Ben Crawford, vocalist Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Schubert the Great Thursday, March 15, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, March 16, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, March 17, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Lahav Shani, conductor PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor Nikolai Lugansky, piano SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, “The Great”

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Family: St. Patrick’s Celebration Saturday, March 17, 2018 – 11 am (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor Chelsea Knox, penny whistle Ellen Pendleton Troyer, Irish fiddle

Rachmaninoff’s Transcendent Fantasy Friday, March 23, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, March 24, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, March 25, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Peter Oundjian, conductor RACHMANINOFF: Isle of the Dead Yao Guang Zhai, WEBER: Clarinet Concerto in E-flat Major TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, “Little Russian”

Symphonic Dances Friday, April 6, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, April 7, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, April 8, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Markus Stenz, conductor BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.1 in C Major Arabella Steinbacher, violin KORNGOLD: Violin Concerto in D Major RACHMANINOFF: Symphonic Dances

Family: Ballet to Flamenco Saturday, April 14, 2018 – 11 am (Meyerhoff)

Nicholas Hersh, conductor BIZET: Carmen Suite Anna Menendez, Flamenco dancer TCHAIKOVSKY: Swan Lake Suite Nicole Kelsch, principal dancer from J. STRAUSS: The Blue Danube Ballet Theatre of Maryland

SuperPops: Vegas Nights with Frankie Moreno Thursday, April 12, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, April 13, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, April 14, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, April 15, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jack Everly, conductor Frankie Moreno, vocalist

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Mahler’s Titan Thursday, April 19, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, April 20, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, April 21, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Markus Stenz, conductor BEETHOVEN: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Jonathan Carney, violin Piano Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D Major, “Titan” Ryo Yanagitani, piano

Tchaikovsky with Balanchine Thursday, April 26, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, April 29, 2018 – 3 pm (Strathmore)

Marin Alsop, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture Heather Watts, director TCHAIKOVSKY: Suite from Swan Lake TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C Major (Balanchine Choreography)

Off The Cuff: Tchaikovsky with Balanchine Friday, April 27, 2018 – 8:15 pm (Strathmore) Saturday, April 28, 2018 – 7 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade for Strings in C Major Heather Watts, director (Balanchine Choreography)

To Bernstein With Love Friday, May 4, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, May 6, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor BERNSTEIN: Birthday Bouquet Nicola Benedetti, violin BERNSTEIN: Serenade BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story BERNSTEIN: On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

SuperPops: Raiders of the Lost Ark – Movie with Orchestra Thursday, May 10, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, May 11, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, May 12, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Sunday, May 13, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Jack Everly, conductor

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Liszt and Brahms Friday, May 18, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, May 19, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, May 20, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Mario Venzago, conductor LISZT: Les Préludes Kit Armstrong, piano MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F Major

Gershwin’s Piano Concerto Thursday, May 31, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Friday, June 1, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, June 2, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor STRAVINSKY: Suite from The Firebird (1919) Kirill Gerstein, piano GERSHWIN: Concerto in F SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C Major

Shostakovich’s Hidden Themes Thursday, June 7, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Friday, June 8, 2018 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Saturday, June 9, 2018 – 8 pm (Strathmore) Sunday, June 10, 2018 – 3 pm (Meyerhoff)

Marin Alsop, conductor BERNSTEIN: Slava! A Political Overture Jon Kimura Parker, piano BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor

While current at the time of publication, artists and programs are subject to change. For the most recent calendar, please contact the BSO Public Relations Office.

CALENDAR KEY VENUES Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Meyerhoff) 1212 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD

The Music Center at Strathmore (Strathmore) 5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD

ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs under the baton of Marin Alsop, Music Director; Jack Everly, Principal Pops Conductor; Markus Stenz, Principal Guest Conductor; Nicholas Hersh, Associate Conductor and esteemed guest conductors.

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TICKETS Baltimore Symphony Orchestra subscriptions for the 2017-2018 season for the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall and the BSO at Strathmore go on sale Tuesday, March 21, 2017 through the BSO Ticket Office, 410.783.8000, 877.BSO.1444 or BSOmusic.org. Single tickets for the general public will go on sale in August 2017.

MEDIA INFORMATION To download a 2017-2018 Season Announcement Press Kit (including photos) please visit www.BSOmusic.org/about/press.

For press passes to any Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concert throughout the 2017-2018 season, contact Theresa Kopasek in the Public Relations Office at 410-783-8021 or [email protected].

ABOUT THE BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For over a century, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has been recognized as one of America’s leading and one of Maryland’s most significant cultural institutions. Under the direction of Music Director Marin Alsop, the Orchestra is internationally recognized and locally admired for its innovation, performances and recordings, and educational outreach initiatives including OrchKids. Launched by Marin Alsop and the BSO in 2008, OrchKids provides children educational resources and fosters social change through the power of music in some of Baltimore’s most underserved communities.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs annually for more than 350,000 people throughout the State of Maryland. Since 1982, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has performed at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore. In 2005, with the opening of The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland, the BSO became the nation’s first orchestra with year-round venues in two metropolitan areas. More information about the BSO can be found at BSOmusic.org.

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