Media Contacts Rebecca Bute, Director of Marketing & PR 410.783.8123 [email protected] Kaila Willard, Marketing & PR Manager 410.783.8144 [email protected] Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: 2017-2018 Season Calendar Gala Celebration Concert with Wynton Marsalis Saturday, September 9, 2017 – 8 pm (Meyerhoff) Marin Alsop, conductor Wynton Marsalis, trumpet 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 Page 1 of 10 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: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier Suite Page 2 of 10 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: Violin Concerto 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 Requiem 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 Page 3 of 10 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 Page 4 of 10 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 Page 5 of 10 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” Page 6 of 10 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, clarinet 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 Page 7 of 10 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