Cirque de la Symphonie New this Season!
Thursday, March 11 Marin Alsop, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie Poulenc: Les Biches Suite Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin Suite Satie: Parade Copland: Billy the Kid Suite
Cirque de la Symphonie
Thursday nights are “Wine Nights” at the Meyerhoff. Come early to enjoy wine and cheese tastings with great deals and great company.
Fun, frightening and fabulous.The BSO’s four-week mid-season music carnival brings the circus to town—performed under the Big Top by the Greatest Orchestra on Earth! This program of brilliant music and spectacular performance features Cirque de la Symphonie performers on and above the stage, presenting a feast for your eyes and ears. Marin Alsop leads a magnificent line-up of music from across the continents, from Poulenc’s charming portrayal of Louis XIV to Aaron Copland’s “ride tough, let’s dance, and shoot-’em-up” depiction of Billy the Kid.
Three Romantics
Colin Currie
Thursday, May 13 Juanjo Mena, conductor Louis Lortie, piano Strauss: Don Juan Schumann: Piano Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Louis Lortie
Romantic flames illuminate three great works from the passionate 19th century. Strauss’ first tone poem leaps off the page with strength and daring. Schumann’s Piano Concerto blazes with symphonic fortitude and fire—played here by famed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Brahms’ autumnal Third Symphony is a grandly formed work, positively glowing with romantic heat.
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
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Thursday, April 8 Hannu Lintu, conductor Colin Currie, percussion
BSO DEBUT
Itzhak Perlman Thursday, February 18, 8 pm
Sibelius: Finlandia Einojuhani Rautavaara: Incantations (U.S. Premiere/BSO Co-Commission) Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Two of today’s bright young talents join together for the United States premiere of a brand-new work by Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara. Acclaimed as the creative heir to Sibelius, Rautavaara creates lyrical music built on old and new traditions. Sibelius’ own early fanfare for a nation, Finlandia, begins the evening, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony completes the concert with a variety of dance rhythms built into a compelling and joyful symphonic treat.
Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin Katherine Needleman, oboe J.S. Bach: Concerto for Violin and Oboe Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
Itzhak Perlman
Itzhak Perlman returns for a special concert showcasing three centuries of compelling music. Perlman and BSO principal oboist Katherine Needleman team up for a splendid Baroque concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. Tchaikovsky’s lyrical Serenade for Strings plunges us full-tilt into musical romance and the most famous symphony of all—Beethoven’s Fifth—takes us on a grand musical journey from the uncertainty of shadows to confident sunshine. No exchanges into this concert. Premium Concert
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