2009-2010 BSO Season Brochure

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SUNDAY L Sundays at 3 pm

here’s nothing better than a Sunday matinee with the BSO! Sign up for our Sunday L Series at the Meyerhoff and enjoy the best in symphonic music—with world-famous soloists and rich variety. The series features music by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Copland, as well as intriguing works from folk traditions around the world.

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This Sunday Series is offered in your choice of these options: Sunday L: 6 concerts at 3 pm Sunday P: All 12 concerts in series K & L, which includes all regular concerts on pages 24-27 Subscribers enjoy full exchange benefits

Simply Classical

Cirque de la Symphonie

Sunday, October 25

Sunday, March 14

Louis Langrée, conductor Simone Dinnerstein, piano

Marin Alsop, conductor Cirque de la Symphonie

BSO DEBUT

Haydn: Symphony No. 44, “Funeral” Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 Beethoven: Symphony No. 4

Enjoy an afternoon in high classical style. Mostly Mozart Festival Director Louis Langrée Louis Langrée returns to Baltimore to lead a trio of works by the three greatest masters of the classical era.Young American pianist Simone Dinnerstein makes her BSO debut with one of Mozart’s most joy-filled concertos, while Langrée explores an animated symphony by Franz Joseph Haydn and the early Romantic contours of Beethoven’s powerful Fourth Symphony.

Poulenc: Les Biches Suite Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin Suite Satie: Parade Copland: Billy the Kid Suite

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.

All-Gershwin Sunday, November 15 Marin Alsop, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Gershwin: Concerto in F Gershwin: “I Got Rhythm” Variations

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Music Director Marin Alsop and French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet bring you a jazz-filled program of classic Gershwin, featuring his ground-breaking Rhapsody in Blue in its original orchestration for jazz orchestra and piano solo. Also on the program is the grander Concerto in F and the “I Got Rhythm” Variations, both created for Paul Whiteman’s big band. Lift your spirits with this upbeat evening of classic Americana. Cirque de la Symphonie

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