Add These Special Thursday Concerts to Your Series!
Jessye Norman
Ask Your Mama Thursday, February 4, 8 pm Marin Alsop, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano The Roots
BSO DEBUT
Laura Karpman: Ask Your Mama
Janice Chandler-Etemé
Brahms’ German Requiem Thursday, June 10 Marin Alsop, conductor Janice Chandler-Etemé, soprano Stephen Powell, baritone Baltimore Choral Arts Society Tom Hall, director Morgan State University Choir Eric Conway, director Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 Brahms: A German Requiem
Marin Alsop closes the season with a concert of innocence and remembrance. In Knoxville, Summer of 1915, the words of poet-author James Agee recall an idyllic summer evening, delicately set to Barber’s folk-like music and lit by a shimmering sunset. Completing the program is Brahms’ choral masterpiece, A German Requiem, begun as a loving farewell to his mother and concluding as a grandly moving musical commentary on the fleeting beauty of human life.
Hot jazz, German lieder, Cha-Cha and Afro-Cuban drumming come together in AskYour Mama by Emmy Award-winning composer Laura Karpman in collaboration with world-renowned soprano Jessye Norman and the poetry of Langston Hughes. His epic poem,“Ask Your Mama:Twelve Moods for Jazz,” creates a compelling tapestry of orchestral music integrated with technology, sound samples and newly created video.A heady mixture of intersecting cultures, AskYour Mama brings together the collective memories of America and the hope for its future. Premium Concert
Underground Railroad: An Evening with Kathleen Battle
Kathleen Battle
Thursday, May 27, 8 pm Kathleen Battle, soprano Morgan State University Choir Eric Conway, director
Superstar Kathleen Battle sings in a new program celebrating the roots of African-American music and freedom via the Underground Railroad. Featuring favorite and meaningful spirituals, hymns and musical majesty, this evening of enchanting music filled with history, faith and meaning lets Battle’s sumptuous voice take flight. Premium Concert
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