DBMFOEBS ! FRI., JAN. 25, 8 P.M. Strathmore presents Ladysmith Black Mambazo Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black BSO Music Director Marin Alsop Mambazo returns with music from the explores how Rachmaninoff’s music ensemble’s most recent album, Songs moves us more deeply than ever. from a Zulu Farm. Marin Alsop, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano
! SAT., JAN 26, 8 P.M. ! SAT., JAN. 19, 8 P.M. The National Philharmonic SUN., JAN. 27, 3 P.M. Brian Ganz Chopin Project The National Philharmonic Telemann: Concerto for Viola Lutosławski’s 100th anniversary: Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 9 Brian Ganz, piano Remembering Rostropovich Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante Miroslaw Jacek Blaszczyk, conductor Violist Victoria Chiang lends her talents Chopin: 5 Mazurkas, Op. 7 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72, No. 3 Dariusz Skoraczewski, cello to Telemann’s Concerto for Viola. A free pre-concert lecture will be offered Nocturne in C-sharp minor (Posthumous) Tchaikovsky: Variations on a at 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 5 and 1:45 p.m. on Prelude in A-flat Major, Op. 28 Rococo Theme Jan. 6. Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto Sponsored by Ameriprise Financial Ballade No. 3 In A-flat Major, Op. 47 Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 24 Preludes, Op. 28 Dariusz Skoraczewski commemorates ! FRI., JAN. 11, 8 P.M. Pianist Brian Ganz’s third recital in his Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich Strathmore presents and Polish composer Witold Lutosławski. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas quest to perform all of Chopin’s works over the next decade. A free pre-concert lecture will be offered Jay Ungar and Molly Mason at 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 26 and 1:45 p.m. on and Dirk Powell ! TUES., JAN. 22, 8 P.M. Jan. 27. Renowned Scottish Strathmore presents Sponsored by Ameriprise Financial fiddler Alasdair Sing the Truth Fraser leads a jourwith Angélique Kidjo, Dianne ney of traditional !WED., JAN. 30, 8 P.M. Reeves and Lizz Wright Washington Performing Arts Society American music. Celebrate the legacies of Miriam Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin This performance Makeba, Odetta and other great female & New Century Chamber Orchestra is part of Strathvocalists. Join the pre-concert lecture, more’s series Legendary Black Women in the Music Mendelssohn: String Symphony No. 10 Storied Strings: The Natalie Haas Industry: Then and Now, at 6:30 p.m. in Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Violin in America. The Mansion at Strathmore. Free with Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5 concert ticket. R. Strauss: Metamorphosen ! SAT., JAN. 12, 8 P.M. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ! THUR., JAN. 24, 8 P.M. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg joins the Alexander Nevsky Baltimore Symphony Orchestra 19-member chamber orchestra for its Marin Alsop, conductor BSO SuperPops: Hairspray in Washington-area debut. Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano Concert This performance is made possible Baltimore Choral Arts Society Jack Everly, conductor through the generous support of Bruce Tom Hall, director John Waters, narrator Rosenblum and Lori Laitman. Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky FEBRUARY This semiThe BSO and Baltimore Choral Arts staged concert !FRI., FEB. 1, 8 P.M. Society perform the rousing score as Strathmore presents production the classic motion picture Alexander China National Symphony Orchestra features full Nevsky is shown. En Shao, conductor orchestra, Peng Peng, piano vocalists and ! FRI., JAN. 18, 8:15 P.M. John Waters as Baltimore Symphony Orchestra The program includes works by Chinese narrator. Off the Cuff: Rachmaninoff’s composers and Beethoven’s Symphony Third Piano Concerto 8 APPLAUSE BU 4USBUINPSF t NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2012
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!SAT., JAN. 5, 8 P.M. SUN., JAN. 6, 3 P.M. The National Philharmonic Mozart and the Voice of the Viola Piotr Gajewski, conductor Stefan Jackiw, violin Victoria Chiang, viola