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| Sneak Preview Archives: January 2007 |
January 26th and 27th
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Carlos Kalmar photo by Christian Colberg |
Click here to listen to a conversation with Carlos Kalmar about this week's program.
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Shakespeare Theatre Company photo by Joan Marcus |
There are two reasons why I'm especially looking forward to this week's concert. One is that our last Shakespeare-themed program, which included actors from the Shakespeare Theatre was, to my mind, one of our most successful Twist concerts. The other highlight for me is my first opportunity in 30+ years of orchestral bass playing to perform Nicolai's "Merry Wives of Windsor" overture. This piece was on one of my parents' few classical records when I was growing up, and I listened to it over and over. It's a tuneful, well crafted overture that for some reason seem to have fallen out of fashion. This concert also features another seldom-heard work, Elgar's "Falstaff", along with Tchaikovsky's perennial favorite, "Romeo and Juliet", so there's a nice balance of the familiar and unfamiliar. Maestro Kalmar enjoys a good rapport with the BSO, so it should be a fun week!
Jonathan Jensen, bassist
Click here for the complete Program Notes from Overture Magazine.
January 18th - 21st
Maureen McGovern:
With a Song In My Heart — The Music of Richard Rodgers
Jack Everly, conductor
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Maureen McGovern |
Jack Everly |
January 16, 2007
21st Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Soulful Symphony
Andrew Constantine, conductor
Darin Atwater, host
Melissa White, violin
Stewart Goodyear, piano
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
Darin Atwater: Southern Folk Sketches (world premiere)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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The Soulful Symphony |
January 11th - 14th
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (an Alpine Symphony), Opus 64
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (the Rite of Spring)
Marin Alsop, conductor
Members of the Peabody Symphony Orchestra
These special concerts feature the entire Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, augmented by students from the Peabody Conservatory, in two works for large orchestra. These concerts are part of Peabody's Sesquicentennial Celebration. Ellen Pendleton Troyer performed the Rite of Spring with Leonard Bernstein in 1987. You can read her thoughts about this experience, and the connection with Music Director Designante Marin Alsop here. Included is a video of Maestra Alsop conducting for Bernstein.
Click here to listen to Ellen's conversation with Marin
Click here to listen to Brian talk with some of the Peabody students involved in the concerts this week
Click here for the complete Program Notes from Overture Magazine.
January 4th - 7th
This week the musicians of the BSO return to playing the great masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire.
Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major , Opus 77
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, orchestrated by Maurice Ravel
Roberto Abbado, conductor
Henning Kraggerud, violinist
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Roberto Abbado |
Henning Kraggerud |
Click here to listen to Ellen's conversation with this week's guest artists
Click here to see some of the images which inspired Mussorgsky's masterpiece.
Click here to learn about the composer and master of orchestration, Maurice Ravel.
Click here for the complete Program Notes from Overture Magazine.
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