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BSO plays weekend of Gershwin

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

This weeekend, the Baltimore Symphony pays tribute to the celebrated American composer George Gershwin. Marin Alsop will lead the programs with guest pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.  On Thursday and Friday, the program consists of Gershwin's first major classical work, Rhapsody in Blue, along with his Concerto in F and Ravel's Le Tombeau ...

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Yuja Wang & the BSO Review (26.04.2008)

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Yuja Wang & the BSO's performance program of Yardumian, Prokofiev and Berlioz was hands down the best performance I've seen this season, equaling if not surpassing opening weekend, and maintaining consistently high-quality performance throughout. The first piece was Yardumian's Armenian Suite. Immediately apparent was French guest-conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier's conducting ...

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Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and the BSO

Monday, April 21st, 2008

As a brass and tuba player, it is hard to find composers that really know how to utilize your instrument in a dynamic way that sounds great and feels great to play. I present to you, Hector Berlioz (pictured right). French composer whose pieces Symphonie fantastique and Damnation ...

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BSO 2008-09 schedule: yawn.

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

When Marin Alsop took over from Yuri Temirkanov as music director of the BSO this past season, there was a huge ruckus. She was bringing in huge names in modern classical like John Adams, Tan Dun, and fairly renowned fiddler/composer Mark O'Connor (who delivered a hell of a performance ...

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