Saturday, April 16, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
“Poets and Painters” Robert Schumann: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato, Opus 92 Enrico Elisi, piano Robert Schumann: Concerto in a Minor, Opus 54 Enrico Elisi, piano Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler: Symphony Program Notes
Sunday, March 6, 2005, 3:00 p.m.
“Pulses” Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez: Five Pieces for Orchestra Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E flat, Opus 82 Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D Major, Opus 61 Kai Gleusteen, violin Program Notes
Saturday, December 4, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
“Boundaries and Limits” Felix Mendelssohn: The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture, Opus 26 Richard Strauss: Vier Letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) Lori Hultgren, soprano Francis Poulenc: Gloria Lori Hultgren, soprano Goucher College Choir, Tom Hall, Music Director Johns Hopkins Choral Society, Mark Hardy, Music Director Program Notes
Saturday, October 23, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
“Naïve, Decadent, and Barbaric” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Auditorium Claude Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun) Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Opus 24 Robin Wilson, soprano Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) Program
Saturday, April 17, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
“Open Spaces” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Sharon Levy Alexander Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto, Opus 33 Amy Beth Horman, violin Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture Aaron Copland: Suite from Billy the Kid
Sunday, March 7, 2004, 3:00 p.m.
“Let’s Play!” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with composer Thomas Benjamin Thomas Benjamin: Two Latino Sketches (World Premiere) Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Opus 19 Christian Vachon, violin Georges Bizet: Jeux d’Enfants Richard Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Opus 28 Program Notes
Saturday, December 6, 2003, 3:00 p.m.
“Sorceror’s Solstice” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with WBJC Program Director Jonathan Palevsky Julien Benichou, Conductor Franz Liszt: Totentanz Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43 Inna Faliks, piano Manuel de Falla: Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo Silvestre Revueltas: La Noche de los Mayas Program
Saturday, October 18, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
“All Beethoven, All the Time” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Hall Clipper Room Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Opus 73 (“Emperor”) Clipper Erickson, piano Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Opus 93
Saturday, April 26, 2003, 8:00 p.m.
“Irony and Mystery” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with WBJC’s Jonathan Palevsky Anatol Liadov: The Enchanted Lake, Opus 62 Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major, Opus 107 Christopher Miroshnikov, cello Serge Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131
Sunday, March 9, 2003, 3:00 p.m.
“Coming to Life” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Joan Freedman, JHU Digital Media Center Robert Sirota: City of God: Prelude (World Premiere) Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Opus 55 (“Eroica”)