Saturday, December 2, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

“Hymn of Praise” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m in Shriver Auditorium with Jonathan Palevsky Felix Mendelssohn: Lobgesang, Opus 52 (Hymn of Praise) Elizabeth Knauer, soprano Madeleine Gray, mezzo-soprano Walter Dixon, tenor Johns Hopkins Choral Society David Neal, Director Goucher College Choir, Tom Hall, Director Program notes

Saturday, October 21, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

“Different Facets” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Auditorium Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version) Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Opus 83 Caleb Tsai, piano Program notes

Saturday, April 29, 2000, 8:00 p.m.

“Russian Excursions” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 10 Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Opus 23 Jerry Wong, piano Program notes

Sunday, March 5, 2000, 3:00 p.m.

“Spirit Worlds” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture to Hansel & Gretel Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Opus 47 Qing Li, violin Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite (Ma Mère l’Oye) Program notes

Saturday, December 4, 1999, 8:00 p.m.

“Landscapes” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Mark Lanz Weiser Mark Lanz Weiser: Into the Dark and Darker Cold (libretto by Lia Purpura) Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Opus 70 Program notes

Saturday, October 23, 1999, 8:00 p.m.

“Contemporaries and Namesakes” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Prof. Vernon Lidtke, JHU Department of History Luigi Cherubini: Overture from Les deux journées Ludwig Spohr: Concerto No. 2 in E-flat Major, Opus 57 Elisabeth Ganter, clarinet Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Opus 67 Program notes