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”)
Saturday, December 7, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
“Choral/Symphony” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with HSO Music Director Jed Gaylin Johannes Brahms: Nänie, Opus 82 Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Opus 54 (Song of Destiny) Johns Hopkins Choral Society Goucher College Choir Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Opus 73
Sunday, October 20, 2002, 3:00 p.m.
“Love Potions” Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Hall Clipper Room Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Opus 21 Brian Ganz, piano Georges Bizet: Suites Nos. 1 & 2 from L’Arlésienne Program Notes
Sunday, April 21, 2002, 5:30 p.m.
“Homecoming and on to Victory” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky J. S. Bach/Anton Webern: Ricercare from “The Musical Offering” Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 (“Unfinished”) Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Opus 15 Awadagin Pratt, piano
Sunday, March 3, 2002, 5:30 p.m.
“Rhapsody and Awakening” Pre-concert lecture at 4:30 p.m. with HSO Assistant Conductor Brian Stone Bohuslav Martinu: Rhapsody–Concerto Viacheslav Dinerchtein, viola Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Opus 68 (“Pastoral”)