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
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, 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
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”)
Sunday, December 2, 2001, 5:30 p.m.
“Solstice Solace” Pre-concert lecture at 4:30 p.m. with Dr. Sara Castro-Klarén, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures W. A. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 37 Lisa Weiss, piano Johann Strauss, Jr.: Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss, Jr.: Emperor Waltz
Sunday, October 21, 2001, 5:30 p.m.
“Folk and Fashion” Pre-concert lecture at 4:30 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Auditorium Béla Bartók: Dance Suite, Sz 77 Béla Bartók: Concerto No. 3, Sz 119 Christie Julien, piano Richard Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Sunday, April 22, 2001, 2:00 p.m.
“Fantastic!” Pre-concert lecture at 1:00 p.m. with Yasmina Mobarek, JHU Department of Romance Languages & Literatures Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 26 Vitaly Briskin, violin Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14 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