Saturday, October 24, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
“Art Creates Artists” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson Samuel Adler: Art Creates Artists Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Opus 35 Xiao-po Fei, violin Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Opus 90 Program Notes
Friday, September 11, 1998, 7:30 p.m.
Benefit Concert for Operation Smile Antonín Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104 Bonnie Thron, cello Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Opus 18 Linda Pio-Roda, piano
Saturday, May 2, 1998, 8:00 p.m.
“The Big Questions” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson W. A. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni Richard Strauss: Tod and Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Opus 24 Manuel de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2 Suite No. 1: Scenes and Dances Suite No. 2: Three Dances Program
Sunday, March 8, 1998, 2:00 p.m.
“Expatriates” Pre-concert lecture at 1:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Opus 11 (Br. 53) Brian Ganz, piano Andrzej Panufnik: Harmony George Gershwin: An American in Paris Program Notes
Saturday, December 6, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
“Celebrating 200!” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Jim Grant John S. Smith/arr. Luck: Star-Spangled Banner Franz Joseph Haydn: Overture to The Creation Jim Grant: Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra Eve Abraham, viola Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Opus 39 Program Notes
Saturday, October 18, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
“Over the River and Through the Woods” Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Ken Meltzer Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Opus 97 (“Rhenish”) Edvard Grieg: Concerto in A Minor, Opus 16 Eric Conway, piano Program Notes
Saturday, April 26, 1997, 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin, Violoncello, and Piano in C Major (“Triple”), Opus 56 Amadeus Trio Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Opus 35 Xiao-po Fei, violin Program Notes
Sunday, March 2, 1997, 3:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m. Larry Bell: Symphony No. 2, “Idumea” (premiere) Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Opus 92 Program Notes
Saturday, December 7, 1996, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 7, 1996, 8:00 p.m. In memory of the life of Rex T. Chao (1976-1996) Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Opus 11 Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Opus 45 Allison Charney, soprano David Neal, bass-baritone Johns Hopkins Choral
Saturday, October 19, 1996, 8:00 p.m.
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino Giuseppe Verdi: Interlude from Act III to La Forza del Destino Daniel Silver, clarinet Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Opus 73 Daniel Silver, clarinet W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in