Posts Tagged ‘Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’
Heyward pays tribute to Ellington
In a one-off program at the Meyerhoff on Saturday, March 15 at 8:00 PM, BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward celebrates Duke Ellington‘s philosophy of music “beyond category,” intermingling America’s greatest native art form with classical symphonic traditions. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Augustin Hadelich
BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward collaborates with Augustin Hadelich for Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto in a program that also includes Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Bohuslav Martinů’s Memorial to Lidice, which quotes from Beethoven’s great work. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone.
Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with Heyward
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director Jonathon Heyward conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 featuring soprano Julia Bullock in the finale. Heyward and Bullock also collaborate on Jessie Montgomery’s Five Freedom Songs. It was a pleasure to speak with Jonathon by phone about the program.
The BSO’s Music Director Designate, Jonathon Heyward
Jonathon Heyward is one of the most exciting conductors on the international scene, and we are so fortunate to have him as the Music Director Designate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. His tenure officially begins in September 2023, but he’s been in town to conduct the BSO in a couple of programs this month. […]
BSO Music Director Designate is the real deal
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An American-born conductor makes his BSO debut
Jonathon Heyward grew up in South Carolina, started his musical life as a cellist and chamber musician, and is presently Chief Conductor of the North West German Philharmonic. He makes his BSO debut on March 11, 12, and 13, and I spoke to him by phone from London.
A young German conductor makes her BSO debut
The young German conductor, Ruth Reinhardt, a protegé of Marin Alsop, is leading the Baltimore Symphony this weekend.
The BSO opens its new season!
Joining the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for its opening concert of the season is cross-over violinist/composer, Daniel Bernard Roumain, making his BSO debut with his own composition: Voodoo Violin Concerto.
The BSO’s new “Young and Free” ticket program
In a drive to increase exposure to live music for young audiences and help engage and inspire the next generation of symphony goers, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has launched a new initiative called Young and Free. Here is the BSO’s Vice President & General Manager, Tonya McBride Robles.
The BSO horn section strutting their stuff
What a spectacle! Four horn soloists at the front of the Baltimore Symphony stage for Schumann’s Konzertstück this weekend. I spoke to one of them: BSO’s Third Horn, Austin Larson.
