HSO Orchestral Concerts -- 2003-2004 Season

Jed Gaylin, Music Director

Julien Benichou, Assistant Conductor



Orchestral concerts are performed in Shriver Hall on the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Pre-concert lectures take place in Shriver Hall Auditorium unless otherwise specified.



Saturday, October 18, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - "All Beethoven, All the Time"


Leonore Overture No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)


Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Opus 73 (``Emperor'') Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)


I.  Allegro
II.  Adagio un poco moto
III.  Rondo: Allegro

Clipper Erickson, Piano


--Intermission--


Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Opus 93 Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)


I.  Allegro vivace e con brio
II.  Allegretto scherzando
III.  Tempo di menuetto
IV.  Allegro vivace



Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m.
with Max Derrickson, Shriver Hall Clipper Room

Program notes





Saturday, December 6, 2003, 3:00 p.m.  - "Sorceror's Solstice"

Julien Benichou, Conductor


Totentanz Franz Liszt
(1811-1886)


Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Opus 43 Sergei Rachmaninoff
(1873-1943)


Inna Faliks, Piano


-- Intermission --


Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo Manuel de Falla
(1876-1946)


La Noche de los Mayas Silvestre Revueltas
(1899-1940)


I. La noche de los Mayas
II. La noche de jaranas
III. La noche de Yucatan
IV. La noche de encantamiento


Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m.
with WBJC Program Director Jonathan Palevsky





Sunday, March 7, 2004, 3:00 p.m. -  "Let's Play!"


Two Latino Sketches (World Premiere) Thomas Benjamin
(b. 1940)

I.  Canto
II.  CongaMambo


Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Opus 19 Serge Prokofiev
(1891-1953)

I.  Andantino
II.  Scherzo: Vivacissimo
III.  Moderato

Christian Vachon, Violin


--Intermission--


Jeux d'Enfants Georges Bizet
(1838-1875)

Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Opus 28 Richard Strauss
(1864-1949)



Pre-concert lecture at 2:00 p.m.
by Thomas Benjamin

Program notes




Saturday, April 17, 2004, 8:00 p.m. - "Open Spaces"


In the Steppes of Central Asia Alexander Borodin
(1833-1887)


Violin Concerto, Opus 33 Carl Nielsen
(1865-1931)


Praeludium: Largo;  Allegro cavalleresco
Poco adagio;  Rondo: Allegretto scherzando

Amy Beth Horman, Violin


--Intermission--


An Outdoor Overture Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)


Suite from Billy the Kid Aaron Copland
(1900-1990)


Introduction: The Open Prairie
Street in a Frontier Town
Mexican Dance and Finale
Prairie Night (Card Game)
Gun Battle
Celebration (After Billy's Capture)
Billy's Death
The Open Prairie Again


Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m.
with Sharon Levy



Hopkins Symphony Orchestra programs are supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of Maryland and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Programs and artists are subject to change.


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