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The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

NEWS OF NOTE

Choral Arts Society
of Washington

Steph en Elli ot t

Dr. Dog (Pulse Series)

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A Tale of Two Cities
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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Mingle at the Meyerhoff
Forget clubbing, the BSO post-concert scene is the hottest ticket in town. This new
series of concert after-parties treats select guests to drink specials, complimentary
hors d’oeuvres and the chance to mix with musicians in the Meyerhoff’s Second Space.
Mingle events are one of the many ways that the BSO is reaching out to engage its
younger patrons, and the season’s remaining get-togethers follow Gershwin’s
Porgy and Bess on April 8 and Holst’s The Planets on May 20. Passport members
and patrons who have attended Pulse concerts are invited, as well as members from
select young professional groups and from Baltimore’s music and art scene. The
Second Space lounge is spruced up with artwork and décor loaned to the BSO by
Nouveau Home & Interior Design. Are you a young patron looking to Mingle with
other young music-lovers? We’d love to meet you.

has reached across the beltway and will
join forces with two choral tours de force
this spring: on March 4-6, the University
of Maryland Concert Choir, directed by
Edward Maclary, joins the BSO to perform
Brahms’ German Requiem with Markus
Stenz at the podium. On June 17–19, the
BSO collaborates with The Choral Arts
Society of Washington for the season finale
performance of Verdi’s Requiem.
“When we became the first American
orchestra to perform year-round in two
venues, we committed to engaging the
region surrounding Strathmore,” says BSO
President Paul Meecham. “There are so
many phenomenal ensembles based in the
D.C. area. Our partnerships with them
enrich both the BSO and our audiences.”

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BSO Returns to Carnegie

co u rtesy Maryl an d State Arch ive

(…for the 39th time!)

The City. Bartolomeo (right).

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On April 16th, the BSO makes its 39th appearance at New York City’s Carnegie Hall,
which is celebrating its own 125th anniversary. The BSO and Carnegie marked their
anniversaries by jointly commissioning The City (Symphony No. 5), a new multimedia work by Pulitzer Prize winner Kevin Puts. This dynamic piece celebrates
the vibrancy of cities, and Baltimore in particular, and will be paired with a
film created by Baltimore-native multimedia artist James Bartolomeo.
Also part of the Carnegie concert is another Symphony No. 5—Gustav
Mahler’s propulsive Fifth Symphony. Marin Alsop launched her tenure in
September 2007 with this seminal work and has likened Mahler’s Fifth to
“climbing Mt. Everest for conductors.”