A Celebration of Uncommon Women
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Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop ’ s bio ., please see pg . 7 .
A Celebration of Uncommon Women
Music Center At Strathmore
Saturday , May 7 , 2016 — 8 p . m .
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Sunday , May 8 , 2016 — 3 p . m .
Joan Tower
Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman ( BSO Centennial Commission , World Premiere )
Édouard Lalo Symphonie espagnole , Op . 21 allegro non troppo Scherzando : Allegro molto Intermezzo : Allegretto non troppo Andante rondo alexanDRA SOUMM
INTERMISSION
Anna Clyne Abstractions ( BSO Commission , World Premiere ) marble Moon augurines Seascape river Three
Georges Bizet
Marin Alsop , Conductor Alexandra Soumm , Violin
Selections from Carmen Prélude habañera Seguedille Danse bohème chanson du toreador Intermezzo nocturne aragonaise les Toréadors
Joan Tower ' s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman # 6 , was commissioned for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Marin Alsop by Classical Movements , Inc . as part of the Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program . Also made possible by a grant from New Music USA through a generous contribution from Thomas Brener and Inbal Segev , and additionally supported by the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts , the Aaron Copland Fund for Music , and the Randolph S . and Amalie R . Rothschild Endowed Fund for New Music .
Abstractions is commissioned for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra , Marin Alsop , Music Director , by Bonnie McElveen-Hunter in honor and friendship of Rheda Becker and Robert E . Meyerhoff
Balazs Borocz
Alexandra Soumm
Violinist Alexandra Soumm is a multifaceted artist who as a young violinist has already collaborated with orchestras from around the world , including the London Philharmonic , Munich Symphony , Los Angeles Philharmonic , Zurich Chamber Orchestra and many others . She has performed with such distinguished conductors as Herbert Blomstedt , Juanjo Mena , Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Neeme Järvi , Lionel Bringuier , Edward Gardner , Alexander Shelley , Leonard Slatkin , Thomas Sondergard and Osmo Vänskä .
Born in Moscow , Ms . Soumm moved to Vienna to study with the renowned Boris Kuschnir and won the Eurovision Competition in 2004 . She is a BBC 3 New Generation Artist and London Music Masters awardee . Now based in Paris , Ms . Soumm co-founded the non-profit organization Esperanz ’ Arts , with the goal of making the Arts in all its forms accessible to people in schools , hospitals , prisons and homeless shelters .
Alexandra Soumm is making her debut with the BSO .
About the concert :
Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Joan Tower
Born September 6 , 1938 , in New Rochelle , New York .
Joan Tower is considered one of the most important living American composers . During a career spanning more than 50 years , she has been a composer , performer ,
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