Scheherazade Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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Scheherazade Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Thursday , March 30 , 2017 — 8pm
Music Center At Strathmore
Sunday , April 2 , 2017 — 3 pm
Presenting Sponsor :
Marin Alsop , conductor Jennifer Koh , violin
Samuel Barber Steven Mackey
INTERMISSION
Adagio for Strings
Beautiful Passing JENNIFER KOH
nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade , opus 35 Largo e maestoso – Allegro non troppo Lento – Allegro molto Andantino quasi allegretto Allegro molto
The concert will end at approximately 9:40 pm on Thursday and 4:40 pm on Sunday .
Support for the appearance of violinist Jennifer Koh is generously provided by the Ruth Blaustein-Rosenberg Guest Artist Fund .
Francisco , among other cities . She also performed Anna Clyne ’ s violin concerto , a work composed for Ms . Koh , with the Princeton Symphony .
A particular highlight of her career was performing for the First Lady of the United States , Michelle Obama , and the First Lady of South Korea , Kim Yoon-ok , in 2011 .
Ms . Koh ’ s 11 th recording for Cedille Records , Tchaikovsky : Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra , was released in September 2016 . Previous recordings include Bach & Beyond , Two x Four and Signs , Games + Messages . Her Grammynominated String Poetic , features the world premiere of Jennifer Higdon ’ s eponymous work , performed with pianist Reiko Uchida .
Ms . Koh is the artistic director of arco collaborative , a nonprofit that fosters understanding through a musical dialogue . A committed educator , she has performed in classrooms around the country under her innovative “ Music Messenger ” outreach program , and she serves on the board of the National Foundation for the Advancement for the Arts , a scholarship program for high school students .
Born in Chicago of Korean parents , Ms . Koh made her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at age 11 . Ms . Koh is Musical America ’ s 2016 Instrumentalist of the Year , a winner of the Concert Artists Guild Competition and a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant . She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from Oberlin College and studied at the Curtis Institute .
Juergen Frank
Marin Alsop
For Marin Alsop ’ s bio ., please see pg . 7 .
Jennifer Koh
Jennifer Koh has been heard with leading orchestras worldwide and appears frequently at major music centers and festivals as a prolific recitalist .
This season , Ms . Koh performs with the St . Louis Symphony , the Cincinnati
Symphony and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra . She will perform world premieres of violin concertos by Christopher Rountree as part of Los Angeles Philharmonic ’ s “ From Noon To Midnight ” music marathon and by
Vijay Iyer at the 2017 Ojai Festival . She also performs at Carnegie Hall with the New York String Orchestra .
In 2015 – 2016 , Ms . Koh partnered with pianist Shai Wosner for Bridge to Beethoven , presented this season at the Aspen and Ravinia festivals , as well as in New York , Boston and San
Jennifer Koh last appeared with the BSO in July 2008 , performing Tchaikovsky ' s Violin Concerto , Christian Knapp , conductor .
About the concert :
Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber
Born in West Chester , Pennsylvania , March 9 , 1910 ; died in New York City , January 23 , 1981
Like many American music lovers in the 1930s , Samuel Barber was mesmerized by
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