Overture Magazine: 2017-2018 Season September-October 2017 | Page 3

CONTENTS SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 2017 2  From the President 4  In Tempo: News of Note 6  BSO Live: Calendar of Events 8  A New Tune Marin Alsop recruits talent from near and far for a unique music festival experience. 10 Orchestra Roster  chaikovsky Thrill Ride 11 T SEP 14–16 16  Poetic Fire: From Hamlet to Don Juan SEP 22 –24 19  Wagner’s Quest OCT 5 & 8 Off The Cuff: Wagner’s Quest OCT 6 & 7 8 26  Cirque Goes Broadway OCT 12–15 28 Symphonic Stories OCT 20 –22 34  Sol Gabetta Performs Tchaikovsky OCT 27–29 37 Honor Roll 44 Impromptu: Lisa Bergman, Horn 4 ON THE COVER Music Director Marin Alsop leads the BSO at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall 5 Be Green: Recycle Your Program! Please return your gently used program to the Overture racks in the lobby. Want to keep reading at home? Please do! Just remember to recycle it when you’re through. S E P – O C T 2017 / OV E R T U R E 1