Overview
BSO Gala Celebration Broadcast at AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Honors Marin Alsop
A Live Gala Celebration Featuring Renée Fleming on MPT
Sat, June 19, 8:30 pm
Artists
Marin Alsop, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Wordsmith, emcee and narrator
OrchKids
Marin Alsop, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Wordsmith, emcee and narrator
OrchKids
Repertoire
JAMES LEE III Destined Words (BSO Commission, World Premiere)
PRICE Adoration
GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes
HANDEL “Dank sei, dir Herr”
HANDEL "Endless Pleasure" from Semele.
STRAUSS “Wiegenlied”
STRAUSS (arr. Goldschmitz) “Zueignung”
GUETTEL “Fable” from The Light in the Piazza
JAMES LEE III Destined Words (BSO Commission, World Premiere)
PRICE Adoration
GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes
HANDEL “Dank sei, dir Herr”
HANDEL "Endless Pleasure" from Semele.
STRAUSS “Wiegenlied”
STRAUSS (arr. Goldschmitz) “Zueignung”
GUETTEL “Fable” from The Light in the Piazza
The Marin Festival closes with a live gala celebration in Marin Alsop's honor. Alsop leads the Orchestra in her final concert as Music Director from the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall stage in a program featuring live and pre-recorded moments, messages, and surprises. Emceed by BSO Artistic Partner Wordsmith, Alsop opens the program with the world premiere of a new BSO commission, “Destined Words”, by James Lee III in honor of Juneteenth and narrated by Wordsmith. Alsop will also be joined by OrchKids in Florence Price’s Adoration, and the evening culminates with a performance by Renée Fleming.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Tickets are free but reservations are required. Up to four per order.
Doors open at 7:30 pm.
Seating opens at 8:00 pm.
