HSO Orchestral Concerts — 1997-1998 Season
Jed Gaylin, Music Director
Alexander Mickelthwate, Assistant Conductor
Orchestral concerts were performed in Shriver Hall on the Johns Hopkins University's Homewood campus, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Pre-concert lectures took place in the Clipper Room on the second floor of Shriver Hall.
Saturday, October 18, 1997, 8:00 p.m. — "Over the River and Through the Woods"
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Ken Meltzer
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, Opus 97 ("Rhenish")
Edvard Grieg:
Concerto in A Minor, Opus 16
Eric Conway, piano
Saturday, December 6, 1997, 8:00 p.m. — "Celebrating 200!"
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with composer Jim Grant
John S. Smith/arr. Luck: Star-Spangled Banner
Franz Joseph Haydn: Overture to The Creation
Jim Grant:
Concerto for Viola and String Orchestra
Eve Abraham, viola
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Opus 39
Sunday, March 8, 1998, 2:00 p.m. — "Expatriates"
Pre-concert lecture at 1:00 p.m. with Jonathan Palevsky
Frédéric Chopin:
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Opus 11 (Br. 53)
Brian Ganz, piano
Andrzej Panufnik: Harmony
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Saturday, May 2, 1998, 8:00 p.m. — "The Big Questions"
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson
W. A. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Richard Strauss: Tod and Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Opus 24
Manuel de Falla:
The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2
Suite No. 1: Scenes and Dances
Suite No. 2: Three Dances
Hopkins Symphony Orchestra programs are made possible by a generous grant from The Maryland State Arts Council. Soloists are underwritten by the Peggy and Yale Gordon Trust.