HSO Orchestral Concerts — 2000-2001 Season
Jed Gaylin, Music Director
Brian Stone, 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 21, 2000, 8:00 p.m. — “Different Facets”
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. with Max Derrickson, Shriver Auditorium
Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Johannes Brahms:
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Opus 83
Caleb Tsai, piano
Saturday, December 2, 2000, 8:00 p.m. — “Hymn of Praise”
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m in Shriver Auditorium with Jonathan Palevsky
Felix Mendelssohn:
Lobgesang, Opus 52 (Hymn of Praise)
Elizabeth Knauer, soprano
Madeleine Gray, mezzo-soprano
Walter Dixon, tenor
Johns Hopkins Choral Society
David Neal, Director
Goucher College Choir, Tom Hall, Director
Saturday, March 3, 2001, 8:00 p.m. — “Picture This”
Pre-concert lecture at 7:00 p.m. in Shriver Auditorium with composer James Grant
James Grant:
Waltz for Saxophone and Strings
David Stambler, alto saxophone
James Grant: Symphonic Poem No. 1: Release (world premiere) Narrative for orchestra after LifeLines - a set of 23 platinum prints - by Elizabeth Siegfried
Modest Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Ravel)
Sunday, April 22, 2001, 2:00 p.m. — “Fantastic!”
Pre-concert lecture at 1:00 p.m. with Yasmina Mobarek, JHU Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
Max Bruch:
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Opus 26
Vitaly Briskin, violin
Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14
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.