18th - 20th Century European Music at Strathmore Hall

Here is a listing of the four Thursday evening (8 PM)
concerts, this July, offered by the Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra, at their beautiful new Strathmore Concert
Hall in North Bethesda (on the Red line) .
These performances cost only $10, and are conducted by,
respectively, Douglas Boyd, Mark Wigglesworth, Hugh
Wolff, and Jeffrey Kahane:


July 7

Elgar: Introduction and Allegro
Dvorak: Serenade for Winds
Britten: Variations and Fugue on Theme of Purcell
Stravinsky: Fireworks

July 14

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Dvorak: Cello Concerto
Wagner: Suite from Die Meistersinger

July 21

Walton: Facade Suite No. 1
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1
Schumann: Symphony No.1, "Spring"

July 28

Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral"

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Comment: So much for new beginnings in the 21st century
for American orchestras, new American architecture, and
the American symphonic heritage.
Thanks Douglas, Mark, Hugh, and Jeffrey -- and funders
the State of Maryland, and the National Endowment for the Arts
"which believes that a great nation deserves great art."