BSO, Now with More Cowbell

Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie, London Symphony Orchestra, B. Haitink (LSO Live, 2010)

Charles T. Downey, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra finds its rhythm in Thursday’s concert (Washington Post, September 19)

After lackluster season openers last week, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra season truly got under way with its first subscription concert Thursday night at Strathmore. Music director Marin Alsopm fresh from conducting last weekend's Last Night at the Proms, finally returned to the podium, along with the news that she will step down as music director of California’s Cabrillo Festival next summer.

British-born composer Anna Clyne’s introduction to her piece, “Masquerade,” was even more concise than the work, a five-minute wild rumpus... [Continue reading]

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Anna Clyne: Masquerade
Rachmaninoff, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (with Olga Kern)
R. Strauss, Eine Alpensinfonie
Music Center at Strathmore

SEE ALSO:
Tim Smith, Alsop opens BSO subscription season with return to 'Alpine Symphony' (Baltimore Sun, September 19)

David Rohde, Pianist Olga Kern and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore (D.C. Metro Theater Arts, September 18)

Charles T. Downey, Renée Fleming in Recital (Ionarts, February 25)

---, Philippe Jordan's Strauss (Ionarts, June 26, 2010)