Music

The sounds of travel come alive with performances by a jazz ensemble of standards like Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train.”

The Music Box Series is a unique music program for young children ages 6 months to three years old and their families. Each performance features pre-concert activities hosted 30 minutes prior to the show by the BSO and partner organization Ready-at-Five, a non-profit that works to ensure that all Maryland children are ready to learn by age five. The wide range of pre-concert activities will encourage literacy, creative play and musical skills.

Delight in the smallest of animals as a string quartet performs selections by Haydn and Mozart.

The Music Box Series is a unique music program for young children ages 6 months to three years old and their families. Each performance features pre-concert activities hosted 30 minutes prior to the show by the BSO and partner organization Ready-at-Five, a non-profit that works to ensure that all Maryland children are ready to learn by age five. The wide range of pre-concert activities will encourage literacy, creative play and musical skills.

From the opening sleigh bells to the heavenly song of the final movement, Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 is a sunny and optimistic work, drawing much of its balance and influence from the Classical era. Benjamin Britten, born 100 years ago, also drew inspiration from an earlier period, using themes from 17th-century composer Henry Purcell in his orchestral showpiece Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell.

The Ninth Symphony, with its universal message of freedom and brotherhood, is the crowning achievement of Beethoven’s revolutionary works. The famous “Ode to Joy” serves as a message of hope for all mankind. Featuring the Westminster Symphonic Choir, these performances launch a two-year cycle of all nine Beethoven symphonies.

Make plans now for the festive event of the season! The Opening Night Concert and Gala features one of the preeminent virtuoso violinists of our time joining Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Fabulous Philadelphians in an evening of fireworks for violin and orchestra featuring an all-Tchaikovsky program.

North Sea Gas

Thursday, September 19, 2013

In Studio 194

All Ages!

7:00pm

Tickets: $18.00 *includes service charge