Baltimore Chamber Orchestra

Opening Program

Wednesday, October 4, 2006 7:30 PM
Beethoven, De Ritis, Britten
with Min Xiao Fen, pipa

What a way to start the season! We open our season of familiar and unfamiliar string music featuring one of the more exotic string instruments you will hear: the Pipa, a delicate plucked instrument from China.

Towson University Presents

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:30 PM
Leshnoff Violin Concerto
with Charles Wetherbee, violin

Hailed by Baltimore Sun music critic Tim Smith as "Radiantly lyrical and remarkably assured," Leshnoff's Violin Concerto has been consistently greeted by standing ovations nationwide. Also on the program in Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 and Elgar's Serenade.

This performance takes place at Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall, Towson University

Favorite Strings

Wednesday, November 8, 2006 7:30 PM
Handel, Mozart, Schubert
with Juliette Kang, violin

Juliette Kang, a virtuoso violinist and a world-class artist, performs Mozart. The ever-popular Water Music by Baroque composer George Friderick Handel and Franz Schubert's sparkling Symphony no. 3 round out the program.

A BCO Special Event!

Thursday, December 14, 2006 7:30 PM
An Irish Christmas
with Eileen Ivers

Eileen Ivers, a Celtic fiddler and former musical star of “Riverdance,” captures the spirit and magic of the season in her heartwarming holiday show - An Nolliag – An Irish Christmas.

This performance will take place at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore.

Valentine Strings

Rescheduled for Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 PM

A Pleyel Celebration with David Perry, violin, and Victoria Chang, viola

This evening we present two charming concerti by Pleyel—the most famous composer in Europe following the death of Haydn—along with the dynamic Madrigals for violin and viola by Martinu. David Perry will be joined by violist Victoria Chiang-Thakar, wife of BCO music director Markand Thakar. Be with us for this special evening, which is being recorded for release on the Naxos label.

Spring Strings

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 7:30 PM
Mozart, Martínez Morales, Tchaikovsky
with Héctor Martínez Morales, charango

A vivid, colorful folk instrument from South America. Composer and charango virtuoso Héctor Martínez Morales wrote this concerto for charango and strings, which receives its world premiere tonight.

Season Finale

Wednesday, May 23, 2007 7:30 PM
Mozart, Ginastera, Mendelssohn
with Nancy Allen, harp and
the Peabody Children's Chorus

This sensational season finale features Nancy Allen, the “first lady of the American harp,” performing Alberto Ginastera's brilliant Harp Concerto, plus the fabulous Peabody Children's Chorus in a performance of the music from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream. An all-time favorite!