The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) concerts at Chesapeake College conclude the 2013-14 season on Saturday, March 29 with a program of classical favorites. Marcelo Lehninger leads the orchestra, and Madeline Adkins, the BSO’s associate concert-master, is the featured soloist. The concert starts at 8PM with a pre-concert lecture led by Matt Spivey, vice president of the BSO’s artistic operations, at 7PM.
The program includes Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished,” Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending featuring violin soloist Madeline Adkins, Saint-Saens’ Introduction and Rondo, and concludes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 “Italian.”
Marcelo Lehninger
Brazilian born Marcelo Lehninger is being recognized as one of the most gifted conductors of his generation. He was recently appointed music director of the New West Symphony Orchestra and renewed his contract with the Boston Symphony and promoted to associate conductor. Lehninger was appointed by James Levine and conducted the orchestra on several occasions at Symphony Hall, Boston, Tanglewood, and New York’s Carnegie Hall. New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote that he was “terrific” and conducted “with impressive technique, musical insight, and youthful energy.” Before dedicating his career to conducting, Lehninger studied piano and violin and was mentored by conductors Kurt Masur and Leonard Slatkin. Lehninger and his wife and daughter divide their time between Boston and Los Angeles. This will be Marcelo Lehninger’s Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s debut.
Madeline Adkins
Madeline Adkins was appointed associate concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra by its former conductor Yuri Temirkanov. She appears frequently as soloist with the BSO, and is concertmaster of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. Adkins has also served as guest concertmaster with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras including being concertmaster of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra under Seiji Ozawa. She comes from a very musical Texas family, which included four violinists, two cellists, and a soprano. Adkin’s sister Elisabeth is the associate concertmaster of the National Symphony Orchestra, and two other siblings are titled players with the Dallas and Houston Symphonies. The family joins together several times a year as the Adkins String Ensemble.
Tickets are $40 and $10 for students. They can be purchased at the door or call 410 827
5867.
NOTE: Due to a scheduling change some tickets issued early might read March 28.
Early subscription for the 2014-15 season can be purchased in the lobby before the performance
and during the intermission. There will be champagne and chocolate for the first 50 subscribers
through the generosity of Mason’s and Town and Country Liquors of Easton. Payment
can be made in cash, credit card number and check.
Baltimore Symphony concerts at Chesapeake College are presented by the Mid-Shore Symphony Society and supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council, the Talbot County Arts Council, and the Kent County Arts Council.
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