Highlights
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1916 as a municipal orchestra, supported by taxpayer money. Gustave Strube served as the first conductor of the group of about 50 players. It became a private institution in 1942. The orchestra came into its own in the 1960s when philanthropist Joseph Meyerhoff became president. During his tenure, the BSO moved from the Lyric Opera House to its new permanent home at the 2,443-seat Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The orchestra also performs at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. The BSO had many firsts under conductor Sergiu Comissiona, whom Meyerhoff appointed. Comissiona expanded the orchestra's season to 52 weeks. The BSO went o...
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1916 as a municipal orchestra, supported by taxpayer money. Gustave Strube served as the first conductor of the group of about 50 players. It became a private institution in 1942. The orchestra came into its own in the 1960s when philanthropist Joseph Meyerhoff became president. During his tenure, the BSO moved from the Lyric Opera House to its new permanent home at the 2,443-seat Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. The orchestra also performs at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. The BSO had many firsts under conductor Sergiu Comissiona, whom Meyerhoff appointed. Comissiona expanded the orchestra's season to 52 weeks. The BSO went on its first international tour in 1979 and became the first American orchestra to be invited to the Dresden Music Festival in 1981. Comissiona also led the BSO's first recordings. Under director David Zinman, the BSO was the first American orchestra to tour the Soviet Union after cultural relations were resumed at the end of the Afghanistan war. The BSO won several Grammys for its recordings with Yo-Yo Ma in the 1980s and '90s and received nominations for other works. In 2005, the BSO made history when it named Marin Alsop its 12th director, making her the first woman to be appointed music director of a major U.S. orchestra. Under Alsop, the orchestra released recordings on iTunes and was broadcast on XM Satellite Radio. For the 2007-2008 season, the orchestra unveiled a ticket sales plan intended to boost attendance. New and current BSO subscribers paid $25 per concert for seats anywhere in the hall.
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Bernstein's eclectic, audacious approach
Baltimore Sun reporterWhen Leonard Bernstein undertook to create a work for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, it was inevitable that he would think big. Very big. The result was Mass, subtitled A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers....Tags: John F. Kennedy, Paul Simon, Palace Theater, National Government, Government
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Arts calendar
fine art Museums Baltimore Museum of Art Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st streets. 443-573-1700. Free admission. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. Permanent exhibits:Cone Collection, African Art,...Tags: Gardens and Parks, John F. Kennedy, National or Ethnic Minorities, Walters Art Museum, Minority Groups
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The artist paints, and he also multiplies
What makes an artist assemble 193,000 toothpicks?" PeteHilsee, spokesman for the American Visionary Art Museum, mused the other day. The Baltimore museum boasts a 16-foot scale model of the ocean liner Lusitania made with something the uninspired...Tags: Long Term Care, Mental Illness, Federal Hill, Edgar Allan Poe, Medical Services
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Free Fall Baltimore schedule
ART & MUSEUMS
BABE RUTH BIRTHPLACE AND MUSEUM Enjoy free admission every Friday during October. Hours: 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. at 216 Emory Place.
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD MUSEUM Explore the museum's historicsteam engine collection. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 21 at...Tags: Hippodrome Theatre, Eubie Blake, National Government, Halloween, Music Theater
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Ryda Hecht Levi
Ryda Hecht Levi, a philanthropist whose family foundation gives educational and arts grants, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at her Green Spring Valley home. She was 92. With her husband, banker-merchant Robert H. Levi, she collected works of...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Ellsworth Kelly, Death and Dying, Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson
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BSO explores worlds of Mahler and Bernstein
"Any composer's writing is the sum of himself, of all his roots and influences," Leonard Bernstein wrote. "I have deep roots, each different from one another. I can only hope it adds up to something you could call universal." Gustav Mahler felt pretty...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Marin Alsop, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Classical Music, Gustav Mahler
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Special to the SunBaltimore's fall party season got a grand kick-off with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Gala. Hundreds of people in formalwear descended upon a tent outside the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall for cocktails and dinner that preceded a BSO concert featuring guest...Tags: Tom Brady, Marin Alsop, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Peter G. Angelos, Yo-Yo Ma
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Bernstein's 'Mass'
Leonard Bernstein wrestled much of his life with issues of religion, politics and social conscience. He poured a combustible mix of feelings about those topics into a huge "theater piece for singers, players and dancers" called Mass, composed for the...Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Marin Alsop, Morgan State University, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Classical Music
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Corporate citizen
When the sun came up Friday, the Franklin Square Boys and Girls Club was just "OK," its director says. By sunset, the West Baltimore center serving dozens of youths had been transformed into a dazzling, safari-themed world of new computers, books, games,...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Salvation Army, Employees, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Walters Art Museum
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Yo-Yo Ma collaborates again with the BSO for gala
I kind of grew up with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra," says Yo-Yo Ma, the exceedingly gifted and adventurous cellist who will be the featured artist in the BSO's season-launching gala Saturday. "So I'm very excited about doing the opening concert."...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Renee Fleming, Diana Krall, Leonard Bernstein, Marin Alsop
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September Social Calendar
Baltimore Sun reporterThursday, Sept. 4 "Salsabration" Benefits Fuel Fund of Maryland Business casual/festive attire Havana Club, 600 Water St. 6 p.m. Tickets $55 in advance, $60 at the door Call 410-821-3022, Ext. 107 or go to www.fuelfundmaryland.org Friday, Sept. 5 "Polo...Tags: Film Festivals, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Morgan State University, Academy Awards, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
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More classical highlights
And keep in mind... SEPT. 17. New York Philharmonic: Lorin Maazel - A Grand Finale. Season-opening gala. Works by Berlioz, Ibert and Tchaikovsky, with conductor Lorin Maazel and flutist James Galway. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. nyphil.org, 212-...Tags: Tilles Center, Brookville, Billy Joel, Culture, James Galway
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