2--CLASSICAL CONCERT

We open our 100th Anniversary Season with a nod to where it all began – Charles Gounod's regal March from The Queen of Sheba, the very first piece performed by the BrSO in 1925.

From there, the temperature rises with the tropical rhythms of Louis Moreau Gottschalk's A Night in the Tropics, followed by the hauntingly beautiful El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla, rich with flamenco and fiery emotion. Celebrated mezzo-soprano Janna Baty, known for her "viola-like tone," brings passion and depth to this sultry masterpiece. We close with George Gershwin's bold and jazzy Piano Concerto in F, the 1925 classic that defined this era. Acclaimed pianist Vijay Venkatesh takes the stage to bring this brilliant work to life in a grand finale worthy of a century in the making.

Charles Gounod - March from The Queen of Sheba
Louis Moreau Gottschalk - A Night in the Tropics
Manuel de Falla - El Amor Brujo
Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano
George Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F
Vijay Venkatesh, piano

 Fresh off the release of their first professional recording, Simone Dinnerstein’s chamber ensemble Baroklyn joins Connecticut-based professional choir CONCORA in a program that includes music from the recording as well as the choral cantata Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (BWV9). This work focuses on the Lutheran theme of salvation; “Salvation now has come for all” became a theme amongst authors and composers. Baroklyn is also joined by mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano for the exquisite solo cantata Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust (BWV 170).

 NEAL HAMPTON conducting