JJ Abrams' acclaimed sequel presented live with Giacchino's score.

A complete presentation of JJ Abrams' hit film live with Michael Giacchino's sweeping score.

Nicholas and the BSO premiere a new orchestration of the complete Nutcracker by Paul Murtha based on the classic adaptations of Duke Ellington, presented live with dancers from Step Afrika.

FIVE PERFORMANCES:

• Music Center at Strathmore
  • Thurs, Dec. 8 @ 8 pm
• Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
  • Fri, Dec. 9 @ 7:30 pm
  • Sat, Dec. 10 @ 2 pm & 7:30 pm
  • Sun, Dec. 11 @ 2 pm

Program includes "Winter" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons and a live film score presentation of The Snowman.

Performance repeated at 4 pm at The Music Center at Strathmore.

Program:

ADAMS: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra

RAVEL: Shéhérazade (Nicole Cabell, soprano)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture and Act II from The Nutcracker

Nicholas and the Baltimore Symphony explore the music of Tchaikovsky's immortal ballet and what gives it its lasting power as part of the BSO's informal "Off the Cuff" series.

Nicholas and the Baltimore Symphony explore the music of Tchaikovsky's immortal ballet and what gives it its lasting power as part of the BSO's informal "Off the Cuff" series.

Program:

ADAMS: The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra

RAVEL: Shéhérazade (Nicole Cabell, soprano)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Overture and Act II from The Nutcracker

Program includes Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain and selections from John Williams' Harry Potter scores. 

Program:

MILHAUD: La Creation du Monde

Brett Dennen Set and Encore Collaboration

(More info about Pulse: www.bsopulse.org)

Program:

ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

HOLST: A Somerset Rhapsody

RACHMANINOFF: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue

MERCURY/arr. Hersh: Bohemian Rhapsody

LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

Program:

PÄRT: Fratres

ADAMS: Scratchband

Houndmouth Set & Encore Collaboration

(More info about Pulse: www.bsopulse.org)

Program:

BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor (Emily Skala, flute)

COPLAND: Quiet City (Jane Marvine, English horn; Andrew Balio, trumpet)

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Charlie Albright, piano)

Program:

BERNSTEIN: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor (Emily Skala, flute)

COPLAND: Quiet City (Jane Marvine, English horn; Andrew Balio, trumpet)

GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue (Charlie Albright, piano)

Program:

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture

RODRIGO: Concerto de Aranjuez (Meng Su, Guitar)

FALLA: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat

PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo

MARQUEZ: Danzon No. 2

Bernstein: "Mambo" from West Side Story

Program:

GERSHWIN: Cuban Overture

RODRIGO: Concerto de Aranjuez (Meng Su, Guitar)

FALLA: Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat

PIAZZOLLA: Tangazo

MARQUEZ: Danzon No. 2

Bernstein: "Mambo" from West Side Story

As part of the ongoing celebration of the BSO's centennial, Nicholas and musicians of the Baltimore Symphony perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 (featured on the first ever BSO program in 1916) for patrons of Baltimore's Artscape Festival.

Program:

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5, First Movement

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 10, Second Movement

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5, Fourth Movement

JOHNSON: Dead Symphony: An Orchestral Tribute to the Grateful Dead

Program:

WAGNER: Siegfrieds Rheinfahrt

RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2

RAVEL: La Valse

Program:

COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (Suite for 13 Instruments)

Lone Bellow set

Collaborative encore with Lone Bellow and BSO (arranged by Nicholas Hersh)

More about BSO Pulse: http://bsopulse.org/

Program:

COPLAND: Suite from The Tender Land

BARBER: Violin Concerto (Simone Porter, violin)

GERSHWIN: Three Preludes

GERSHWIN: Catfish Row (Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess)

Program:

STRAVINSKY: L'Histoire du Soldat (featuring Baltimore Boom Bap Society)

Dr. Dog set

Collaborative encore with Dr. Dog and BSO (arranged by Nicholas Hersh)

More about BSO Pulse: http://bsopulse.org/

Featuring Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf and other family-friendly selections.

Performances at 11 am and 1 pm

Program:

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

WAGNER: Prelude to Die Meistersinger

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Capriccio Espagnol