David Danzmayr showcases the Baltimore Symphony’s virtuosity

By Phillip Nones, 22 October 2023

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“Goerke delivered the goods, singing as if the score was her own personal property”

Reviewed at The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda on 22 October 2023

Williams, Elegy

Clyne, This Midnight Hour

Barber, Andromache's Farewell, for soprano and orchestra, Op.39

Sibelius, Symphony no. 1 in E minor, Op.39

Christine Goerke, Soprano

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

David Danzmayr, Conductor

Concertos old and new on Heyward’s energetic Baltimore program

Sam Jacobson, 8th June

Jonathon Heyward led the Baltimore Symphony in a Beethoven piano concerto along with a new Concerto for Orchestra by composer-in-residence James Lee III.

****1

Musical journeys end Baltimore Symphony season

Cameron Kelsall, 16th June

Jonathan Heyward's first season as BSO Music Director closed with an exciting world premiere from composer-in-residence James Lee III, alongside audience favorites old and new.

***11

ユンチャン・イムとマリン・オールソップ、ボルティモアで再会のラフマニノフ

Cameron Kelsall, 26th April

一昨年、クライバーン·コンクールでのラフマニノフのピアノ協奏曲第３番で一世を風靡したソリストと指揮者が、叙情とウィットと情熱をかねそなえ、協奏曲第２番に挑む。

****1

Rachmaninov redux for Yunchan Lim and Marin Alsop in Baltimore

Cameron Kelsall, 25th April

After going viral with Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto at the Cliburn two years ago, soloist and conductor tackle his Second with a balance of lyricism, wit and fire.

****1

Rune Bergmann leads a reverent Bruckner 7 in Baltimore

Cameron Kelsall, 5th November

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra dedicate their performance to former music director Yuri Temirkanov, who died last week.

***11

Black composers take center-stage in Baltimore Symphony season finale

Cameron Kelsall, 18th June

Artistic advisor James Conlon presents a triptych of works by Adolphus Hailstork, Alvin Singleton and Joel Thompson next to an edgy, ironic reading of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony.

***11

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.