Eroica
Thursday, January 14, 2016 – 8 pm (S)
Friday, January 15, 2016 – 8 pm (M)
Saturday, January 16, 2016 – 8 pm (M)

Marin Alsop, conductor
Katherine Needleman, oboe

Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Christopher Rouse: Oboe Concerto
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony weaves struggle, tragedy and eventual triumph into a story that celebrates human possibility. BSO Principal Oboe Katherine Needleman expresses the lyrical themes and technical fireworks of Baltimore native Christopher Rouse’s genial and spirited oboe concerto.