Writers LIVE: Reginald Dwayne Betts and Lady Brion
Lady Brion will be in conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new poetry collection, Felon. The event is co-presented by OSI-Baltimore.
Lady Brion will be in conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new poetry collection, Felon. The event is co-presented by OSI-Baltimore.
Marita Golden is an Alzheimer’s activist and editor of the multi-cultural anthology, Us Against Alzheimer’s: Stories of Family Love and Faith. The program will include readings by Katia D. Ulysse and Lauren Francis-Sharma.
Composed at the height of the Romantic period, Brahms’ Fourth Symphony is both a nod to the past and a look to the future. Marin Alsop unpacks the profound emotions behind this masterpiece and explores how Brahms paved the way for the modernists of the 20th Century.
Marin Alsop, conductor
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
Join us for a "Brahms and Brews" after-party following the concert in the lobby.
Over the past two decades, the Jerusalem Quartet has consistently garnered accolades and acclaim for its “passion, precision, warmth, a gold blend” (The Times, London). Opening with Haydn and 20th-century master Shostakovich, the ensemble concludes with Brahms’ intense and restless first quartet.
HAYDN: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, “Fifths”
SHOSTAKOVICH: String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
BRAHMS: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1
Not every family legacy is destructive. From her parents, Talusan has learned to tell stories in order to continue. In excavating abuse and trauma, and supplementing her story with government documents, medical records, and family photos, Talusan gives voice to unspeakable experience, and shines a light of hope into the darkness.
Before language existed to identify persons whose gender expression and/or sexuality were non-conforming, nineteenth and early twentieth century local newspapers offered tantalizing clues that all was not straight and narrow. A few decades later, the late 1920s and early 1930s previewed the openness of recent times before giving way to a darker, more perilous era for LGBTQ+ people in the 1950s. After reviewing these twilight years, this program will look at the beginnings of the current movement toward LGBTQ+ visibility and rights.
Violin phenom Stefan Jackiw returns to the BSO in a program of Viennese masterpieces, led by rising young Austrian conductor David Danzmayr. From Webern’s daring miniatures for large orchestra to the unforgettably beautiful melodies of Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, from Mozart’s last violin concerto, brimming with exotic flair, to the instantly recognizable Blue Danube waltz, this concert illustrates why Vienna is widely heralded as the capital of classical music.
David Danzmayr, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, whose 50-year-career as a journalist put her in the forefront of the fight for social justice, offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S.
Presented in partnership with Church of the Redeemer.