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Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened in the Mount Royal cultural district in 1982 as the new home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The project was initiated by then-BSO president Joseph Meyerhoff, who donated $10 million. The city pitched in $2.5 million, and the state contributed $10.5 million for the construction. The opening day performance included pianist Leon Fleisher's return to two-handed performance. The circular, 2,443-seat hall is praised for both its looks and acoustics. It was constructed without flat walls or 90-degree angles, creating an ideal concert-going experience with unobstructed views. It is also one of the few concert halls that has box seats over the stage. In 1997, five summer...
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened in the Mount Royal cultural district in 1982 as the new home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The project was initiated by then-BSO president Joseph Meyerhoff, who donated $10 million. The city pitched in $2.5 million, and the state contributed $10.5 million for the construction. The opening day performance included pianist Leon Fleisher's return to two-handed performance. The circular, 2,443-seat hall is praised for both its looks and acoustics. It was constructed without flat walls or 90-degree angles, creating an ideal concert-going experience with unobstructed views. It is also one of the few concert halls that has box seats over the stage. In 1997, five summers of renovations began, including a three-year acoustic readjustment. Improvements included installation of risers on stage, sound diffusers, a modern sound system and a new acoustic canopy. In addition to the BSO, touring acts such as Jerry Seinfeld, the Indigo Girls, Harry Connick Jr. and Aretha Franklin, as well as local groups, have performed at the hall.
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Applause for Alsop's first season
Sun music criticEarlier this month in Denver, a hearty ovation greeted the dynamic cast after a performance of Opera Colorado's visually and musically potent production of Nixon in China, the minimalist masterpiece by John Adams. But, had an applause meter been in...Tags: Charlie Chaplin, Music Theater, Theater, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, John Adams
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With new traffic, change swept through Bolton Hill of the 1930s
It all began when a reader who lives on John Street in Bolton Hill wanted to learn the circumstances of the city's 1930s plan to extend Howard Street through his neighborhood via a route that includes the familiar hump-back bridge over the Jones Falls...Tags: Mount Royal, Heavy Engineering, Bolton Hill, Colleges and Universities, Ohio
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Classical
ClassicalChrist Episcopal Church // 6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia / 410-465-8777. • 3 p.m. Sunday: Chamber Music concert with members of the Columbia Orchestra. Free. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts // off Virginia and New...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Colleges and Universities, College Park, New Hampshire, Virginia
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Joan Tower: a first among women
Sun Music CriticJoan Tower has run into a string of bad luck recently, which is unusual for her. She's the remarkably successful composer whose distinctions include the $200,000 Grawemeyer Award in Composition in 1990 (the first woman to receive that honor), and a Grammy...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Literature, Columbia University, Marin Alsop, Music
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Organist gives Messiaen works a vibrant turn
Sun Music CriticSo far, it doesn't look like Baltimore will hear the massive, hair-raising Turangalīla Symphony or some other big orchestral work by Olivier Messiaen to mark the 2008 centennial of the French composer's birth, but, thanks to organist Jonathan William...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Academic Progress, Peabody Conservatory, Music, Fashion Trends
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BSO's gift to Bach lovers
Sun reporterIn the annals of ungratefulness, the Margrave of Brandenburg retains a place of distinction. Upon receipt of six painstakingly hand-written music scores sent to him in 1721, accompanied by a gift tag bursting with obsequious prose, this brother of the...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Johann Sebastian Bach, Music, Fashion Trends, Music Industry
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Two soulful concerts and honors for students
UniSun editorThis issue's Social Scene takes you to three events where the emphasis was on celebrating. Last month, the Soulful Symphony ended its season at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with "Say Amen Somebody." The symphony, its choir and guest Donald Lawrence...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Baltimore Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Ellicott City, NAACP
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The Big Three
Robots among us On Saturday, Port Discovery Children's Museum launches Robots: The Interactive Exhibition, part of a national tour inspired by the animated film Robots. Visitors can enter the World of Robotics, which explores the growing scientific...Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Chicago Symphony, Paul Whiteman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
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Soloist, BSO play Gershwin with vim
Sun music criticAn irresistible, possibly apocryphal anecdote finds George Gershwin in Paris asking Maurice Ravel for lessons on orchestration. Ravel's reply: "Why should I turn you into a second-rate Ravel when you are already a first-rate Gershwin?" Then, told what...Tags: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Joseph Ravel, Marin Alsop, Music, Fashion Trends
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Classical
ClassicalAn die Musik // 409 N. Charles St. / 410-385-2638. • 2 p.m. Saturday: Voice recital, Lisa Eden. $15. • 7 p.m. Sunday: Monument Piano Trio. $13-$16. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts // off Virginia and New...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Colleges and Universities, College Park, New Hampshire, Virginia
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