The acclaimed BSO Encore series returns! Listen to Jonathon Heyward’s inaugural Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concerts on Maryland’s classical music station, WBJC.
The BSO and WBJC 91.5FM are thrilled to relive these historic moments, broadcasting the first two performances conducted by Jonathon Heyward as Music Director Designate and the nine concerts conducted during his first season as Music Director in the new season of BSO Encore.
The beloved series is designed to run concurrently with Heyward’s second season at the BSO and returns to its coveted timeslot: The first Sunday of each month from November 2024 through June 2025, from 1–3 pm.
Each BSO Encore episode will feature a remastered concert and Jonathon Heyward’s perspective from the podium, including a conversation about what’s on stage that month with WBJC’s host Jonathan Palevsky.
Season Includes:
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Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances
Sunday, November 3
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
TANIA LEON Pasajes
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
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New World Symphony with Heyward
Sunday, November 10
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
JAMES LEE III Amer’ican
GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6
Sunday, December 8
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Xavier Foley, double bass
GRACE-EVANGELINE MASON The Imagined Forest
XAVIER FOLEY Double Bass Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
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Shostakovich Symphony No. 8
Sunday, January 5
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Andrew Balio, trumpet
WEINBERG Trumpet Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 8
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Mahler Symphony No. 6
Sunday, February 2
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
MAHLER Symphony No. 6
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Ax Plays Brahms
Sunday, March 2
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
UNSUK CHIN subito con forza
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
Program To Be Announced!
Sunday, April 6
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The Pines of Rome
Sunday, May 4
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Chrisine Goerke, soprano
JESSIE MONTGOMERY Records of a Vanishing City
STRAUSS Four Last Songs
JAMES LEE III Captivating Personas (world premiere, BSO commission)
OTTORINO RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
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Carmina Burana
Sunday, June 1
Jonathon Heyward, conductor
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
Jack Swanson, tenor
Elliot Madore, baritone
University of Maryland Concert Choir
Maryland State Boychoir
MENDELSSOHN Die Schöne Melusine Overture
MISSY MAZOLLI Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
ORFF Carmina Burana
