Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Clarinet Concerto

• YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet
• Jun Märkl, conductor

Gabriela Lena Frank — Concertino Cusqueño
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet)
Olivier Messiaen — Le Tombeau resplendissant ("The Resplendent Tomb")
Richard Strauss — Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”), Op. 24

Jun Märkl conducts the music of fellow German Richard Strauss with "fire and finesse" (The Baltimore Sun), bringing out the immense emotions in Strauss' portrait of the life of an artist. A rarely heard gem from early in the career of France's maven of mysticism, The Resplendent Tomb proves how well Messiaen soaked up the wisdom of his teacher, Paul Dukas (of The Sorcerer's Apprentice fame). BSO's Principal Clarinet YaoGuang Zhai frolics through the convivial concerto that Mozart wrote for a dear friend, and Gabriela Lena Frank imagines guiding her hero Benjamin Britten through the Peru of her ancestors. 

3 performances:
- Thursday, January 18, 8pm at The Music Center at Strathmore
- Saturday, January 20, 8pm at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
- Sunday, January 21, 3pm at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

About Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

https://www.bsomusic.org/

About YaoGuang Zhai, clarinet

http://www.yaoclarinet.com/

About Jun Märkl, conductor

https://www.junmarkl.com/