Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,

SHCS’s new season opens with the Baltimore Debuts of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and its Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, as part of the ensemble’s first North American tour since 2010. Together they perform works by Anna Clyne, SCO’s Associate Composer, and Classical-era composers Mozart, Haydn, and their lesser-known colleague Pavel Vranický. Hannah Lash’s New Work for the Calidore Quartet, commissioned by Shriver Hall Concert Series, The Segerstrom Center for the Arts (CA), and The Concertgebouw (Netherlands), receives its East Coast premiere. Celebrated pianist Paul Lewis gives his long-awaited Baltimore Recital Debut in an imaginative recital anchored by works inspired by visual art and art song. Pianist Daniil Trifonov, in a program with fellow 2011 Tchaikovsky Award winner cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, returns for his third Baltimore appearance. He was previously presented by SHCS in 2015 in a chamber music collaboration with Gidon Kremer and in 2017 in a solo recital

Earlier this month SHCS recieved a generous surprise Annual Fund grant from the The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund following the completion of the 18-month rennovation of Shriver Hall. 

Dear Patron, 

Joan Reinthaler of the Washington Classical Review writes of the May 12 performance:

Features of the season include multiple Baltimore debuts—such as the Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason,Violist Tabea Zimmermann, Tenor Lawrence Brownlee,Pianists Javier Perianes and Isata Kanneh-Masonand, andDuo Parnas. 2019-20 will include performances of works by living composers including Nina C. Young (World Premiere, SHCS Commission), Tyshawn Sorey (Baltimore Premiere),Thomas Adès, Kyle Puebla Dubin, and Toshio Hosokawa. As always, our 54th season promises stellar performances by extraordinary soloists and ensembles such as Inon Barnatan, Alban Gerhardt, Richard Goode, Midori, Javier Perianes, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Tabea Zimmermann, Jerusalem Quartet, and the American Brass Quintet.

Tim Smith begins his review of the SHCS debut of pianist Conrad Tao: