“The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plans to honor Marin Alsop for her 14 years as its music director with a multi-week ‘Marin Festival,’ ” writes Ed Gunts in Wednesday’s (3/3) Baltimore Fishbowl (MD). Beginning on March 7, “Weekly Sunday broadcasts from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. will feature [previously recorded concerts and] interviews with Alsop and other BSO musicians…. On May 27 … the Marin Festival opens with a virtual OrchKids concert…. Alsop founded BSO OrchKids in 2008 to provide a year-round program that can nurture talented young musicians in Baltimore City and foster social change.… In June, the orchestra will have its first in-person performances since March 2020 when it puts on two free outdoor concerts around the BSO’s two homes, the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore and the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda. [In] a one-night-only virtual Gala … on June 19 … Alsop will lead the orchestra in her final concert as Music Director…. The gala will open with the world premiere of a new BSO commission by Baltimorean James Lee III in honor of Juneteenth…. OrchKids will join Alsop in Florence Price’s Adoration, and the evening will culminate with a performance by celebrated soprano Renée Fleming.”
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