This one-night-only Gala Celebration aired live on MPT from the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on Saturday, June 19. BSO Artistic Partner Wordsmith emceed the 90-minute program, which includes BSO OrchKids in Price’s Adoration and the world premiere of Destined Words, a BSO commission by Baltimore composer James Lee III in honor of Juneteenth. Featuring special pre-recorded moments and surprises, the evening closes with a performance by world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming. 

Marin Alsop, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Wordsmith, emcee and narrator
OrchKids

JAMES LEE III Destined Words (BSO Commission, World Premiere)
    Wordsmith, emcee and narrator
PRICE Adoration
    OrchKids
GINASTERA Variaciones concertantes
HANDEL “Dank sei, dir Herr” 
    Renée Fleming, soprano
HANDEL "Endless Pleasure" from Semele
    Renée Fleming, soprano
STRAUSS “Wiegenlied”
    Renée Fleming, soprano
STRAUSS (arr. Goldschmitz) “Zueignung”
    Renée Fleming, soprano
GUETTEL “Fable” from The Light in the Piazza
    Renée Fleming, soprano