Resonate

Marin Alsop will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra  in her Carnegie Hall premiere next Saturday night. Well, it is sort of her Carnegie premiere.

Alsop used to play violin with various ensembles at Carnegie Hall on a regular basis. This is merely her first time conducting in the esteemed venue.

The concert will feature a percussion concerto by Steven Mackey called Time Release. Up-and-coming Scottish percussionist Colin Currie will be the soloist.

But Alsop and the BSO have something else of interest on their calendar this month. On the last weekend in February, Alsop will lead the orchestra in an unconventional concert called “CSI Beethoven,” which will explore the effects of Beethoven’s deafness with the help of forensic scientists and medical specialists. The orchestra will perform sections of each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies, split between two nights’ concerts. One of the doctors has even created samples of what the music might have sounded like to Beethoven.