Wednesday 19 September 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Eschenbach era 2003 - 2008


2003 – 2004

Programme 1     

18, 19, 20, 21 September 2003     

Christoph Eschenbach

LEVINSON      
Avatar                          
                                   
BERNSTEIN    
Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah                                   
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 1

Anna Larsson, contralto

                       
Programme 2     

25, 26, 27, 30 September 2003     

Christoph Eschenbach

BERLIOZ         
Royal Hunt and Storm from The Trojans    
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
BERLIOZ         
Harold in Italy    

André Watts, piano         
Roberto Diaz, viola

           
Programme 3     

2, 3, 4 October 2003      

Christoph Eschenbach

BALINESE GAMELAN ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE                                     
                                   
MESSIAEN      
Turangalîla Symphony     

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Jean Laurendeau, ondes martenot   
Gamelan Semara Santi of Swarthmore College




Programme 4     

9, 10, 11 October 2003  

Christoph Eschenbach

MESSIAEN      
l'Ascension                                
                                   
BERG  
Violin Concerto                          
                                   
MOZART        
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Christian Tetzlaff, violin     

           
Programme 5     

16, 17, 18, 21 October 2003       

Daniel Harding

STRAUSS       
Don Juan                                  

ELGAR
Cello Concerto                          
                                   
ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Steven Isserlis, cello

                       
Programme 6     

23, 24, 25 October 2003 

András Schiff  

BACH
Piano Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 4, 'Tragic'                         
                                   
DVOŘÁK
Piano Concerto  

András Schiff, piano


Programme 7

28, 30 October, 1, 4 November 2003

Yakov Kreizberg

DVOŘÁK
Carnival, overture

KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto

RAVEL
Valses nobles et sentimentales

RAVEL
Bolero

Julia Fischer, violin


Programme 8

6, 7, 8 November 2003

Oliver Knussen

PURCELL
Funeral Music for Queen Mary

BRITTEN
Nocturne for tenor and orchestra

KNUSSEN
Symphony in One Movement

BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

Christopher Gillett, tenor


Programme 9

20, 21, 22, 24, 25 November 2003

Marin Alsop

BERNSTEIN
Candide, Overture

CORIGLIANO
Violin Concerto, 'The Red Violin'

BARBER
Symphony No. 2

Joshua Bell, violin


Programme 10

28, 29 November, 2 December 2003

Rossen Milanov

HIGDON
blue cathedral

RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Gary Graffman, piano


Programme 11

4, 5, 6 December 2003

Roberto Abbado

DEBUSSY
Symphonic Fragments from The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

ROREM
Flute Concerto

FRANCK
Symphony

Jeffrey Khaner, flute                     



Programme 12

2, 3, 5 January 2004

Carlos Kalmar

WEILL
The Seven Deadly Sins

HAYDN
Symphony No. 98

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Ute Lemper, vocalist
Richard Troxell, tenor
Kenneth Garner, tenor
Tom Baust, baritone
Matthew Arnold, bass


Programme 13

8, 9, 10 January 2004

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 5


Programme 14

15, 16, 17, 20 January 2004

Wolfgang Sawallisch

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, incidental music

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4

Christine Brandnes, soprano
David Strathairn, narrator


Programme 15

22, 23, 24 January 2004

Simon Rattle

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude

HENZE
Symphony No. 10

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2


Programme 16

29, 30 January, 2 February 2004

Simon Rattle

DVOŘÁK
The Noonday Witch

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano


Programme 17

6, 7 February 2004

Simon Rattle

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

RAVEL
Shéhérazade

MESSIAEN
Éclairs sur l'Au-delà

Rinat Shaham, soprano
                       


Programme 18

11, 12, 13, 17 February 2004

Charles Dutoit

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 1

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 19

19, 20, 21 February 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 3

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano
Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale
The American Boychoir


Programme 20

26, 27, 28 February 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHUBERT
String Quartet in D minor, 'Death and the Maiden' (orch. Mahler)

ZEMLINSKY
Lyric Symphony

Melanie Diener, soprano
Dietrich Henschel, baritone


Programme 21

4, 5, 6 March 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHOENBERG
Verklärte Nacht

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

MAHLER
Symphony No. 10, Adagio

Lang Lang, piano


Programme 22

11, 12, 13 March 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Blumine

MAHLER
Rückert Lieder

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 10

Matthias Goerne, baritone


Programme 23

19, 20, 23 March 2004

Wolfgang Sawallisch

WEBER
Oberon, Overture

ALVARS
Harp Concerto in G minor

BRAHMS
Serenade No. 1

Elizabeth Hainen, harp     



Programme 24

25, 26, 27, 30 March 2004

Wolfgang Sawallisch

STRAVINSKY
Jeu de cartes

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2

MOZART
Symphony No. 39

Elisabeth Batiashvili, violin


Programme 25

1, 2, 3 April 2004

Wolfgang Sawallisch

SCHUMANN
Genoveva, overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

Arnaldo Cohen, piano


Programme 26

15, 16, 17 April 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Gil Shaham, violin


Programme 27

22, 23, 24, 27 April 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

BRAHMS
Tragic Overture

BRAHMS
Nänie

BRAHMS
Gesang der Parzen

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

Tzimon Barto, piano
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 28

29, 30 April. 1 May 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 2

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Gidon Kremer, violin


Programme 29

6, 7, 8 May 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Fidelio, Overture

MESSIAEN
Les Offrandes oubliées

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7



2004 – 2005


Programme 1

23, 24, 25 September 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

THOMAS
Trainwork

STRAUSS
Don Quixote

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8

Daniel Müller-Schott, cello
Roberto Diaz, viola


Programme 2

30 September, 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 October 2004

Jiří Bělohlávek

MARTINŮ
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca

DVOŘÁK
Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

Sarah Chang, violin


Programme 3

13, 14, 15, 16 October 2004

James Conlon

DVOŘÁK
Scherzo capriccioso

ULLMANN
Symphony No. 2

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

Yefim Bronfman, piano



Programme 4

21, 22, 23 October 2004

David Robertson

COPLAND
Quiet City

DANIELPOUR
Songs of Solitude

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5

Thomas Hampson, baritone


Programme 5

28, 29, 30 October 2004

Nicholas McGegan

RAMEAU
Suite from Naïs

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

BACH
Sinfonia concertante in C major

HANDEL
Music for the Royal Fireworks


Programme 6

11, 12, 13, 16 November 2004

Tan Dun

SHOSTAKOVICH
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes

BORODIN
Polovtsian Dances

TAN DUN
The Map, concerto for cello, video and orchestra

Anssi Karttunen, cello



Programme 7

19, 20, 22 November 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

PINTSCHER
Hérodiade Fragments

MAHLER
Symphony No. 5

Marisol Montalvo, soprano


Programme 8

26, 27, 30 November 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin


Programme 9

3, 4, 7 December 2004

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHOENBERG
A Survivor from Warsaw

BRAHMS
A German Requiem

Michaela Kaune, soprano
Christopher Maltman, baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 10

6, 7, 8 January 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 9


Programme 11

14, 15 January 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

BERIO
Stanze

WAGNER
Parsifal, Act 3

John Keyes, tenor
Andreas Schmidt, baritone
Matthias Hölle, bass
Roberta Knie, soprano
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 12

20, 21, 22, 24 January 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

STRAUSS
Oboe Concerto

STRAUSS
Metamophosen

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27

Richard Woodhams, oboe
Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 13

26, 27, 28 January 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

MOZART
Clarinet Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Ricardo Morales, clarinet


Programme 14

3, 4, 5, 8 February 2005

Donald Runnicles

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

ELGAR
Symphony No. 1

Andreas Haefliger, piano


Programme 15

10, 11, 12, 15 February 2005

Wolfgang Sawallisch

DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dances, Op. 72

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

Leonidas Kavakos, violin


Programme 16

17, 18, 19, 22 February 2005

Wolfgang Sawallisch

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

David Kim, violin


Programme 17

24, 25, 26 February, 1 March 2005

Wolfgang Sawallisch

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'

Yundi Li, piano


Programme 18

3, 4, 5, 8 March 2005

Andreas Delfs

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'

André Watts, piano


Programme 19

10, 12, 15 March 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

SMETANA
The Bartered Bride, Dances

GRIEG
Orchestral Songs (From Monte Picino, Solveig's Song and Lament, A Swan, Spring

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7

Barbara Bonney, soprano


Programme 20

17, 18, 19 March 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite

SIERRA
Concerto for violin, viola and orchestra

SALONEN
Insomnia

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2


Andrés Cárdenes, violin
Roberto Diaz, viola


Programme 21

23, 24, 25, 26 March 2005

Yakov Kreizberg

DVOŘÁK
The Water Sprite

BARBER
Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 6

Hilary Hahn, violin


Programme 22

31 March, 1, 2, 5 April 2005

Roger Norrington

ELGAR
Cockaigne, Overture

HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A London Symphony


Programme 23

7, 8, 9 April 2005

Charles Dutoit

FAURÉ
Pelléas et Mélisande, Overture

MacMILLAN
Symphony No. 3, 'Silence'

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

Martha Argerich, piano


Programme 24

14, 15, 16 April 2005

Charles Dutoit

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Easter Festival Overture

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in C

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7


Programme 25

27, 28, 29, 30 April, 3 May 2005

Rossen Milanov

DELIUS
The Walk to the Paradise Garden

MAW
Cor Anglais Concerto

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia, cor anglais


Programme 26

5, 6, 7, 10 May 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

MARTINŮ
Memorial to Lidice

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1

BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra

KLEIN
Partita for Strings

Vadim Repin, violin


Programme 27

12, 13, 14 May 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Lang Lang, piano



2005 – 2006

Programme 1

22, 23, 24, 27 September 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1

DUTILLEUX
The Shadows of Time

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5


Programme 2

29, 30, 31 September 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

LINDBERG
Chorale

PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 1

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5

Midori, violin


Programme 3

6, 7, 8, 11 October 2005

Yuri Temirkanov

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Hélène Grimaud, piano


Programme 4

14, 15, 16, 18 October 2005

Gilbert Varga

MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream, overture

BARTÓK
Viola Concerto

RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, suite

Roberto Diaz, viola


Programme 5

21, 22, 25 October 2005

James Conlon

DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto

ZEMLINSKY
The Mermaid

Alban Gerhardt, cello


Programme 6

27, 28, 29 October 2005

Vladimir Jurowski

MUSSORGSKY
Khovanshchina, Prelude

SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 1

TCHAIKOVSKY
Manfred Symphony

Nikolaj Znaider, violin


Programme 7

3, 4, 5 November 2005

Peter Oundjian

WALKER
Lyric for Strings

MARTINŮ
Symphony No. 6, 'Fantaisies symphoniques'

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 8

10, 11, 12 November 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 6


Programme 9

18, 19, 22 November 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 2

KELLOGG
Ben

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4


Programme 10

25, 26 November, 2, 3 December 2005

Christoph Eschenbach

HIGDON
Percussion Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica'

Colin Currie, percussion



Programme 11

8, 9, 10 December 2005, 6, 7 January 2006

Rossen Milanov

ROSSINI
William Tell overture

ADAMS
Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15

Leila Josefowicz, violin


Programme 12

10, 12, 13, 14 January 2006

Bernard Labadie

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 4

VIVALDI
Stabat Mater

HANDEL
Furibondo spira il vento, from Partenope

HANDEL
Water Music, Suite No. 3

HANDEL
Pompe vane di morte … Dove sei from Rodelinda

HANDEL
Vivi, tiranno from Rodelinda
David Daniels. Countertenor

HANDEL
Water Music, Suite No. 2

David Daniels. countertenor


Programme 13

19, 20, 21 January 2006

Thomas Wilkins

ELLINGTON  
Giggling Rapids, from The River

ANTHEIL  
A Jazz Symphony

MAHLER
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen, from Rückert Lieder

VILLA-LOBOS  
Fantasia, for saxophone and orchestra

GOULD
Pavanne, from American Symphonette No. 2

]FAURÉ
Pavane

DAUGHERTY
Flamingo

IBERT
Concerto da camera, for alto saxophone and orchestra

Branford Marsalis, saxophone


Programme 14

25, 26, 27 January 2006

Charles Dutoit

MOZART
Symphony No. 35, 'Haffner'

STRAUSS
Burleske for piano and orchestra

DEBUSSY
Images

RAVEL
La Valse

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Programme 15

2, 3, 4, 7 February 2006

Simon Rattle

MUSSORGSKY
The Nursery (orch. Denisov)

LUTOSLAWSKI
Five Songs

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7

Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano


Programme 16

9, 10, 11 February 2006

Simon Rattle

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 27

WALTON
Symphony No. 1

Alfred Brendel, piano


Programme 17

16, 17, 18 February 2006

Simon Rattle

GUBAIDULINA
Feast during a Plague

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4


Programme 18

24, 25, 26 February 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

SALONEN
Insomnia

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'


Programme 19a

2, 3, 14 March 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

ROUSE
Flute Concerto

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Jeffrey Khaner, flute


Programme 19b

4 March 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7

Tzimon Barto, piano


Programme 20

16, 17, 18 March 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

TCHAIKOVSKY
Rococo Variations

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 4

Dimitri Maslennikov, cello


Programme 21

23, 24, 25, 26, 28 March 2006

Hans Graf

DVOŘÁK
Othello, overture

BRITTEN
Sinfonia da Requiem

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano


Programme 22

30, 31 March, 1, 4 April 2006

Rossen Milanov

JOACHIM
Violin Concerto No. 2, 'Junharian'

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Christian Tetzlaff, violin


Programme 23

6, 7, 8 April 2006

Herbert Blomstedt

BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 3 (1873 version)

Garrick Ohlsson, piano


Programme 24

19, 20, 22 April 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

MAHLER
Das Lied von der Erde

Paul Groves, tenor
Thomas Hamson, baritone


Programme 25

27, 28, 29, 30 April, 2 May 2006

Osmo Vänskä

RAUTAVAARA
Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6

Stephen Hough, piano


Programme 26

5, 6, 9 May 2006

Peter Oundjian

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 5

WEBER
Bassoon Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon


Programme 27

11, 12, 13 May 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

LEVINSON
Toward Light

BARBER
Toccata festiva for organ and orchstra

POULENC
Organ Concerto

SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3, 'Organ'

Oliver Latry, organ


Programme 28

19. 20 May 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

KODÁLY
Missa brevis

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Jill Grove, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Alan Held, bass-baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale



2006 – 2007

Programme 1

22, 23 September 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Lang Lang, piano


Programme 2

28, 29, 30 September, 3 October 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BACH
Violin Concerto No. 2

ASSAD
Violin Concerto

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin


Programme 3

5, 6, 7 October 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

André Watts, piano


Programme 4

13, 14 October 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 1

SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 2

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'

Stewart Goodyear, piano

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Programme 5

20. 21, 22 October 2006

Peter Oundjian

KERNIS
Musica celestis

DUTILLEUX
Correspondences

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 2

Dawn Upshaw, soprano


Programme 6a

26 October 2006

Peter Oundjian

KERNIS
Musica celestis

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 6

Baiba Skride, violin


Programme 6b

27, 28 October 2006

Peter Oundjian

MOZART
The Magic Flute, overture

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on Greensleeves

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 6

Baiba Skride, violin


Programme 7

2, 3, 4, 7 November 2006

Neeme Järvi

SCHUBERT
Rosamunde, Overture

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 4, 'Tragic'

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

HINDEMITH
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber


Programme 8

9, 10, 11 November 2006

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

ALBÉNIZ
Suite española

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome

STRAVINSKY
The Firebird, Suite (1945 version)

Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 9

16, 17, 18 November 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

BERG
Violin Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Marisol Montalvo, soprano


Programme 10

24, 25, 28 November 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concerto No. 1

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Truls Mørk, cello
Marisol Montalvo, soprano


Programme 11

30 November, 1, 2, 3 December 2006

Christoph Eschenbach

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23

MOZART
Serenade K. 388

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 24

Christoph Eschenbach, piano


Programme 12

7, 8, 9 December 2006

Iván Fischer

STRAUSS
Festival Prelude

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 8


Programme 13

5, 6, 9 January 2007

Marin Alsop

WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude Act 1

HARBISON
Double Bass Concerto

COPLAND
Symphony No. 3

Harold Robinson, double bass


Programme 14

11, 12, 13 January 2007

James Conlon

MOZART
The Impresario, Overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

SHOSTAKOVICH
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Suite (arr. Conlon)

Jonathan Biss, piano


Programme 15

17, 18, 19, 20 January 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Kindertotenlieder

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 9

Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone


Programme 16

25, 26 January 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

VIVALDI
Concerto for Four Violins

SCHOENBERG
Chamber Symphony No. 1

VIVALDI
The Four Seasons

Albert Kim, piano
David Kim, violin
Juliette Kang, violin
Kimberly Fisher, violin
Paul Roby, violin


Programme 17

1, 2, 3, 6, 9 February 2007

Vladimir Jurowski

RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead

BRUCH
Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra

STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss, Suite

David Kim, violin


Programme 18

8, 10, 11 February 2007

Valery Gergiev

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

DEBUSSY
La Mer

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, Great


Programme 19

15, 16, 17 February 2007

Philippe Jordan

MESSIAEN
Les Offrandes oubliées

SHOSTAKOVICH
Violin Concerto No. 2

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Julian Rachlin, violin


Programme 20

22, 23, 24 February 2007

Roger Norrington

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

BACH
Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug'

MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 5, 'Reformation'

Dietrich Henschel, baritone


Programme 21

2, 3, 6 March 2007

Charles Dutoit

SIBELIUS
Finlandia

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 2

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade

Martha Argerich, piano


Programme 22

8, 9, 10 March 2007

Ingo Metzmacher

WEBER
Der Freischütz, overture

MOZART
Violin Concerto No. 5

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4

Gil Shaham, violin


Programme 23

15, 16, 17, 20 March 2007

Neeme Järvi

BEETHOVEN
The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

ROTT
Symphony

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 24

22, 23, 24 March 2007

Rossen Milanov

BRITTEN
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Andrew von Oeyen, piano


Programme 25

29, 30, 31 March 2007

Yakov Kreizberg

ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine

SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto

SCHMIDT
Symphony No. 4

Lars Vogt, piano


Programme 26

12, 13, 14 April 2007

Andrey Boreyko

STRAVINSKY
Symphony in Three Movements

SZYMANOWSKI
Symphony No. 4, 'Sinfonia concertante'

HAYDN
Symphony No. 60, 'Il distratto'

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite

Piotr Anderszewski, piano


Programme 27

19, 20, 21 April 2007

Donald Runnicles

MESSIAEN
Hymne

BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1

ADAMS
Harmonielehre

Janine Jansen, violin


Programme 28

27, 28, 29 April, 1 May 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto

BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique

Julia Fischer, violin


Programme 29

3, 4, 5 May 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'

Simona Saturova, soprano
Yvonne Naef, mezzo-soprano
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 30

10, 11, 12 May 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

BEETHOVEN
Egmont, Overture

SCHUBERT
Songs (orchestrated by Brahms, Reger, and Webern)

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Matthias Goerne, baritone



2007 – 2008

Programme 1

20, 21, 23, 25 September 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring


Programme 2

27, 28 September 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

RIHM
Transformations 2

REINECKE
Flute Concerto

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Jeffrey Khaner, flute


Programme 3

4, 5, 6 October 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

BERLIOZ
Le carnaval romain, overture

BRITTEN
Violin Concerto

DEBUSSY
Ibéria

DEBUSSY
La mer

Midori, violin


Programme 4

11, 12, 13, 16 October 2007

Peter Oundjian

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, Overture

BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 14 (trans. Oundjian)

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5


Programme 5

18, 19, 20 October 2007

Osmo Vänskä

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

SIBELIUS
In Memoriam

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 3

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano


Programme 6

26, 27 October 2007

Nicholas McGegan

SCHUBERT
Overture in C major in the Italian Style

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 21

MOZART
Idomeneo, Chaconne

HAYDN
Symphony No. 100, 'Military'

Stephen Hough, piano


Programme 7a

1, 2, 3 November 2007

Jiří Bělohlávek

MARTINŮ
Toccata e due canzoni

MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Sarah Chang, violin


Programme 7b

6 November 2007

Jiří Bělohlávek

MARTINŮ
Toccata e due canzoni

CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 1

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Marc-André Hamelin, piano


Programme 8

8, 9, 10 November 2007

Stéphane Denève

HIGDON
blue cathedral

POULENC
Organ Concerto

RAVEL
Mother Goose, suite

ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

Vincent Dubois, organ



Programme 9

15, 16, 17 November 2007

Christoph Eschenbach

STRAVINSKY
Circus Polka

STRAVINSKY
Violin Concerto

BRAHMS
Variations on a Theme of Haydn

TCHAIKOVSKY
Serenade for Strings

David Kim, violin


Programme 10

23, 24 November 2007

Miguel Harth-Bedoya

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

REVUELTAS
Night of the Mayas

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 1

RAVEL
Bolero

Markus Groh, piano


Programme 11

29 November, 1, 2 December 2007

Simon Rattle

SCHUMANN
Das Paradies und die Peri

Christine Brandes, soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Mark Padmore, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 12

7, 8 December 2007

James Conlon

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Emperor'

VARÈSE
Amériques

RAVEL
La Valse

Hélène Grimaud, piano


Programme 13

13, 14, 15 December 2007

Antonio Pappano

GLINKA
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture

PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 3

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Simon Trpčeski, piano


Programme 14

10, 11, 12, 15 January 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet

BERNSTEIN
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

HIGDON
Concerto 4-3

TCHAIKOVSKY
Francesca da Rimini

Zachary De Pue, violin
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Ranaan Meyer, double bass

 
Programme 15

17, 18, 19 January 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 1, 'Jeremiah'

HIGDON
Singing Rooms

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2

Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Koh, violin
Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 16

23, 25 January 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

HIGDON
Singing Rooms

BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 1, 'Jeremiah'

HIGDON
Concerto 4-3

Zachary De Pue, violin
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Ranaan Meyer, double bass
Rinat Shaham, mezzo-soprano
Jennifer Koh, violin
Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 17

31 January, 1, 2 February 2008

Rossen Milanov

BERNSTEIN
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

BARBER
Violin Concerto

BERNSTEIN
Songs from West Side Story for violin and orchestra

STRAVINSKY
Petrushka

STRAVINSKY
Scherzo à la russe

Joshua Bell, violin


Programme 18

7, 8, 9 February 2008

Alan Gilbert

HILLBORG
Exquisite Corpse

BARTÓK
Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra

NIELSEN
Symphony No. 2, 'The Four Temperaments'

Emanuel Ax, piano
Yoko Nozaki, piano


Programme 19

13, 15, 16, 17, 19 February 2008

Charles Dutoit

DEBUSSY
Jeux

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

DEBUSSY
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune

JANÁČEK
Sinfonietta

Radu Lupu, piano


Programme 20

21, 22, 23 February 2008

Charles Dutoit

MOZART
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

STRAUSS
An Alpine Symphony


Programme 21

28, 29 February, 1 March 2008

Robert Spano

STRAVINSKY
Dumbarton Oaks

STRAVINSKY
Capriccio for piano and orchestra

MOZART
Rondo in D for piano and orchestra

RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1

Peter Serkin, piano


Programme 22

6, 7, 8 March 2008

Christoph Campestrini

WAGNER
Der fliegende Holländer, overture

WILLI
Eirene

ORFF
Carmina burana

David Bilger, trumpet
Joanna Mongiardo, soprano
Christopher Pfund, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 23

12, 13, 15 March 2008

Charles Dutoit

BARTÓK
The Miraculous Mandarin, Suite

DEBUSSY
Nocturnes

HOLST
The Planets

Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 24

27, 28, 29 March 2008

Leonard Slatkin

GINASTERA
Popol Vuh

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibiton (orch Slatkin)

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano


Programme 25

3, 4, 5 April 2008

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 3

WAGNER
Göttedämmerung, excerpts


Programme 26

10, 11, 12 April 2008

Vladimir Jurowski

LIGETI
Atmophères

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

STRAUSS
Also sprach Zarathustra

JOHANN STRAUSS
On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Nikolaj Znaider, violin


Programme 27

18, 20 April 2008

John Axelrod

BERNSTEIN
Symphony No. 3, 'Kaddish'

KORNGOLD
Symphony

Kelly Nassief, soprano
Samuel Pisar, speaker
American Boychoir
Philadelphia Singers Chorale



Programme 28

24, 25, 26 April 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 6

Vadim Repin, violin


Programme 29

1, 2, 3 May 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 8

Christine Brewer, soprano
Michaela Kaune, soprano
Marisol Montalvo, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Franco Pomponi, baritone
James Morris, bass
Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
American Boychoir


Programme 30

8, 9. 10, 13 May 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

DALBAVIE
Source d'un régard

ESCAICH
Organ Concerto No. 1

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5

Thierry Escaich, organ

Programme 31

15, 16, 17 May 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, 'Unfinished'

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 9, 'Great'




1 comment:

Eric said...

1, 2, 3 May 2008

Christoph Eschenbach

MAHLER
Symphony No. 8

Christine Brewer, soprano
Michaela Kaune, soprano
Marisol Montalvo, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Charlotte Hellekant, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Franco Pomponi, baritone
James Morris, bass
Philadelphia Singers Chorale
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
American Boychoir


Vison Cole was indisposed and only sang at the Carnegie Hall concert. The Kimmel concerts were sung by Anthony Dean Griffey.