Sunday, 4 November 2018

Philadelphia Orchestra - Subscription Concerts in the Nézet-Séguin era 2012 - 2018

2012 – 2013

Programme 1

19, 20, 21 October 2012

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

VERDI
Requiem Mass

Marina Poplavskaya, soprano
Christine Rice, mezzo-soprano
Rolando Villazón, tenor
Mikhail Petrenko, bass
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 2

25, 26, 27 October 2012

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

GABRIEL LENA FRANK,
Concertino Cusqueño

BERNSTEIN
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 4

Joshua Bell, violin

                       
Programme 3

1, 2, 3 November 2012

Giancarlo Guerrero

BARBER
Medea’s Dance of Vengeance

GERSHWIN
Piano Concerto

COPLAND
Appalachian Spring (1945 version)

SIERRA
Sinfonia No. 4

Kirill Gerstein, piano
Programme 4

8, 9, 10 November 2012

Emmanuel Krivine

FRANCK
Symphony

POULENC
Concerto for Two Pianos

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Stokowski)

Christine Naughton, piano
Marcelle Naughton, piano


Programme 5

15, 16, 17 November 2012

Stéphane Denève

PROKOFIEV
Alexander Nevsky (performance with original film)

Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 6

23, 24, 25 November 2012

Stéphane Denève

DEBUSSY
Images

POULENC
Les Biches, Suite

GERSHWIN
An American in Paris
           


Programme 7

29, 30 November, 1 December 2012

Donald Runnicles

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1

WAGNER
Orchestral Music from Der Ring des Nibelungen (Ride of the Valkyrie, Forest Murmurs, Dawn and Rhine Journey, Siegfried’s Death and Funeral Music and Immolation Scene)

Lars Vogt, piano


Programme 8     

6, 7, 8 December 2012

Gianandrea Noseda

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3
           
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2

Denis Matsuev, piano


Programme 9

13, 14, 15 December 2012

Gianandrea Noseda

BORODIN
Prince Igor, Overture

ELGAR
Cello Concerto

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 3, ‘Polish’

Alisa Weilerstein, cello




Programme 10

10, 11, 12 January 2013

David Kim

MOZART
Eine Klein Nachtmusik

MOZART
Piano Concerto No.  24

MOZART
Symphony No. 25

Imogen Cooper, piano


Programme 11

16, 18, 19 January 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

RAVEL
La valse

SZYMANOWSKI
Violin Concerto No. 2

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5

Leonidas Kavakos, violin


Programme 12

24, 25 January 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

WAGNER
Siegfried Idyll

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 7


Programme 13

1, 2 February 2013

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

BACH
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (orch. Stokowski)

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’

HINDEMITH
Concert Music for Strings and Brass

LISZT
Les Préludes

André Watts, piano


Programme 14

14, 15, 16 February 2013

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

HAYDN
Symphony No. 1

HUMMEL
Trumpet Concerto

ORFF
Carmina burana

David Pilger, trumpet
Erin Morley, soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Hugh Russell, baritone
American Boychoir
Philadelphia Singers Chorale




Programme 15

21, 23, 24 February 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Stokowski)

RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring (with Ridge Theater Company)

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Programme 16

2 March 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

STRAVINSKY
Pastorale (orch. Stokowski)

BACH
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (orch. Stokowski)

BACH
Fugue in G minor ‘The Little’ (orch. Stokowski)

BACH
Toccata and Fugue in D minor (orch. Stokowski)

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring (orch only)




Programme 17

8, 9, 10 March 2013

Christoph von Dohnányi

LUTOSLAWSKI
Funeral Music

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, ‘Eroica’

Rudolf Buchbinder, piano


Programme 18

14, 15, 16 March 2013

Christoph von Dohnányi

SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’

BRUCKNER
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’


Programme 19

21, 22, 23 March 2013

Andrey Boreyko

WAGNER
Das Rheingold, Entry of the Gods into Valhalla

ROUSE
Der gerettete Alberich for percussion and orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5

Colin Currie, percussion


Programme 20

28, 30 March 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BACH
St. Matthew Passion

Malin Christensen, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, bass-baritone
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
American Boychoir
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 21

4, 5, 6 April 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1

STRAUSS
Tod und Verklärung

STRAUSS
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite

Garrick Ohlsson, piano


Programme 22

12, 13 April 2013

Jaap van Zweden

TCHAIKOVSKY
Souvenir de Florence (string orchestra version)

PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5



Programme 23

18, 19, 20 April 2013

Nicholas McGegan

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

BACH
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

BACH
Concerto for Two Violins

BACH
Orchestral Suite No. 3

Juliette Kang, violin
Kimberly Fisher, violin


Programme 24

25, 26, 27 April 2013

Donald Runnicles

ELGAR
Cockaigne, Overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 13

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 2

Jonathan Biss, piano




Programme 25

3, 4, 5 May 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

STRAUSS
Feuersnot, Love Scene

KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 1

Hilary Hahn, violin


Programme 26

9, 10. 11 May 2013

Simon Rattle

NORMAN
Unstuck

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 6

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

Lang Lang, piano


Programme 27

16, 18, 19 May 2013

Simon Rattle

WEBERN
Passacaglia

BERG
Three Pieces from Wozzeck

LIGETI
Mysteries of the Macabre

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'

Barbara Hannigan, soprano


Programme 28

23, 24, 25 May 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

SCHUMANN
Symphony No. 2 (Third Movement) (in memoriam Wolfgang Sawallisch)

JANÁČEK
Sinfonietta

BRAHMS
Violin Concerto

DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dance No. 1

DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dance No. 10

DVOŘÁK
Slavonic Dance No. 8

Gil Shaham, violin




2013 – 2014

Programme 1

26, 27, 28 September 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BEETHOVEN
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

MULHY
Bright Mass with Canons

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9, 'Choral'

Twyla Robinson, soprano
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano
Christian Elsner, tenor
Shenyang, bass-baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 2

4, 5, 6 October 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BRITTEN
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell

STRAUSS
Oboe Concerto

MAHLER
Symphony No. 4

Richard Woodhams, oboe
Christiane Karg, soprano




Programme 3

10, 11, 12 October 2013

Semyon Bychkov

BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4

SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 4

17, 18, 19 October 2013

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

BEETHOVEN
King Stephen, Overture

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 8

LISZT
Piano Concerto No. 2

RESPIGHI
The Pines of Rome

Lise de la Salle, piano


Programme 5

24, 25, 26 October 2013

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

LALO
Symphonie espagnole

DEBUSSY
La Mer

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Augustin Hadelich, violin


Programme 6a

31 October 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BERNSTEIN
Candide, Overture

RANJBARAN
Flute Concerto

TAN DUN
Nu Shu, The Secret Songs of Women
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Jeffrey Khaner, flute
Elizabeth Hainen, harp


Programme 6b

1 November 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BERNSTEIN
Candide, Overture

LUDWIG
Bassoon Concerto, 'Pictures from the Floating World'

TAN DUN
Nu Shu, The Secret Songs of Women

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Elizabeth Hainen, harp




Programme 6c

2 November 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BERNSTEIN
Candide, Overture

LUDWIG
Bassoon Concerto, 'Pictures from the Floating World'

RANJBARAN
Flute Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon
Jeffrey Khaner, flute


Programme 7

7, 8, 9 November 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3

STRAUSS
Serenade for Wind Instruments

STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben

Yuja Wang, piano




Programme 8

14, 15, 16 November 2013

Manfred Honeck

JOHANN STRAUSS,
Die Fledermaus, Overture

MOZART        
Violin Concerto No. 5     
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'

Christian Tetzlaff, violin


Programme 9     

21, 22, 23, 24 November 2013

Itzhak Perlman

BEETHOVEN  
Romance No. 1 for violin and orchestra     
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Romance No. 2 for violin and orchestra     
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Seremade for strings        
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 2
                                   
BRAHMS        
Academic Festival Overture          

Itzhak Perlman, violin




Programme 10

29, 30 November 2013

Richard Egarr 

VIVALDI
The Four Seasons           
                       
PURCELL
The Fairy Queen, Suite No. 1       
                       
HAYDN          
Symphony No. 101, 'The Clock'    

Giuliano Carmignola, violin


Programme 11

5, 7, 8 December 2013

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2
           
BERLIOZ
Symphonie fantastique     

Hélène Grimaud, piano


Programme 12

12, 13, 14 December 2013          

Cristian Macelaru       

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole         
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Sérénade mélancolique for violin and orchestra       
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Valse scherzo for violin and orchestra        
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
Petrushka          

David Kim, violin



Programme 13

10, 11, 12 January 2014  

Robin Ticciati
           
LIADOV          
The Enchanted Lake        
                       
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Piano Concerto No. 1     
                       
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 4

Stephen Hough, piano


Programme 14   

16, 17, 18 January 2014  

Cristian Macelaru       

BORODIN       
Prince Igor, Polovtsian Dances      
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Rococo Variations          
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Serenade for Strings        
                                   
BALAKIREV    
Islamey 

Hai-Ye Ni, cello




Programme 15   

23, 24 January 2014       

Tugan Sokhiev

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, The Battle of Kerzhenets    
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Violin Concerto  
                                   
MUSSORGSKY           
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)        

Vadim Gluzman, violin


Programme 16   

30, 31 January, 1 February 2014   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

SMETANA      
Vltava   
                                   
BARTÓK         
Piano Concerto No. 3     
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Symphony No. 6

Radu Lupu, piano




Programme 17   

6, 7, 8 February 2014     

Vladimir Jurowski       

BACH 
Orchestral Suite No. 2                
                                   
STRAUSS       
Burleske for piano and orchestra               
                                   
BACH 
Piano Concerto No. 1                 
                                   
MAHLER         
Totenfeier         

Jeffrey Khaner, flute         
Emanuel Ax, piano


Programme 18
           
13, 14, 15 February 2014

Vladimir Jurowski       

RACHMANINOV        
Vocalise                                                
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Francesca da Rimini, “O, ne riday, moy Paolo, ne nado'        
                       
RACHMANINOV
Aleko, Aleko's Cavatina                                                                           
RACHMANINOV        
How Fair This Spot, song 
                       
RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 4                             
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
The Bells
           
Alexey Zuev, piano          
Tatiana Monogarova, soprano        
Viktor Antipenko, tenor    
Sergei Leiferkus, baritone   
Westminster Symphonic Choir



Programme 19   

20, 22, 23 February 2014

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

STRAUSS       
Metamorphosen 
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Cello Concerto No. 1      
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica' 

Johannes Moser, cello


Programme 20   

28 February, 1 March 2014          

Stéphane Denève
           
STRAVINSKY  
Dumbarton Oaks           
                                   
POULENC      
Aubade             
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Cinderella, excerpts                    
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
The Firebird, Suite (1919)

Eric Le Sage, piano           
Philadelphia Dance Company


Programme 21

6, 7, 8 March 2014

Stéphane Denève        

BEETHOVEN  
Violin Concerto  
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Symphony No. 10           

Nikolaj Znaider, violin

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Programme 22   

13, 14, 15 March 2014

Alain Altinoglu

GABRIELI       
Canzon septimi toni No. 2 from Sacrae symphoniae                                     
                                   
FRANCK         
Organ Choral No. 1 in E major                
                                   
VILLA-LOBOS 
Bachianas brasileiras No. 5                       
                                   
DURUFLÉ       
Four Motets on Gregorian Themes            
                                   
FAURÉ
Requiem
           
Michael Stairs, organ        
Susanna Phillips, soprano  
Philippe Sly, baritone        
Philadelphia Singers Chorale


Programme 23   

20, 21, 22 March 2014    

Herbert Blomstedt      

MOZART        
Gran Partita
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 1




Programme 24   

27, 28, 29 March 2014    

Donald Runnicles
           
BRITTEN        
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes       
                                   
BRITTEN        
Violin Concerto  
                                   
PÄRT  
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten       
                                   
MOZART        
Symphony No. 36, 'Linz'   

Janine Jansen, violin


Programme 25   

3, 4, 5 April 2014           

Christoph von Dohnányi         

BRAHMS        
Variations on a Theme by Haydn  
                                   
WEBER           
Clarinet Concerto No. 1  
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 7

Ricardo Morales, clarinet




Programme 26   

11, 12, 13 April 2014     

Gianandrea Noseda
           
CASELLA        
Symphonic Fragments from La donna serpent
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Violin Concerto No. 2                 
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' 

James Ehnes, violin           
Michael Stairs, organ


Programme 27a  

24, 25 April 2014           

Yannick Nézet-Séguin      

MOZART        
Cosi fan tutte, Overture
                                   
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 22
                                   
MOZART        
Symphony No. 39

Jan Lisiecki, piano


Programme 27b

25 April 2014

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

MOZART        
Don Giovanni, overture   
                       
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 20   
                       
MOZART        
Symphony No. 40           

Jan Lisiecki, piano


Programme 27c

26 April 2014    

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MOZART        
The Marriage of Figaro, overture   
                       
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 21   
                       
MOZART        
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Jan Lisiecki, piano


Programme 28

1, 3 May 2014   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin      

BARBER          
Adagio for Strings           
                       
BARTÓK         
Violin Concerto No. 1     
                       
BRUCKNER    
Symphony No. 9

Lisa Batiashvili, violin




Programme 29

8, 10 May 2014

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
STRAUSS       
Salome (concert version)  

Camilla Nylund, soprano   
Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano      
John MacMaster, tenor     
Alan Held, bass-baritone   
Andrew Staples, tenor      
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano          
Dominic Armstrong, tenor
Roy Hage, tenor  
Joseph Gaines, tenor        
Corey Bix, tenor 
Nicholas Masters, bass     
Wayne Tigge, bass          
Eric Dubin, baritone         
Keith Miller, bass
Donovan Singletary, bass-baritone   
Allison Sanders, mezzo soprano                 



2015 – 2016

Programme 1a   

26 September 2014        

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

SAINT-SAËNS
Samson et Dalila, Bacchanale        
           
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 17   
                       
STRAUSS       
An Alpine Symphony      

Lang Lang, piano


Programme 1b   

27 September 2014        

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BORODIN       
In the Steppes of Central Asia       
                                   
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 17   
                                   
STRAUSS       
An Alpine Symphony      

Lang Lang, piano 


Programme 1c   

28 September 2014        

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

WILLIAMS      
Essay for Strings                         

MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 17   
                                   
STRAUSS       
An Alpine Symphony      

Lang Lang, piano 


Programme 2     

8, 9, 11 October 2014    

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

GLAZUNOV   
The Seasons, Autumn      
                                   
KHACHATURIAN      
Piano Concerto  
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Symphony No. 1

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Programme 3     

16, 17, 18 October 2014 

Alan Gilbert    

SIBELIUS        
Night Ride and Sunrise    
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
The Golden Spinning Wheel        
                                   
JANÁČEK        
Glagolitic Mass   

Tatiana Monogarova, soprano
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo soprano   
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor         
John Relyea, bass
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale






Programme 4     

23, 24, 25 October 2014 

Vladimir Jurowski       

ANDERSON    
The Stations of the Sun    
                                   
MOZART        
Violin Concerto No. 4     
                                   
STRAUSS       
Also sprach Zarathustra  

Alina Ibragimova, violin


Programme 5     

30 October, 1, 2 November 2014 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MAHLER         
Symphony No. 2, 'Resurrection'    

Angela Meade, soprano     
Sarah Connolly, mezzo soprano    
The Westminster Symphonic Choir           


Programme 6a   

6 November 2014          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BUXTEHUDE 
Chaconne in E minor      
                                   
JONGEN         
Symphonie concertante for organ and orchestra      
                                   
ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Peter Richard Conte, organ




Programme 6b   

7 November 2014          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BUXTEHUDE 
Chaconne in E minor      
                                   
GUILMANT    
Symphony No. 1 fpr organ and orchestra   
                                   
ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Paul Jacobs, organ


Programme 6c   

8 November 2014          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BUXTEHUDE 
Chaconne in E minor      
                                   
PAULUS         
Grand Concerto for organ and orchestra   
                                   
ELGAR
Enigma Variations

Ken Cowan, organ


Programme 7
           
13, 14, 15 November 2014          

Jakub Hrůša
           
JANÁČEK        
Jealousy Overture           
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 1     
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Symphony No. 8

André Watts, piano



Programme 8     

21, 22 November 2014   

Susanna Mälkki           

RESPIGHI       
Botticelli Triptych           
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
Violin Concerto  
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 4

Leila Josefoqicz, violin


Programme 9
           
28, 29, 30 November 2014
           
Juanjo Mena
           
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  
Capriccio espagnol         
                                   
DEBUSSY       
Rhapsody No. 1 for clarinet and orchestra  
                                   
ROSSINI         
Introduction, Theme and Variations for clarinet and orchestra
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 4

Ricardo Morales, clarinet




Programme 10
           
4, 6 December 2014       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 3
                                   
HAYDN          
Cello Concerto in C major           
                                   
STRAUSS       
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite  

Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello


Programme 11   

11, 12, 13 December 2014          

Bramwell Tovey          

BRITTEN        
Peter Grimes, Passacaglia 
                                   
BRAMWELL TOVEY   
Songs of the Paradise Saloon for trumpet and orchestra        
                                   
GERSHWIN    
Catfish Row, Suite from Porgy and Bess      
                                   
BERNSTEIN    
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story   

Alison Balsom, trumpet




Programme 12   

8, 9, 10 January 2015      

Christoph Eschenbach

STRAUSS       
Till Eulenspiegel 
                                   
STRAUSS       
Horn Concerto No. 1     
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 2

Jennifer Montone, horn


Programme 13   

15, 16, 17 January 2015
           
Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

GLAZUNOV   
The Seasons, Winter       
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
The Nutcracker, selections           
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 5


Programme 14   

22, 23 January 2015       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RACHMANINOV        
Prelude in C sharp minor (orch. Stokowski)
                                   
TURNAGE      
Piano Concerto  
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Symphony No. 2

Marc-André Hamelin, piano




Programme 15   

28, 30, 31 January 2015  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 5
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Piano Concerto No. 2     
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
The Gadfly, selections     

Kirill Gerstein, piano


Programme 16
           
5, 6, 7 February 2015     

David Kim       

GRIEG
Holberg Suite     
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 2     
                                   
MOZART        
Symphony No. 38, Prague'           

Imogen Cooper, piano


Programme 17   

12, 13 February 2015     

Valery Gergiev

STRAVINSKY  
Symphony in C
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Symphony No. 6
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Symphony No. 5




Programme 18   

20, 21, 22 February 2015

Robin Ticciati

WAGNER       
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1                         
                                   
BERG  
Violin Concerto  
                                   
LIGETI
Atmophères                                           
                                   
DEBUSSY       
La mer                                      

Gil Shaham, violin                                    


Programme 19   

26, 27. 28 February 2015

Robert Spano  

DEBUSSY       
The Sunken Cathedral from Preludes (orch. Stokowski)                                                                                 
HIGDON         
Violin Concerto  
                                   
HIGDON         
blue cathedral                                        
                                   
DEBUSSY       
Iberia

Benjamin Beilman, violin                            

                       


Programme 20   

5, 6, 7 March 2015         

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

HAYDN          
Symphony No. 92, 'Oxford'                      
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 3
                                   
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS           
Symphony No. 4
                                   
Emanuel Ax, piano                                  


Programme 21   

12, 13, 14 March 2015    

Cristian Macelaru       

BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'                                                                                   
FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of Spain     
                                               
FALLA
The Three Cornered Hat, Suite No. 2

Jorge Federico Osorio, piano                     


Programme 22   

20, 21, 22 March 2015    

Gianandrea Noseda    

RESPIGHI       
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2        

MENDELSSOHN         
Violin Concerto  
                                   
HOLST
The Planets
           
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin                
Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale                                                            


Programme 23   

26, 27, 28 March 2015

Gianandrea Noseda

DAUGHERTY 
Reflections on the Mississippi        
                                   
MAHLER         
Symphony No. 5                                    

Carol Jantsch, tuba                                  

                                   
Programme 24   

1, 4 April 2015  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BACH 
St. Matthew Passion        

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano        
Andrew Staples, tenor      
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone        
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone  
The Westminster Symphonic Chorale        
The American Boychoir


Programme 25   

10, 11 April 2015           

Paul Goodwin 

MOZART        
Symphony in D major, K. 320, 'Posthorn'   
                                   
STAMITZ        
Viola Concerto in G major                       
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
The Consecration of the House, Overture  
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 4

Choong-Jun Chang, viola                          


Programme 26   

16, 17, 18 April 2015     

Stéphane Denève        

ROUSSEL       
The Spider's Feast, symphonic fragments     
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Peter and the Wolf, with film                    
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Carnival of the Animals                           
                                   
POULENC      
Les Animaux modèles, suite          

Christine Naughton, piano
Michelle Naughton, piano                         


Programme 27   

24, 25 April 2015           

Stéphane Denève        

WILLIAMS      
Close Encounters of the Third Kind, excerpts                                                         
LINDBERG      
Graffiti for chorus and orchestra                                                               
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet, excerpts           

The Philadelphia Singers Chorale              


Programme 28   

30 April, 1, 2, 3 May 2015           

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERNSTEIN    
Mass     

Keivn Vortmann, tenor     
Westminster Symphonic Choir     
Temple University Concert Choir              


Programme 29   

7, 8, 9 May 2015

Cristian Macelaru       

LIGETI
Romanian Concerto        
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 1
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Violin Concerto  
                                   
ENESCU         
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1           

Sarah Chang, violin


Programme 30   

13, 15, 16 May 2015
           
Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MUHLY          
Mixed Messages  
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Violin Concerto No. 1     
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Symphony No. 2

Lisa Batiashvili, violin


           



2015 – 2016

Programme 1
           
1, 2, 3, 4 October 2015  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RAVEL
Une Barque due l'océan   
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 4     
                                   
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  
Scheherazade     

Daniil Trifonov, piano


Programme 2     

8, 9, 10 October 2015    

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

GRIEG
Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1    
                                   
BARTÓK         
Violin Concerto No. 2     
                                   
SIBELIUS        
Symphony No. 5

Gil Shaham, violin


Programme 3     

16, 17 October 2015      

Donald Runnicles        

BEETHOVEN    
Symphony No. 8
                                   
ELGAR 
Cello Concerto  
                                   
BRAHMS           
Variations on a Theme by Haydn  

Johannes Moser, cello


Programme 4     

22, 23, 24 October 2015 

Donald Runnicles        

MOZART        
Symphony No. 29           
                                   
BRAHMS        
Double Concerto
                                   
STRAUSS       
Don Juan          

David Kim, violin


Programme 5     

29.30. 31 October 2015  

Marin Alsop    

DEBUSSY       
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune   
                                   
GERSHWIN    
Rhapsody in Blue (jazz band version)         
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Symphony No. 5

Jon Kimura Parker, piano


Programme 6     

5, 6, 7 November 2015   

Robin Ticciati 

SCHUMANN  
Manfred, overture           
                                   
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 27   
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 4

Jonathan Biss, piano



Programme 7     

13, 14, 15 November 2015          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

SIBELIUS        
Finlandia                       

COPLAND      
Appalachian Spring (1945 version)            

HANNIBAL     
One Land, One River, One People

Laquita Mitchell, soprano  
Rodrick Dixon, tenor
Delaware State University Choir    
Lincoln University Comcert Choir 
Morgan State University Choir


Programme 8     

19, 20, 21 November 2015          

Gianandrea Noseda    

LISZT  
Mazeppa           
                                   
SIBELIUS        
Violin Concerto              
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 1, 'Winter Daydreams'        

Leonidas Kavakos, violin    




Programme 9     

27, 28 November 2015   

Gianandrea Noseda    

ROSSINI         
The Thieving Magpie, overture                  
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini             
                                   
CASELLA        
Symphony No. 2

Simon Trpčeski, piano      


Programme 10   

3, 4, 5 December 2015   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BIZET 
Carmen, Suite No. 1                   
                                   
VIEUXTEMPS 
Violin Concerto No. 4                 
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
The Firebird, complete ballet        

Hilary Hahn, violin


Programme 11   

11, 12 December 2015   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
HANDEL         
The Messiah      

Karina Gauvin, soprano    
Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano        
Christophe Dumeux, countertenor  
Andrew Staples, tenor      
Matthew Rose, bass         
Philadelphia Voices


Programme 12   

7, 8, 9 January 2016       

Fabio Luisi      

GLINKA          
Ruslan and Ludmila, Overture      
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Violin Concerto  
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'       

Christian Tetzlaff, violin


Programme 13   

13, 15.16 January 2016   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

JOHANN STRAUSS    
Tales from the Vienna Woods, waltz          
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 4     

BEETHOVEN  
String Quartet No. 11 (orch. Mahler)         

GRUBER         
Charivari           

Jan Lisiecki, piano


Programme 14   

21, 22 January 2016       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

HAYDN
Symphony No. 103, 'Drum Roll'    
                                   
BRUCKNER    
Symphony No. 4, ‘Romantic’        




Programme 15   

28, 29, 30 January 2016  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

WEBERN        
Im Sommerwind 

SCHUMANN  
Piano Concerto  

BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 2

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano


Programme 16   

4, 5, 6 February 2016     

Andrés Orozco-Estrada          

BARBER          
The School for Scandal, overture   

BRAHMS        
Violin Concerto  

DVOŘÁK         
Symphony No. 7

Augustin Hadelich, violin


Programme 17   

11, 12, 13, 14 February 2016       

Vladimir Jurowski       

BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’  

MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 10           

JANÁČEK        
Taras Bulba       

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 17   

11, 12, 13, 14 February 2016       

Vladimir Jurowski       

BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 5, ‘Emperor’  

MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 10           

JANÁČEK        
Taras Bulba       

Yefim Bronfman, piano


Programme 18
           
18, 19. 20 February 2016

Michael Tilson Thomas           

IVES    
Decoration Day 
                                   
BRAHMS        
Serenade No. 2  
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 2, 'Little Russian'

           
Programme 19
           
3, 4, 5 March 2016
           
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
BRAHMS        
Piano Concerto No. 2     
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 1, 'Spring' 

Hélène Grimaud, piano




Programme 20   

10, 11, 12, 13 March 2016          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MAHLER         
Symphony No. 8

Angela Meade, soprano     
Erin Wall, soprano           
Lisette Oropesa, soprano  
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano    
Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano    
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor         
Markus Werba, baritone   
John Relyea, bass
The Westminster Symphonic Choir           
The Choral Arts Society of Washington     
The American Boychoir


Programme 21   

17, 18, 19 March 2016    

Ton Koopman 

BACH 
Orchestral Suite No. 3                            
                                   
CARL PHILIP EMANUEL BACH         
Concerto for two harpsichords in F major  
                                   
MOZART        
Flute Concerto No. 1                              
                                   
HAYDN
Symphony No. 83, 'The Hen'        

Ton Koopman, harpsichord
Tini Mathot, harpsichord    
Jeffrey Khaner, flute




Programme 22   

31 March, 1, 2 April 2016

Pablo Heras-Casado   

TCHAIKOVSKY          
The Tempest                             
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Violin Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
MENDELSSOHN         
Symphony No. 3, 'Scottish'           

Akiko Suwanai, violin        

           
Programme 23   

8, 9, 10 April 2016         

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

WEILL
Symphony No. 2                        
                                   
RAVEL
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand                                                              
GERSHWIN    
An American in Paris      

Alexandre Tharaud, piano




Programme 24   

14, 15, 16 April 2016     

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERNSTEIN    
Three Dances from Fancy Free                 
                                   
WRIGHT        
Resounding Drums for timpani and orchestra
                                   
LESHNOFF     
Clarinet Concerto                       
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Symphony No. 7

Don Liuzzi, timpani          
Ricardo Morales, clarinet


Programme 25   

21, 22, 23 April 2016
           
Cristian Macelaru

PROKOFIEV    
Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'                      
                                   
GINASTERA   
Variaciones concertantes             
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
The Rite of Spring           

           


Programme 26
           
28, 29, 30 April, 1 May 2016       

Stéphane Denève        

WILLIAMS      
Tributes! For Seiji                       
                                   
WILLIAMS      
Cello Concerto              
                                   
DEBUSSY       
Nocturnes, Nuages et Fêtes                      

MUSSORGSKY           
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Stokowski)  

Yo-Yo Ma, cello   


Programme 27   

5, 6, 7 May 2016

Stéphane Denève        

RAVEL
Pavane pour une infante défunte               
                                   
WILLIAMS      
Violin Concerto              
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 7

James Ehnes, violin

           
Programme 28

12, 13, 14 May 2016       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 1                 
                                   
MAHLER         
Symphony No. 10 (ed. Cooke)      

Lang Lang, piano             



2016 – 2017

Programme 1     

22, 23, 24 September 2016          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

CHOPIN         
Piano Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
BERLIOZ         
Symphonie fantastique     

Yuja Wang, piano            


Programme 2     

29 September, 1, 2 October 2016 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

THEOFANIDIS
Rainbow Body                            
                                   
SCHUBERT    
Symphony No. 8, ‘Unfinished’                   
                                   
MOZART        
Mass in C minor, K. 427  

Lucy Crowe, soprano       
Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano         
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone  
Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 3     

7, 8 October 2016         

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERLIOZ         
Le Corsaire, overture                              
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Cello Concerto No. 1                              
                                   
BERLIOZ         
Symphonie fantastique     

Stéphane Tétreault, cello               
Programme 4     

20, 21, 22 October 2016 

Stéphane Denève        

TCHAIKOVSKY          
Andante cantabile                                   
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Piano Concerto No. 1                             
                                   
MUSSORGSKY           
Boris Godunov, a symphonic synthesis (arr. Stokowski)                                 
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
1812, Overture  

Denis Kozhukhin, piano                


Programme 5     

27, 28, 29 October 2016 

Alain Altinoglu   

DUTILLEUX   
Métaboles                                  
                                   
MENDELSSOHN         
Violin Concerto                          
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 1

Veronika Eberle, violin                  




Programme 6     

3, 4, 5 November 2016   

Louis Langrée
           
SCHNITTKE   
Moz-Art à la Haydn, for two violins and two small string orchestras                            
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Violin Concerto                          
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 2

Juliette Kang, violin           
Kimberly Fisher, violin      
Midori, violin


Programme 7     

10, 11, 12 November 2016          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RAVEL
Le tombeau de Couperin                         
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Violin Concerto No. 1                             
                                   
RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, complete ballet 

Benjamin Beilman, violin    
Westminster Symphonic Choir                 

           


Programme 8     

17, 18, 19 November 2016          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BARBER          
Toccata festiva for organ and orchstra                                                       
ROUSE
Organ Concerto                                     
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Symphony No. 3, 'Organ' 

Paul Jacobs, organ                                               


Programme 9     

25, 26, 27 November 2016          

Gianandrea Noseda    

PETRASSI       
Partita                                                  
                                   
RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major                                                          
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 6, 'Pastoral'           

Alexander Toradze, piano                                     

Programme 10   

1, 2, 3 December 2016   

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

PROKOFIEV    
Piano Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Symphony No. 4

Yefim Bronfman, piano

                                               


Programme 11   

8, 9, 10 December 2016  

Cristian Macelaru

BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 2                                    
                                   
ORFF  
Carmina burana 

Olga Pudova, soprano      
Nicholas Phan, tenor       
Stephen Powell, baritone   
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir      
The American Boychoir


Programme 12   

5, 6, 7 January 2017       

Jane Glover
           
MOZART        
Symphony No. 1                                    
                                   
MOZART        
Bassoon Concerto                                  
                                   
MOZART        
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Daniel Matsukawa, bassoon




Programme 13   

12, 13, 14 January 2017  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
CHABRIER      
Joyeuse Marche                                      
                                   
FAURÉ
Pavane                                                  
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Samson et Dalila, Bacchanale                    
                                   
CANTELOUBE
Songs of the Auvergne (7)                                                
RAVEL
Menuet Antique                                     
                                   
SCHMITT       
The Tragefy of Salome, Suite         

Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano                   

                       
Programme 14   

19, 20, 21 January 2017  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin      

BOULANGER 
From a Spring Morning                                                    
CHOPIN         
Piano Concerto No. 1                                                     
STRAVINSKY  
Petrushka (1947 version) 

Louis Lortie, piano                                   




Programme 15   

26, 27 January 2017
           
Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERLIOZ         
Harold in Italy                                                    
RAVEL
Alborada del gracioso

RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole

RAVEL
Bolero

FAURÉ
Pavane  

Choong-Jun Chang, viola                          

           
Programme 16   

2, 3, 4 February 2017     

Fabio Luisi      

WEBER           
Oberon, Overture                                  
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 4                             
                                   
FRANCK         
Symphony         

Lise de la Salle, piano                               

           


Programme 17
           
17, 18, 19 February 2017

Herbert Blomstedt      

MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 25               

BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 3

Garrick Ohlsson, piano                            

           
Programme 18   

23, 24, 25 February 2017

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BRAHMS        
Chorale Preludes for organ, Op. 122 (1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 3) (1, 9 and 3 orch. Glanert)                                                          
BACH 
Cantata No. 150, 'Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich                                                    
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 4

Peter Richard Conte, organ           
Vanessa Vasquez, soprano 
Chrystal E. Williams, mezzo-soprano           
Jonas Hacker, tenor         
André Courville, bass-baritone

           
Programme 19   

2, 3, 4 March 2017         

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Swan Lake, selections                              
                                   
BARTÓK         
Bluebeard's Castle           

Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano  
John Relyea, bass            

           


Programme 20   

10, 11, 12 March 2017    

Michael Tilson Thomas           

SEEGER          
Andante for strings                                 
                                   
BERG  
Violin Concerto  
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 3, 'Eroica' 

Leonidas Kavakos, violin                            


Programme 21   

23, 24, 25 March 2017    

Charles Dutoit

BRITTEN        
War Requiem    

Tatiana Pavlovskaya, soprano         
Steve Davislim, tenor       
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir     
American Boychoir


Programme 22   

30, 31 March, 1 April 2017          

Bramwell Tovey          

BERNSTEIN    
Prelude , Fugue and Riffs                          
                                   
METHENY      
Imaginary Day, Duo Concerto for vibraphone and marimba                                      
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Symphony No. 9, 'From the New World'    

Ricardo Morales, clarinet   
Christopher Devaney, vibraphone   
She-a Wu, marimba                     


Programme 23   

6, 7, 8, 9 April 2017       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BEETHOVEN  
The Creatures of Prometheus, Overture and Finale                                                  
                                   
BATES
Alternative Energy                                  
                                   
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 9                             
                                   
LISZT  
Prometheus       

Mason Bates, electronica    
Daniil Trifonov, piano

                                   
Programme 24   

20, 21, 22 April 2017     

Stéphane Denève

SALONEN      
Nyx                                                     
                                   
GRIEG
Piano Concerto                                      
                                   
SIBELIUS        
Symphony No. 2

Lars Vogt, piano


Programme 25a  

27 April 2017
           
Stéphane Denève        

RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 4                             
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 2     

Heochen Zhang, piano     
Nikolai Lugansky, piano    
Programme 25b 

28 April 2017    

Stéphane Denève        

RACHMANINOV        
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini             
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 3     

Nikolai Lugansky, piano                


Programme 25c  

29 April 2017    

Stéphane Denève        

RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 1                             
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Symphonic Dances         

Heochen Zhang, piano

                       
Programme 26   

3, 5, 6 May 2017

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERNSTEIN    
Symphony No. 1, 'Jeremiah'                      

MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 24                           
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 2

Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano         
Radu Lupu, piano




Programme 27   

11, 12, 13 May 2017
           
Cristian Macelaru
           
LIADOV          
Kikimora                                   
                                   
KORNGOLD   
Violin Concerto                          
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 5

Renaud Capuçon, violin

                       
Programme 28   

18, 19, 20, 21 May 2017 

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MAHLER         
Symphony No. 3

Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano        
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir      
The American Boychoir





2017 – 2018

Programme 1     

6, 7, 8 October 2017      

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

OQUIN           
Resilience for organ and orchestra                                                             
MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 27                           
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 4

Paul Jacobs, organ           
Emanuel Ax, piano                                  

           
Programme 2     

12, 13, 14, 15 October 2017       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERNSTEIN    
West Side Story 

Isabel Leonard, Maria       
Ryan Silverman, Tony       
Nathaniel Stampley, Bernardo        
Isabel Santiago, Anita       
Timothy McDevitt, Riff

           
Programme 3     

19, 20, 21 October 2017 

Stéphane Denève        

HIGDON         
On a Wire                                            
                                   
MAHLER         
Symphony No. 1

Eighth Blackbird, ensemble                                                


Programme 4     

26, 27, 28 October 2017 

Stéphane Denève        

CONNESSON 
Maslenitsa                                             
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Violin Concerto                                      
                                   
DEBUSSY       
Prélude á l'après-midi d'un faune               
                                   
SCRIABIN       
The Poem of Ecstasy       

Gil Shaham, violin                                    

           
Programme 5     

2, 3, 4 November 2017   

Cristian Macelaru       

MARSALIS      
Violin Concerto                                      
                                   
HOLST
The Planets       

Nicola Benedetti, violin     
Women of the Westminster Symphonic Choir


Programme 6     

9, 10, 11 November 2017

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BACH 
Violin Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
BRUCKNER    
Symphony No. 8

David Kim, violin                                     



Programme 7     

16, 17, 18 November 2017          

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

HAYDN          
The Seasons      

Regula Mühlemann, soprano          
Werner Güra, tenor        
Matthew Rose, bass         
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir


Programme 8

24, 25 November 2017

James Gaffigan

GERSHWIN    
Walking the Dog (arr. Brown)                                          
GERSHWIN    
Piano Concerto                                      
                                   
DVOŘÁK         
Suite in A major, 'American'                                             
BARBER          
Symphony No. 1, in one movement

Jon Kimura Parker, piano  

                       
Programme 9     

30 November, 2 December 2017  

Donald Runnicles           

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS           
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis                                            
MOZART        
Symphony No. 38, Prague'                                               
HUMPERDINCK         
Hänsel und Gretel, Suite                                      
WAGNER       
Tannhäuser, Overture                             


Programme 10   

7, 9, 10 December 2017  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

ADÈS  
Powder Her Face, Suite                           

BERNSTEIN    
Serenade after Plato’s Symposium                                      
SIBELIUS        
Symphony No. 1

Hilary Hahn, violin

                                   
Programme 11   

5, 6 January 2018           

Pablo Heras-Casado   

SCHUBERT    
Rosamunde, Overture                                         
JONES 
Flute Concerto                                       
                                   
BRAHMS        
Symphony No. 2

Jeffrey Khaner, flute

                                   
Programme 12   

11, 12, 13 January 2018  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin        

MacMILLAN   
A Scotch Bestiary for organ and orchestra                                      
HANDEL         
The Water Music, Suite No. 1                                          
BRITTEN        
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes

Paul Jacobs, organ                                               


Programme 13   

18, 19, 20 January 2018  

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

MAXWELL DAVIES    
An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise                                     
BRUCH           
Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra                                         
MENDELSSOHN         
Symphony No. 3, Scottish

Juliette Kang, violin

                                   
Programme 14   

24, 25, 26 January 2018  

Fabio Luisi
           
HAYDN
Symphony No. 104, 'London'                    
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 3                             
                                   
WAGNER       
Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and Liebestod   

Yefim Bronfman, piano

                                   
Programme 15   

1, 2, 3 February 2018     

Christoph Eschenbach

WEBER           
Der Freischütz, overture                                      
SCHUMANN  
Cello Concerto                                      
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 5

Alisa Weilerstein, cello



Programme 16   

8, 9, 10 February 2018    

Mirga Gražinyte-Tyla  

MOZART        
Piano Concerto No. 23                           
                                   
MAHLER         
Symphony No. 4

Menahem Pressler, piano  
Janai Brugger, soprano

                       
Programme 17   

15, 16, 18 February 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

WIENAWSKI  
Violin Concerto No. 2                             
                                   
SHOSTAKOVICH       
Symphony No. 7, 'Leningrad'        

Joshua Bell, violin             

           
Programme 18   

22, 23, 24 February 2018

Cristian Macelaru

KODÁLY         
Dances of Marosszék                                           
HIGDON         
Concerto for Low Brass                                       
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 8

BRAHMS        
Hungarian Dances Nos. 2, 4, 8, 16, 10      

Nitzan Haroz, trombone   
Matthew Vaughn, trombone           
Blair Bollinger, bass trombone        
Carol Jantsch, tuba


Programme 19   

1, 2, 3 March 2018         

Michael Tilson Thomas           

TILSON THOMAS      
Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind    
                                   
TCHAIKOVSKY          
Symphony No. 6, 'Pathétique'       

Measha Brueggergosman, soprano


Programme 20   

8, 9, 10 March 2018       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

VAN DER AA  
Violin Concerto  
                                   
RACHMANINOV        
Symphony No. 2

Janine Jansen, violin


Programme 21   

16, 17, 18 March 2018    

Yannick Nézet-Séguin
           
BERNSTEIN    
Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety'        
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 4
                                   
STRAUSS       
Don Juan          

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano




Programme 22   

22, 23, 24 March 2018    

Lahav Shani       

CHRISTIAN LINDBERG
Akbank Bunka, for trumpet and chamber orchestra  
                                   
STRAVINSKY  
The Firebird, Suite (1919)
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Symphony No. 5

David Bilger, trumpet


Programme 23   

5, 6, 7 April 2018           

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

BERNSTEIN    
Chichester Psalms           

MACHOVER   
Philadelphia Voices         

MUSSORGSKY           
Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)        

Dante Michael DiMaio, boy soprano
Westminster Symphonic Choir
Keystone State Boychoir and Pennsylvania Girlchoir 
Sister Cities Girlchoir


Programme 24a  

12, 13 April 2018           

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 2     
                                   
BARTÓK         
Concerto for Orchestra   

Daniil Trifonov, piano


Programme 24b 

14, 15 April 2018           

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

RACHMANINOV        
Piano Concerto No. 3                             
                                   
BARTÓK         
Concerto for Orchestra   

Daniil Trifonov, piano

                                   
Programme 25   

19, 20, 21 April 2018     

Stéphane Denève        

CONNESSON 
Flammenschrift                                       
                                   
PROKOFIEV    
Violin Concerto No. 1                             
                                   
STRAUSS       
Tod und Verklärung        
                                   
RAVEL
La valse                                     

Vadim Repin, violin                                  


Programme 26   

26, 27, 28 April 2018     

Stéphane Denève        

BERLIOZ         
Le carnaval romain, overture                    
                                   
SAINT-SAËNS
Piano Concerto No. 5, 'Egyptian'   
                                   
CONNESSON 
E chiaro nella valle il fiume appare             
                                   
RESPIGHI       
The Pines of Rome                                  

Nicholas Angelich, piano                          
Programme 27   

4, 5 May 2018   

Nicholas McGegan      

RESPIGHI       
Ancient Airs and Dances for the Lute, Suite No. 1
                                   
HANDEL
Organ Concerto in F major, Op. 4, No. 4
           
LOCATELLI
Concerto grosso in F major Op. 7, No. 4   

ROSSINI
La cenerentola, overture  
           
STRAVINSKY  
Pulcinella, suite  
                                               
Peter Richard Conte, organ                       


Programme 28a  

10. 11 May 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

DVOŘÁK         
Othello, overture                                    
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 4     
                                   
SCHUMANN  
Symphony No. 4

Hélène Grimaud, piano                            

                                   


Programme 28b 

17 May 2018     

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

DVOŘÁK         
Othello, overture                                    
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 1     
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 7

Hélène Grimaud, piano                            
                                   

Programme 28c  

18 May 2018     

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

DVOŘÁK         
Othello, overture                                    
                                   
BEETHOVEN  
Piano Concerto No. 4     

BEETHOVEN  
Symphony No. 7                                    

Hélène Grimaud, piano                            


Programme 29   

12, 16, 19 May 2018       

Yannick Nézet-Séguin 

PUCCINI        
Tosca (concert performance)        

Jennifer Rowley, soprano   
Yusif Eyvazov, tenor         
Ambrogio Maestri, baritone
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir




2018-2019

Programme 1

14, 15, 16 September 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

MUHLY
Liar, Suite from Marnie

GRIEG
Piano Concerto

RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances

André Watts, piano

Programme 2

20, 21, 22 September 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BERWALD
Symphony No. 3, 'Sinfonie singulière'

SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 7

TCHAIKOVSKY
Violin Concerto

Lisa Batiashvili, violin

Programme 3

4, 5, 6 October 2018

Miguel Harth-Bedoya

GERSHWIN
Cuban Overture

GINASTERA
Harp Concerto in G minor

PIAZZOLLA
Tangazo

LÖPEZ
Perú negro

Elizabeth Hainen, harp


Programme 4

11, 12, 13 October 2018

Stéphane Denève

PALESTRINA
Adoramus te Christe (orch. Stokowski)

CHAUSSON
Poème for violin and orchestra

DEBUSSY
The Sunken Cathedral from Preludes (orch. Stokowski)

DEBUSSY
La mer

David Kim, violin

Programme 5

19, 20, 21 October 2018

Stéphane Denève

MILHAUD
La création du monde

POULENC
Organ Concerto

STRAVINSKY
The Rite of Spring

Peter Richard Conte, organ

Programme 6

25, 26, 27 October 2018

Louis Langrée

SAINT-SAËNS
Danse macabre

FRANCK
Le chasseur maudit

DUKAS
The Sorcerer's Apprentice

RAVEL
Piano Concerto in G major

RAVEL
Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

Kirill Gerstein, piano
Programme 7

1, 2, 3 November 2018

David Afkham

BEETHOVEN
Coriolan, overture

MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20

BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1

Seong-Jin Cho, piano

Programme 8

8, 9, 10 November 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

WAGNER
Lohengrin, Prelude Act 1

BATES
Anthology of Fantastic Zoology

CHAUSSON
Poème de l'amour et de la mer

RESPIGHI
The Fountains of Rome

Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Programme 9
           
16, 17, 18 November 2018
           
Emmanuelle Haïm
           
PURCELL       
The Fairy Queen, selections         
                                   
HANDEL         
Music for the Royal Fireworks       
                                   
HANDEL         
Il delirio amoroso, cantata

Lenneke Ruiten, soprano



Programme 10   

23, 24 November 2018

Cristian Macelaru       

HEGGIE
Moby Dick, orchestral suite          
                                   
BARBER          
Piano Concerto  
                                   
COPLAND      
Appalachian Spring (complete version for large orchestra)

Garrick Ohlsson, piano



Programme 11

29, 30 November, 1 December 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 2

BROWN
Perspectives

DVOŘÁK
Symphony No. 7

Emanuel Ax, piano

Programme 12

6, 8, 9 December 2018

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

HANDEL
Messiah

Carolyn Sampson, soprano
Christophe Demaux, countertenor
Jonas Hacker, tenor
Philippe Sly, bass-baritone
Westminster Symphonic Choir

Programme 13

13, 15 December 2018

Bramwell Tovey

WALTON
Crown Imperial

BRITTEN
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

MENOTTI
Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dante Michael DiMaio, boy soprano
Renée Tatum, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Stenson, tenor
Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone
David Leigh, bass
Kirby Traylor, bass
Philadelphia Symphonic Choir

1 comment:

Eric said...

In the fall of 2016 just after the short strike, there was a Simon Rattle led concert of Mahler's 6th at Kimmel. It was just that single concert, plus another performance of the 6th at Carnegie Hall.