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2012–2013 season

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Itzhak Perlman September 22

Charles Dutoit October 18–23, 25–27, January 24–26

Joshua Bell October 4–6

Intimate and majestic: it’s your BSO op e n i ng n ig ht Internationally renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, who has appeared many times with the Boston Symphony Orchestra since his Symphony Hall and Tanglewood debuts in the mid-1960s, now makes his first Symphony Hall appearance on the BSO podium, as both conductor and soloist for an all-Beethoven program featuring him as soloist-conductor in the composer’s lyrical Romances for violin and orchestra and as conductor for Beethoven’s perennially popular Seventh Symphony.

i nte rnat iona l vi rtu oso vi ol i n i sts Eight virtuosi of the violin appear with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in subscription programs during 2012–13: the American Joshua Bell, playing Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) in October; the German Arabella Steinbacher, playing the Mendelssohn concerto also in October; American violinist Gil Shaham, performing Britten’s Violin Concerto in November; Georgian violinist Lisa Batiashvili, playing the Tchaikovsky concerto in January; Latvian violinist Baiba Skride, making her BSO debut with Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in January/February; French violinist Renaud Capuçon, making his subscription series debut with the Sibelius concerto in February; the Israeli-American Pinchas Zukerman, playing Oliver Knussen’s Violin Concerto in April; and Danish violinist Nikolaj Znaider, who performs the Brahms concerto in May in the final program of the season.

sp otli g ht o n th e bso Following the great success of the BSO’s “membersonly” concerts in January 2012, the individual sections of the Boston Symphony Orchestra again take the stage conductor-less, in April, to play music of Britten, Mozart, Dvorˇák, and Tippett, as part of a program in which the full ensemble joins forces for Britten’s Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell—aka The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. A number of BSO members are also featured as soloists in 2012–13: the Hawthorne String Quartet (Ronan Lefkowitz, Si-Jing Huang, Mark Ludwig, and Sato Knudsen) in Ervín Schulhoff’s Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Orchestra with BSO Assistant Conductor Marcelo Lehninger on the podium, in October; and BSO principals Elizabeth Rowe, John Ferrillo, William R. Hudgins, Richard Svoboda, James Sommerville, Thomas Rolfs, and Toby Oft in Frank Martin’s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra with Charles Dutoit conducting, also in October. In addition, frequent guest conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos leads two international repertoire staples representing the BSO’s rich commissioning history, to be performed as part of a single program in February and March—Paul Hindemith’s Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass, a BSO 50th-anniversary commission premiered at Symphony Hall in April 1931, and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, commissioned by Serge Koussevitzky and premiered by the BSO in December 1944.

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Lang Lang February 28, March 1–2

Christian Zacharias November 23–27

Bernard Haitink April 25–30, May 2–4

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No fewer than nine pianists appear with the orchestra in 2012–13. Four of them appear in November—the prizewinning young Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov, who makes his BSO debut with Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1; the formidable Russian pianist Kirill Gerstein, who makes his subscription series debut with Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1; German pianistconductor Christian Zacharias, who leads Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456, from the keyboard, as part of a Haydn-Mozart-Beethoven program; and French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, who is soloist in Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian. Also featured this season are Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, making his BSO debut with Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3 in October; British pianist Stephen Hough, returning in January for Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1; Romanian pianist Radu Lupu, returning for Mozart’s Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488, in February; Chinese pianist Lang Lang, making his subscription series debut with Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 2, also in February; and American pianist Garrick Ohlsson, returning for Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in April. The season also brings the BSO debut of French organist Olivier Latry, in Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3, the so-called Organ Symphony, in March.

acc la i m e d co n du c to r s Seventeen of the world’s best conductors lead the BSO at Symphony Hall in its 2012–13 subscription season. British conductor Bramwell Tovey opens the season with concert performances of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. BSO Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink closes it with music of Brahms, Schubert, and Mahler. In between, Charles Dutoit, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Daniele Gatti lead three programs each, and Christoph von Dohnányi leads two programs. Vladimir Jurowski makes his BSO debut leading Mendelssohn and Shostakovich, Andris Nelsons makes his subscription series debut with music of Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, and Stéphane Denève returns to Symphony Hall for the third consecutive season. Composer-conductors Thomas Adès and Oliver Knussen lead programs including music of their own, and pianistconductor Christian Zacharias is showcased in music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Other returnees to the Symphony Hall podium include Christoph Eschenbach, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Juanjo Mena, as well as New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert and BSO Assistant Conductor Marcelo Lehninger.

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Dawn Upshaw November 15 – 17

Pinchas Zukerman April 12 – 13

Stéphane Denève November 29 – December 1

Illuminating and transforming: it’s your BSO mus ic tri e d, tru e, an d of f th e beat e n track Great symphonic works ranging from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven through music of the twentieth century figure prominently in the BSO’s 2012–13 programming— notably Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Schubert’s Great C major symphony, Brahms’s Haydn Variations, Dvorˇák’s Symphony No. 8, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Symphony No. 5, Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4 (Romantic), Mahler’s Third and Fourth symphonies, Ravel’s La Valse, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 6, music from Prokofiev’s ballet Romeo and Juliet, Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements, and Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4. In addition, the BSO plays its first complete performances of Beethoven’s ballet score The Creatures of Prometheus, and further expands its broad palette of richly expressive colors to include such less familiar French repertoire as Berlioz’s Overture to Les Francs-juges, music from Debussy’s The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian, and Roussel’s Bacchus et Ariane Suite No. 2.

com p o se r s o f o u r ti m e Two of today’s most brilliant and acclaimed British composers take the BSO podium in 2012–13. In November, Thomas Adès leads his own In Seven Days for piano and orchestra as part of a wide-ranging program also including music of Prokofiev and Sibelius, with soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist Kirill Gerstein in his subscription series debut. In April, Oliver Knussen leads his own Violin Concerto with soloist Pinchas Zukerman, and his own Whitman Settings with soprano Claire Booth in her BSO debut, as part of a program also including music of Miaskovsky and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition as orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski. In addition, two new BSO commissions enter the orchestra’s repertoire—Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s Circle Map for orchestra and electronics, a BSO co-commission receiving its American premiere under the direction of Juanjo Mena in November, and American composer Augusta Read Thomas’s Cello Concerto No. 3, a world premiere featuring soloist Lynn Harrell with Christoph Eschenbach conducting in March. The season also brings performances of Puerto Ricanborn composer Roberto Sierra’s Fandangos, in November with Giancarlo Guerrero conducting; Three Interludes from Scottish composer James MacMillan’s opera The Sacrifice, in November/December with Stéphane Denève on the podium, and senior French composer Henri Dutilleux’s masterful Métaboles, in January with Alan Gilbert conducting.

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Michelle DeYoung March 21 – 26

Laquita Mitchell and Alfred Walker September 27 – 29

Daniele Gatti January 17 – 19, March 21 – 26, 28 – 30

Powerful and nuanced: it’s your BSO a f e ast of voic es Aficionados of the human voice will have plenty to please them during the BSO’s 2012–13 season. The opening subscription program in September reprises the BSO’s triumphant August 2011 concert performance at Tanglewood of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess led by conductor Bramwell Tovey with Alfred Walker and Laquita Mitchell in the title roles. In October, Charles Dutoit leads a magical double bill of Stravinsky’s fairy-tale opera The Nightingale, inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story, with Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko making her BSO debut in the title role, and Ravel’s one-act opera L’Enfant et les sortilèges (The Child and the Magic Spells), with French-Canadian mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne making her BSO debut as the Child taught the meaning of love and kindness by the toys, animals, and articles of furniture he has treated badly. Other acclaimed vocalists include Fiorenza Cedolins, Ekaterina Gubanova, Fabio Sartori, and Carlo Colombara, all making their BSO debuts in Verdi’s Requiem, in January; Alexandra Coku, Karen Cargill, Matthew Polenzani, and, making his BSO debut, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, in a February program of Stravinsky’s complete Pulcinella and Haydn’s Mass in Time of War; Dawn Upshaw in Sibelius’s mystical tone poem for soprano and orchestra, Luonnotar, in November; Anne Sofie von Otter in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, in March; Michelle DeYoung in the March all-Wagner program marking the bicentennial of the composer’s

birth; British soprano Claire Booth making her BSO debut in Oliver Knussen’s Whitman Settings, in April, and, also in April, Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling in Mahler’s Symphony No. 4. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor, joins the BSO for Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess in September, the Stravinsky-Ravel double bill in October, Verdi’s Requiem in January, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War in February, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 in March. Also joining the BSO for the latter work are the boys of the PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor.

c e le br ati ng th e wag n e r a n d ve r di b i c e nte n n i a ls The year 1813 was an important year for music-lovers, and particularly opera-lovers, witnessing the birth of both Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi. The BSO marks the Verdi bicentennial with performances in January of Verdi’s Requiem under the direction of Daniele Gatti, with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and four vocal soloists all making their BSO debuts—Fiorenza Cedolins, Ekaterina Gubanova, Fabio Sartori, and Carlo Colombara. Gatti, the BSO, and mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung join forces in March to mark the Wagner bicentennial with an all-Wagner program of excerpts from Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung, and Parsifal, plus the Siegfried Idyll.

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Itzhak Perlman, conductor and violin

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and orchestra Symphony No. 7

Saturday, September 22, 7pm

Opening Night at Symphony

Bramwell Tovey, conductor GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, Concert performance soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry Woman); Angel Blue, soprano (Clara); Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena); Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano (Annie); Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria); Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man); Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin’ Life); Chauncey Packer, tenor (Peter); Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown); Patrick Blackwell, baritone (Jim, Undertaker); John Fulton, baritone (Robbins); Robert Honeysucker, baritone (Frazier); Leon Williams, baritone (Jake); Actors to be announced; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

Thursday, September 27 Friday, September 28 Saturday, September 29

Thursday-C UnderScore Friday-E, E1 Saturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

Thursday, October 4 Friday, October 5, 1:30pm Saturday, October 6

Thursday-A; Violin-1, 2 Friday-18, A, Fall A Saturday-25, A, C

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Hawthorne String Quartet

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture SCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

Tuesday, October 9

Tuesday-C, E

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

Thursday, October 11 Friday, October 12, 1:30pm Saturday, October 13

Thursday-D; Violin-1 Friday-18, B, Fall B Saturday-25, B, E

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone

DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

Thursday, October 18 Friday, October 19, 1:30pm Saturday, October 20 Tuesday, October 23

Thursday-B; Piano-1, 2 Friday-18, A, Fall A Saturday-25, B, F Tuesday-B, F

Charles Dutoit, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child) Sandrine Piau, soprano Diana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranos Edgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenors David Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and David Wilson-Johnson, baritones Matthew Rose, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

STRAVINSKY The Nightingale RAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilèges

Thursday, October 25 Friday, October 26 Saturday, October 27

Thursday-D UnderScore Friday-E, E2 Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-2

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin

SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

Thursday, November 1 Friday, November 2, 1:30pm Saturday, November 3 Tuesday, November 6

Thursday-C; Violin-1, 2 Friday-18, B, Fall B Saturday-25, A, D Tuesday-C, D

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano

SIERRA Fandangos for orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Thursday, November 8 Friday, November 9, 1:30pm Saturday, November 10

Thursday-B; Piano-1 Friday-18, A, Fall A Saturday-25, B, F

Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano

SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

Thursday, November 15 Friday, November 16, 1:30pm Saturday, November 17

Thursday-D; Piano-1 Friday-18, B, Fall B Saturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano

HAYDN Symphony No. 76 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet score)

Friday, November 23, 1:30pm Saturday, November 24 Tuesday, November 27

Friday-18, A, Fall A Saturday-25, B, E Tuesday-B, G

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

Thursday, November 29 Friday, November 30, 1:30pm Saturday, December 1

Thursday-A; Piano-1, 2 Friday-18, B, Fall B Saturday-25, A, C

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin

DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

Thursday, January 10 Friday, January 11, 1:30pm Saturday, January 12 Tuesday, January 15

Thursday-A; Violin-1, 2 Friday-18, A, Fall A Saturday-25, A, C Tuesday-C, D

Concert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky) and French (Ravel) with English supertitles

Concerts begin at 8pm unless otherwise noted.

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Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano Fabio Sartori, tenor Carlo Colombara, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

VERDI Requiem

Thursday, January 17 Friday, January 18 Saturday, January 19

Thursday-B UnderScore Friday-E, E1 Saturday-25, B, F; Vocal-2

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Thursday, January 24 Friday, January 25, 1:30pm Saturday, January 26

Thursday-C; Piano-1, 2 Friday-18, B, Spring B Saturday-25, A, D

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Thursday, January 31 Friday, February 1, 1:30pm Saturday, February 2 Tuesday, February 5

Thursday-A; Violin-1 Friday-18, B, Fall B Saturday-25, B, F Tuesday-B, F

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Thursday, February 7 Friday, February 8, 1:30pm Saturday, February 9 Tuesday, February 12

Thursday-B; Violin-1 Friday-18, B, Spring B Saturday-25, A, D Tuesday-B, G

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Radu Lupu, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

Thursday, February 14 Friday, February 15, 1:30pm Saturday, February 16

Thursday-D; Piano-1 Friday-18, A, Spring A Saturday-25, A, C

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

Thursday, February 21 Friday, February 22, 1:30pm Saturday, February 23 Tuesday, February 26

Thursday-A Friday-18, B, Spring B Saturday-25, B, E; Vocal-2 Tuesday, C, E

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Lang Lang, piano

HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Thursday, February 28 Friday, March 1 Saturday, March 2

Thursday-C; Piano-1, 2 (non-subscription concert) Saturday-25, B, E

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Olivier Latry, organ

MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter THOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3 (world premiere; BSO commission) SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

Thursday, March 14 Friday, March 15, 1:30pm Saturday, March 16

Thursday-C Friday-18, A, Spring A Saturday-25, B, F

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll; Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

Thursday, March 21 Friday, March 22, 1:30pm Saturday, March 23 Tuesday, March 26

Thursday-D Friday-18, B, Spring B Saturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1 Tuesday-B, F

Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Boys of PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 3

Thursday, March 28 Friday, March 29 Saturday, March 30

Thursday-A UnderScore Friday-E, E2 Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-2

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Tuesday, April 2

Tuesday-C, D

Oliver Knussen, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin Claire Booth, soprano

Friday, April 12 MIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10 Saturday, April 13 KNUSSEN Violin Concerto KNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano and orchestra MUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an Exhibition

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Thursday, April 18 Friday, April 19, 1:30pm Saturday, April 20 Tuesday, April 23

Thursday-C Friday-18, A, Spring A Saturday-25, B, E Tuesday, B, G

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Thursday, April 25 Friday, April 26 Saturday, April 27 Tuesday, April 30

Thursday-A UnderScore Friday-E, E2 Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-1 Tuesday-C, E

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin

BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

Thursday, May 2 Friday, May 3, 1:30pm Saturday, May 4

Thursday-C; Violin-1, 2 Friday-18, A, Spring A Saturday-25, B, E

UnderScore Friday-E, E1 Saturday-25, B, F; Vocal-2

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tuesday-c

tuesday-d

Combines Tuesday-F and Tuesday-G 6 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $630, $522, $414, $276, $216, $186, $174

Combines Tuesday-D and Tuesday-E 6 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $630, $522, $414, $276, $216, $186, $174

3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, october 23

tuesday, october 9

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Hawthorne String Quartet TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture SCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

tuesday, november 6

tuesday, january 15

tuesday, november 27

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano HAYDN Symphony No. 76 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet score)

tuesday, february 5

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

tuesday, january 15

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

tuesday, february 26

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

tuesday, march 26

tuesday, april 2

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll; Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

tuesday, april 23

Garrick Ohlsson

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

tuesday, april 30

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

tuesday, april 2

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

tuesday-e

3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, october 9

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Hawthorne String Quartet TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture SCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet and Wind Orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

tuesday, february 26

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

tuesday, april 30

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Lisa Batiashvili

tuesday, february 12

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

Renaud Capuçon

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

tuesday, november 6

boston symphony chamber players at jordan hall tuesday-f

3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, october 23

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

tuesday, february 5

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

tuesday, march 26

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung Siegfried Idyll Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

tuesday-g

3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm $315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, november 27

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano HAYDN Symphony No. 76 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet score)

The Boston Symphony Chamber Players combine the talents of the BSO’s principal players to explore the full spectrum of chamber music repertoire. Concerts take place on four Sunday afternoons at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. 4-concert series

$128, $92, $72

sunday, november 18 3pm

with Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein, pianos

Music for piano four-hands CARTER Figment III for double bass (2007) CARTER Wind Quintet (1948) BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

sunday, january 13 3pm

LUTOSŁAWSKI Dance Preludes for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, and double bass (1959) FRANK Sueños de Chambi for flute and piano (2008) COPLAND Appalachian Spring (original chamber version)

sunday, march 10 3pm

DVORˇ ÁK Bagatelles for two violins, cello, and harmonium, Op. 47 SCHULHOFF Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass (1925) BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A, Op. 114

sunday, april 28 3pm

JANÁCˇEK Mládi, for flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, and horn ˚ Nonet for winds and strings MARTINU MOZART String Quintet in G minor, K.516

tuesday, february 12

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

tuesday, april 23

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

choose you r own se ri es

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thursday thursday-a

thursday-b

thursday-c

7 Thursday evenings at 8pm $735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

4 Thursday evenings at 8pm $420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116

7 Thursday evenings at 8pm $735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

thursday, october 4

thursday, october 18

thursday, september 27

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

thursday, november 29

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

thursday, january 10

thursday, november 8

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

thursday, january 31

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

thursday, february 21

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano SIERRA Fandangos for orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

thursday, january 17

Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano Fabio Sartori, tenor Carlo Colombara, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor VERDI Requiem

thursday, february 7

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

thursday, march 28

Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Boys of PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 3

Concert performance

thursday, november 1

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

thursday, january 24

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

thursday, february 28

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Lang Lang, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

thursday, march 14

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Olivier Latry, organ MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter THOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3 (world premiere; BSO commission) SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

thursday, april 25

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

thursday, april 18

Daniil Trifonov

Camilla Tilling

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry Woman); Angel Blue, soprano (Clara); Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena); Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano (Annie); Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria); Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man); Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin’ Life); Chauncey Packer, tenor (Peter); Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown); Patrick Blackwell, baritone (Jim, Undertaker); John Fulton, baritone (Robbins); Robert Honeysucker, baritone (Frazier); Leon Williams, baritone (Jake); Actors to be announced Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

thursday, may 2

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

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5 Thursday evenings at 8pm $525, $435, $345, $230, $180, $155, $145

thursday, october 11

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

thursday, october 25

Charles Dutoit, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child) Sandrine Piau, soprano Diana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranos Edgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenors David Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and David Wilson-Johnson, baritones Matthew Rose, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY The Nightingale RAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilèges Concert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky) and French (Ravel) with English supertitles

thursday, november 15

Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

thursday, february 14

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Radu Lupu, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

thursday, march 21

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll; Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

The Boston Symphony Orchestra again joins forces with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) to offer a series for families. This partnership allows the BSO to continue to expand its family offerings, and demonstrates both organizations’ commitment to fostering an appreciation of classical music in the next generation.

3-concert series

$60 per Adult, kids under 18 free (limit four free per family)

november 10, 2012 12noon Boston Youth Symphony Federico Cortese, conductor PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

march 9, 2013 10:15am & 12noon Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, conductor

from the inside out

A Musical Look at Courage, Competition, and Character WAGNER Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin WILLIAMS Imperial March from Star Wars SCHUMAN “Chester” from New England Triptych PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut FALLA Jota from The Three-cornered Hat BRAHMS Third movement (Allegro giocoso) from Symphony No. 4 WILLIAMS Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-terrestrial

april 27, 2013, 12noon

Young People’s String Orchestra and members of the Intensive Community Program Marta Z˙urad, conductor

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

a cheerful earful

friday friday-fall a

A f t e r n o o n s friday-spring a

friday-fall b

5 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $500, $415, $335, $225, $175, $155, $145

4 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $400, $332, $268, $180, $140, $124, $116

5 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $500, $415, $335, $225, $175, $155, $145

friday, october 5, 1:30 pm

friday, february 15, 1:30 pm

friday, october 12, 1:30 pm

friday, march 15, 1:30 pm

friday, november 2, 1:30 pm

friday, april 19, 1:30 pm

friday, november 16, 1:30 pm

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasyoverture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

friday, october 19, 1:30 pm

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

friday, november 9, 1:30 pm Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano SIERRA Fandangos for orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Radu Lupu, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Olivier Latry, organ MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter THOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3 (world premiere; BSO commission) SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

friday, may 3, 1:30 pm

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

friday, november 23, 1:30 pm

Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6. 5

friday, november 30, 1:30 pm

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2 Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

friday-a

Combines Friday-Fall A and Friday-Spring A

friday-b

Combines Friday-Fall B and Friday-Spring B

friday-18

Combines Friday-A and Friday-B

Nikolaj Znaider

Olga Peretyatko

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

friday, february 1, 1:30 pm

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano HAYDN Symphony No. 76 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet score)

friday, january 11, 1:30 pm

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

9 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $900, $747, $603, $405, $315, $279, $261

9 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $900, $747, $603, $405, $315, $279, $261

Radu Lupu

18 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $1,800, $1,494, $1,206, $810, $630, $558, $522

UnderScore Friday friday-spring b

4 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm $400, $332, $268, $180, $140, $124, $116

E v e n i n g s

Patrons will hear comments from the stage about each program in the UnderScore Friday evening series.

friday, january 25, 1:30 pm

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

friday, february 8, 1:30 pm

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

friday, february 22, 1:30 pm

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

friday, march 22, 1:30 pm

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung Siegfried Idyll Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

UnderScore friday-e1

3 Friday evenings at 8pm $342, $288, $228, $156, $129, $111, $90

friday, september 28, 8pm

friday, october 26, 8pm

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry Woman); Angel Blue, soprano (Clara); Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena); Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano (Annie); Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria); Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man); Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin’ Life); Chauncey Packer, tenor (Peter); Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown); Patrick Blackwell, baritone (Jim, Undertaker); John Fulton, baritone (Robbins); Robert Honeysucker, baritone (Frazier); Leon Williams, baritone (Jake); Actors to be announced Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess Concert performance

friday, january 18, 8 pm

Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano Fabio Sartori, tenor Carlo Colombara, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor VERDI Requiem

friday, april 12, 8 pm Jean-Yves Thibaudet

UnderScore friday-e2

3 Friday evenings at 8pm $342, $288, $228, $156, $129, $111, $90

Oliver Knussen, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin Claire Booth, soprano MIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10 KNUSSEN Violin Concerto KNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano and orchestra MUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an Exhibition

Charles Dutoit, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child) Sandrine Piau, soprano Diana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranos Edgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenors David Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and David Wilson-Johnson, baritones Matthew Rose, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY The Nightingale RAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilèges Concert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky) and French (Ravel) with English supertitles

friday, march 29, 8 pm

Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Boys of PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 3

friday, april 26, 8 pm Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

friday-evening

Combines UnderScore Friday-E1 and UnderScore Friday-E2 6 Friday evenings at 8pm $684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

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saturday-d

saturday-e

7 Saturday evenings at 8pm $798, $672, $532, $364, $301, $259, $210

6 Saturday evenings at 8pm $684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

6 Saturday evenings at 8pm $684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

saturday, october 6

saturday, september 29

saturday, october 13

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

saturday, october 27

Charles Dutoit, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale); Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child); Sandrine Piau, soprano; Diana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranos; Edgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenors; David Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and David Wilson-Johnson, baritones; Matthew Rose, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY The Nightingale RAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilèges Concert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky) and French (Ravel) with English supertitles

saturday, december 1

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

saturday, january 12

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

saturday, february 16

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Radu Lupu, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

saturday, march 30

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry Woman); Angel Blue, soprano (Clara); Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena); Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano (Annie); Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria); Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man); Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin’ Life); Chauncey Packer, tenor (Peter); Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown); Patrick Blackwell, baritone (Jim, Undertaker); John Fulton, baritone (Robbins); Robert Honeysucker, baritone (Frazier); Leon Williams, baritone (Jake); Actors to be announced Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor GERSHWIN Porgy and Bess Concert performance

saturday, november 3

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

saturday, november 17

Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

saturday, january 26

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Boys of PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 3

saturday, february 9

saturday, april 27

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM Prelude to Lohengrin Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung Siegfried Idyll Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5 MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

saturday, march 23

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

saturday, november 24

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano HAYDN Symphony No. 76 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456 BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus (complete ballet score)

saturday, february 23

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano Matthew Polenzani, tenor Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete) HAYDN Mass in Time of War

saturday, march 2

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Lang Lang, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

saturday, april 20

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. Edmundsbury MOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375 DVORˇ ÁK Serenade for Strings TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

saturday, may 4

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

vocal e nthusiasts saturday-f

vocal-1

vocal-2

6 Saturday evenings at 8pm $684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

4 Saturday evenings at 8pm $456, $384, $304, $208, $172, $148, $120

5 Saturday evenings at 8pm $570, $480, $380, $260, $215, $185, $150

saturday, october 20

saturday, september 29

saturday, october 27

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

saturday, november 10

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano SIERRA Fandangos for orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

saturday, january 19

Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano Fabio Sartori, tenor Carlo Colombara, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor VERDI Requiem

saturday, february 2

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

saturday, march 16

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Lynn Harrell, cello Olivier Latry, organ MOZART Symphony No. 41, Jupiter THOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3 (world premiere; BSO commission) SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

saturday, april 13

Oliver Knussen, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin Claire Booth, soprano MIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10 KNUSSEN Violin Concerto KNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano and orchestra MUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an Exhibition

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry Woman); Angel Blue, soprano (Clara); Marquita Lister, soprano (Serena); Krysty Swann, mezzo-soprano (Annie); Gwendolyn Brown, contralto (Maria); Calvin Lee, tenor (Mingo, Nelson, Crab Man); Jermaine Smith, tenor (Sportin’ Life); Chauncey Packer, tenor (Peter); Gregg Baker, baritone (Crown); Patrick Blackwell, baritone (Jim, Undertaker); John Fulton, baritone (Robbins); Robert Honeysucker, baritone (Frazier); Leon Williams, baritone (Jake); Actors to be announced Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

saturday, november 17 Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano

saturday, march 23

Daniele Gatti, conductor Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

saturday, april 27

Bernard Haitink, conductor Camilla Tilling, soprano

Please see complete program information in other Saturday series or on the season schedule page. This series is a flexible seated package. Seating locations may differ for each concert date.

Charles Dutoit, conductor Olga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale) Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child) Sandrine Piau, soprano Diana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranos Edgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenors David Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and David Wilson-Johnson, baritones Matthew Rose, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

saturday, january 19

Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano; Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano; Fabio Sartori, tenor; Carlo Colombara, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

saturday, february 23

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Polenzani, tenor; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bass Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

saturday, march 30

Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor Boys of PALS Children’s Chorus, Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor

saturday, april 13

Oliver Knussen, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin Claire Booth, soprano

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13 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $1,482, $1,248, $988, $676, $559, $481, $390

12 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $1,368, $1,152, $912, $624, $516, $444, $360

25 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $2,850, $2,400, $1,900, $1,300, $1,075, $925, $750

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7 Thursday evenings at 8pm $735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

4 Thursday evenings at 8pm $420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116

7 Thursday evenings at 8pm $735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

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Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Arabella Steinbacher, violin MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

thursday, november 1

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

thursday, january 10

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

thursday, january 31

Andris Nelsons, conductor Baiba Skride, violin SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Joshua Bell, violin TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) for violin and orchestra DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 8

Juanjo Mena, conductor Gil Shaham, violin SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission) BRITTEN Violin Concerto DVORˇ ÁK Symphony No. 7

thursday, january 10

Alan Gilbert, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin DUTILLEUX Métaboles for Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY Symphony in Three Movements RAVEL La Valse

thursday, may 2

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

This series is a flexible seated package. Seating locations may differ for each concert date.

thursday, february 7

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano; Elizabeth Rowe, flute; John Ferrillo, oboe; William R. Hudgins, clarinet; Richard Svoboda, bassoon; James Sommerville, horn; Thomas Rolfs, trumpet; Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

thursday, november 8

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Daniil Trifonov, piano SIERRA Fandangos for orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

thursday, november 15

Thomas Adès, conductor Dawn Upshaw, soprano Kirill Gerstein, piano SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestra ADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestra PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

thursday, november 29

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

thursday, january 24

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Renaud Capuçon, violin BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn SIBELIUS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

thursday, may 2

thursday, february 14

Bernard Haitink, conductor Nikolaj Znaider, violin BRAHMS Violin Concerto SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Radu Lupu, piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

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thursday, february 28

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Lang Lang, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

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4 Thursday evenings at 8pm $420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116

thursday, october 18

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, flute John Ferrillo, oboe William R. Hudgins, clarinet Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Sommerville, horn Thomas Rolfs, trumpet Toby Oft, trombone DEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments from The Martydom of Saint Sebastian MARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion, and String Orchestra RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

thursday, november 29

Stéphane Denève, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-juges SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian MacMILLAN Three Interludes from The Sacrifice ROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

thursday, january 24

Charles Dutoit, conductor Stephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

thursday, february 28

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Lang Lang, piano HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and Brass RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

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