Israel philharmonic Orchestra | 2010-2011 season by Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Founded in 1936 by Bronislaw Huberman

Zubin Mehta and the IPO. 50 years together

THE 75th SEASON / 2010-11 Music Director: Zubin Mehta Laureate Conductor (1947-90): Leonard Bernstein / Honorary Guest Conductor: Kurt Masur

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SEASON'S ARTISTS

GALA

28 THE IPO IN JEANS

SATURDAY CLASSIC

30 FAMILY SERIES

CLASSIC EIGHT

SIX AT 7:00

FRIDAY AT 2:00

Zubin Mehta and the IPO. 50 Years Together

INTERMEZZO TEL AVIV

Commemorating the Centennial of Gustav Mahler's Death

34 JERUSALEM 36 INTERMEZZO JERUSALEM 38 HAIFA A

20 PHILOCLASSICA

40 HAIFA B

42 Chamber Music Series

LIGHT CLASSICAL

24 PHILOLIGHT

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Season's Artists 2010-11

Zubin Mehta

Anne Sofie von Otter

David Witzthum

Leonidas Kavakos

Tsufit Grant

Kirill Petrenko

Ram Oren

Yigal Meltzer

Juan Francisco Gatell

Daniella Lugassy

Daniel & Alexander Gurfinkel

Maya Tamir

Haran Meltzer

Daniele Morandini

Mariana Pizzolato

Roberto Abbado

Astrit Baltsan

Nikolai Lugansky

Haocheng Zhang

Gerhard Oppitz

Riccardo Muti

Carlo Cigni

Alfonso Antoniozzi

Pietro Spagnoli

Gil Shohat

James Madison Cox

Yefim Bronfman

Thomas Quasthoff

Ivri Lider

Prof. Moshe Zuckermann

Emanuel Halperin

Eitan Shapiro

Julian Rachlin Julian Rachlin

Yoav Talmi

Roman Spitzer

Ilya Konovalov

Kent Nagano

Alexandra Soumm

Gerhild Romberger

Ruth Ziesak

Fazil Say

Diego Matheuz

Andras Schiff

Vadim Repin

Kurt Masur

Khatia Buniatishvili

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker

Gidon Kremer

Niklas BjoÂ¨rling Rygert

Torsten Kerl

Anna Smirnova

Jennifer Wilson

Sir James Galway

Asher Fisch

Javier Perianes

Itay Tiran

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Prof. Ada Yonath

Guy Meroz

Orly Vilnai

Gideon Sa'ar

Amanda Forsyth

Pinchas Zukerman

Ido Tadmor

Micha Haran

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GALA

01. Thursday 7.10.10

04. Monday 17.1.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Riccardo Muti, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, pianist Sinigaglia: Le Baruffe Chiozzotte Overture* Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 ("Italian") Martucci: Piano Concerto in B-flat minor* Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque* Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani*

02. Saturday 20.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

03. Monday 10.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

05. Tuesday 8.2.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Webern: Passacaglia Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Mahler: Symphony no. 5

06. Sunday 20.3.11

Yoav Talmi, conductor Julian Rachlin, violinist Eitan Shapiro , accordionist Talmi: Elegy for strings, timpani and accordion* Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5, K. 219 ("Turkish") Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

07. Tuesday 3.5.11

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Ruth Ziesak, soprano Gerhild Romberger , mezzo-soprano The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Mahler: Symphony no. 2 ("Resurrection")

08. Wednesday 18.5.11

Kent Nagano, conductor Gidon Kremer, violinist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker , cellist Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Tal: Symphony no. 1 Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

09. Sunday 26.6.11

Asher Fisch, conductor Sir James Galway, flutist Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2, K. 314 Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy for flute R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy* R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite

10. Monday 11.7.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Jennifer Wilson (Tove), soprano Anna Smirnova (Waldtaube), mezzo-soprano Torsten Kerl (Waldemar), tenor Niklas Björling Rygert (Klaus Narr), tenor Alexander Tsymbaluk (Peasant), bass Itay Tiran, narrator The Prague Philharmonic Choir The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder

11. Sunday 24.7.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes , pianist Ido Tadmor and Friends Albeniz: Excerpts from Iberia De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 1,536 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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SATURDAY CLASSIC

01. Saturday 9.10.10

03. Saturday 22.1.11

05. Saturday 26.3.11

09. Saturday 4.6.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("PathĂŠtique")

02. Saturday 27.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

04. Saturday 5.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Webern: Passacaglia and Six Pieces Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

06. Saturday 23.4.11 Diego Matheuz , conductor Fazil Say, pianist Moncayo: Huapango* Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C minor, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

07. Saturday 7.5.11

11. Saturday 30.7.11

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Ruth Ziesak, soprano Gerhild Romberger , mezzo-soprano The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Mahler: Symphony no. 2 ("Resurrection")

Zubin Mehta, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violinist Amanda Forsyth, cellist Dan Yuhas: (Name of piece to be announced)* Brahms: Concerto for violin and cello Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

08. Saturday 21.5.11 Kent Nagano, conductor Gidon Kremer, violinist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker , cellist Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Tal: Symphony no. 1 Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano R. Strauss: Alpine Symphony

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Full series from NIS 1,536 / Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

Mini series from NIS 734

10. Saturday 25.6.11

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CLASSIC EIGHT

01. Sunday 10.10.10

05. Saturday 30.4.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Diego Matheuz , conductor Fazil Say, pianist Moncayo: Huapango* Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C minor, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

02. Sunday 21.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

03. Wednesday 12.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

04. Thursday 3.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Webern: Passacaglia Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Mahler: Symphony no. 5

06. Wednesday 8.6.11 Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("PathĂŠtique")

07. Wednesday 13.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Jennifer Wilson (Tove), soprano Anna Smirnova (Waldtaube), mezzo-soprano Torsten Kerl (Waldemar), tenor Niklas BjĂśrling Rygert (Klaus Narr), tenor Alexander Tsymbaluk (Peasant), bass Itay Tiran, narrator The Prague Philharmonic Choir The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder

08. Thursday 21.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes , pianist Ido Tadmor and Friends Albeniz: Excerpts from Iberia De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 1,162 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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SIX AT 7:00

01. Wednesday 20.10.10

04. Thursday 19.5.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano Haydn: Symphony no. 96 Mahler: RĂźckert Lieder Mahler: Symphony no. 1

02. Wednesday 26.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

03. Tuesday 15.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 2 Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

05. Sunday 12.6.11 Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("PathĂŠtique")

06. Sunday 31.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violinist Amanda Forsyth, cellist Dan Yuhas: (Name of piece to be announced)* Brahms: Concerto for violin and cello Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 908 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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FRIDAY AT 2:00

01. Friday 15.10.10

04. Friday 6.5.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano Haydn: Symphony no. 96 Mahler: R端ckert Lieder Mahler: Symphony no. 1

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Ruth Ziesak, soprano Gerhild Romberger , mezzo-soprano The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Mahler: Symphony no. 2 ("Resurrection")

02. Friday 14.1.11

05. Friday 17.6.11

Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatel (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

Andras Schiff, conductor and pianist Schumann: Manfred Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 Schumann: Symphony no. 1 ("Spring")

03. Friday 25.3.11

06. Friday 29.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violinist Dan Yuhas: (Name of piece to be announced)* Beethoven: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 732 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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Zubin Mehta and the IPO. 50 Years Together It all began in 1961. Renowned conductor Eugene Ormandy cancelled his performances with the IPO at short notice due to illness. And then, as in many fairytales in the world of music and theatre, a 25-year-old Indian conductor came to the rescue. This was the beginning of a long and creative love story between the IPO and Maestro Zubin Mehta, and this coming season we will be celebrating 50 years together. The first concert conducted by Zubin Mehta on 23 May 1961, featured Kodaly's Dances of Galanta, Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements and Dvorak's Symphony no. 7. During these 50 years Maestro Mehta proved to be not only one of the major and most sought after conductors of the world, in concert halls as well as opera houses, but a great friend of the orchestra and the State of Israel. For this he was given, among others, a special recognition by the Israel Prize committee in 1991; awarded the Wolf Foundation Prize for Music in 1995-6, and he has received Honorary Citizenship of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The IPO appointed Mr. Mehta Music Advisor in 1969 and Music Director for Life in 1981. As we said, a 50-year long love affair. A good reason to celebrate!

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PHILOCLASSICA

01. Sunday 17.10.10

04. Monday 28.3.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano Yigal Meltzer, Ram Oren, trumpeters Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpets Mahler: R端ckert Lieder Beethoven: Symphony no. 7

Julian Rachlin, conductor and violinist Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 Mozart: Symphony no. 29, K. 201 Beethoven: Violin Concerto

02. Sunday 16.1.11

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violinist Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 217 Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 ("New World")

05. Saturday 14.5.11

06. Monday 20.6.11 Andras Schiff, conductor and pianist Schumann: Manfred Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 Schumann: Symphony no. 1 ("Spring")

03. Wednesday 9.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Bach: Cantata no. 56 ("Kreuzstab") Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 950 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

01. Wednesday 13.10.10

04. Saturday 12.2.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano Daniele Morandini , trombonist Moshe Zorman: Trombone Odyssey (World Premiere) Schubert: Songs Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist James Madison Cox, hornist Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 Haydn: Horn Concerto no. 1* Liszt: Les PrĂŠludes

02. Thursday 25.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

03. Thursday 20.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

05. Sunday 15.5.11 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violinist Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 217 Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 ("New World")

06. Tuesday 28.6.11 Asher Fisch, conductor Sir James Galway, flutist Yevgeny Yehudin, clarinetist Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2, K. 314 Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy for flute Blacher: Concertante Music* Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs for clarinet Lalo Schifrin: Jazz and Blues Variations

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 950 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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LIGHT CLASSICAL

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PHILOLIGHT

01. Tuesday 19.10.10

04. Sunday 13.2.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter , mezzo-soprano Schubert: Rosamunde Overture Schubert: Songs Beethoven: Symphony no.6 ("Pastoral")

Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist Ilya Konovalov, violinist Roman Spitzer, violist Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, K. 364 Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 Liszt: Les PrĂŠludes

02. Sunday 28.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

03. Saturday 29.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

05. Thursday 12.5.11 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violinist Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 217 Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 ("New World")

06. Monday 25.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes , pianist Ido Tadmor and Friends Albeniz: Excerpts from Iberia De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 950 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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INTERMEZZO TEL AVIV Fridays at 11:00 with coffee and cake*, followed by a pre-concert talk

01. Friday 8.10.10

04. Friday 22.4.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble David Witzthum, presenter Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka This concert only at 14:00

Diego Matheuz, conductor Fazil Say, pianist Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturer Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

02. Friday 28.1.11

Kent Nagano, conductor Gidon Kremer, violinist Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, cellist Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Gil Shohat, presenter Brahms: Symphony no. 3 Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and piano

Roberto Abbado, conductor Haocheng Zhang, pianist Astrit Baltsan, presenter Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture Saint-SaĂŤns: Symphony no. 3 ("Organ") Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3

05. Friday 20.5.11

03. Friday 25.3.11 Yoav Talmi, conductor Julian Rachlin, violinist Eitan Shapiro, accordionist Emanuel Halperin, presenter Talmi: Elegy for strings, timpani and accordion Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5, K. 219 ("Turkish") Beethoven: Leonora Overture no. 3

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. * Subscription with coffee and cake NIS 699 / Subscription without coffee and cake NIS 599

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The IPO in Jeans The day - Thursday The time - 22:00 The beer - on the house The presenter - a renowned personality Before and after the concert - a musical ensemble in the lobby 26

01. Thursday 14.10.10

04. Thursday 19.5.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Haran Meltzer, cellist Maya Tamir, pianist Daniel & Alexander Gurfinkel, clarinetists Tsufit Grant, presenter Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto no. 1 Haydn: First movement from Piano Concerto Mendelssohn: Konzertstück no. 2 for two clarinets, op. 114 Strauss: Waltzes and Polkas

Kent Nagano, conductor Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Orly Vilnai and Guy Meroz, presenters Brahms: Symphony no. 3 Grieg: Piano Concerto

02. Thursday 27.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Haocheng Zhang, pianist Ivri Lider, presenter Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 ("Organ") Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3

05. Thursday 30.6.11 Asher Fisch, conductor Sir James Galway, flutist Gideon Sa'ar, Minister of Education, presenter Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2, K. 314 Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy for flute R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite

03. Thursday 21.4.11 Diego Matheuz, conductor Fazil Say, pianist Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Prize Laureate, presenter Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. Subscription from NIS 614

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FAMILY SERIES

01. Wednesday 29.12.10

04. Monday 23.5.11

Spanish Fiesta Roni Porat, conductor and presenter Shira Shemi, flamenco dancer Works by Albeniz, Granados, Bizet, Rimsky-Korsakov, De Falla

Pictures at an Exhibition Eran Reemy, conductor Guy Mannheim, actor Works by Glinka and Mussorgsky

02. Monday 7.3.11 Singing Happily Ronen Borshevsky, conductor Moran Children's Choir Vivaldi: Gloria FaurĂŠ: 3 Movements from the Requiem Borodin: Girls' choir from Polovtsian Dances Songs by Mati Caspi performed by children's choirs from all over the country

03. Thursday 14.4.11 Spring Festival Roni Porat, conductor and presenter From Vivaldi's Spring to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, at 17:30 Adult subscription NIS 422, Child subscription (up to 18 years old) NIS 211

05. Thursday 30.6.11 Sea, Sky and Two Pianists Eyal Ein-Habar, conductor Zvi Salton, narrator Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg, duo pianists Handel: A movement from Water Music (Suite no. 2) Tchaikovsky: Waltz from Swan Lake Lior Navok: The Little Mermaid Saint-SaĂŤns: From The Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium, The Swan, Finale

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Commemorating the Centennial of Gustav Mahler's Death 7 July 1860 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 18 May 1911 In 2011, the music world commemorates the centennial of the death of one of the major musicians active at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Gustav Mahler. The Austrian composer, who was born in 1860 to a Jewish family, became famous first as a great conductor, a profession he pursued to his last day at the age of 50. He carried out his work during the transition period between late Romanticism and the Modern era. Conductor Leonard Bernstein said: "Ours is a century of death and Mahler is its prophet". Mahler acquired his reputation as a great composer mainly due to his symphonies. No one had dared to write such large-scale, complex and extraordinary works. Mahler's works are frequently performed by the Israel Philharmonic, which is considered a "Mahlerian" orchestra. The coming season features a selection of his work.

01. Wednesday 6.10.10

06. Wednesday 11.5.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Alexandra Soumm, violinist Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 3, K. 217 Dvorak: Symphony no. 9 ("New World")

02. Monday 22.11.10

Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("Pathétique")

Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

03. Wednesday 19.1.11 Riccardo Muti, conductor Gerhard Oppitz, pianist Sinigaglia: Le Baruffe Chiozzotte Overture* Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 4 ("Italian") Martucci: Piano Concerto in B-flat minor* Busoni: Berceuse élégiaque* Bossi: Intermezzi Goldoniani*

04. Monday 31.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

05. Monday 14.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 2 Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

Jerusalem, ICC International Convention Center. Full series from NIS 989 6 Concert series from NIS 653 / 4 Concert series from NIS 474 Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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JERUSALEM

07. Monday 6.6.11

08. Monday 27.6.11 Asher Fisch, conductor Sir James Galway, flutist Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2, K. 314 Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy for flute R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy* R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite

09. Sunday 17.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Jennifer Wilson (Tove), soprano Anna Smirnova (Waldtaube), mezzo-soprano Torsten Kerl (Waldemar), tenor Niklas Björling Rygert (Klaus Narr), tenor Alexander Tsymbaluk (Peasant), bass Itay Tiran, narrator The Prague Philharmonic Choir The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Schoenberg: Gurre Lieder

10. Tuesday 26.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes , pianist Micha Haran, cellist Ido Tadmor and Friends Pascal: Cello Concerto De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

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INTERMEZZO JERUSALEM Fridays at 11:00 with coffee and cake, followed by a pre-concert talk

01. Friday 26.11.10

04. Friday 1.4.11

Kirill Petrenko, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, pianist Astrit Baltsan, presenter Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite Borodin: Polovtsian Dances

Julian Rachlin, conductor and violinist David Witzthum, presenter Mozart: Symphony no. 29, K. 201 Beethoven: Violin Concerto

02. Friday 21.1.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes, pianist Ido Tadmor and Friends Emanuel Halperin, presenter Albeniz: Excerpts from Iberia De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

Roberto Abbado, conductor Haocheng Zhang, pianist Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturer Rossini: La Scala di Seta Overture Saint-SaĂŤns: Symphony no. 3 ("Organ") Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3

03. Friday 11.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist James Madison Cox, hornist Gil Shohat, presenter Haydn: Horn Concerto no. 1 Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 Liszt: Les PrĂŠludes

Jerusalem Theatre, at 11:00. Subscription from NIS 864

05. Friday 22.7.11

01. Monday 11.10.10

06. Tuesday 26.4.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Diego Matheuz , conductor Fazil Say, pianist Moncayo: Huapango* Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C minor, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

02. Tuesday 23.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

03. Tuesday 18.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

04. Sunday 6.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Webern: Passacaglia and Six Pieces Mahler: Kindertotenlieder Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

05. Tuesday 22.3.11 Yoav Talmi, conductor Julian Rachlin, violinist Eitan Shapiro , accordionist Talmi: Elegy for strings, timpani and accordion* Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5, K. 219 ("Turkish") Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

Haifa Auditorium. Full series from NIS 1,198 / Öż

Mini series from NIS 658

Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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07. Wednesday 4.5.11 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Ruth Ziesak, soprano Gerhild Romberger , mezzo-soprano The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Mahler: Symphony no. 2 ("Resurrection")

08. Sunday 5.6.11 Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("PathĂŠtique")

09. Tuesday 21.6.11 Andras Schiff, conductor and pianist Schumann: Manfred Overture Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 Schumann: Symphony no. 1 ("Spring")

10. Wednesday 20.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Javier Perianes , pianist Micha Haran, cellist Ido Tadmor and Friends Pascal: Cello Concerto De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Debussy: Iberia Ravel: Bolero

01. Tuesday 12.10.10

06. Wednesday 27.4.11

Zubin Mehta, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Batsheva Ensemble Mussorgsky: Prelude to Khovanshchina Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Stravinsky: Petrushka

Diego Matheuz , conductor Fazil Say, pianist Moncayo: Huapango* Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 21 in C minor, K. 467 Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

02. Wednesday 24.11.10 Kirill Petrenko , conductor Nikolai Lugansky , pianist Schumann: Genoveva Overture Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien

03. Monday 24.1.11 Roberto Abbado, conductor Marianna Pizzolato (Rosina), mezzo-soprano Daniella Lugassy (Berta), soprano Juan Francisco Gatell (Count Almaviva), tenor Pietro Spagnoli (Figaro), baritone Alfonso Antoniozzi (Doctor Bartolo), bass Carlo Cigni (Don Basilio), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Opera in concert form)

04. Monday 7.2.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Yefim Bronfman, pianist Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 3 Bartok: Piano Concerto no. 2 Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great")

05. Wednesday 23.3.11 Yoav Talmi, conductor Julian Rachlin, violinist Eitan Shapiro , accordionist Talmi: Elegy for strings, timpani and accordion* Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5, K. 219 ("Turkish") Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5

Haifa Auditorium. Full series from NIS 1,198 / Öż

Mini series from NIS 658

Limited ticket exchange / IPO Debut / * First IPO Performance

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HAIFA B

07. Thursday 5.5.11 Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Ruth Ziesak, soprano Gerhild Romberger , mezzo-soprano The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Mahler: Symphony no. 2 ("Resurrection")

08. Thursday 9.6.11 Kurt Masur, conductor Vadim Repin, violinist Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier Bruch: Violin Concerto no.1 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 ("PathĂŠtique")

09. Wednesday 29.6.11 Asher Fisch, conductor Sir James Galway, flutist Mozart: Flute Concerto no. 2, K. 314 Corigliano: Pied Piper Fantasy for flute R. Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Symphonic Fantasy* R. Strauss: Rosenkavalier Suite

10. Wednesday 27.7.11 Zubin Mehta, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violinist Dan Yuhas: (Name of piece to be announced)* Beethoven: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

01. Saturday 9.10.10

04. Saturday 22.1.11

Philomusica Piano Quartet Nadia Weintraub, pianist Yelena Tishin, violinist Avraham Levental, violist Dmitri Golderman, cellist Beethoven: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 16 Mendelssohn: Piano Quartet no. 2 in F minor, op. 2 Taneyev: Piano Quartet in E major, op. 20

Haochen Zhang, pianist Adelina Grodsky, Robert Mozes, violinists Aharon Yaron, violist Iris Regev, cellist Clara Schumann: Three Romances for violin and piano, op. 22 Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor, op. 25 no. 1 Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44

02. Saturday 27.11.10

05. Saturday 12.2.11

Nikolai Lugansky, pianist Lazar Shuster, violinist Micha Haran, cellist Beethoven: Sonata in C minor for violin and piano, op. 30. no. 2 Brahms: Sonata in F major for cello and piano, op. 99 Schubert: Piano Trio in B-flat major, D. 898

Julie Bunzel, harpist Leor Eitan, flutist Bruce Weinstein, oboist Uzi Shalev, bassoonist Monica Fallon, pianist Vivaldi: Concerto in G minor for flute, oboe and bassoon Holdheim: Permutations for flute, oboe and bassoon Corea: Trio for flute, bassoon and piano Glinka: Trio PathĂŠtique for flute, bassoon and piano Debussy: Three pieces arranged for oboe and harp Persichetti: Serenade no. 10 for flute and harp, op. 79 Tournier: Two pieces for harp Poulenc: Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (arr. for harp)

03. Saturday 15.1.11 Gerhard Oppitz, pianist Saida Bar-Lev, violinist Miriam Hartman, violist Marcel Bergman, cellist Kodaly: Duo for violin and cello, op. 7 Brahms: Piano Quartet in A major, op. 26 no. 2

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Saturdays at 17:00. Full series NIS 550 /

Mini series NIS 300

06. Saturday 26.3.11

09. Saturday 18.6.11

Julian Rachlin, violist Yevgenia Pikovsky, Elyakum Salzman, violinists Dmitri Ratush, Vladislav Krasnov, violists Felix Nemirovsky, cellist Ron Selka, clarinetist Brahms: String Quintet in G major, op. 111 Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op. 115

Andras Schiff, pianist Mozart: 12 Variations in B-flat major on an Allegretto theme, K. 500 Mendelssohn: Variations Serieuses, op. 54 Haydn: Variations in F minor, Hob XVII:6 Schumann: Theme with Variations in E-flat major Beethoven: 32 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, op. 120

07. Saturday 23.4.11

10. Saturday 23.7.11

Fazil Say, pianist The IPO Richter Quartet Ilya Konovalov, Shmuel Glaser, violinists Dmitri Ratush, violist Felix Nemirovsky, cellist Nir Comforty, bass player Erkin: Piano Quintet Schubert: Quintet in A major for piano and strings, D. 667 ("Trout")

The IPO Richter Quartet Ilya Konovalov, Shmuel Glaser, violinists Dmitri Ratush, violist Felix Nemirovsky, cellist Debussy: String Quartet in G major, op. 10 Janacek: String Quartet no. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata" Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E minor, op. 44 no. 2

08. Saturday 7.5.11 Alexandra Soumm, violinist Paulina Kozhevnikova, violinist Amir Van Der Hal, violist Iris Regev, cellist Ron Regev, pianist Dvorak: Piano Trio in E minor, op. 90 ("Dumky") Tchaikovsky: String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 22

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