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Holiday Brass Dec 17

Philip Smith conductor / host / trumpet

Jaap van Zweden

Opening Gala Concert Sep 19

Jaap van Zweden conductor Mahler Symphony No. 5

Leonard Bernstein

New Year’s Eve: Bernstein on Broadway Dec 31

Celebrate with selections from Leonard Bernstein’s beloved musicals.

Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald May 1

The six-time Tony Award winner returns to the New York stage for the first time in more than a year.

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Chinese New Year Concert and Gala Feb 20

Long Yu conductor Celebrate the Year of the Dog.

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Evening Concerts

OPENING GALA CONCERT

Tuesday, September 19 | 7:30pm Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS MAHLER’S FIFTH AND GLASS

Jaap van Zweden conductor Katia Labèque piano Marielle Labèque piano

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Philip GLASS Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (New York Premiere) MAHLER Symphony No. 5

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STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE In Concert

Friday, September 15 | 8:00pm Saturday, September 16 | 8:00pm

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK In Concert

Tuesday, September 26 | 7:30pm Wednesday, September 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, September 28 | 7:30pm

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI

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Wednesday, October 4 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 5 | 7:30pm

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MAHLER Symphony No. 5

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Friday, September 22 | 8:00pm Saturday, September 23 | 8:00pm ◆

Jaap van Zweden

Jaap van Zweden conductor

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS In Concert

Friday, October 6 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 7 | 8:00pm

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 and Philip Glass | Sep 22–23 with Katia and Marielle Labèque

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Wagner’s Act I of Die Walküre (in concert) | Feb 14–17

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David Newman conductor John WILLIAMS Star Wars: A New Hope

(World Premiere–score performed live to complete film)

David Newman conductor John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (World Premiere–score performed live to complete film)

David Newman conductor John WILLIAMS Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (World Premiere–score performed live to complete film)

David Newman conductor John WILLIAMS Star Wars: The Force Awakens (World Premiere–score performed live to complete film)

Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring | Feb 28–Mar 3

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ANDSNES, RACHMANINOFF, AND SIBELIUS Thursday, October 12 | 7:30pm Saturday, October 14 | 8:00pm Tuesday, October 17 | 7:30pm

Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

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SCHIFF, BACH, AND SCHUMANN

András Schiff conductor / piano

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HAYDN Symphony No. 80 BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

JOSHUA BELL PERFORMS BERNSTEIN’S SERENADE

Alan Gilbert conductor Joshua Bell violin Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano

BERNSTEIN’S PHILHARMONIC: A CENTENNIAL FESTIVAL

Thursday, October 19 | 7:30pm Friday, October 20 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 21 | 8:00pm

Wednesday, October 25 | 7:30pm Thursday, October 26 | 7:30pm Friday, October 27 | 8:00pm Saturday, October 28 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, October 31 | 7:30pm

BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium) BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah

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BERNSTEIN AND GERSHWIN

Alan Gilbert conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Makoto Ozone piano

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BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

BERNSTEIN AND DON QUIXOTE

Leonard Slatkin conductor Cynthia Phelps viola Carter Brey cello Soprano tba Speaker tba Chorus tba Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker director

Thursday, November 2 | 7:30pm Saturday, November 4 | 8:00pm

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R. STRAUSS Don Quixote BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, Kaddish

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HUANG, SAINT-SAËNS, AND RACHMANINOFF

Wednesday, November 22 | 7:30pm Friday, November 24 | 8:00pm Saturday, November 25 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/huang

AX, MOZART, AND BRAHMS

Thursday, November 30 | 7:30pm Friday, December 1 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 2 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/ax

175th Birthday Concert

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh Suite SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

Christoph von Dohnányi conductor Emanuel Ax piano Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land

(World Premiere–

New York Philharmonic Commission)

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND MOZART

Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn

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WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Wednesday, December 6 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 7 | 7:30pm ◆ Saturday, December 9 | 8:00pm ◆

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Tuesday, December 12 | 7:30pm Wednesday, December 13 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 14 | 7:30pm Saturday, December 16 | 7:30pm ◆

Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director

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HANDEL Messiah

Presented by Gary W. Parr

175th Birthday Concert

Gianandrea Noseda conductor Frank Huang violin

Dec 6–9

Alan Gilbert conductor

Marks the 175th birthday of the Orchestra with evenings that celebrate the virtuosity of the Philharmonic musicians in Mozart’s Sinfonia concertante for Winds.

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HOLIDAY BRASS

Philip Smith conductor / host / trumpet New York Philharmonic Brass and Percussion

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Sunday, December 17 | 3:00pm

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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION AND BRONFMAN

Wednesday, December 27 | 7:30pm Thursday, December 28 | 7:30pm Friday, December 29 | 8:00pm Saturday, December 30 | 8:00pm

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The energy of the New York Philharmonic is palpable.

It resonates with the energy of its city — Cellist Maria Kitsopoulos

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Bramwell Tovey conductor Yefim Bronfman piano SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

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NEW YEAR’S EVE: BERNSTEIN ON BROADWAY

Sunday, December 31 | 8:00pm Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

Bramwell Tovey conductor Members of the New York Philharmonic Program to include selections from Bernstein’s On the Town, Wonderful Town, West Side Story, and Candide.

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MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND WEILERSTEIN

Thursday, January 4 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 6 | 8:00pm Tuesday, January 9 | 7:30pm

Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98

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DEBUSSY’S LA MER AND TCHAIKOVSKY

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Thursday, January 11 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 13 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/lamer

RAVEL’S BOLÉRO AND THIBAUDET

Wednesday, January 17 | 7:30pm Thursday, January 18 | 7:30pm Friday, January 19 | 8:00pm Saturday, January 20 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/bolero

PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO & JULIET AND EHNES

Thursday, January 25 | 7:30pm Saturday, January 27 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/prokofiev

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere) DEBUSSY La Mer

Charles Dutoit conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet piano RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro

Stéphane Denève conductor James Ehnes violin PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet

SAINT-SAËNS’S ORGAN SYMPHONY

Antonio Pappano conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Kent Tritle organ

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE

Jaap van Zweden conductor Heidi Melton soprano Simon O’Neill tenor John Relyea bass

Thursday, February 8 | 7:30pm Saturday, February 10 | 8:00pm

Wednesday, February 14 | 7:30pm Thursday, February 15 | 7:30pm Saturday, February 17 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/walkure

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Susanna Mälkki conductor Baiba Skride violin

John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves (New York Premiere)

WAGNER Act I of Die Walküre (in concert)

New York is my home. Music is my passion ... with the New York Philharmonic, I have both.

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— Acting Associate Principal Clarinet Pascual MartÍnez Forteza

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CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT

Long Yu conductor

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Long Yu conducts the Philharmonic’s seventh annual Chinese New Year Concert, celebrating the Year of the Dog with traditional Chinese and Western classical music.

Tuesday, February 20 | 7:30pm

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BERNSTEIN’S SYMPHONIC DANCES

Thursday, February 22 | 7:30pm Friday, February 23 | 8:00pm Saturday, February 24 | 8:00pm

Joshua Gersen conductor BARBER Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story COPLAND Symphony No. 3

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VAN ZWEDEN, WANG AND THE RITE OF SPRING

Wednesday, February 28 | 7:30pm Thursday, March 1 | 7:30pm Friday, March 2 | 8:00pm Saturday, March 3 | 8:00pm

Jaap van Zweden conductor Yuja Wang piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

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BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

Wednesday, April 4 | 7:30pm Thursday, April 5 | 7:30pm Friday, April 6 | 8:00pm

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Benjamin Grosvenor piano Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR New work

(World Premiere–New York Philharmonic Commission)

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BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

AMADEUS — LIVE IN CONCERT

Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba

Wednesday, April 11 | 7:30pm ▶ Thursday, April 12 | 7:30pm ▶ Saturday, April 14 | 7:30pm ▶ Tuesday, April 17 | 7:30pm ▶ nyphil.org/amadeus

MOZART Amadeus — Live

(New York Premiere–score performed live to complete film)

Amadeus — Live in Concert

Apr 11–17

THE ART OF THE SCORE

Alec Baldwin, Artistic Advisor Experience the Oscar winner like never before — projected on a giant screen while the Philharmonic performs its glorious sound track. ◆ Premium Dates

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BRUCKNER’S NINTH AND MOZART

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Thursday, April 19 | 7:30pm Saturday, April 21 | 8:00pm Tuesday, April 24 | 7:30pm

Bernard Haitink conductor Till Fellner piano MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

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BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA

Thursday, April 26 | 7:30pm Saturday, April 28 | 8:00pm

SPECIAL EVENT

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Edward Gardner conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

AUDRA MCDONALD

Andy Einhorn conductor Audra McDonald vocalist

Available now as an Add-On to your Create Your Own Series.

The six-time Tony Award winner returns to the New York stage for the first time in more than a year.

Tuesday, May 1 | 7:30pm

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TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO

Thursday, May 3 | 7:30pm Saturday, May 5 | 8:00pm Tuesday, May 8 | 7:30pm

Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck, Orch. T. Lille Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty

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Leif Ove Andsnes The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence Andsnes, Rachmaninoff, and Sibelius | Oct 12–17 Saint-Saënsʼs Organ Symphony | Feb 8–10 Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra | Apr 26–28 Solo Recital | May 2

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TCHAIKOVSKY AND ELGAR

Thursday, May 10 | 7:30pm Friday, May 11 | 8:00pm Saturday, May 12 | 8:00pm

Nikolaj Znaider conductor Jian Wang cello ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams

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SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH AND MENDELSSOHN

Thursday, May 17 | 7:30pm Friday, May 18 | 8:00pm Saturday, May 19 | 8:00pm Tuesday, May 22 | 7:30pm

Semyon Bychkov conductor Bertrand Chamayou piano BRAHMS Tragic Overture MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5

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STRAUSS’S AN ALPINE SYMPHONY

Thursday, May 24 | 7:30pm Saturday, May 26 | 8:00pm nyphil.org/alpine

Semyon Bychkov conductor Roomful of Teeth BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

Young People’s Concerts™ Ages 6–12 | Saturdays at 2:00pm

MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK

Thursday, May 31 | 7:30pm ◆ Saturday, June 2 | 8:00pm ◆ Tuesday, June 5 | 7:30pm Wednesday, June 6 | 7:30pm nyphil.org/mozart

Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

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INSPIRATIONS AND TRIBUTES

Excite young music lovers with four concerts that show how composers inspire each other from generation to generation.

Celebrating Leonard Bernstein November 11

Leonard Slatkin conductor Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

Classical Echoes January 6

Jeffrey Kahane conductor

An African American Lineage February 3

Joshua Gersen conductor

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The Riddle of Shostakovich May 19

Joshua Gersen conductor

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Matinee Concerts

Friday

11am

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11am

ANDSNES, RACHMANINOFF, AND SIBELIUS

Paavo Järvi conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano

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SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, and Finale RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

October 13

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Presented by Gary W. Parr

December 15

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Andrew Manze conductor Joélle Harvey soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director HANDEL Messiah

MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND WEILERSTEIN

January 5

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AMADEUS — LIVE IN CONCERT

Richard Kaufman conductor Chorus tba

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MOZART Amadeus — Live (New York Premiere–

TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO

Manfred Honeck conductor Nikolaj Znaider violin

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MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK

“

June 1

— Violinist Quan Ge 14

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MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme HAYDN Symphony No. 98

April 13

May 4

New York and the New York Philharmonic are complex and open ... both are worth experiencing.

Jeffrey Kahane conductor / piano Alisa Weilerstein cello

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score performed live to complete film)

DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck, Orch. T. Lille Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty

Frank Huang leader Sheryl Staples violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

Friday

Saturday

2pm

BERNSTEIN AND GERSHWIN

Part of Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

November 3

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175th Birthday Concert

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND MOZART

December 8

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DEBUSSY’S LA MER AND TCHAIKOVSKY

January 12

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Alan Gilbert conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Makoto Ozone piano BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

Alan Gilbert conductor Liang Wang oboe Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Susanna Mälkki conductor Baiba Skride violin TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix (New York Concert Premiere)

Our popular Saturday Matinee Concerts are more than just concerts: they’re triple features.

Each concert includes a chamber music gem and a performance starring the full New York Philharmonic. An entertaining and engaging Q&A with Philharmonic musicians completes the afternoon.

SIBELIUS’S SYMPHONY NO. 5

Paavo Järvi conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

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Chamber work tba SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

RACHMANINOFF THIRD SYMPHONY

Gianandrea Noseda conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

October 14

November 25

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January 26

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SAINT-SAËNS’S ORGAN SYMPHONY

February 9

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STRAUSS’S AN ALPINE SYMPHONY

May 25

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Stéphane Denève conductor James Ehnes violin PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges Suite PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet

Chamber work tba RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

RAVEL’S BOLÉRO

Charles Dutoit conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

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Chamber work tba DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA

Esa-Pekka Salonen conductor Musicians from the New York Philharmonic

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Chamber work tba BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

January 20

DEBUSSY La Mer

PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO & JULIET AND EHNES

2pm

April 7

Antonio Pappano conductor Leif Ove Andsnes piano Kent Tritle organ VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme

by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

Semyon Bychkov conductor Roomful of Teeth BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

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Weekday Samplers A

SAMPLER A

6 Concerts | 7:30pm

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THURSDAY A

7 Concerts | 7:30pm

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SATURDAY A

7 Concerts | 8:00pm

Oct 17

ANDSNES, RACHMANINOFF, AND SIBELIUS

Oct 12

ANDSNES, RACHMANINOFF, AND SIBELIUS

Sep 23

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS MAHLER AND GLASS

Nov 22

SAINT-SAËNS AND RACHMANINOFF

Nov 9

BERNSTEIN AND DON QUIXOTE

Nov 25

SAINT-SAËNS AND RACHMANINOFF

Dec 12

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Dec 28

Dec 16

HANDEL’S MESSIAH (7:30pm)

Apr 4

SALONEN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONY

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION AND BRONFMAN

Jan 25

EHNES AND PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO & JULIET

Jan 6

MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Feb 24

Feb 8

ANDSNES, BRITTEN, AND SAINT-SAËNS’S ORGAN SYMPHONY

BERNSTEIN’S SYMPHONIC DANCES AND COPLAND’S THIRD SYMPHONY

Apr 28

May 17

SHOSTAKOVICH AND MENDELSSOHN

DEBUSSY AND BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA

May 31

MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK AND TCHAIKOVSKY

May 26

BYCHKOV CONDUCTS AN ALPINE SYMPHONY

Apr 17

FILM: AMADEUS

Jun 6

MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK AND TCHAIKOVSKY

B B SAMPLER 5 Concerts | 7:30pm Oct 25

JOSHUA BELL PERFORMS BERNSTEIN’S SERENADE

Dec 27

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION AND BRONFMAN

Nov 2

BERNSTEIN AND RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Jan 17

RAVEL’S BOLÉRO AND DEBUSSY

Dec 14

HANDEL’S MESSIAH

Apr 11

FILM: AMADEUS

Jan 4

MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY

May 8

SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO

Mar 1

C C SAMPLER 5 Concerts | 7:30pm

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Saturday Evenings

Thursday Evenings

Nov 14

BERNSTEIN AND DON QUIXOTE

Dec 6

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY AND MOZART

Jan 9

MOZART AND TCHAIKOVSKY

Feb 14

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE (ACT I)

May 22

SHOSTAKOVICH AND MENDELSSOHN

B B THURSDAY 7 Concerts | 7:30pm

B B SATURDAY 8 Concerts | 8:00pm Oct 21

SCHIFF, BACH, AND SCHUMANN

Nov 4

BERNSTEIN AND RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Dec 9

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH SYMPHONY AND MOZART

VAN ZWEDEN, WANG, AND THE RITE OF SPRING

Jan 13

TCHAIKOVSKY, LA MER, AND SALONEN

Apr 5

SALONEN CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONY

Feb 17

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE (ACT I)

May 3

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Feb 22

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Jan 20

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OCT OCT 14 14 2:00pm

Bernstein’s Philharmonic: A Centennial Festival

HAYDN Symphony No. 80 BARTÓK Divertimento for String Orchestra J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in A major, BWV 1055 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto

OCT 19

JOSHUA BELL PERFORMS BERNSTEIN’S SERENADE Alan Gilbert BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Joshua Bell violin conductor Kelley O’Connor Symposium) mezzo-soprano BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah BERNSTEIN AND GERSHWIN Alan Gilbert Anthony McGill clarinet conductor Makoto Ozone piano

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BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue, for Piano and Orchestra BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 2, The Age of Anxiety

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SATURDAY MATINEE: RACHMANINOFF’S THIRD SYMPHONY Chamber work tba Gianandrea Musicians from the Noseda New York Philharmonic RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 conductor AX, MOZART, AND BRAHMS Christoph Emanuel Ax piano von Dohnányi conductor

Bent SØRENSEN Evening Land † MOZART Piano Concerto No. 27 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH AND MOZART Alan Gilbert Liang Wang oboe conductor Anthony McGill clarinet Judith LeClair bassoon Philip Myers horn

WEBER Oberon Overture MOZART Sinfonia concertante for Winds BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

HANDEL’S MESSIAH Presented by Gary W. Parr HANDEL Messiah Andrew Manze Joélle Harvey soprano conductor Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Ben Bliss tenor Andrew Foster-Williams bass Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller director

NOV NOV 25 25 2:00pm NOV 30

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DEC 13

DEC 27

MOZART, TCHAIKOVSKY, AND WEILERSTEIN MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 Jeffrey Kahane Alisa Weilerstein cello TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a conductor / Rococo Theme piano HAYDN Symphony No. 98

JAN JAN 9 9

RAVEL’S BOLÉRO AND THIBAUDET Charles Dutoit Jean-Yves Thibaudet conductor piano

DEC 6

DEC 6

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION AND BRONFMAN SMETANA The Bartered Bride Overture Bramwell Tovey Yefim Bronfman piano BARTÓK Piano Concerto No. 2 conductor MUSORGSKY / Orch. Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

DEBUSSY’S LA MER AND TCHAIKOVSKY Susanna Mälkki Baiba Skride violin conductor

DECDEC 7◆ 7◆

DEC DEC 2827

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro

JAN 17

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis BRITTEN Piano Concerto SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS WAGNER’S DIE WALKÜRE John Luther ADAMS Dark Waves • Jaap van Heidi Melton soprano Zweden WAGNER Act I of Die Walküre Simon O’Neill tenor conductor John Relyea bass

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JAN 25

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Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR New work † BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

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FEB 14

BARBER Adagio for Strings BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story COPLAND Symphony No. 3

FEB 22

VAN ZWEDEN, WANG, BRAHMS, AND THE RITE OF SPRING BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1 Jaap van Yuja Wang piano Zweden STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring conductor BEETHOVEN’S EROICA Esa-Pekka Benjamin Grosvenor Salonen piano conductor

FEB 28 APR 4

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BRUCKNER’S NINTH AND MOZART Bernard Haitink Till Fellner piano conductor BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA Edward Gardner Leif Ove Andsnes piano conductor

MOZART Amadeus — Live •

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MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 BRUCKNER Symphony No. 9

TCHAIKOVSKY AND ELGAR Nikolaj Znaider Jian Wang cello conductor

R. STRAUSS’S AN ALPINE SYMPHONY Semyon Roomful of Teeth Bychkov conductor MOZART’S EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK Frank Huang Sheryl Staples violin leader

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BERIO Sinfonia R. STRAUSS An Alpine Symphony

MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 MOZART Eine kleine Nachtmusik TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

FEB FEB 10 9

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MAR MAR 1 2

ELGAR Cello Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams

SHOSTAKOVICH’S FIFTH AND MENDELSSOHN BRAHMS Tragic Overture Semyon Bertrand Chamayou MENDELSSOHN Piano Concerto No. 1 Bychkov piano SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 conductor

FEB 10

FEB 17

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SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter DEBUSSY Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY’S SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO DVOŘÁK / Arr. M. Honeck, Orch.

Manfred Honeck Nikolaj Znaider violin conductor T. Lille Rusalka Fantasy SIBELIUS Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY Selections from Sleeping Beauty

JAN JAN 2726

FEB 17

SATURDAY MATINEE: BEETHOVEN’S EROICA SYMPHONY Chamber work tba Esa-Pekka Musicians from the Salonen New York Philharmonic BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica conductor AMADEUS — LIVE IN CONCERT Richard Kaufman Chorus tba conductor

JAN 20

JAN JAN 20 2:00pm 20

PROKOFIEV’S ROMEO & JULIET AND EHNES PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Stéphane James Ehnes violin Oranges Suite Denève PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 conductor PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet

BERNSTEIN’S SYMPHONIC DANCES Joshua Gersen conductor

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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix* DEBUSSY La Mer

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SATURDAY MATINEE: RAVEL Chamber work tba Charles Dutoit Musicians from the conductor New York Philharmonic DEBUSSY / Orch. Ravel Sarabande et Danse RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales RAVEL Boléro

SAINT-SAËNS’S ORGAN SYMPHONY Antonio Leif Ove Andsnes piano Pappano Kent Tritle organ conductor

OCT 28 ◆

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BERNSTEIN AND DON QUIXOTE R. STRAUSS Don Quixote Leonard Slatkin Cynthia Phelps viola BERNSTEIN Symphony No. 3, conductor Carter Brey cello Kaddish Soprano tba Speaker tba Chorus tba Brooklyn Youth Chorus Dianne Berkun Menaker director HUANG, SAINT-SAËNS, AND RACHMANINOFF RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Legend of the Gianandrea Frank Huang violin Invisible City of Kitezh Suite Noseda conductor SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No. 3 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3

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SATURDAY MATINEE: SIBELIUS Chamber work tba Paavo Järvi Musicians from the conductor New York Philharmonic SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 SCHIFF, BACH, AND SCHUMANN András Schiff conductor / piano

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ANDSNES, RACHMANINOFF, AND SIBELIUS SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo, Paavo Järvi Leif Ove Andsnes piano OCT conductor and Finale 17 RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 4 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

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