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Opening Gala Concert Sep 19
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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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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 ◆
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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
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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
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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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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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Friday
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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
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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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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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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
SLEEPING BEAUTY AND SIBELIUS’S VIOLIN CONCERTO
Apr 21
HAITINK CONDUCTS MOZART AND BRUCKNER
May 24
BYCHKOV CONDUCTS AN ALPINE SYMPHONY
May 5
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May 19
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Nov 30
AX, MOZART, AND BRAHMS
Jan 11
TCHAIKOVSKY, LA MER, AND SALONEN
Feb 22
BERNSTEIN’S SYMPHONIC DANCES AND COPLAND’S THIRD SYMPHONY
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Apr 26
DEBUSSY AND BARTÓK’S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA
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Oct 14
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Oct 31
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HANDEL’S MESSIAH
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VAN ZWEDEN, WANG, AND THE RITE OF SPRING
Apr 24 Jun 5
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PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION AND BRONFMAN
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Jan 20
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Feb 10
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Apr 6
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JOSHUA BELL PERFORMS BERNSTEIN’S SERENADE
Dec 7
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Jan 19
Jan 18
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VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS MAHLER’S FIFTH AND GLASS Philip GLASS Concerto for Two Pianos Jaap van Katia Labèque piano Zweden Marielle Labèque piano and Orchestra• conductor MAHLER Symphony No. 5
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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
OCT OCT 31 25
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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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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
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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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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 •
(score performed live to complete film)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
DEC 30
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TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto Esa-Pekka SALONEN Helix* DEBUSSY La Mer
NOV DEC 1 30
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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