seiji ozawa
music director laureate
2012–2013 season
bernard haitink
conductor emeritus
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,
Dvořák, 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
Traditions and discoveries:
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k ey b oa rd c ham pi ons fr om
a r ou n d th e w or l d
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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, Dvořák’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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conductor/soloist
program
date
series
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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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.
conductor/soloist
program
date
series
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
DVOŘÁK 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
tuesday
tuesday-b
tuesday-c
tuesday-d
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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
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and
electronics (American premiere; BSO
co-commission)
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
JANÁČEK Mládi, for flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, and horn
MARTINŮ Nonet for winds and strings
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
DVOŘÁK Serenade for Strings
TIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussion
BRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
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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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
fami ly ­s u bscri ption
thursday-d
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 Żurad, 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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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rd
a ya y
saturday-c
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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
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5 Saturday evenings at 8pm
$570, $480, $380, $260, $215, $185, $150
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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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25 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $2,850, $2,400, $1,900, $1,300, $1,075, $925, $750
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$420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116
7 Thursday evenings at 8pm
$735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203
thursday, october 4
thursday, october 4
thursday, october 18
thursday, october 11
thursday, november 1
Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overture
BERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)
for violin and orchestra
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK 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
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and
electronics (American premiere;
BSO co-commission)
BRITTEN Violin Concerto
DVOŘÁK 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
Gil Shaham
Arabella Steinbacher
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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Seating locations may differ for each
concert date.
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