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The Boston Symphony Orchestra Season Schedule, 2008-09

Wednesday, September 24, 6:30 p.m. (Opening Night)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
MAIJA KOVALEVSKA, soprano *

GLINKA Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
TCHAIKOVSKY Letter scene from Eugene Onegin
MUSSORGSKY (orch. RAVEL) Pictures at
an Exhibition
_________________________

Friday, September 26, 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 27, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

BRAHMS A German Requiem
_________________________

Thursday, October 2, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 3, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 4, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ANDRÉ PREVIN, conductor
GIL SHAHAM, violin

PREVIN Owls (world premiere; BSO commission)
STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
_________________________

Friday, October 10, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 11, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, October 14, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 6
_________________________

Thursday, October 16, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, October 16, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 17, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 18, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
MAURIZIO POLLINI, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
KIRCHNER The Forbidden (world premiere;
BSO 125th anniversary commission)
SCHUMANN Piano Concerto
_________________________

Thursday, October 23, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 24, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 25, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
STEVEN ANSELL, viola

MESSIAEN Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
BOULEZ Notations I-IV
BERLIOZ Harold in Italy, for viola and orchestra
_________________________

Wednesday, October 29, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, October 30, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 31, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 1, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 4, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, violin

BRAHMS Violin Concerto
STRAUSS Symphonia domestica
_________________________

Thursday, November 5, 8 p.m.
Friday, November 6, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 8, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, conductor
SEQUENTIA: ENSEMBLE FOR MEDIEVAL MUSIC, BENJAMIN BAGLEY, director **
NORAH AMSELLEM, soprano **
CHRISTIAN GERHAHER, baritone *
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
PALS CHILDREN’S CHORUS,
ALYSOUN KEGEL, artistic director

Songs from the original medieval manuscript
of “Carmina burana”
ORFF Carmina burana
_________________________

Thursday, November 13, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, November 13, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 15, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
MAREK JANOWSKI, conductor
ALBAN GERHARDT, cello

DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
_________________________

Thursday, November 20, 8 p.m.
Friday, November 21, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 22, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, November 25, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GENNADY ROZHDESTVENSKY, conductor
LYNN HARRELL, cello

BRAHMS (orch. RUBBRA) Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel
ELGAR Cello Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Manfred Symphony
_________________________

Friday, November 28, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 29, 8 p.m. (non-subscription)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEIJI OZAWA, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
TAKASHI HARADA, ondes Martenot
WOMEN OF THE TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS, JOHN OLIVER, conductor

MESSIAEN Trois Petites Liturgies de la Présence divine
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique
_________________________

Thursday, December 4, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, December 4, 8 p.m.
Friday, December 5, 1:30 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor and piano
DANIEL BARENBOIM, piano

SCHUBERT Fantasie in F minor for piano four-hands, D.940
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
CARTER Interventions, for piano and orchestra (world premiere; BSO co-commission)
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
_________________________

Saturday, December 6, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, December 9, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
JAMES SOMMERVILLE, horn

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
CARTER Horn Concerto
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
_________________________

Wednesday, January 14, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, January 15, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 16, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
BERNARD LABADIE, conductor *
PIETER WISPELWEY, cello

MOZART Chaconne from Idomeneo
HAYDN Cello Concerto No. 2 in D
HANDEL Water Music
_________________________

Thursday, January 22, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 23, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 24, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, January 27, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KURT MASUR, conductor

ALL-MENDELSSOHN PROGRAM
Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave) Overture
Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Symphony No. 4, Italian
_________________________

Thursday, January 29, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 31, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, February 3, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
BARBARA FRITTOLI, soprano (Amelia Grimaldi)
MARCELLO GIORDANI, tenor (Gabriele Adorno)
JOSÉ VAN DAM, baritone (Simon Boccanegra)
JAMES MORRIS, bass (Jacopo Fiesco)
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

VERDI Simon Boccanegra
Concert performances, sung in Italian with supertitles
_________________________

Thursday, February 5, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 6, 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 7, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor
BARBARA FRITTOLI, soprano

MOZART “Bella mia fiamma addio,”
Concert aria, K.528
MOZART “Oh smania! oh furie!...D’Oreste, d’Aiace,” from Idomeneo, Act III
SCHULLER Where the Word Ends (world premiere; BSO 125th anniversary commission)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2
_________________________

Thursday, February 12, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 13, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor

MOZART Symphonies Nos. 1, 4, 7, 13, and 14
_________________________

Saturday, February 14, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, February 17, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor

MOZART Symphonies Nos. 15, 19, 21, and 25
_________________________

Thursday, February 19, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday February 19, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 20, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 21, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
JAMES LEVINE, conductor

ALL-MOZART PROGRAM
Symphony No. 39
Symphony No. 40
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
_________________________

Wednesday, February 25, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, February 26, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 27, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, February 28, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YANNICK NÉZET-SÉGUIN, conductor *
JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, piano

RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 6
_________________________

Thursday, March 5, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 6, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 7, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 10, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALAN GILBERT, conductor
STEPHEN HOUGH, piano
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor

SIBELIUS Night Ride and Sunrise
RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
IVES Symphony No. 4
_________________________

Thursday, March 12, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 13, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 14, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 17, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HERBERT BLOMSTEDT, conductor
RICHARD GOODE, piano

NIELSEN Helios Overture
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
_________________________

Thursday, March 19, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 20, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 21, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 24, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HANS GRAF, conductor
JANINE JANSEN, violin **
ALISA WEILERSTEIN, cello *

BRAHMS Double Concerto for violin and cello
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7
_________________________

Thursday, March 26, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, March 26, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 27, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 28, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CHARLES DUTOIT, conductor
LISA BATIASHVILI, violin **

RAVEL Mother Goose Suite
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2
STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911 version)
_________________________

Thursday, April 9, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 10, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 11, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SHI-YEON SUNG, conductor **
NELSON FREIRE, piano

SIBELIUS The Bard
GRIEG Piano Concerto
COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring
BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
_________________________

Thursday, April 16, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, April 16, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 18, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YURI TEMIRKANOV, conductor
JULIA FISCHER, violin
JULIANE BANSE, soprano *

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
_________________________

Thursday, April 23, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 24, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
YURI TEMIRKANOV, conductor

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
_________________________

Wednesday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, April 30, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 1, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 2, 8 p.m.
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SIR COLIN DAVIS, conductor
IMOGEN COOPER, piano
MATTHEW POLENZANI, tenor
TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS,
JOHN OLIVER, conductor
PALS CHILDREN’S CHORUS,
ALYSOUN KEGEL, artistic director

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503
BERLIOZ Te Deum

 
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