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OCT 2017

MUSIC HALL GRAND OPENINGOCT 6-7 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Kit Armstrong pianoJOHN ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast MachineBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND World PremiereSCRIABIN Le Poème de l’Extase (“Poem of Ecstasy”)

DEBUSSY: PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE OCT 20-21 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductorJames Darrah directorNaomi O’Connell (Mélisande)Phillip Addis (Pelléas) Russell Braun (Golaud)Nancy Maultsby (Geneviève)DEBUSSY Pelléas et Mélisande

NOV 2017

THE STORM THAT BUILT MUSIC HALLNOV 4-5 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor May Festival Chorus Robert Porco directorBACH Magnificat, BWV 243JULIA ADOLPHE World PremiereBRAHMS Triumphlied (“Triumphal Hymn”)

PAAVO JÄRVI + GRIEG’S PIANO CONCERTO NOV 17-18 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Paavo Järvi conductor Alice Sara Ott pianoHINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (“Matthias the Painter”)GRIEG Piano ConcertoSCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, Rhenish

ONE CITY, ONE SYMPHONYTCHAIKOVSKY SYMPHONY NO. 6 NOV 24-25 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Truls Mørk cello EMILY COOLEY World PremiereSHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

DEC 2017

ANDREY BOREYKO CONDUCTS PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION DEC 2-3 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Andrey Boreyko conductor Tine Thing Helseth trumpetSTRAVINSKY Funeral SongARUTUNIAN Trumpet ConcertoMUSSORGSKY (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition

JAN 2018

SIR ANDREW DAVIS CELEBRATES CSO’S HISTORY JAN 6-7 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Sir Andrew Davis conductor Garrick Ohlsson pianoBACH Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (“Sleepers Wake”), arr. StokowskiBEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3GOOSSENS Symphony No. 2

JAMES CONLON CONDUCTS MAHLER 1 JAN 12-13 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm James Conlon conductor Jennifer Frautschi violinSCHUBERT Rosamunde OvertureMOZART Violin Concerto No. 3MAHLER Symphony No. 1, Titan

BEETHOVEN + BARTÓK JAN 27-28 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Owen Lee bassBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1KOUSSEVITZKY Concerto for Double BassBARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

FEB 2018

JUANJO MENA CONDUCTS THE LENINGRADFEB 2-3 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Juanjo Mena conductor Javier Perianes pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 21SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7, Leningrad

RAVEL: LA VALSEFEB 16-17 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Jeffrey Kahane piano PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, Classical RAVEL Piano Concerto in G MajorSTRAVINSKY Divertimento from The Fairy’s KissRAVEL La Valse STRAUSS: THE KNIGHT OF THE ROSE FEB 23-24 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Juraj Valčuha conductor Simone Lamsma violinSTRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel's Merry PranksBERNSTEIN Serenade, after Plato’s Symposium KORNGOLD Suite from Much Ado About NothingSTRAUSS Suite from Der Rosenkavalier (“The Knight of the Rose”)

MAR 2018

MAREK JANOWSKI CONDUCTS GERMAN MASTERS MAR 2-3 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Marek Janowski conductor WAGNER Siegfried IdyllWAGNER Prelude und Liebestod from Tristan und IsoldeBRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

LOUIS CONDUCTS MOZART + STRAUSS MAR 23-24 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor STRAUSS MetamorphosenMOZART Serenade No. 10, Gran Partita

APR 2018

RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONIC DANCES APR 6-7 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm James Gaffigan conductor Inon Barnaton pianoENRICO CHAPELA World PremiereBARBER Piano Concerto RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

PROKOFIEV + BEETHOVEN APR 14-15 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Karen Gomyo violinPIERRE JALBERT World PremierePROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL APR 20-21 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Cristian Măcelaru conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet pianoBERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the TownGERSHWIN Piano Concerto IVES Three Places in New EnglandBERNSTEIN Divertimento

MAY 2018

BAROQUE MASTERWORKS MAY 5-6 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Harry Bicket conductor Iestyn Davies countertenorRAMEAU Suite from Platée HANDEL Arias from PartenopeHANDEL Concerto Grosso in A Major, Op. 6, No. 11HANDEL Arias from RinaldoRAMEAU Suite from Les Boréades HANDEL Arias from Orlando and Rodelinda

BRAHMS + BEETHOVEN MAY 11-12 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor James Ehnes violinSCHUMANN Die Braut von Messina Overture (“The Bride of Messina”)BRAHMS Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

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Three Friday evenings that include guest-curated experiences taking place pre-concert and during intermission, to illuminate the music and make your concert experience surprising and different.

Food Truck Fridays: Enjoy a rotating variety of food trucks outside of Music Hall on Elm Street. Feel free to bring your selections inside and enjoy in the audience lounge.

The CSO's three-year Beethoven symphony cycle, paired with works that are a modern mirror to his influence.

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