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Charles Dutoit October 18–23, 25–27, January 24–26 Joshua Bell October 4–6

opening nightInternationally 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.

international virtuoso violinistsEight 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.

spotlight on the bsoFollowing the great success of the BSO’s “members-only” 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, Dvorák, 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, Percus-sion, 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.

Itzhak Perlman September 22

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Christian Zacharias November 23–27Lang Lang February 28, March 1–2

keyboard champions from around the worldNo 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 pianist-conductor 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.

acclaimed conductorsSeventeen 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 re-turns to Symphony Hall for the third consecutive season. Composer-conductors Thomas Adès and Oliver Knussen lead programs including music of their own, and pianist-conductor 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.

Bernard Haitink April 25–30, May 2–4

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Pinchas Zukerman April 12 – 13Dawn Upshaw November 15 – 17

music tried, true, and off the beaten trackGreat 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, Dvorák’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.

composers of our timeTwo of today’s most brilliant and acclaimed British composers take the BSO podium in 2012–13. In Novem-ber, 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 subscrip-tion 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 orches-tra’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 Rican-born 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.

Stéphane Denève November 29 – December 1

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Laquita Mitchell and Alfred Walker September 27 – 29Michelle DeYoung March 21 – 26

a feast of voicesAficionados 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.

celebrating the wagner and verdi bicentennialsThe 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.

Daniele Gatti January 17 – 19, March 21 – 26, 28 – 30

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conductor/soloist program date seriesItzhak Perlman, conductor and violin ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Romances Nos. 1 and 2 for violin and orchestraSymphony No. 7

Saturday, September 22, 7pm Opening Night at Symphony

Bramwell Tovey, conductor Alfred Walker, bass-baritone (Porgy); Laquita Mitchell, soprano (Bess); Alison Buchanan, soprano (Lily, Strawberry

GERSHWIN Porgy and BessConcert performance

Thursday, September 27Friday, September 28Saturday, September 29

Thursday-CUnderScore Friday-E, E1Saturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1

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

Marcelo Lehninger, conductorJoshua Bell, violin

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureBERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)

for violin and orchestraDVORÁK Symphony No. 8

Thursday, October 4Friday, October 5, 1:30pmSaturday, October 6

Thursday-A; Violin-1, 2Friday-18, A, Fall ASaturday-25, A, C

Marcelo Lehninger, conductorHawthorne String Quartet

TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureSCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet

and Wind OrchestraDVORÁK Symphony No. 8

Tuesday, October 9 Tuesday-C, E

Vladimir Jurowski, conductorArabella Steinbacher, violin

MENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

Thursday, October 11Friday, October 12, 1:30pmSaturday, October 13

Thursday-D; Violin-1Friday-18, B, Fall BSaturday-25, B, E

Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby 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 18Friday, October 19, 1:30pmSaturday, October 20Tuesday, October 23

Thursday-B; Piano-1, 2Friday-18, A, Fall ASaturday-25, B, FTuesday-B, F

Charles Dutoit, conductorOlga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale)Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child)Sandrine Piau, sopranoDiana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranosEdgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenorsDavid Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf,

and David Wilson-Johnson, baritonesMatthew Rose, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

STRAVINSKY The NightingaleRAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilègesConcert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky)

and French (Ravel) with English supertitles

Thursday, October 25Friday, October 26Saturday, October 27

Thursday-DUnderScore Friday-E, E2Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-2

Juanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violin

SAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission)

BRITTEN Violin ConcertoDVORÁK Symphony No. 7

Thursday, November 1Friday, November 2, 1:30pmSaturday, November 3Tuesday, November 6

Thursday-C; Violin-1, 2Friday-18, B, Fall BSaturday-25, A, DTuesday-C, D

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, piano

SIERRA Fandangos for orchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

Thursday, November 8Friday, November 9, 1:30pmSaturday, November 10

Thursday-B; Piano-1Friday-18, A, Fall ASaturday-25, B, F

Thomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, piano

SIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestraADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestraPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

Thursday, November 15Friday, November 16, 1:30pmSaturday, November 17

Thursday-D; Piano-1Friday-18, B, Fall BSaturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1

Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano HAYDN Symphony No. 76MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus

(complete ballet score)

Friday, November 23, 1:30pm Saturday, November 24Tuesday, November 27

Friday-18, A, Fall ASaturday-25, B, ETuesday-B, G

Stéphane Denève, conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

BERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-jugesSAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, EgyptianMacMILLAN Three Interludes from The SacrificeROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

Thursday, November 29Friday, November 30, 1:30pmSaturday, December 1

Thursday-A; Piano-1, 2Friday-18, B, Fall BSaturday-25, A, C

Alan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violin

DUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

Thursday, January 10Friday, January 11, 1:30pmSaturday, January 12Tuesday, January 15

Thursday-A; Violin-1, 2Friday-18, A, Fall ASaturday-25, A, CTuesday-C, D

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conductor/soloist program date seriesDaniele Gatti, conductorFiorenza Cedolins, sopranoEkaterina Gubanova, mezzo-sopranoFabio Sartori, tenorCarlo Colombara, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

VERDI Requiem Thursday, January 17Friday, January 18Saturday, January 19

Thursday-BUnderScore Friday-E, E1Saturday-25, B, F; Vocal-2

Charles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, piano

HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber

LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Thursday, January 24Friday, January 25, 1:30pmSaturday, January 26

Thursday-C; Piano-1, 2Friday-18, B, Spring BSaturday-25, A, D

Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violin

SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

Thursday, January 31Friday, February 1, 1:30pmSaturday, February 2Tuesday, February 5

Thursday-A; Violin-1Friday-18, B, Fall BSaturday-25, B, FTuesday-B, F

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violin

BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

Thursday, February 7Friday, February 8, 1:30pmSaturday, February 9Tuesday, February 12

Thursday-B; Violin-1Friday-18, B, Spring BSaturday-25, A, DTuesday-B, G

Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRadu Lupu, piano

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

Thursday, February 14Friday, February 15, 1:30pmSaturday, February 16

Thursday-D; Piano-1Friday-18, A, Spring ASaturday-25, A, C

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorAlexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor

STRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete)HAYDN Mass in Time of War

Thursday, February 21Friday, February 22, 1:30pmSaturday, February 23Tuesday, February 26

Thursday-AFriday-18, B, Spring BSaturday-25, B, E; Vocal-2Tuesday, C, E

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorLang Lang, piano

HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Thursday, February 28Friday, March 1Saturday, March 2

Thursday-C; Piano-1, 2(non-subscription concert)Saturday-25, B, E

Christoph Eschenbach, conductorLynn Harrell, celloOlivier Latry, organ

MOZART Symphony No. 41, JupiterTHOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3

(world premiere; BSO commission)SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ

Thursday, March 14Friday, March 15, 1:30pmSaturday, March 16

Thursday-CFriday-18, A, Spring ASaturday-25, B, F

Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

ALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude to Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll; Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

Thursday, March 21Friday, March 22, 1:30pmSaturday, March 23Tuesday, March 26

Thursday-DFriday-18, B, Spring BSaturday-25, A, D; Vocal-1Tuesday-B, F

Daniele Gatti, conductorAnne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopranoWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorBoys of PALS Children’s Chorus,

Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 3 Thursday, March 28Friday, March 29Saturday, March 30

Thursday-AUnderScore Friday-E, E2Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-2

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorGarrick Ohlsson, piano

HINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of PaganiniBARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

Tuesday, April 2 Tuesday-C, D

Oliver Knussen, conductorPinchas Zukerman, violinClaire Booth, soprano

MIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10KNUSSEN Violin ConcertoKNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano and orchestraMUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an Exhibition

Friday, April 12Saturday, April 13

UnderScore Friday-E, E1Saturday-25, B, F; Vocal-2

Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra BRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Thursday, April 18Friday, April 19, 1:30pmSaturday, April 20Tuesday, April 23

Thursday-CFriday-18, A, Spring ASaturday-25, B, ETuesday, B, G

Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, soprano

SCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

Thursday, April 25Friday, April 26Saturday, April 27Tuesday, April 30

Thursday-AUnderScore Friday-E, E2Saturday-25, A, C; Vocal-1Tuesday-C, E

Bernard Haitink, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violin

BRAHMS Violin ConcertoSCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

Thursday, May 2Friday, May 3, 1:30pmSaturday, May 4

Thursday-C; Violin-1, 2Friday-18, A, Spring ASaturday-25, B, E

tuesday-bCombines Tuesday-F and Tuesday-G6 Tuesday evenings at 8pm$630, $522, $414, $276, $216, $186, $174

tuesday, october 23Charles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, pianoElizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments

from The Martydom of Saint SebastianMARTIN Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments,

Timpani, Percussion, and String OrchestraRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

tuesday, november 27Christian Zacharias, conductor and pianoHAYDN Symphony No. 76MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus


tuesday, february 5Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

tuesday, february 12Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

tuesday, march 26Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-sopranoALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude to Lohengrin; Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde; Orchestral excerpts from Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll; Orchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

tuesday, april 23Members of the Boston Symphony OrchestraBRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

tuesday-cCombines Tuesday-D and Tuesday-E6 Tuesday evenings at 8pm$630, $522, $414, $276, $216, $186, $174

tuesday, october 9Marcelo Lehninger, conductorHawthorne String QuartetTCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureSCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet and

Wind OrchestraDVORÁK Symphony No. 8

tuesday, november 6Juanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violinSAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and

electronics (American premiere; BSO co-commission)


tuesday, january 15Alan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinDUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

tuesday, february 26Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorAlexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorSTRAVINSKY Pulcinella (complete)HAYDN Mass in Time of War

tuesday, april 2Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorGarrick Ohlsson, pianoHINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme

of PaganiniBARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

tuesday, april 30Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, sopranoSCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

tuesday-d3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm$315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, november 6Juanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violinSAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and



tuesday, january 15Alan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinDUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

tuesday, april 2Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorGarrick Ohlsson, pianoHINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme

of PaganiniBARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

tuesday-e3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm$315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, october 9Marcelo Lehninger, conductorHawthorne String QuartetTCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureSCHULHOFF Concerto for String Quartet and

Wind OrchestraDVORÁK Symphony No. 8

tuesday, february 26Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorAlexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


tuesday, april 30Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, sopranoSCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

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tuesday, october 23Charles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, pianoElizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments



tuesday, february 5Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

tuesday, march 26Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-sopranoALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude to LohengrinPrelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde Orchestral excerpts from GötterdämmerungSiegfried IdyllOrchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

tuesday-g3 Tuesday evenings at 8pm$315, $261, $207, $138, $108, $93, $87

tuesday, november 27Christian Zacharias, conductor and pianoHAYDN Symphony No. 76MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus


tuesday, february 12Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

tuesday, april 23Members of the Boston Symphony OrchestraBRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

choose your own seriesReceive subscriber benefits and attend concerts whenever you like when you choose your own series. You may also exchange your tickets for another date if something comes up. This series permits you to take advantage of the subscription discount, exchange privileges, and other subscriber benefits. Fill out the form provided in your Renewal Package, call 617-266-7575, or order online at bso.org.

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 3pmwith Thomas Adès and Kirill Gerstein, pianosMusic for piano four-handsCARTER Figment III for double bass (2007)CARTER Wind Quintet (1948)BRAHMS Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

sunday, january 13 3pmLUTOSŁAWSKI 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 3pmDVORÁK Bagatelles for two violins, cello, and harmonium, Op. 47SCHULHOFF Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass (1925)BRAHMS Clarinet Trio in A, Op. 114

sunday, april 28 3pmJANÁCEK Mládi, for flute, oboe, two clarinets, bassoon, and hornMARTINU Nonet for winds and stringsMOZART String Quintet in G minor, K.516

boston symphony chamber players at jordan hall

thursday-a7 Thursday evenings at 8pm$735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

thursday, october 4Marcelo Lehninger, conductorJoshua Bell, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureBERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)


thursday, november 29Stéphane Denève, conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoBERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-jugesSAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, EgyptianMacMILLAN Three Interludes from The SacrificeROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

thursday, january 10Alan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinDUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

thursday, january 31Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

thursday, february 21Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorAlexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


thursday, march 28Daniele Gatti, conductorAnne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopranoWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,


Andy Icochea Icochea, conductorMAHLER Symphony No. 3

thursday, april 25Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, sopranoSCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

thursday-b4 Thursday evenings at 8pm$420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116

thursday, october 18Charles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, pianoElizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments



thursday, november 8Giancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, pianoSIERRA Fandangos for orchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

thursday, january 17Daniele Gatti, conductorFiorenza Cedolins, sopranoEkaterina Gubanova, mezzo-sopranoFabio Sartori, tenorCarlo Colombara, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorVERDI Requiem

thursday, february 7Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

thursday-c7 Thursday evenings at 8pm$735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

thursday, september 27Bramwell Tovey, conductorAlfred 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 announcedTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorGERSHWIN Porgy and BessConcert performance

thursday, november 1Juanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violinSAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and



thursday, january 24Charles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, pianoHINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on

Themes of WeberLISZT Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

thursday, february 28Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorLang Lang, pianoHINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

thursday, march 14Christoph Eschenbach, conductorLynn Harrell, celloOlivier Latry, organMOZART Symphony No. 41, JupiterTHOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3


thursday, april 18Members of the Boston Symphony OrchestraBRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

thursday, may 2Bernard Haitink, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinBRAHMS Violin ConcertoSCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

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thursday-d5 Thursday evenings at 8pm$525, $435, $345, $230, $180, $155, $145

thursday, october 11Vladimir Jurowski, conductorArabella Steinbacher, violinMENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

thursday, october 25Charles Dutoit, conductorOlga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale)Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child)Sandrine Piau, sopranoDiana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranosEdgaras Montvidas and Jean-Paul Fouchécourt,

tenorsDavid Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf, and

David Wilson-Johnson, baritonesMatthew Rose, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorSTRAVINSKY The NightingaleRAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilègesConcert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky)


thursday, november 15Thomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, pianoSIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestraADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestraPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

thursday, february 14Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRadu Lupu, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

thursday, march 21Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-sopranoALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude 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.

family subscription

3-concert series$60 per Adult, kids under 18 free (limit four free per family)

november 10, 2012 12noonBoston Youth SymphonyFederico Cortese, conductorPROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf

march 9, 2013 10:15am & 12noonBoston Symphony OrchestraThomas Wilkins, conductorfrom the inside outA Musical Look at Courage, Competition, and CharacterWAGNER Prelude to Act III of LohengrinWILLIAMS Imperial March from Star WarsSCHUMAN “Chester” from New England Triptych PUCCINI Intermezzo from Manon LescautFALLA Jota from The Three-cornered HatBRAHMS Third movement (Allegro giocoso) from Symphony No. 4WILLIAMS Adventures on Earth from E.T. the Extra-terrestrial

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friday-fall a5 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$500, $415, $335, $225, $175, $155, $145

friday, october 5, 1:30pmMarcelo Lehninger, conductorJoshua Bell, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-

overtureBERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)


friday, october 19, 1:30pmCharles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, pianoElizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments



friday, november 9, 1:30pmGiancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, pianoSIERRA Fandangos for orchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

friday, november 23, 1:30pmChristian Zacharias, conductor and pianoHAYDN Symphony No. 76MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus


friday, january 11, 1:30pmAlan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinDUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

friday-fall b5 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$500, $415, $335, $225, $175, $155, $145

friday, october 12, 1:30pmVladimir Jurowski, conductorArabella Steinbacher, violin MENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

friday, november 2, 1:30pmJuanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violinSAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and



friday, november 16, 1:30pmThomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, pianoSIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestraADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestraPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6. 5

friday, november 30, 1:30pmStéphane Denève, conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoBERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-jugesSAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, EgyptianMacMILLAN Three Interludes from The SacrificeROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

friday, february 1, 1:30pmAndris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

friday-spring a4 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$400, $332, $268, $180, $140, $124, $116

friday, february 15, 1:30pmChristoph von Dohnányi, conductorRadu Lupu, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

friday, march 15, 1:30pmChristoph Eschenbach, conductorLynn Harrell, celloOlivier Latry, organMOZART Symphony No. 41, JupiterTHOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3


friday, april 19, 1:30pmMembers of the Boston Symphony OrchestraBRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds,

K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells, and

percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide to the

Orchestra

friday, may 3, 1:30pmBernard Haitink, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinBRAHMS Violin ConcertoSCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

f r i d a y A f t e r n o o n s

friday-a Combines Friday-Fall A and Friday-Spring A

9 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$900, $747, $603, $405, $315, $279, $261

friday-b Combines Friday-Fall B and Friday-Spring B

9 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$900, $747, $603, $405, $315, $279, $261

friday-18 Combines Friday-A and Friday-B

18 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$1,800, $1,494, $1,206, $810, $630, $558, $522

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friday-spring b4 Friday afternoons at 1:30pm$400, $332, $268, $180, $140, $124, $116

friday, january 25, 1:30pmCharles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses

on Themes of WeberLISZT Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

friday, february 8, 1:30pmChristoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

friday, february 22, 1:30pmRafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorAlexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


friday, march 22, 1:30pmDaniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-sopranoALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude to LohengrinPrelude and Liebestod from Tristan und IsoldeOrchestral excerpts from GötterdämmerungSiegfried IdyllOrchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

UnderScore friday-e13 Friday evenings at 8pm$342, $288, $228, $156, $129, $111, $90

friday, september 28, 8pmBramwell Tovey, conductorAlfred 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 announcedTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductor GERSHWIN Porgy and BessConcert performance

friday, january 18, 8pmDaniele Gatti, conductorFiorenza Cedolins, sopranoEkaterina Gubanova, mezzo-sopranoFabio Sartori, tenorCarlo Colombara, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


friday, april 12, 8pmOliver Knussen, conductorPinchas Zukerman, violinClaire Booth, sopranoMIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10KNUSSEN Violin ConcertoKNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano

and orchestraMUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an

Exhibition

UnderScore friday-e23 Friday evenings at 8pm$342, $288, $228, $156, $129, $111, $90

friday, october 26, 8pmCharles Dutoit, conductorOlga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale)Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child)Sandrine Piau, sopranoDiana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranosEdgaras Montvidas and

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenorsDavid Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf,

and David Wilson-Johnson, baritonesMatthew Rose, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductor STRAVINSKY The NightingaleRAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilègesConcert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky)


friday, march 29, 8pmDaniele Gatti, conductorAnne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopranoWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,



friday, april 26, 8pmBernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, sopranoSCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

friday-eveningCombines UnderScore Friday-E1 and UnderScore Friday-E2

6 Friday evenings at 8pm$684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

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t u e sdays a t u r d a ysaturday-c7 Saturday evenings at 8pm$798, $672, $532, $364, $301, $259, $210

saturday, october 6Marcelo Lehninger, conductorJoshua Bell, violinTCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet, Fantasy-overtureBERNSTEIN Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium)


saturday, october 27Charles 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, conductorSTRAVINSKY The NightingaleRAVEL L’Enfant et les sortilègesConcert performances, sung in Russian (Stravinsky)


saturday, december 1Stéphane Denève, conductorJean-Yves Thibaudet, pianoBERLIOZ Overture to Les Francs-jugesSAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No. 5, EgyptianMacMILLAN Three Interludes from The SacrificeROUSSEL Bacchus et Ariane, Suite No. 2

saturday, january 12Alan Gilbert, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinDUTILLEUX Métaboles for OrchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Violin ConcertoSTRAVINSKY Symphony in Three MovementsRAVEL La Valse

saturday, february 16Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRadu Lupu, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic

saturday, march 30Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopranoWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,



saturday, april 27Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla Tilling, sopranoSCHUBERT Symphony No. 5MAHLER Symphony No. 4

saturday-d6 Saturday evenings at 8pm$684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

saturday, september 29Bramwell 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 announcedTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductorGERSHWIN Porgy and BessConcert performance

saturday, november 3Juanjo Mena, conductorGil Shaham, violinSAARIAHO Circle Map, for orchestra and



saturday, november 17Thomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, pianoSIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestraADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestraPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6

saturday, january 26Charles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, pianoHINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on

Themes of WeberLISZT Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

saturday, february 9Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

saturday, march 23Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-sopranoALL-WAGNER PROGRAMPrelude to LohengrinPrelude and Liebestod from Tristan und IsoldeOrchestral excerpts from GötterdämmerungSiegfried IdyllOrchestral and vocal excerpts from Parsifal

saturday-e6 Saturday evenings at 8pm$684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

saturday, october 13Vladimir Jurowski, conductorArabella Steinbacher, violinMENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4

saturday, november 24Christian Zacharias, conductor and pianoHAYDN Symphony No. 76MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus


saturday, february 23Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

Alexandra Coku, sopranoKaren Cargill, mezzo-sopranoMatthew Polenzani, tenorIldebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


saturday, march 2Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductorLang Lang, pianoHINDEMITH Konzertmusik for Strings and BrassRACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra

saturday, april 20Members of the Boston Symphony OrchestraBRITTEN Fanfare for St. EdmundsburyMOZART Serenade No. 11 in E-flat for winds, K.375DVORÁK Serenade for StringsTIPPETT Praeludium, for brass, bells,

and percussionBRITTEN The Young Person’s Guide

to the Orchestra

saturday, may 4Bernard Haitink, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinBRAHMS Violin ConcertoSCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great

saturday-f6 Saturday evenings at 8pm$684, $576, $456, $312, $258, $222, $180

saturday, october 20Charles Dutoit, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano Elizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments



saturday, november 10Giancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, pianoSIERRA Fandangos for orchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

saturday, january 19Daniele Gatti, conductorFiorenza Cedolins, sopranoEkaterina Gubanova, mezzo-sopranoFabio Sartori, tenorCarlo Colombara, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


saturday, february 2Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

saturday, march 16Christoph Eschenbach, conductorLynn Harrell, celloOlivier Latry, organMOZART Symphony No. 41, JupiterTHOMAS Cello Concerto No. 3


saturday, april 13Oliver Knussen, conductorPinchas Zukerman, violinClaire Booth, sopranoMIASKOVSKY Symphony No. 10KNUSSEN Violin ConcertoKNUSSEN Whitman Settings, for soprano and

orchestraMUSSORGSKY arr. STOKOWSKI Pictures at an

Exhibition

vocal-14 Saturday evenings at 8pm$456, $384, $304, $208, $172, $148, $120

saturday, september 29Bramwell Tovey, conductorAlfred 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 announcedTanglewood Festival Chorus,

John Oliver, conductor

saturday, november 17Thomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, piano

saturday, march 23Daniele Gatti, conductorMichelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

saturday, april 27Bernard Haitink, conductorCamilla 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.

vocal-25 Saturday evenings at 8pm$570, $480, $380, $260, $215, $185, $150

saturday, october 27Charles Dutoit, conductorOlga Peretyatko, soprano (The Nightingale)Julie Boulianne, mezzo-soprano (The Child)Sandrine Piau, sopranoDiana Axentii and Yvonne Naef, mezzo-sopranosEdgaras Montvidas and

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenorsDavid Kravitz, Kelley Markgraf,

and David Wilson-Johnson, baritonesMatthew Rose, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


saturday, january 19Daniele Gatti, conductor Fiorenza Cedolins, soprano; Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano; Fabio Sartori, tenor; Carlo Colombara, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


saturday, february 23Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Alexandra Coku, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Polenzani, tenor; Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, bassTanglewood Festival Chorus,


saturday, march 30Daniele Gatti, conductor Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-sopranoWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus,


Andy Icochea Icochea, conductor

saturday, april 13Oliver Knussen, conductorPinchas Zukerman, violinClaire Booth, soprano

vocal enthusiasts

saturday-a Combines Saturday-C and Saturday-D

13 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $1,482, $1,248, $988, $676, $559, $481, $390

saturday-b Combines Saturday-E and Saturday-F

12 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $1,368, $1,152, $912, $624, $516, $444, $360

saturday-25 Combines Saturday-A and Saturday-B

25 Saturday evenings at 8pm. $2,850, $2,400, $1,900, $1,300, $1,075, $925, $750

piano lovers

piano-17 Thursday evenings at 8pm$735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203

thursday, october 18Charles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, piano; Elizabeth Rowe, flute; John Ferrillo, oboe; William R. Hudgins, clarinet; Richard Svoboda, bassoon; James Sommerville, horn; Thomas Rolfs, trumpet; Toby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments



thursday, november 8Giancarlo Guerrero, conductorDaniil Trifonov, pianoSIERRA Fandangos for orchestraTCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 5

thursday, november 15Thomas Adès, conductorDawn Upshaw, sopranoKirill Gerstein, pianoSIBELIUS Luonnotar, for soprano and orchestraADÈS In Seven Days, for piano and orchestraPROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1SIBELIUS Symphony No. 6


thursday, january 24Charles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses


thursday, february 14Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRadu Lupu, pianoMOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A, K.488BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic


violin-17 Thursday evenings at 8pm$735, $609, $483, $322, $252, $217, $203



thursday, october 11Vladimir Jurowski, conductorArabella Steinbacher, violinMENDELSSOHN Violin ConcertoSHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 4





thursday, january 31Andris Nelsons, conductorBaiba Skride, violinSHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

thursday, february 7Christoph von Dohnányi, conductorRenaud Capuçon, violinBRAHMS Variations on a Theme by HaydnSIBELIUS Violin ConcertoBEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5


violin-24 Thursday evenings at 8pm$420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116









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piano-24 Thursday evenings at 8pm$420, $348, $276, $184, $144, $124, $116

thursday, october 18Charles Dutoit, conductorNikolai Lugansky, pianoElizabeth Rowe, fluteJohn Ferrillo, oboeWilliam R. Hudgins, clarinetRichard Svoboda, bassoonJames Sommerville, hornThomas Rolfs, trumpetToby Oft, tromboneDEBUSSY Fanfares and Symphonic Fragments




thursday, january 24Charles Dutoit, conductorStephen Hough, piano HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses




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