Boston Symphony Orchestra 2009-10 Season Program Listing (Revised)

Boston Symphony Orchestra 2009-10 Season Program Listing

Symphony Hall, Boston

Wednesday, September 23, 6:30 p.m.
Opening Night at Symphony
James Levine, conductor
Evgeny Kissin, piano
Ann Hobson Pilot, harp
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2
Williams On Willows and Birches, for harp and orchestra (world premiere)
Debussy La Mer
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Saturday, September 26, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, September 29, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Grazia Doronzio, soprano
Anke Vondung, mezzo-soprano
Michael Schade, tenor
Eric Owens, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Mozart Requiem
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Saturday, October 3, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Ann Hobson Pilot, harp
Beethoven Symphony No. 4
Carter Mosaic, for harp and ensemble
Debussy Danses sacrée et profane, for harp and orchestra
Williams On Willows and Birches, for harp and orchestra
Ravel La Valse
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Thursday, October, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 9, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 10, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, October 13, 8 p.m.
Daniele Gatti, conductor
Brahms Symphony No. 3
Hindemith Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings
Strauss Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
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Thursday, October 15, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 16, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 17, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, October 20, 8 p.m.
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Peter Serkin, piano
Martinů The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca
Stravinsky Capriccio for piano and orchestra
Thomas Helios Choros II (Sun God Dancers) (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
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Thursday, October 22, 10:30 a.m. (Open
Rehearsal)
Thursday, October 22, 8 p.m.
Friday, October 23, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 24, 8 p.m.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor (replacing James Levine)
Beethoven The Complete Symphonies,
Program 1
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5
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Tuesday, October 27, 8 p.m.
Thursday, October 29, 8 p.m.
Julian Kuerti, conductor (replacing James Levine
Beethoven The Complete Symphonies,
Program 2
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 3, Eroica
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Friday, October 30, 8 p.m.
Saturday, October 31, 8 p.m.
Lorin Maazel, conductor (replacing James Levine)
Beethoven The Complete Symphonies,
Program 3
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Symphony No. 7
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Thursday, November 5, 8 p.m.
Friday, November 6, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 7, 8 p.m.
Lorin Maazel, conductor (replacing James Levine)
Christine Brewer, soprano
Meredith Arwady, contralto
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Eike Wilm Schulte, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Beethoven The Complete Symphonies,
Program 4
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9
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Thursday, November 12, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, November 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 14, 8 p.m.
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Lise de la Salle, piano
Honegger Pastorale d’été
Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947 version)
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Thursday, November 19, 8 p.m.
Friday, November 20, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 21, 8 p.m.
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Sir James Galway, flute
Women of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Debussy Nocturnes for orchestra
Ibert Flute Concerto
Brahms Symphony No. 1
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Tuesday, November 24, 8 p.m. (Thursday series)
Friday, November 27, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 28, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, December 1, 8 p.m.
Sir Andrew Davis, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
Stravinsky Symphony in Three Movements
Brahms Violin Concerto
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Wednesday, December 2, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, December 3, 8 p.m.
Friday, December 4, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 5, 8 p.m.
Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra
MARTINŮ Violin Concerto No. 2
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
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Wednesday, January 6, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, January 7, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 8, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 9, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, January 12, 8 p.m.
Ton Koopman, conductor and harpsichord
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Haydn Symphony No. 98
Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 in C
C.P.E. Bach Symphony in G, Wq. 183:4
Schubert Symphony in B minor, Unfinished
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Thursday, January 14, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 15, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 16, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, January 19, 8 p.m.
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Nikolaj Znaider, violin
Mozart Symphony No. 38, Prague
Elgar Violin Concerto
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Thursday, January 21, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 22, 8 p.m.
Saturday, January 23, 8 p.m.
Sir Colin Davis, conductor
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Macmillan St. John Passion (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
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Thursday, January 28, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, January 28, 8 p.m.
Friday, January 29, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Steven Ansell, viola
Carter Dialogues, for piano and orchestra
Berlioz Harold in Italy, for viola and orchestra
Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand
Ravel Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2

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Thursday, February 4, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 5, 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, February 9, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Elizabeth Rowe, flute
Schubert Rosamunde Overture and Entr’actes
Carter Flute Concerto (American premiere; BSO co-commission)
Brahms Symphony No. 4
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Thursday, February 11, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, February 11, 8 p.m.
Friday, February 12, 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 13, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano
Berg Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6
Strauss Four Last Songs
Mahler Symphony No. 4
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Thursday, February 18, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
All-Beethoven Program
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral
Symphony No. 7
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Friday, February 19, 8 p.m.
Saturday, February 20, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
All-Beethoven Program
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 3, Eroica
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Sunday, February 21, 3 p.m. (Pension Fund Concert) (Friday series)
James Levine, conductor
Lynn Harrell, cello
Steven Ansell, viola
R. Strauss Don Quixote
Joh. STRAUSS II Overture to Die Fledermaus
Joh. STRAUSS II Amid Thunder and Lightning
Joh. STRAUSS II Roses from the South
Joh. STRAUSS II Free-shooter
Jos. STRAUSS Free from Care!
Jos. STRAUSS Deliriums
Joh. STRAUSS I Radetzky March
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Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, March 11, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 12, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16, 8 p.m.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Albéniz (orch. ARBÓS) Excerpts from Iberia
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
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Thursday, March 18, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, March 18, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 19, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 8 p.m.
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Albina Shagimuratova, soprano
Alice Coote, mezzo-soprano
Eric Cutler, tenor
Alfred Walker, bass
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Mendelssohn Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rossini Stabat Mater
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Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, March 25, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 26, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 27, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, March 30, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Gerald Finley, bass-baritone
Debussy Jeux
Lieberson Farewell Songs, for baritone and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission)
Schubert Symphony in C, The Great
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Thursday, April 1, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 2, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 3, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
Aleksandrs Antonenko, tenor
Shenyang, bass-baritone
Tanglewood Festival Chorus
John Oliver, conductor
Mendelssohn Elijah (sung in German)
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Thursday, April 8, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal)
Thursday, April 8, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 9, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 10, 8 p.m.
James Levine, conductor
Mira Wang, violin
Jan Vogler, cello
Harbison Double Concerto for violin and cello (world premiere; BSO commission)
Mahler Symphony No. 7
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Tuesday, April 13, 8 p.m.
Thursday, April 15, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 16, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 17, 8 p.m.
Julian Kuerti, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Ligeti Concert Românesc
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, Little Russian
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Thursday, April 22 , 8 p.m.
Friday, April 23, 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 24, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, April 27, 8 p.m.
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Strauss Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A
Mozart Symphony No. 35, Haffner
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Thursday, April 29, 8 p.m.
Friday, April 30, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 1, 8 p.m.
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 2
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra