FEBRUARY 26 THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 28 SATURDAY
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2 DVO ŘÁK Symphony No. 6 MARCH 5 THURSDAY – MARCH 10 TUESDAY
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 MARCH 12 THURSDAY – MARCH 17 TUESDAY
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor Richard Goode, piano NIELSEN Helios Overture MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 MARCH 19 THURSDAY – MARCH 24 TUESDAY
Hans Graf, conductor Janine Jansen, violin Alisa Weilerstein, cello BRAHMS Double concert for violin and cello BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 MARCH 26 THURSDAY – MARCH 28 SATURDAY
Charles Dutoit, conductor Lisa Batiashvili, violin RAVEL Mother Goose Suite PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 STRAVINSKY Petrushka (1911 version) APRIL 9 THURSDAY – APRIL 14 TUESDAY
Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor Nelson Freire, piano SIBELIUS The Bard GRIEG Piano Concerto COPLAND Suite from Appalachian Spring BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin
APRIL 16 THURSDAY – APRIL 18 SATURDAY
Mark Wigglesworth, conductor Isabelle Faust, violin Juliane Banse, soprano BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 4 APRIL 23 THURSDAY – APRIL 25 SATURDAY
Susanna Mälkki, conductor
RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite DEBUSSY (orch. BÜSSER)
Petite Suite STRAVINSKY Symphony in C APRIL 30 THURSDAY – MAY 2 SATURDAY
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 BERLIOZ Te Deum
OTHER ENGAGEMENTS DECEMBER 12 FRIDAY
New Jersey Performing Arts Center James Levine, conductor James Sommerville, horn BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 CARTER Horn Concerto STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps
BOSTON SYMPHONY CHAMBER PLAYERS At Jordan Hall NOVEMBER 2 SUNDAY
Boston Symphony Chamber Players MOZART Divertimento No. 12 in E-flat, for winds M. HAYDN Divertimento in D for horn, viola, and double bass VILLA-LOBOS Quintette en forme de chôros, for wind quintet BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat JANUARY 11 SUNDAY
CARNEGIE HALL CONCERTS OCTOBER 20 MONDAY
James Levine, conductor Maurizio Pollini, piano TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique KIRCHNER The Forbidden (world premiere; BSO 125th anniversary commission) SCHUMANN Piano Concerto DECEMBER 11 THURSDAY
James Levine, conductor and piano Daniel Barenboim, piano SCHUBERT Fantasie in F minor for piano four-hands BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 CARTER Interventions, for piano and orchestra (world premiere; BSO co-commission) STRAVINSKY Le Sacre du printemps FEBRUARY 9 MONDAY
James Levine, conductor Barbara Frittoli, soprano MOZART “Bella mia fiamma,” 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
Boston Symphony Chamber Players ROSSINI String Sonata No. 4 in B-flat DAHL Allegro and arioso, for wind quintet MACKEY Never Sing Before Breakfast, for wind quintet BRAHMS String Quintet No. 1 in F MARCH 22 SUNDAY
Boston Symphony Chamber Players with André Previn, piano PREVIN Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano DEBUSSY Sonata for flute, viola, and harp POULENC Sextet for piano and winds BRAHMS String Quintet No. 2 in G APRIL 26 SUNDAY
Boston Symphony Chamber Players with William Bolcolm, piano and Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano KNUSSEN Alleluya Nativitas (Perotin), for wind quintet PERLE Monody II, for double bass BOLCOM
Minicabs, for voice and piano Selections from Cabaret Songs Graceful Ghost concert variation BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2 in G
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YOUTH AND FAMILY CONCERTS APRIL 1 WEDNESDAY – APRIL 3 FRIDAY
Federico Cortese, conductor J. STRAUSS , SR. Radetzky March J. STRAUSS , JR. On the Beautiful Blue Danube BEETHOVEN Funeral March from Symphony No. 3, Eroica BERLIOZ “March to the Scaffold” from Symphony fantastique APRIL 4 SATURDAY
Federico Cortese, conductor Jeehae Ahn, piano Winner of the 2008 BSO Youth Concerts Concerto Competition and the Cornelius A. and Muriel P. Wood Award BEETHOVEN First movement (Allegra con brio), from Piano Concerto No. 3 STRAVINSKY March and Waltz from Suite No. 2 for small orchestra SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever! TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz from Serenade for Strings WILLIAMS “Aunt Marge’s Waltz” from Harry Potter and the Prince of Azkaban WILLIAMS “Imperial March” from Star Wars GOUNOD Waltz from Faust