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THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA / THE 84TH SEASON / 2019-20

Light Friday Classic Saturday IPO for Kids Jeans Intermezzo Classical Philoclassica at 2:00 7 at 7:00 Eight Classic Gala Artists Works Haifa A Light Classical Time to celebrate Ben-Haim: Psalm 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Korngold: Concerto Thu. Leonidas Kavakos, violinist Schubert: Symphony no. 9 (“The Great”) 3.10.19 Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Elgar: 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 Sat. , violinist Commemorating Isaac Stern’s centenary 5.10.19 Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Mozart: Symphony no. 41, K. 551 (“Jupiter”) 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 3 Mon. Denis Matsuev, pianist 7.10.19 Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Liszt: Piano Concerto no. 2 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben Sat. , pianist 12.10.19 Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Partos: Concertino for String Orchestra 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Schumann: Cello Concerto Mon. , cellist Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 (“Emperor”) 14.10.19 Rudolf Buchbinder, pianist Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Brahms: Violin Concerto 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Brahms: Symphony no. 2 Wed. , violinist 16.10.19 Time to celebrate Zubin Mehta Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Schubert: Symphony no. 3 Fri. , pianist Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2 18.10.19 Yoel Levi, conductor Britten: War Requiem Tatiana Pavlovskaya•, soprano Jamez McCorkle•,tenor 2 2 2 2 Morgan Pearse•, baritone 1 1 Tue. Mon. Sat. Tue. The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Wed. Wed. 12.11.19 11.11.19 9.11.19 5.11.19 The Joshua Tuttnauer Ankor Choir of the Jerusalem Academy of Music 6.11.19 13.11.19 and Dance

Yoel Levi, conductor Glière: Harp Concerto 1 1 2 YuYing Chen•, harpist Khachaturian: Suite from Spartacus Thu. Fri. Sat. Lucy Aharish, presenter (Jeans) 14.11.19 15.11.19 16.11.19 Prof. Oded Zehavi, lecturer (Intermezzo) Yi-An Xu, conductor The Enchanting Harp 1 YuYing Chen, Julia Rovinsky, harpists Works by Handel, Mozart, Saint-Saëns, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and more Sun. Harp Day participants from all over the country 17.11.19 Eli Gornstein, presenter Kirill Petrenko, conductor R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel 3 2 3 3 Tamara Stefanovich•, pianist Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491 2 Wed. Fri. Mon. Sun. Brahms: Symphony no. 3 Thu. 18.12.19 20.12.19 16.12.19 15.12.19 19.12.19 Lahav Shani, conductor Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 2 , pianist Brahms: Symphony no. 2 2 1 Sun. Wed. Tue. 22.12.19 25.12.19 24.12.19 Lahav Shani, conductor Ben-Haim: Symphony no. 1 3 4 3 4 Martha Argerich, pianist Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major 3 Tue. Wed. Sat. Sun. Stravinsky: The Firebird Mon. 31.12.19 1.1.20 4.1.20 5.1.20 6.1.20 Lahav Shani, conductor Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 2 2 Martha Argerich, pianist Stravinsky: The Firebird Thu. Tom Aharon, presenter 2.1.20 Murray Perahia, conductor and pianist Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 2 3 3 4 5 Oren Nahari, lecturer (Intermezzo) Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3 4 3 2 Fri. Sun. Fri. Sat. Mon. Schubert: Symphony no. 8 (“Unfinished”) Tue. Thu. Wed. 17.1.20 12.1.20 10.1.20 18.1.20 20.1.20 14.1.20 9.1.20 15.1.20 Guy Feder, conductor Peter and the Wolf and other Animals 2 Dror Keren, actor Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf Wed. Additional works by Fauré, Elgar, Weber, Marcello and Mozart 22.1.20 Andrea Battistoni, conductor Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 3 5 Sophie Koch•, mezzo-soprano Berlioz: Les Nuits d’été 5 4 Thu. Sat. Danny Robas, presenter (Jeans) Dvorak: Symphony no. 8 Sun. Tue. 6.2.20 8.2.20 9.2.20 11.2.20 Andrea Battistoni, conductor Mussorgsky: Night on a Bald Mountain 3 4 6 Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death Fri. Sat. Thu. Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturer (Intermezzo) Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition 14.2.20 15.2.20 13.2.20 Sir András Schiff, conductor and pianist Beethoven at 250 - All Beethoven Program 4 4 5 Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Tue. Thu. Wed. Piano Concerto no. 2 18.2.20 20.2.20 19.2.20 Coriolan Overture Piano Concerto no. 3 Sir András Schiff, conductor and pianist Beethoven at 250 - All Beethoven Program 6 7 Egmont Overture 6 5 3 Sat. Thu. Symphony no. 8 Mon. Wed. Tue. 29.2.20 27.2.20 Piano Concerto no. 4 24.2.20 26.2.20 25.2.20 Osmo Vänskä, conductor Bach-Skrowaczewski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor 5 4 6 Thomas Hampson, baritone Schubert: Songs 4 Thu. Fri. Sat. Mendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 (“Scottish”) Mon. 5.3.20 6.3.20 7.3.20 9.3.20 Osmo Vänskä, conductor Aho: Concerto for percussion* 7 8 Martin Grubinger, percussionist Bach-Skrowaczewski: Toccata and Fugue in D minor 6 Sat. Wed. Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 Thu. 14.3.20 11.3.20 12.3.20 Roni Porat, conductor and presenter Victor the Barber 3 Emmanuel Hannoun, actor Works by Rossini, Brahms, Prokofiev, Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Mon. Saint-Saëns, Brubeck and MacDermot 16.3.20 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violinist Stravinsky: Pulcinella 7 8 9 Amanda Forsyth, cellist : Concerto for violin and cello* 7 Sun. Sat. Tue. Nimrod David Pfeffer•, conductor (Dorman’s Concerto) Elgar: Enigma Variations Mon. 12.4.20 11.4.20 7.4.20 13.4.20 Yaron Gottfried, conductor The Sound of Disney 4 Ania Bukstein, actress Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Sleeping Beauty Thu. Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier 23.4.20 Music from the films Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Wizard of Oz and more Sir András Schiff, conductor and pianist Beethoven at 250 - All Beethoven Program 4 5 Renaud Capuçon, violinist Overture Leonore no. 3 8 7 Fri. Sat. Edgar Moreau•, cellist Concerto for violin, cello and piano Wed. Mon. 8.5.20 9.5.20 Prof. Michael Wolpe, lecturer (Intermezzo) Piano Concerto no. 5 (“Emperor”) 6.5.20 11.5.20 Sir András Schiff, conductor and pianist Beethoven at 250 - All Beethoven Program 4 5 5 9 Stephen Waarts•, violinist Overture Leonore no. 2 5 Thu. Fri. Wed. Sat. Name of presenter (Jeans Concert) tba Piano Concerto no. 1 Tue. 14.5.20 15.5.20 13.5.20 16.5.20 Violin Concerto 12.5.20 Roni Porat, conductor and presenter Betty Hoven 5 Yarden Bar-Kochba Halperin, actress Beethoven at 250 - works by Beethoven Sun. Young soloists 31.5.20 Kent Nagano, conductor Mahler: Symphony no. 3 10 Elisabeth Kulman•, contralto 9 8 Sat. The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Sun. Thu. 13.6.20 The Joshua Tuttnauer Ankor Choir of the Jerusalem Academy of Music 14.6.20 11.6.20 and Dance Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 6 6 Emanuel Ax, pianist Schumann: Symphony no. 4 6 Sat. Sun. Wed. 4.7.20 28.6.20 24.6.20 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Verdi: Otello Erika Grimaldi (Desdemona), soprano (Opera in concert form) Ola Rafalo• (Emilia), mezzo-soprano Gustavo Porta / Arsen Soghomonyan• (Otello), tenor 6 6 8 11 10 Francesco Marsiglia• (Cassio), tenor 10 9 Fri. Wed. Mon. Sat. Sun. Luca Casalin (Roderigo), tenor Tue. Thu. 3.7.20 1.7.20 29.6.20 27.6.20 5.7.20 Tommi Hakala• (Iago), baritone 7.7.20 25.6.20 Fabrizio Beggi• (Lodovico), bass Other singers tba The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Brahms: Tragic Overture 5 Emanuel Ax, pianist Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 Fri. Erela Kenan, lecturer 26.6.20 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Verdi: Arias and duets from Otello 5 Guest singers Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1 Thu. Emanuel Ax, pianist 2.7.20 Roy Bar-Natan, presenter Lahav Shani, conductor and pianist Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque no. 1 6 , violinist Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 Thu. Gal Nyska, cellist 16.7.20 Niv Raskin, presenter Lahav Shani, conductor Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto 7 11 Julian Rachlin, violinist Bartok: Concerto for orchestra 10 Sun. Wed. Mon. 19.7.20 22.7.20 20.7.20 Lahav Shani, conductor Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Julian Rachlin, violinist Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 7 Tue. 21.7.20

Subject to Change | * First IPO Performance | • IPO Debut | Dates in red mark mini series