SEP All programs,All to anddates subject artists change. JAN DEC NOV OCT MAR FEB MAY APR A JOY TO THE EYE AND EAR HINDEMITH STRAUSS SymphonicFantasyR. from DieFrau ohneSchatten SCHUMANN ViolinConcerto BEETHOVEN Beethoven andSchumann HANDEL Messiah BRUCKNER SymphonyNo.9 MENDELSSOHN No.1 Bruckner’ VAUGHAN WILLIAMSALondonSymphony(SymphonyNo.2) BRUCH ViolinConcerto No.1 ELGAR PerformsBell Bruch COPLAND SymphonyNo.3 ROUSE Concerto (World Premiere) BARBER Copland’s Third SCRIABIN WAGNER Prelude to Tristan andIsolde LIEBERSON BERLIOZ Selections from RomeoandJuliet Poem ofEcstasy HAYDN Haydn’s Creation WAGNER BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto Beethoven’s Triple Concerto RIMSKY-KORSAKOV BARTÓK No.3 LIGETI Scheherazade BERLIOZ BEETHOVEN SymphonyNo.6,“Pastoral” Beethoven’s Pastoral SHOSTAKOVICH Year SymphonyNo.11,“The 1905” SALONEN ViolinConcerto WENNÄKOSKI Shostakovich’s Eleventh ELGAR KERNIS GRIEG Piano Concerto SIBELIUS Enigma Variations PROKOFIEV PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.2 BERNSTEIN SymphonyNo.3,“Kaddish” RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.1 LOIACONO Slatkin Conducts Bernstein STRAUSS LeR. Bourgeois GentilhommeSuite MOZART Concerto for299 Flute andHarp,K. ADÈS Mozart andStrauss SHOSTAKOVICH SymphonyNo.9 TCHAIKOVSKY ViolinConcerto BARTÓK Tchaikovsky’s ViolinConcerto FRANCK SymphonyinDminor LALO DUKAS Franck’s DMinor BEETHOVEN ViolinConcerto HAYDN BEETHOVEN Romance No.2for ViolinandOrchestra Beethoven’s ViolinConcerto BRAHMS STRAVINSKY Brahms’ GermanRequiem MAHLER MOZART Mahler’s Ninth PROKOFIEV/DENÈVE Denève Conducts Prokofiev BRAHMS SymphonyNo.2 VAUGHAN WILLIAMSTheLarkAscending VAUGHAN WILLIAMSSerenade to Music MOZART Mozart andBrahms RACHMANINOFF Mendelssohn’s Scottish POWELL HALL AT 50: CELEBRATING OUR HOME BERLIOZ RAVEL SALONEN Symphonie Fantastique TCHAIKOVSKY SymphonyNo.6,“Pathétique” NewBEAL SongCycle (World Premiere) BARBER SymphonyNo.1 Tchaikovsky’s Sixth MENDELSSOHN SymphonyNo.3,“Scottish” SCRIABIN Piano Concerto Three Studiesfrom Couperin Concert Românesc Shéhérazade In theSouth(Alassio) Enigma Variations Musica celestis The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Medea’s Meditation and Dance ofVengeance The Creation Symphony No.44,“Trauer” The Miraculous MandarinSuite Harold inItaly Symphonie fantastique Finlandia Symphony No.9 Messiah A GermanRequiem

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known for their camaraderie and friendships both GIVING WEEKEND on stage and off, resulting in an extraordinary musical chemistry whenever and wherever they make music. This talented group joined together to curate a season Melissa Brooks,Melissa cello Celeste Golden Boyer, violin Elizabeth Joy Roe,piano Jun Märkl,conductor Javier Perianes, piano Gustavo Gimeno, conductor Beth Guterman Chu,viola Bramwell Tovey, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Hannu Lintu,conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano Gemma New, conductor Renaud Capuçon,violin Karina Canellakis, conductor AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus St. William Berger, baritone Nicholas Phan,tenor Krisztina Szabó,mezzo-soprano Karina Gauvin,soprano Matthew Halls, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano John Storgårds, conductor Joshua violin Bell, Michael Francis, conductor Cristian Ma Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano Stéphane Denève, conductor AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus St. Douglas Williams, bass-baritone Robin Tritschler, tenor Yulia Van Doren, soprano Nicholas McGegan, conductor Andrew Cuneo, bassoon Rinat Shaham,mezzo-soprano Stéphane Denève, conductor Barbara Berner, director LouisChildren’sThe St. Choirs AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus St. Cooke,Sasha mezzo-soprano Olga Kern, piano Leonard Slatkin, conductor Karen Gomyo, violin Jakub Hru˚ša, conductor Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Varga,Gilbert conductor Anthony Marwood, leader andviolin AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus St. Anita Rachvelishvili, mezzo-soprano Yefim Bronfman, piano Stéphane Denève, conductor Hila Plitmann,soprano Leonard Slatkin, conductor Allegra Lilly, harp Mark Sparks,flute Gemma New, conductor AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus St. Stephen Powell, baritone Siobhan Stagg, soprano Nathalie Stutzmann,conductor Lars Vogt, piano Peter Oundjian, conductor AmyKaiser, director LouisSymphonyChorus Members oftheSt. David Halen, violin Stéphane Denève, conductor Gerstein,Kirill piano Matthias Pintscher, conductor especially with you in mind – featuring audience  favorites and revived gems of the repertoire. New and celaru, conductor familiar faces that are part of our musical family grace the Powell Hall stage, including our Music Director Designate Stéphane Denève, Conductor Laureate Leonard Slatkin, Resident Conductor Gemma New CONCERTS RDYFRIDAY FRIDAY Coffee NOV NOV MAY MAR OCT APR JAN FEB 30 22 18 16 8 8 5 5 and many SLSO musicians. From our family to yours, 3 we share this outstanding season that you are certain NOV MAR MAR OCT FEB 29 23 B A D C B A B A 15 15 12

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