Calendar of Events
2017/18 TEXAS INSTRUMENTS CLASSICAL SERIES * Featuring the Lay Family Concert Organ
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Mahler 5 SEPT 14 + 17 | 2017 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS
STUCKY “Elegy” from August 4, 1964 MAHLER Symphony No. 5
Hilary Hahn SEPT 21-24 | 2017 HANNU LINTU CONDUCTS HILARY HAHN VIOLIN JAMES DIAZ ORGAN
SIBELIUS Finlandia DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto SAMY MOUSSA A Globe Itself Infolding* SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto SEPT 28 – OCT 1 | 2017 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS RUDOLF BUCHBINDER PIANO
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor” BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
EMBARGOED UNTIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 AT 2 PM
Jean-Yves Thibaudet OCT 19-22 | 2017 PABLO HERAS-CASADO CONDUCTS JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET PIANO
DEBUSSY La Mer RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand DEBUSSY Gigues & Rondes de Printemps, from Images RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini NOV 2-5 | 2017 JAMES GAFFIGAN CONDUCTS STEPHEN HOUGH PIANO
COPLAND El Salón México RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony NOV 16-19 | 2017 JUN MÄRKL CONDUCTS VINCENT DUBOIS ORGAN
MESSIAEN L’Ascension POULENC Organ Concerto* SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, “Organ”*
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Alisa Weilerstein NOV 24-26 | 2017 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS ALISA WEILERSTEIN CELLO
PROKOFIEV Sinfonia concertante SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish”
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 JAN 11-13 | 2018 CRISTIAN MĂCELARU CONDUCTS BEHZOD ABDURAIMOV PIANO BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH ORGAN
BARBER Toccata Festiva* RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
Nicola Benedetti Performs the Beethoven Violin Concerto JAN 18-21 | 2018 DONALD RUNNICLES CONDUCTS NICOLA BENEDETTI VIOLIN
BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto SIBELIUS Symphony No. 7 BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3
Jaap van Zweden Conducts the Labèque Sisters FEB 2+3 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS KATIA & MARIELLE LABÈQUE PIANOS
PHILIP GLASS Double Concerto for Two Pianos+ BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8
+Dallas Premiere
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 FEB 8-10 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS HARRIET KRIJGH CELLO
HAYDN Cello Concerto in C major RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Tchaikovsky 6, “Pathétique” FEB 15-18 | 2018 GUSTAVO GIMENO CONDUCTS JÖRGEN VAN RIJEN TROMBONE
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1, “Classical” JAMES MACMILLAN Trombone Concerto+ TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
+US Premiere
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 2 FEB 23-25 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS DOROTHEA RÖSCHMANN SOPRANO MICHELLE DEYOUNG MEZZO-SOPRANO (DSO Artist-in-Residence) DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS |Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
MAHLER Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”*
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 MAR 8-11 | 2018 FABIO LUISI CONDUCTS LISE DE LA SALLE PIANO
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
The Brandenburg Concertos MAR 22-25 | 2018 RICHARD EGARR CONDUCTS & HARPSICHORD NATHAN OLSON VIOLIN ERIN HANNIGAN OBOE RYAN ANTHONY TRUMPET
BACH Six Brandenburg Concertos (Complete)
Beethoven Symphony No. 2 APRIL 12-15 | 2018 NICHOLAS MCGEGAN CONDUCTS BEATRICE RANA PIANO
HAYDN Symphony No. 83, “The Hen” PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 APRIL 26-28 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS LOUIS LORTIE PIANO SASHA COOKE MEZZO-SOPRANO DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS | Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 DURUFLÉ Requiem*
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Wagner’s Die Walküre MAY 18 + 20 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS HEIDI MELTON SOPRANO (Brünhilde) MICHELLE DEYOUNG MEZZO-SOPRANO (DSO Artist-in-Residence) (Sieglinde) SIMON O’NEILL TENOR (Siegmund) MATTHIAS GOERNE BARITONE (Wotan)
WAGNER Die Walküre (Complete opera in three acts) - (Sung in German with English surtitles)
Jaap van Zweden Conducts Beethoven’s Ninth MAY 24-26 | 2018 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS ALEXANDER KERR VIOLIN LISE LINDSTROM SOPRANO MICHELLE DEYOUNG MEZZO-SOPRANO (DSO Artist-in-Residence) STUART SKELTON TENOR MATTHIAS GOERNE BARITONE DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS |Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
JONATHAN LESHNOFF Violin Concerto No. 2+ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, “Choral” +World Premiere
2017/18 POPS SERIES
Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue SEP 8-10 | 2017 JEFF TYZIK CONDUCTS JON NAKAMATSU PIANO DOUG LABRECQUE VOCALIST
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue GERSHWIN An American in Paris GERSHWIN Fascinatin’ Rhythm
Raiders of the Lost Ark: Movie in Concert OCT 27-29 | 2017 CONSTANTINE KITSOPOULOS CONDUCTS
Return to the Cotton Club NOV 10-12 | 2017 JEFF TYZIK CONDUCTS BYRON STRIPLING TRUMPET AND VOCALS MICHE BRADEN VOCALIST TED LOUIS LEVY TAP DANCER ROBERT BREITHAUPT DRUMMER
Dallas Symphony Christmas Pops DEC 1-3 | 2017 LAWRENCE LOH CONDUCTS DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS | Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
Cirque de la Symphonie: Cirque Goes to the Cinema JAN 26-28 | 2018 RUTH REINHARDT CONDUCTS
The Nat King Cole Songbook MARCH 16-18 | 2018 JEFF TYZIK CONDUCTS DENZAL SINCLAIRE VOCALIST
Bernadette Peters with the Dallas Symphony APRIL 6-8 | 2018 MARVIN LAIRD CONDUCTS BERNADETTE PETERS VOCALIST
Astor Piazzolla & Tango Caliente MAY 4-6 | 2018 JEFF TYZIK CONDUCTS
Hollywood at the Symphony JUNE 15-17 | 2018 JEFF TYZIK CONDUCTS
REMIX Supported by TACA and the National Endowment for the Arts
OCTOBER 13-14 | 2017 Dallas City Performance Hall RUTH REINHARDT CONDUCTS ANGELA FULLER HEYDE VIOLIN
MARCH 2-3 | 2018 Dallas City Performance Hall RUTH REINHARDT CONDUCTS
May 10-11 | 2018 Dallas City Performance Hall JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS EMMANUELLE BOISVERT VIOLIN
SPECIAL CONCERTS
Jaap van Zweden Conducts 2017 DSO Gala Concert & After-Party SEPT 16 | 2017 JAAP VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS YO-YO MA CELLO
DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto
A Celebration of Singing: Dallas Symphony Chorus 40th Anniversary Concert OCT 8 | 2017 JOSHUA HABERMANN CONDUCTS BRADLEY HUNTER WELCH ORGAN DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS | Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
JAKE RUNESTAD New Choral Work (40th Anniversary Commission)+ BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
+World Premiere
CHRISTMAS AT THE DALLAS SYMPHONY
Dallas Symphony Christmas Pops DEC 1-17 | 2017 DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS | Joshua Habermann DIRECTOR
A Big Brassy Christmas & Organ Extravaganza DEC 4 | 2017 LAWRENCE LOH CONDUCTS
Preservation Hall Jazz Band DEC 6-7 | 2017
Home Alone - Film with orchestra DEC 21-22 | 2017
New Year’s Eve DEC 31 | 2017 RUTH REINHARDT CONDUCTS OPUS 100: ORGAN RECITAL SERIES
MICHEL BOUVARD OCT 15 | 2017
ISABELLE DEMERS FEB 11 | 2018
KEN COWAN APRIL 22 | 2018