THE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA / THE 81ST SEASON / 2016-17

IPO for Jeans Intermezzo Light Philoclassica Friday at 7 at 7:00 Classic Saturday Gala Jerusalem Haifa A Haifa B Kids Classical 2:00 Eight Classic Artists Programmes , conductor Noam Sheriff: Akeda (The Sacrifice of Isaac) 1 1 1 Yefim Bronfman, pianist Commemorating the composer's 80th birthday 1 Fri. Wed. Tue. Mon. Sunhae Im, soprano Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 2 21.10.16 19.10.16 17.10.16 18.10.16 Shahar Lavi, mezzo-soprano Bach: Magnificat Julia Rutigliano, mezzo-soprano Michael Schade•, tenor Johannes Stermann, bass The Prague Philharmonic Choir Zubin Mehta, conductor Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 5 ("Emperor") 1 1 Yefim Bronfman, pianist Bach: Magnificat Thu. Sat. 20.10.16 22.10.16 Sunhae Im, soprano Shahar Lavi, mezzo-soprano Julia Rutigliano, mezzo-soprano Michael Schade•, tenor Johannes Stermann, bass The Prague Philharmonic Choir Itay Tiran, presenter (Jeans) Zubin Mehta, conductor Sergiu Natra: Toccata - Festive Overture 1 1 Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491 1 1 Sat. Wed. Thu. Tue. Sunhae Im, soprano Bach: Magnificat 25.10.16 29.10.16 26.10.16 27.10.16 Shahar Lavi, mezzo-soprano Julia Rutigliano, mezzo-soprano Michael Schade•, tenor Johannes Stermann, bass The Prague Philharmonic Choir Zubin Mehta, conductor Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 24 in C minor, K. 491 1 Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Bach: Magnificat Fri. Sunhae Im, soprano 28.10.16 Shahar Lavi, mezzo-soprano Julia Rutigliano, mezzo-soprano Michael Schade•, tenor Johannes Stermann, bass The Prague Philharmonic Choir Prof. Michael Wolpe, presenter 1 Zubin Mehta, conductor Rossini: Semiramide Overture Sun. Khatia Buniatishvili, pianist Rachmaninov: Variations on a theme by Paganini for piano 30.10.16 Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade 2 2 2 Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor Neuburger: Aube* 2 2 Sat. Sat. Wed. •, pianist Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 Thu. Thu. 19.11.16 12.11.16 9.11.16 Brahms: Symphony no. 1 10.11.16 17.11.16 Roni Porat, conductor and presenter Our Philharmonic 1 Leor Eitan, piccolo player Vivaldi: Third movement from Concerto for piccolo Mon. 14.11.16 Britten: Second movement from "Simple Symphony" Tchaikovsky: Scherzo from Symphony no. 4 Bizet-Schedrin: Selection from Carmen Suite Prokofiev: Selection from Romeo and Juliet 2 Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4 Wed. Paul Lewis•, pianist Schubert: Symphony no. 9 ("The Great") 16.11.16 Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Prokofiev: Overture to the The Love for Three Oranges 2 3 3 Behzod Abduraimov•, pianist Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 2 3 Tue. Sat. Sun. • Thu. Wed. 22.11.16 26.11.16 27.11.16 Ekaterina Sergeeva , mezzo-soprano Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, cantata op. 78 1.12.16 30.11.16 The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Yuri Temirkanov, conductor Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 2 2 2 Behzod Abduraimov•, pianist Khachaturian: Suites from Spartacus and Gayane Thu. Fri. Wed. 24.11.16 2.12.16 23.11.16 Prof. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturer (Intermezzo) Keren Peles, presenter (Jeans) 2 4 4 Sir András Schiff, conductor and pianist Bach: Piano Concerto no. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 3 3 Fri. Sat. Wed. , violinist Brahms: Concerto Tue. Mon. 16.12.16 17.12.16 14.12.16 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra 13.12.16 12.12.16 Eyal Ein-Habar, conductor Clarinet Time 2 Yevgeny Yehudin, Ron Selka, Jonathan Hadas, Shelly Davis, clarinetists Works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Artie Shaw, Mozart, Verdi, Krommer and more Wed. 11.1.17 With young clarinetists Jonathan Hadas, presenter Osmo Vänskä, conductor Bernstein: Overture to Candide 3 5 5 Martin Fröst•, clarinetist Copland: Clarinet Concerto 4 Sun. Sat. Thu. Wed. 22.1.17 21.1.17 19.1.17 Artie Shaw: Clarinet Concerto 18.1.17 Nielsen: Symphony no. 4 Osmo Vänskä, conductor Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten 3 Avi Avital, mandolin player Avner Dorman: Mandolin Concerto 4 4 Tue. Sun. Wed. 24.1.17 Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1052 (version for mandolin) 29.1.17 25.1.17 Bach: in A minor, BWV 1041 (version for mandolin) Shostakovich: Symphony no. 1 Osmo Vänskä, conductor Beethoven: Leonore Overture no. 2, op. 72a (Philoclassica only) 3 3 Avi Avital, mandolin player Bach: Keyboard Concerto no. 1 in G minor, BWV 1052 (version for mandolin) Fri. Thu. 27.1.17 26.1.17 Astrit Baltzan, presenter (Intermezzo) Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (version for mandolin) Mozart: Symphony no. 39, K. 543 3 4 6 6 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Prokofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical") 5 5 Fri. Wed. Sat. Mon. Julian Rachlin, violinist Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Tue. Mon. 17.2.17 15.2.17 18.2.17 13.2.17 Stravinsky: Firebird, complete ballet music (1911 version) 14.2.17 20.2.17 Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije(Light Classical Only) 3 3 Julian Rachlin, violinist and conductor Nino Rota: La Strada 5 Thu. Wed. Tue. 23.2.17 22.2.17 Assaf Harel, presenter (Jeans) Vivaldi: The Four Seasons for violin 21.2.17 Piazzolla: The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires Roni Porat, conductor and presenter Circus Concert 3 Kabalevsky: Galop from The Comedians Mon. 13.3.17 Nino Rota: The Clowns, 8 1/2 Shostakovich: From Jazz Suite Rossini: Overture to L'Italiana in Algeri Grieg: Troll Dance from Peer Gynt 4 5 7 7 Itzhak Perlman, conductor Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture 6 6 6 Wed. Thu. Sat. Tue. Ilya Gringolts, violinist Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Sun. Tue. Wed. 29.3.17 30.3.17 1.4.17 28.3.17 Brahms: Symphony no. 3 2.4.17 4.4.17 5.4.17 4 Itzhak Perlman, conductor Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 2 Fri. Ilya Gringolts, violinist Brahms: Symphony no. 3 31.3.17 Oren Nahari, presenter 4 Itzhak Perlman, conductor Beethoven: Egmont Overture Mon. Ilya Gringolts, violinist Bruch: Violin Concerto no. 1 3.4.17 Brahms: Symphony no. 3 4 4 4 Yaron Gottfried, conductor Bizet: Symphony in C Zhang Hongyan•, pipa (Chinese lute) player Liu Dehai: Concerto for pipa* 7 Thu. Sat. Fri. Mon. 20.4.17 22.4.17 21.4.17 Dr. Isaac Noy, presenter (Jeans) Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole 24.4.17 Respighi: Pini di Roma Ariel Zuckermann, conductor Mozart: Oveture to 4 Eli Gorenstein, actor Mozart: Aria from The Magic Flute Thu. 4.5.17 Moran Choir Haim Permont: Selection from The Pied Piper of Hamelin Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier John Williams: Hedwig the Snowy Owl Flying from the movie Harry Potter 6 8 8 Zubin Mehta, conductor Yossi Hamami: Concerto for piccolo* 7 8 Wed. Sat. Wed. Serena Wang•, pianist Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto no. 1 Thu. Sun. 24.5.17 20.5.17 17.5.17 Leor Eitan, piccolo player Schumann: Konzertstück for four horns and orchestra 18.5.17 21.5.17 James Madison Cox, Michael Slatkin, Yoel Abadi, Itamar Leshem, hornists Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 5 Zubin Mehta, conductor Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453 7 Sun. Denis Matsuev, pianist R. Strauss: Burlesque for piano Thu. 28.5.17 R. Strauss: Symphonia Domestica 25.5.17 5 Zubin Mehta, conductor Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453 Fri. Denis Matsuev, pianist Beethoven: Symphony no. 8 26.5.17 Roni Porat, presenter Zubin Mehta, conductor Haydn: Symphony no. 88 5 Denis Matsuev, pianist Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major, K. 453 Sat. 27.5.17 David Radzynski, violinist Haydn : Sinfonia Concertante for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon Emanuele Silvestri, cellist Dudu Carmel, oboist Daniel Mazaki, bassoonist Dan Ettinger, conductor Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492 5 6 9 9 Alex Penda (Countess), soprano (opera in concert form) 8 8 Sun. Thu. Sat. Tue. • Tue. Thu. 4.6.17 8.6.17 10.6.17 6.6.17 Rinnat Moriah (Susanna), soprano 13.6.17 15.6.17 Rinat Shaham (Cherubino), mezzo-soprano Edna Prochnik (Marcellina), mezzo-soprano Roman Trekel (Count), baritone Daniel Okulitch• (Figaro), bass-baritone Kristinn Sigmundsson• (Bartolo), bass The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir 5 6 7 10 10 , conductor and violinist Haydn: Violin Concerto no. 1 in C major 9 9 Fri. Sun. Sun. Sat. Mon. Amanda Forsyth, cellist Herbert: Cello Concerto no. 2 Tue. Wed. 30.6.17 2.7.17 25.6.17 24.6.17 26.6.17 Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 20.6.17 21.6.17 5 Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violinist Elgar: Chanson de Nuit et Chanson de Matin 9 Thu. Dror Keren, presenter (Jeans) Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 5 in A major, K. 219 ("Turkish") Tue. 29.6.17 Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4 27.6.17 5 Zubin Mehta, conductor Guests at the Hall Wed. Hanny Nahmias, presenter 12.7.17 Zubin Mehta, conductor Poulenc: Concerto for two pianos and percussion 6 6 Tomer Lev, Daniel Borovitzky•, pianists Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major, K. 314 10 10 Thu. Sat. Mon. Wed. 27.7.17 29.7.17 Tomer Yariv, Dan Moshayev, percussionists Donizetti: Mad scene from Lucia di Lammermoor 24.7.17 19.7.17 Dudu Carmel, oboist Verdi: "Sempre libera", aria from La Traviata Christina Poulitsi, soprano Mozart: "Crudele non mi dir", aria from Shai Golden, presenter (Jeans) Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5 (except for Jeans) Zubin Mehta, conductor Puccini: Turandot 6 7 8 11 11 Anna Pirozzi• / Elena Pankratova• (Turandot), soprano (opera in concert form) 10 Fri. Wed. Tue. Sun. Thu. Sun. 28.7.17 26.7.17 25.7.17 23.7.17 20.7.17 Chen Reiss (Liu), soprano 30.7.17 (Instead of Gregory Kunde• (Calaf), tenor Sat.) Guy Mannheim (Altoum), tenor Roberto Covetta• (Pang), tenor Pablo García-López• (Pong), tenor Germán Olvera• (Ping), baritone Konstantin Gorny• (Mandarin), bass Liang Li• (Timur), bass The Prague Philharmonic Choir The Gary Bertini Israeli Choir Children's Choir (tba)

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