Boston Symphony Orchestra 2019-2020 Season Program Listing (All programs and artists are subject to change.) *denotes BSO debut **denotes BSO subscription debut
Thursday, September 19 Thursday, October 17 Friday, September 20, 1:30 p.m. Friday, October 18, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, September 21 Saturday, October 19 Andris Nelsons, conductor Sir András Schiff, conductor and piano Lucas and Arthur Jussen, pianos* (Poulenc Concerto) J.S. BACH Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056 Arthur Jussen, piano (Beethoven) BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 Nicole Cabell, soprano BRAHMS Variations on a Theme by Haydn Vocal Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center BARTÓK Dance Suite Tanglewood Festival Chorus, ______James Burton, Conductor POULENC Concerto in D minor for two pianos and Thursday, October 24 orchestra Friday, October 25, 1:30 p.m. BEETHOVEN Fantasy in C minor for piano, chorus Saturday, October 26 and orchestra Susanna Mälkki, conductor Eric NATHAN Concerto for Orchestra Andreas Haefliger, piano (world premiere; BSO commission) FAURÉ Pavane POULENC Gloria, for soprano, chorus, and orchestra Dieter AMMANN New work for piano and orchestra ______(American premiere; BSO co-commission) MESSIAEN “Alleluia on the trumpet, Thursday, September 26 alleluia on the cymbal” from L’Ascension Friday, September 27, 1:30 p.m. DEBUSSY La Mer Saturday, September 28 Tuesday, October 1 Leipzig Week in Boston Andris Nelsons, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Sunday, October 27, 3 p.m. BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto (Non-subscription concert)+ STRAUSS Symphonia domestica Gewandhausorchester Leipzig ______Andris Nelsons, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin Thursday, October 3, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal) Gautier Capuçon, cello Thursday, October 3 BRAHMS Double Concerto for violin, cello, and orchestra Friday, October 4, 1:30 p.m. SCHUBERT Symphony in C, The Great Saturday, October 5 Andris Nelsons, conductor +Presented in association with the Celebrity Series of Yuja Wang, piano Boston Thomas Rolfs, trumpet ______James LEE III Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 Tuesday, October 29 SMETANA Selection from Má Vlast Gewandhausorchester Leipzig** ______Andris Nelsons, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello Thursday, October 10 MAHLER Blumine Friday, October 11, 1:30 p.m. SCHUMANN Cello Concerto Saturday, October 12 WAGNER Overture to The Flying Dutchman Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor ** MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, Scottish Truls Mørk, cello SIBELIUS Pohjola’s Daughter ELGAR Cello Concerto NIELSEN Symphony No. 5 ______
Thursday, October 31 Thursday, November 21 Saturday, November 2 Friday, November 22 (Casual Friday) Boston Symphony Orchestra and Saturday, November 23 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Tuesday, November 26 Andris Nelsons, conductor Andris Nelsons, conductor Olivier Latry, organ Daniel Lozakovich, violin** John Ferrillo, oboe Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Richard Svoboda, bassoon James Burton, conductor Frank-Michael Erben, violin Arturs MASKATS “My River runs to thee…” Christian Giger, cello (Homage to Emily Dickinson) STRAUSS Festive Prelude, for organ and orchestra (world premiere; BSO co-commission) HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat for oboe, bassoon, TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto violin, and cello Galina GRIGORJEVA On Leaving SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht For unaccompanied choir (November 21, 23, 26) SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 2, To October ______
Friday, November 1, 6 p.m. (Non-subscription concert) Friday, November 29, 1:30 p.m. Boston Symphony Orchestra and Saturday, November 30 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Christian Zacharias, conductor and piano Andris Nelsons, conductor BRAHMS Serenade No. 2 Olivier Latry, organ SCHUMANN Introduction and Allegro appassionato, John Ferrillo, oboe for piano and orchestra Richard Svoboda, bassoon SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 Frank-Michael Erben, violin ______Christian Giger, cello STRAUSS Festive Prelude, for organ and orchestra Thursday, January 2 HAYDN Sinfonia concertante in B-flat for oboe, bassoon, Friday, January 3, 1:30 p.m. violin, and cello Saturday, January 4 SCRIABIN Poem of Ecstasy Marcelo Lehninger, conductor Nelson Freire, piano Thursday, November 7 BEETHOVEN Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus Friday, November 8, 1:30 p.m. BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor Saturday, November 9 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 Tuesday, November 12 ______Andris Nelsons, conductor Mitsuko Uchida, piano Betsy JOLAS Letters from Bachville (world premiere; BSO co-commission) RAVEL Piano Concerto in G SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 12, The Year 1917 ______
Thursday, November 14, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal) Thursday, November 14 Friday, November 15, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, November 16 Andris Nelsons, conductor Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Genia Kühmeier, soprano* GRIEG Piano Concerto MAHLER Symphony No. 4 ______
Thursday, January 9 Friday, January 10, 1:30 p.m. Friday, February 21 (Casual Friday) Saturday, January 11 Saturday, February 22 Tuesday, January 14 Tuesday, February 25 Alain Altinoglu, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin Thierry Escaich, organ* STRAUSS Serenade for Winds, Op. 7 DEBUSSY (arr. ALTINOGLU) Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande BRUCKNER Adagio from String Quintet (February 22, 25) POULENC Concerto for Organ, String Orchestra, MOZART Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K.216 and Timpani HAYDN Symphony No. 49, La passione SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3, Organ Symphony ______Thursday, February 27 Thursday, January 16 Friday, February 28, 1:30 p.m. Friday, January 17, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 29 Saturday, January 18 Tuesday, March 3 Tuesday, January 21 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yu-An Chang, conductor** Johannes Moser, cello Till Fellner, piano Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Chihchun Chi-sun LEE New work Boston Symphony Children’s Choir, (world premiere; BSO commission) James Burton, conductor MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C, K.503 Helen GRIME Limina (BSO commission) TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 3, Polish WALTON Cello Concerto ______DURUFLÉ Requiem ______Thursday, January 23 Friday, January 24, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal) Saturday, January 25 Thursday, March 5 Andris Nelsons, conductor Friday, March 6, 1:30 p.m. BARBER Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance Saturday, March 7 SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. BARSHAI) Chamber Symphony, Hannu Lintu, conductor Op. 110a Seong-Jin Cho, piano* DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World Anna THORVALDSDOTTIR Metacosmos ______PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2 SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Tuesday, January 28 ______Andris Nelsons, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Thursday, March 19 SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. BARSHAI) Chamber Symphony, Friday, March 20 (Casual Friday) Op. 110a Saturday, March 21 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 André Raphel, conductor** DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9, From the New World Uri Caine Trio* ______Uri Caine, piano Mike Boone, bass Thursday, January 30 Clarence Penn, drums Friday, January 31, 1:30 p.m. Barbara Walker, vocalist* Andris Nelsons, conductor BSO Gospel Chorus Yefim Bronfman, piano COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Petite Suite de Concert (March 19, 21) BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra STILL Symphony No. 1, Afro-American MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491 Uri CAINE The Passion of Octavius Catto RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 ______
Thursday, March 26 Friday, April 17 (Casual Friday) Friday, March 27, 1:30 p.m. Andris Nelsons, conductor Saturday, March 28 Blaise Déjardin, cello Thomas Adès, conductor SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 Steven Isserlis, cello BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Edgaras Montvidas, tenor Tanglewood Festival Chorus and Friday, April 17 (Post-concert performance) Boston Symphony Children’s Choir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor James Burton, conductor STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite RACHMANINOFF All-Night Vigil* Thomas ADÈS Lieux retrouvés, for cello and orchestra STRAVINSKY Perséphone *Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tanglewood ______Festival Chorus ______Thursday, April 2, 10:30 a.m. (Open Rehearsal) Thursday, April 2 Saturday, April 18 Friday, April 3, 1:30 p.m. Andris Nelsons, conductor Saturday, April 4 Blaise Déjardin, cello Andris Nelsons, conductor BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No. 1 HK GRUBER Short Stories from the Vienna Woods RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 (American premiere; BSO co-commission) ______GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F Thursday, April 23 RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3 Friday, April 24, 1:30 p.m. ______Saturday, April 25 Tuesday, April 28 Thursday, April 9 Constantinos Carydis, conductor* Saturday, April 11 Midori, violin Andris Nelsons, conductor KODÁLY Dances of Galánta Emily Magee, soprano (Isolde)* PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 1 Jonas Kaufmann, tenor (Tristan) Periklis KOUKOS In Memoriam Y.A. Papaioannu Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano (Brangäne) BEETHOVEN Symphony No.7 Kostas Smoriginas, baritone (Kurwenal) ______Günther Groissböck, bass (Marke) Andrew Rees, tenor (Melot) Thursday, April 30 Alex Richardson, tenor (Shepherd) Friday, May 1, 1:30 p.m. David Kravitz, baritone (Helmsman) Saturday, May 2 WAGNER Tristan und Isolde, Act III Christoph von Dohnányi, conductor Elizabeth Rowe, flute Concert performance, sung in German with English John Ferrillo, oboe supertitles HAYDN Symphony No. 12 ______LIGETI Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe, and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique ______
Boston Symphony Chamber Players 2019-2020 season programs New England Conservatory of Music’s Jordan Hall 30 Gainsborough St., Boston
Sunday, October 20, 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 3 p.m. Boston Symphony Chamber Players Boston Symphony Chamber Players with Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord with Randall Hodgkinson, piano STRAVINSKY Octet for winds Kevin PUTS Seven Seascapes, for flute, horn, violin, viola, THOMSON Sonata da Chiesa, for clarinet, horn, trumpet, cello, double bass, and piano trombone, and viola Eric NATHAN Why Old Places Matter, for oboe, horn, CARTER Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord and piano Sofia GUBAIDULINA Etudes, for double bass SMYTH Variations on “Bonny Sweet Robin” FALLA Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, (Ophelia’s Song), for flute, oboe, and piano violin, and cello MENDELSSOHN String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat, Op.87 ______
Sunday, January 19, 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, 3 p.m. Boston Symphony Chamber Players John Brancy, baritone with David Deveau, piano J.S. BACH (arr. MOZART) Preludes and Fugues for string SCHULHOFF Concertino for flute, viola, and double bass trio György KURTÁG Selection from Signs, Games, Michael GANDOLFI New work for voices and ensemble and Messages, for two violins (world premiere; BSO commission) MARTINŮ Nonet for winds and strings DAHL Allegro and Arioso, for wind quintet REINECKE Trio in A minor for oboe, horn, BRITTEN Sinfonietta, Op. 1 and piano, Op. 188 BRAHMS Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello, and piano, Op. 114 ______
Youth and Family Concerts
Saturday, November 9, 12 p.m. Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) Adrian Slywotzky, conductor PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf ______
Saturday, March 14, 2020, 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Boston Symphony Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, BSO Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts Conductor ______
Saturday, April 18, 2020, 12 p.m. Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) Marta Żurad, conductor Matt Roberts, magician