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HOUSTON SYMPHONY Master Chronological Concert Listing 2019—20 SEASON All Concerts Held at Jones Hall Unless Otherwise Noted HOUSTON SYMPHONY Master Chronological Concert Listing 2019—20 SEASON All concerts held at Jones Hall unless otherwise noted. POPS SERIES 1 Renée Elise Goldsberry FRI SEPT 6, 8 PM ​ ​ SAT SEPT 7, 8 PM SUN SEPT 8, 2:30 PM Steven Reineke, conductor Renée Elise Goldsberry, vocalist The Tony Award–winning Hamilton star joins the Houston Symphony for Broadway showstoppers from ​ ​ The Lion King, Rent and more. (And, there’s always the possibility of a few numbers from Hamilton!) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ HOUSTON SYMPHONY SPECIALS Opening Night: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 SAT SEPT 14, 7:30 PM Leonard Slatkin, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano GLINKA Kamarinskaya (Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Songs) ​ ​ BORODIN Nocturne ​ TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien ​ RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 “There is not a better pianist in the world. [Yefim Bronfman] is not a pianist merely for now but for all time.” --The New Criterion ​ ​ Monumental doesn’t even begin to describe it. Prepare for an extraordinary experience when living legend Yefim Bronfman takes on the staggering virtuosity of “Rach 3,” a piece so demanding it’s often referred to as the Mt. Everest of Piano Concertos. CLASSICAL SERIES 1 Classical Season Opener Stravinsky’s Firebird THU SEPT. 19, 8 PM SAT SEPT. 21, 8 PM SUN SEPT. 22, 2:30 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor ​ Leonidas Kavakos, violin ​ STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique ​ ​ STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto ​ STRAVINSKY The Firebird (full ballet score) ​ ​ ​ Magic springs from every moment of Stravinsky’s Firebird. Astounding star Leonidas Kavakos performs ​ ​ the composer’s invigorating, classical-inspired concerto. General and Mrs. Maurice Hirsh Memorial Concert Fund, Guarantor ​ CLASSICAL SERIES 2 Gershwin’s Piano Concerto + Porgy and Bess FRI SEPT. 27, 8 PM SAT SEPT. 28, 8 PM SUN SEPT. 29, 2:30 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor ​ Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano ​ CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía india ​ ​ GERSHWIN Piano Concerto ​ COPLAND El Salón México ​ ​ GERSHWIN Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess ​ ​ ​ ​ Classical ≠ European. From Gershwin’s jazzy swing and Chávez’ vivacious rhythms to Copland’s sunny technicolor, this is music of a brave new world. CLASSICAL SERIES 3 Mendelssohn & Mahler FRI OCT. 4, 8 PM SAT OCT. 5, 8 PM SUN OCT. 6, 2:30 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor ​ Melody Moore, soprano ​ Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano ​ Günter Haumer, baritone ​ Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Cook Weber, director ​ MAHLER Das klagende Lied ​ ​ MENDELSSOHN Die erste Walpurgisnacht ​ One queen and two knights play a deadly game in Mahler’s epic first masterpiece. Lean in close for spellbinding music with a story to tell. POPS SERIES 2 Rick Steves’ Europe: A Symphonic Journey ​ FRI OCT. 11, 8 PM SAT OCT. 12, 8 PM SUN OCT. 13, 2:30 PM Michael Krajewski, conductor ​ Rick Steves, presenter ​ Breathtaking video combines with classical favorites like The Blue Danube Waltz and “Ode to Joy” to ​ ​ immerse you in the sights and sounds of Europe. Your guide? None other than best-selling travel author and PBS star Rick Steves. FAMILY SERIES 1 Wands & Wizards: Music from Harry Potter & More SAT OCT. 12, 10 & 11:30 AM Expelliarmus! Wave your wands to music from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Harry Potter, and charm ​ ​ ​ ​ the crowd in a fun onstage costume parade, just in time for Halloween! CLASSICAL SERIES 4 Wagner + Beethoven 2 FRI OCT. 25, 8 PM SAT OCT. 26, 8 PM SUN OCT. 27, 2:30 PM Marek Janowski, conductor ​ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 ​ WAGNER Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg ​ ​ ​ WAGNER Two Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ​ ​ Beethoven and Wagner shattered convention and unleashed bold sonorities the likes of which had never been heard before. Buckle up for music that blazes its own trail. POPS SERIES 3 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back—in Concert ​ FRI NOV. 8, 8 PM SAT NOV. 9, 8 PM SUN NOV. 10, 2:30 PM Steven Reineke, conductor ​ “Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” Luke Skywalker trains with Yoda and learns the shocking truth about Darth Vader in this critically acclaimed second installment of the original Star Wars trilogy. Experience every note of John Williams’ ​ ​ incredible score, live. CLASSICAL SERIES 5 Ax Plays Beethoven FRI NOV. 15, 8 PM SAT NOV. 16, 8 PM SUN NOV. 17, 2:30 PM Fabien Gabel, conductor ​ Emanuel Ax, piano ​ BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 ​ BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 ​ “Ax’s greatness, his overwhelming authority as musician, emerges quickly as he plays. Within minutes, we are totally captured.” –Los Angeles Times ​ CLASSICAL SERIES 6 Trifonov Plays Tchaikovsky FRI NOV. 22, 8 PM SAT NOV. 23, 8 PM SUN NOV. 24, 2:30 PM Krzysztof Urbański, conductor ​ Daniil Trifonov, piano ​ GUILLAUME CONNESSON “Celephais” from The Cities of Lovecraft ​ ​ TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 ​ MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition ​ ​ You’ll know it from the first note! One of the most iconic openings in all of classical music is spun into a staggering tour de force for the ages in Tchaikovsky’s wildly popular concerto. No one plays it better than Daniil Trifonov, an artist who “reaches places other pianists can only dream about” (Daily Telegraph). ​ ​ Margaret Alkek Williams, Underwriter ​ CLASSICAL SERIES 7 All-Strauss Thanksgiving FRI NOV. 29, 8 PM SAT NOV. 30, 8 PM SUN DEC. 1, 2:30 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor ​ Miah Persson, soprano ​ STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration ​ STRAUSS Four Last Songs ​ STRAUSS Don Juan ​ ​ STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks ​ ​ Orchestral colors you can practically see. Music that spans the spectrum of emotion. Thanksgiving weekend has never sounded better. CLASSICAL SERIES 8 Shaham Plays Brahms THU DEC. 5, 8 PM SAT DEC. 7, 8 PM SUN DEC. 8, 2:30 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor ​ Gil Shaham, violin ​ JIMMY LÓPEZ Symphony No. 2, Ad Astra (Houston Symphony Commission, World Premiere) ​ ​ ​ BRAHMS Violin Concerto ​ Breathtaking virtuoso Gil Shaham scales the towering heights of Brahms’ masterpiece. Music is your gateway to celestial grandeur and starry expanses in a monumental world premiere by Houston Symphony Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López. Rochelle and Max Levit, Grand Guarantor ​ HOUSTON SYMPHONY SPECIALS Andrea Bocelli in Concert DEC. 12, 8 PM Toyota Center The world’s most beloved tenor performs his unmatched repertoire of famed arias, love songs and beloved crossover hits, live with the Houston Symphony. POPS SERIES 4 Very Merry Pops FRI DEC. 13, 8 PM SAT DEC. 14, 8 PM SUN DEC. 15, 2:30 PM SUN DEC. 15, 7:30 PM Michael Krajewski, conductor ​ Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Cook Weber, director ​ Gather with family and friends for a sparkling celebration filled with all the merry sounds of the season, including the Houston Symphony commission Glad Tidings. ​ ​ FAMILY SERIES 2 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas SAT DEC. 14, 10 & 11:30 AM Envision sugar plums, flying reindeer and a sleigh filled with toys as the classic holiday story comes to life with live music and narration. HOUSTON SYMPHONY SPECIALS Handel’s Messiah FRI DEC. 20, 8 PM SAT DEC. 21, 8 PM SUN DEC. 22, 2:30 PM Nicholas McGegan, conductor ​ Sherezade Panthaki, soprano ​ Diana Moore, mezzo-soprano ​ Benjamin Butterfield, tenor ​ Hadleigh Adams, bass ​ Houston Symphony Chorus Betsy Cook Weber, director ​ HANDEL Messiah ​ Say “Hallelujah” to Handel’s glorious setting of the greatest story ever told. POPS SERIES 5 Sinatra and Beyond FRI JAN. 3, 8 PM SAT JAN. 4, 8 PM SUN JAN. 5, 2:30 PM Steven Reineke, conductor ​ Tony DeSare, vocalist and pianist ​ Step back in time as Houston favorite Tony DeSare recreates the timeless magic of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, delivering showstoppers like Come Fly with Me, It Was a Very Good Year and New York, New ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ York. ​ CLASSICAL SERIES 9 Paganini + Pines of Rome THU JAN. 9, 8 PM SAT JAN. 11, 8 PM SUN JAN. 12, 2:30 PM Jader Bignamini, conductor ​ Augustin Hadelich, violin ​ ROSSINI Overture to William Tell ​ ​ PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1 ​ RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome ​ ​ RESPIGHI Pines of Rome ​ ​ Paganini’s concerto pushes the violin to its limits, and Augustin Hadelich will put on a display of virtuosity to make you gasp. Visions of the Eternal City are brushed with a palette of infinite color in Respighi’s glittering tone poems. CLASSICAL SERIES 10 Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique FRI JAN. 17, 8 PM SAT JAN. 18, 8 PM SUN JAN. 19, 2:30 PM John Storgårds, conductor ​ Vadim Gluzman, violin ​ OUTI TARKIAINEN Midnight Sun Variations (North American premiere) ​ ​ SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2 ​ TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique ​ ​ “I have put my whole soul into this work…” –Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky’s ardent, deeply felt final Symphony awakens us to a universe of emotion. Get ready for a visceral, edge-of-your-seat experience when the Houston Symphony performs this unforgettable masterwork, known for its haunting conclusion that fades to black. CLASSICAL SERIES 11 Beethoven 7 THU JAN. 30, 8 PM SAT FEB. 1, 8 PM SUN FEB. 2, 2:30 PM Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor ​ Kirill Gerstein, piano ​ WIDMANN Con Brio ​ LISZT Totentanz ​ BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 ​ It captivated listeners so completely when first premiered that an immediate, mid-symphony encore was demanded. More than 200 years later, Beethoven’s Seventh speaks to the heart just as intently. Angels and Demons: Schumann Festival ​ ​ ​ ​ ANDRÉS OROZCO-ESTRADA, MUSIC DIRECTOR “To send light into the darkness of men's hearts—such is the duty of the artist.” —Robert ​ Schumann Robert Schumann’s music speaks to us in a timeless, universal language. His romance with virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck is a love story for the ages, while his ongoing battle with depression, and eventual descent into insanity, make his noble, life-affirming creations all the more remarkable. Join us for a deep dive into the trials and the triumphs, the love and the madness, the man and the music.
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