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Look for this symbol k to find the masterworks highlighted in the season that received either world or U.S. premieres by The Philadelphia . Fri. Sun. Thursday 6 8 PM 8 PM Fri 9 2 PM Saturday 6 8 PM Sat. 9 8 PM 2 PM October A B C D A B A B C D A B

The Quintessential Philadelphia Sound PREMIUM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Ravel Une Barque sur l’océan k Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Daniil Trifonov Piano Rachmaninoff Piano No. 4 k Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade 1 2 3 3 4

For Love of Country Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Grieg Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt Gil Shaham Violin Bartók No. 2 8 9 10 10 Sibelius Symphony No. 5 k Beethoven’s Eighth Conductor Elgar Concerto k Oct. Oct. Johannes Moser Cello Brahms Variations on a 16 17 Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Theme of Haydn Brahms’s “Double” Concerto Fri. Donald Runnicles Conductor Mozart Symphony No. 29 Oct. Oct. David Kim Violin Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello, Oct. Hai-Ye Ni Cello and Orchestra (“Double”) 22 24 R. Strauss Don Juan 23 The Original Rhapsody in Blue Marin Alsop Conductor Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Oct. Oct. Oct. Jon Kimura Parker Piano (original jazz band version) Debussy/orch. Schoenberg Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 29 30 31 Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun November Mozart and Schumann Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Robin Ticciati Conductor Schumann Overture to Manfred 5 6 7 7 Jonathan Biss Piano Mozart No. 27, K. 595 Schumann Symphony No. 4 One River, One Land, One People Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Sibelius Finlandia Laquita Mitchell Soprano Copland Appalachian Spring Rodrick Dixon Hannibal One River, One Land, Nov. Nov. Nov. Combined choirs including One People 13 14 15 Morgan State University Chorus ( commission Eric Conway Director —world premiere) Donald Dumpson Choral Direction

Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Liszt Mazeppa Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Violin Sibelius Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 19 20 21 21 (“Winter Daydreams”)

Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody Gianandrea Noseda Conductor Rachmaninoff Rhapsody Nov. Nov. Simon Trpčeski Piano on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra k Rossini Overture to 27 28 Casella Symphony No. 2 The Thieving Magpie (U.S. premiere) December Dec. Dec. Dec. The Complete Firebird PREMIUM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bizet Suite No. 1 from Carmen 3 4 5 Hilary Hahn Violin Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 4 Stravinsky The Firebird (complete ballet)

Yannick Conducts Messiah PREMIUM Fri. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Andrew Staples Tenor Dec. Karina Gauvin Soprano Matthew Rose Bass Dec. Karen Cargill Mezzo-soprano James Alexander Stage Director 12 Christophe Dumaux Countertenor Handel Messiah 11 January Tchaikovsky’s “Pathétique” Jan. Jan. Jan. Fabio Luisi Conductor Glinka Overture to Christian Tetzlaff Violin Ruslan and Lyudmila 7 8 9 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”)

Vienna Melodies PREMIUM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Beethoven/orch. Mahler String Wed. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan Lisiecki Piano Quartet No. 11 (“Serioso”) Jan. J. Strauss, Jr. “Tales from the Gruber Charivari 15 16 16 Vienna Woods” Waltz 13 Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Haydn and Bruckner Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Haydn Symphony No. 103 Jan. Jan. (“Drum Roll”) Bruckner Symphony No. 4 21 22 (“Romantic”) A Farewell to Vienna Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Webern Im Sommerwind k Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Leif Ove Andsnes Piano Schumann Piano Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 2 28 29 30 30

February Brahms and His Legacy Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor Barber Overture to Augustin Hadelich Violin The School for Scandal k 4 5 6 6 Brahms Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Bronfman Plays Beethoven Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Yefim Bronfman Piano (“Emperor”) Miaskovsky Symphony No. 10 k 11 12 13 14 Janáček Taras Bulba

The Legendary PREMIUM James Levine Conductor Ives Three Places in New England Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Paul Jacobs Organ Brahms Serenade No. 2 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 18 19 20 20 (“Organ”) March Yannick and Hélène Welcome Spring Mar. Mar. Mar. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 3 4 5 Hélène Grimaud Piano Schumann Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”)

Mahler Eight PREMIUM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Westminster Symphonic Choir Angela Meade Soprano Joe Miller Director Erin Wall Soprano The Choral Arts Society Lisette Oropesa Soprano of Washington Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Stephanie Blythe Mezzo-soprano Scott Tucker Artistic Director Anthony Dean Griffey Tenor The American Boychoir 10 11 12 13 Markus Werba Baritone Fernando Malvar-Ruiz John Relyea Bass Director Mahler Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”) k Khaner Plays Mozart Ton Koopman Conductor J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 and Harpsichord C.P.E. Bach Concerto for Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Tini Mathot Harpsichord Two Harpsichords in F major Jeffrey Khaner Flute Mozart No. 1 17 18 19 19 Haydn Symphony No. 83 (“The Hen”)

April Timeless Classics Mar. Apr. Apr. Apr. Pablo Heras-Casado Conductor Tchaikovsky The Tempest Akiko Suwanai Violin Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 31 1 2 2 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)

An American in Paris PREMIUM Fri. Fri. Apr. Apr. Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Weill Symphony No. 2 Apr. Apr. Alexandre Tharaud Piano Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand 9 10 Gershwin An American in Paris 8 8

Fabulous Philadelphians: the Commissions Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Leshnoff Don S. Liuzzi (Philadelphia Orchestra commission Ricardo Morales Clarinet —world premiere) Apr. Apr. Apr. k Bernstein Suite from Fancy Free Prokofiev Symphony No. 7 Wright Timpani Concerto 14 15 16 (Philadelphia Orchestra commission —world premiere)

Two Stravinsky Tales PREMIUM Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale James Alexander Stage Director (complete) 21 22 23 23 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring k

Yo-Yo Ma PREMIUM PLUS Stéphane Denève Conductor Debussy “Clouds and Festivals,” Yo-Yo Ma Cello from Nocturnes Apr. Apr. Apr. May Williams Tributes! For Seiji Musorgsky/arr. & orch. 28 29 30 1 Williams Stokowski Pictures from an Exhibition

May Stéphane Denève Conducts Williams May May May Stéphane Denève Conductor Ravel Pavane pour une 5 6 7 Violin infante défunte Williams Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 7

The Grand Finale PREMIUM Fri. May Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 May May k Lang Lang Piano Mahler/Cooke Symphony No. 10 12 14 13