2018-19 SEASON www.philorch.org Season Highlights

Welcome to a season of incomparable reach and breadth, Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s seventh season as music director with the Fabulous Philadelphians! Every week, we like to vary the shape of our programs and offer a great variety of styles and scope of repertoire. Within the season, there are always special highlights. Look for these exceptional performances in the pages ahead! • The Barnes/Stokowski Festival—A two-week celebration of the artistic passion Albert Barnes and Leopold Stokowski shared, led by Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève • Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet—Highlighted by selected choreographed vignettes from Philadelphia-based Brian Sanders for a totally new take on this classic ballet • Handel Messiah—On the main concert season once again under Yannick’s direction • Mahler Symphony No. 9—His last complete symphony, a work of incredible genius and vision, where the sound of our orchestra will be unmatched • Bernstein Candide—The culmination of our Bernstein Centenary Celebration “I am very happy that The Philadelphia Orchestra can offer its unique sound, talent, and excellence in every area of repertoire, in every corner of every genre!” —Yannick Nézet-Séguin Join us! We are excited for the return of our LiveNote® app, providing Welcome to the 2018-19 season, real-time program notes on your smart phone during the a vibrant, engaging, and exhilarating new season. We hope concert for select weekends. Please look for the LiveNote you enjoy browsing through the pages ahead and exploring icon below to see when the app will be used. the over 100 concerts, featuring our main concert season, listed chronologically, followed by our Special Events, This season we are pleased to continue our exploration Holiday, and Family concerts. of great organ works through the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Experience, creating a dialogue between organ and For those of you who enjoy traditional subscription packages, orchestra as a sonic experience very different from just look for the icons below on the pages where concerts orchestra or organ alone. Look for the organ icon below appear. A complete subscription package listing can be to know when the organ will be a feature on the program. found in the center foldout, as well as beginning on page 46. Each of our 14 traditional packages is specially curated to offer you a diverse selection of repertoire and artists. Thank you, Philadelphia! We invite you to join us this season and look forward to For those of you who enjoy making your own selections, welcoming you to a performance soon. simply make note of all of the concerts you wish to enjoy and create your own 6-concert package. Either way you choose to purchase, do so now! Make your selections right away and be among the first to guarantee your seats! Be sure to add on any additional concert tickets now to bring friends and family along with you as concerts do sell out!

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September 2018

Opening Weekend Friday, September 14 8 PM Saturday, September 15 8 PM Sunday, September 16 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor

André Watts André Watts Piano Muhly Suite from Marnie (world premiere—Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Grieg Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Celebrate 10 years of music-making between Yannick and the Philadelphians. André Watts soloed at Yannick’s Philadelphia Orchestra debut in 2008; he celebrates the 10th anniversary with Grieg’s stirring Piano Concerto. With the Metropolitan Opera giving the U.S. premiere of Nico Muhly’s sensational opera Marnie, based on Winston Graham’s book and Alfred Hitchcock’s film, we present the world premiere of the companion orchestral suite (a Philadelphia Orchestra commission). It’s the first of many fruits of Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s upcoming dual role leading both the Fabulous Philadelphians AND the Met. Rachmaninoff wrote his final work, the Symphonic Dances, specifically for The Philadelphia Orchestra. Here’s another chance to hear the special Philadelphia Sound of the Yannick era!

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6 Subscribers get fee-free ticket exchanges all season long. Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Thursday, September 20 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Friday, September 21 2 PM Saturday, September 22 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Lisa Batiashvili Violin Berwald Symphony No. 3 (“Sinfonie singulière”) Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Saturday, September 29 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Lisa Batiashvili Violin Dvořák Othello Overture Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Yannick and Lisa Batiashvili have enchanted concert audiences all over the world; she returns to the Orchestra with Tchaikovsky’s spectacular Violin Concerto anchoring two different programs. The first highlights Scandinavia: Sibelius’s Seventh Symphony was a U.S. premiere for the Orchestra with Leopold Stokowski, long a champion of the Finnish master’s works. And you may not be familiar with Sweden’s Franz Berwald, but his beautiful Third Symphony, composed in 1845, makes a compelling pair with the Sibelius. The following week, Lisa reprises the Tchaikovsky Concerto, bookended by Dvořák’s Othello Overture (a moving musical exploration of Shakespeare’s tragedy) and Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, the composer’s final piece, written expressly for The Philadelphia Orchestra.

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South American Sounds Thursday, October 4 7:30 PM Friday, October 5 2 PM Saturday, October 6 8 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya Elizabeth Hainen Harp Gershwin Cuban Overture Ginastera Harp Concerto Piazzolla Tangazo López Perú negro Join us on a whirlwind tour of the music of South America and, courtesy of New Yorker George Gershwin, the Caribbean! His 1932 Cuban Overture is awash in rhumba rhythms. Principal Harp Elizabeth Hainen shines in Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, given its world premiere by The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1965. Fellow Argentinian Astor Piazzolla’s Tangazo mines the tango’s rich emotional depths as only he could. We finish in Peru with the young Peruvian composer Jimmy López’s Perú negro, which celebrates Afro-Peruvian traditions. We welcome López’s compatriot Miguel Harth-Bedoya back to our podium.

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8 Subscribe today and secure your seats for this brilliant season. www.philorch.org / 215.893.1955 9 October 2018 The Barnes/ Stokowski

David Kim A celebration of Albert Barnes and Leopold Stokowski

Debussy and Chausson Thursday, October 11 7:30 PM Friday, October 12 2 PM Saturday, October 13 8 PM Stéphane Denève Conductor David Kim Violin Palestrina/orch. Stokowski “Adoramus te Christe” Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra Debussy/orch. Stokowski “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes Debussy La Mer Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève leads two weeks of concerts inspired by the glorious art of the Barnes Foundation. Albert Barnes and Leopold Stokowski were both importing the best of European culture into Philadelphia in the 1930s, with a shared desire to make that culture accessible to the public. They debated art and music in a series of letters; Stokowski even spoke at the dedication of the original Barnes Foundation building in Merion. This first program features two Stokowski orchestrations: “Adoramus te Christe” by Palestrina (a composer Barnes felt particular affinity for) and Debussy’s “The Sunken Cathedral.” Concertmaster David Kim solos in Chausson’s elegant Poème, and Debussy’s La Mer paints an indelible picture of the sea. Additional festival events surrounding both concert weekends will be unveiled over the summer.

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The Rite of Spring Stéphane Denève Friday, October 19 2 PM Saturday, October 20 8 PM Sunday, October 21 2 PM Stéphane Denève Conductor Peter Richard Conte Organ Milhaud The Creation of the World Poulenc Organ Concerto Stravinsky The Rite of Spring In our second program inspired by the Barnes Foundation, we witness The Creation of the World, courtesy of Frenchman Darius Milhaud, who was energized by the jazz he heard on a visit to Harlem. Francis Poulenc’s Organ Concerto is a dazzling showpiece for the marvelous Fred. J. Cooper Memorial Organ. The Rite of Spring—first brought to America by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphians— remains a primal, shattering musical masterpiece. Albert Barnes once wrote about the strong link he saw between the works of Henri Matisse and Stravinsky’s compositions. This program reveals the intellectual and artistic zeal Barnes and Stokowski shared, which Leopold Stokowski resonates to this day.

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French Tales Thursday, October 25 7:30 PM Friday, October 26 2 PM Saturday, October 27 8 PM Louis Langrée Louis Langrée Conductor Kirill Gerstein Piano Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Franck The Accursed Huntsman Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé Louis Langrée returns to lead this feast of French favorites, some of them especially attuned to the spooky season! Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, immortalized in Fantasia, returns on subscription. The Saint-Saëns is delightfully macabre. And Franck’s Accursed Huntsman tells the cautionary tale of a hunter who broke the Sabbath, to his eternal regret. Kirill Gerstein (“Flat out fabulous!”—Cleveland Classical) solos in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major, another European work inspired by American jazz. And that composer’s lush, passionate Daphnis and Chloé provides a romantic glow concluding with its famously raucous bacchanal.

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12 Subscribe today before our most popular concerts sell out! Brahms and Mozart Thursday, November 1 7:30 PM Friday, November 2 2 PM Saturday, November 3 8 PM David Afkham Conductor Seong-Jin Cho Piano Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 Brahms Symphony No. 1 A pair of Philadelphia Orchestra debuts, by two rapidly rising stars: David Afkham on the podium and Seong-Jin Cho at the keyboard. Cho brings his prize-winning technique to Mozart’s Piano Concerto Seong-Jin Cho No. 20. Beethoven’s stirring Coriolan Overture was inspired by a play about war and peace in ancient Rome. Brahms was daunted by Beethoven’s towering legacy; that may be why it took him so long to finish his majestic Symphony No. 1. For almost 150 years, audiences have agreed it was worth the wait.

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Nézet-Séguin and DiDonato Thursday, November 8 7:30 PM Friday, November 9 2 PM Saturday, November 10 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-soprano Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Yannick Nézet-Séguin Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, for voice and orchestra Respighi The Fountains of Rome Yannick teams up with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, one of the biggest vocal talents in the world, a rare combination of exceptional skills and winning personality. She’ll shine in Chausson’s musical poem about love, death, and the sea. The Philadelphians take center stage in Wagner’s Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin and Respighi’s Fountains of Rome. And we are eager to welcome back American composer Mason Bates after the resounding success of his fascinating and futuristic Alternative Energy in 2017. This season he brings Anthology of Fantastic Zoology, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges’s book of the same name. The work exploits the virtuosity of the Orchestra to evoke what Bates calls a “psychedelic bestiary” that is truly fantastic!

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14 Subscribe and receive discounts on convenient garage parking! The Best of English Baroque Friday, November 16 2 PM Saturday, November 17 8 PM Sunday, November 18 2 PM Emmanuelle Haïm Conductor Erin Morley Soprano Purcell Selections from The Fairy Queen Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Handel Il delirio amoroso, cantata for soprano and orchestra Acclaimed French conductor Emmanuelle Haïm makes her Philadelphia Orchestra debut, presenting two of the leading lights of English Baroque music. Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks has been lighting up the sky Emmanuelle Haïm (in concert halls!) since 1749. In his cantata Il delirio amoroso (The Delirium of Love), soprano Erin Morley brings the “silken clarity … and the needlepoint precision of her coloratura” (The New York Times) to this Orpheus-like tale based on classical mythology. Purcell’s brilliant score for The Fairy Queen quickly became a favorite after its rediscovery early last century.

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Garrick Ohlsson Copland Appalachian Spring Friday, November 23 8 PM Saturday, November 24 8 PM Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Garrick Ohlsson Piano Heggie/arr. Măcelaru Moby-Dick, Orchestral Suite Barber Piano Concerto Copland Appalachian Spring (complete, large orchestra version) You may think you know Appalachian Spring, but the newly completed version performed here is the complete chamber ballet score orchestrated for a large ensemble. (Eugene Ormandy himself asked Copland to expand the orchestration a half century ago.) Consider it our “simple gift” to you! Our good friend Cristian Măcelaru leads this all-American program. He’s arranged a suite from Jake Heggie’s opera Moby Dick (“a masterpiece of clarity and intensity”—San Francisco Chronicle). Garrick Ohlsson brings his impressive talent to the Barber Piano Concerto, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1963.

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16 Subscribers get fee-free ticket exchanges all season long. Emanuel Ax Yannick and Manny Thursday, November 29 7:30 PM Friday, November 30 8 PM Saturday, December 1 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Emanuel Ax Piano Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Don’t miss hearing this powerful musical partnership. The legendary Emanuel Ax solos in Brahms’s stirring Second Piano Concerto (he seems “to enfold every listener in a metaphorical embrace”—The Seattle Times). And Yannick and the Orchestra present Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, inspired by Brahms (and by Dvořák’s intense Czech patriotism). Two giants of classical composing, in unforgettable performances by The Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Christophe Dumanx Jonas Hacker

Yannick Conducts Messiah Thursday, December 6 7:30 PM Saturday, December 8 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Carolyn Sampson Soprano Christophe Dumaux Countertenor Jonas Hacker Tenor Philippe Sly Bass-baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director Philippe Sly Carolyn Sampson Handel Messiah Handel’s immortal oratorio as you’ve never experienced it! One of music’s greatest Christmas traditions comes to life, with Yannick leading a brilliant array of singers and musicians. Our soloists include the exciting Baroque specialist Carolyn Sampson, lyrical countertenor Christophe Dumaux, the versatile Jonas Hacker, and the brilliant Philippe Sly, beautifully supported by the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Subscribe for the best seats on December 6 and 8 or purchase extra tickets to the closing performance on December 9 for family and friends. (See page 39 for additional information.) Hallelujah!

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18 Bramwell Tovey Bramwell Tovey Returns Thursday, December 13 7:30 PM Saturday, December 15 8 PM Bramwell Tovey Conductor and Narrator Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director Walton Crown Imperial (Coronation March) Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors Bramwell Tovey brings his delightful spirit to this charming program that’s just right for kids of all ages. Britten’s Young Person’s Guide is surely the most enjoyable music-appreciation class ever, especially under Tovey’s enchanted baton (he also delivers the captivating narration). Once an annual staple on network television, Amahl tells the story of Christmas through a shepherd boy’s encounter with the Magi, as they journey to meet a miraculous newborn child. You’ll never forget this mystical encounter with the three Night Visitors. The program kicks off with the royally inspired Crown Imperial for orchestra and organ.

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin Kensho Watanabe Music of Faith All Tchaikovsky Thursday, January 24 7:30 PM Thursday, January 31 7:30 PM Friday, January 25 2 PM Friday, February 1 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Saturday, February 2 8 PM Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Kensho Watanabe Conductor Joe Miller Director Edgar Moreau Cello Bernstein Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”) Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Rossini Stabat Mater Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, for cello and orchestra We continue our celebration of Leonard Bernstein’s birth centenary Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 (“Winter Daydreams”) with his dramatic, spiritual Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”), programmed The breadth and depth of Tchaikovsky’s musical genius are on with Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Yannick describes the pairing of these display in this dazzling celebration of his music, led by our dynamic two works as “A program which is very much in the vein of what I Assistant Conductor Kensho Watanabe. Inspired by a trip to sunny think personally about spirituality: the work of a Catholic composer, Italy, Tchaikovsky transforms the sounds he heard all around him into Rossini’s Stabat Mater, and a Jewish composer, Leonard Bernstein, a delightful “Italian Fantasia” (his original title for Capriccio italien). his Third Symphony, ‘Kaddish.’ These are two very different choral works, He turns to Mozart for inspiration in his Rococo Variations, the closest from different faiths, but combined together they offer a message of Tchaikovsky came to writing a cello concerto, performed by rising welcoming and living all together through music.” The large vocal forces star Edgar Moreau. And perfectly attuned to the season, the program and Bernstein’s inimitable writing create a powerful impact on listeners to concludes with his “Winter Daydreams” Symphony. the “Kaddish,” based on the Jewish prayer for the dead. No less moving is Rossini’s Stabat Mater, rarely performed in Philadelphia. Rossini had retired from writing operas when he composed this setting of a traditional Catholic hymn. With its deeply felt music, it’s a worthy pairing for the “Kaddish.”

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20 Subscribe today and secure your seats for this brilliant season. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Viva España! Thursday, February 7 7:30 PM Friday, February 8 8 PM Saturday, February 9 8 PM Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Chabrier España Rodrigo Concierto andaluz, for four guitars and orchestra Falla El amor brujo Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Cristian Măcelaru returns to take us to sunny Spain, joined by the Grammy™-winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. They star in Rodrigo’s Concierto andaluz, a sparkling blend of Baroque music and traditional Spanish sounds. Chabrier may have been a Frenchman, but his España was inspired by a trip to Spain; this piece will take you there. Falla’s El amor brujo, teeming with Andalusian influences, never fails to intrigue. And we conclude with another Frenchman’s take on Iberia: Ravel’s rousing Rapsodie espagnole.

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A Space Odyssey Thursday, February 14 7:30 PM Friday, February 15 2 PM Esa-Pekka Salonen Saturday, February 16 8 PM Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Choong-Jin Chang Viola Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Bartók Viola Concerto Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin We welcome back Esa-Pekka Salonen for a program of music that’s sure to win hearts, minds, and ears. There’s more to Richard Strauss’s Zarathustra than the few notes heard in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey: It’s a unique experience in the concert hall with orchestra and the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. The Viola Concerto was one of Bartók’s last compositions. Principal Viola Choong-Jin Chang will effortlessly demonstrate why it’s become perhaps the most popular concerto for his instrument. Hear another side of Bartók’s music with the Miraculous Mandarin Suite, which caused a scandal at its premiere and was banned in Germany. The story it’s based on is a tad grotesque (a prostitute murdering her visitor); we promise nothing but glorious music in our presentation!

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22 Enjoy flexibility and savings by purchasing a Create-Your-Own subscription today. Brahms and Central Europe Thursday, February 21 7:30 PM Friday, February 22 2 PM Saturday, February 23 8 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor Ricardo Morales Clarinet Janáček Taras Bulba Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Brahms Symphony No. 3 Ricardo Morales A Czech composer’s take on a Russian-Ukrainian novelist’s (Gogol) tale of a Cossack hero—Janáček’s tone poem Taras Bulba is gorgeous music! And so, of course, is Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 2, thrillingly realized by our brilliant Principal Clarinet Ricardo Morales. Brahms’s penultimate symphony shows the master composer at the peak of his musical powers, a fitting conclusion to this dynamic program, led by Andrés Orozco-Estrada.

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Haydn and Beethoven Benjamin Grosvenor Thursday, February 28 7:30 PM Friday, March 1 2 PM Saturday, March 2 8 PM Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Haydn Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Beethoven Symphony No. 4 An acclaimed contralto turned conductor, Nathalie Stutzmann wowed the audience at her 2016 debut conducting Messiah. She returns to make her subscription debut with a program featuring Benjamin Grosvenor in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. A Gramophone “Young Artist Award” winner, Grosvenor has established himself as one of today’s finest pianists. Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony, and the ever- surprising Symphony No. 94 by Haydn (Beethoven’s teacher), are sublime musical companions.

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24 Enjoy the ultimate in flexibility with a Create-Your-Own subscription. Mendelssohn and Schubert Jan Lisiecki Thursday, March 7 7:30 PM Saturday, March 9 8 PM Sunday, March 10 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Jan Lisiecki Piano Haydn Overture to L’isola disabitata Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Schubert Symphony in C major (“Great”) A piano prodigy returns! Jan Lisiecki may be young, but he’s already a seasoned master at the keyboard (and a regular with the Orchestra—he made his debut at age 18). He’ll shine in Mendelssohn’s innovative Piano Concerto No. 1. Yannick also brings us Haydn’s stirring Overture to the opera L’isola disabitata, part of his focus on that composer’s music, as well as Schubert’s Symphony in C major, his final completed symphony, and absolutely deserving of its less formal title: the “Great.”

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James McVinnie

Yannick Conducts Tchaikovsky Thursday, March 14 7:30 PM Saturday, March 16 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor James McVinnie Organ Muhly Organ Concerto (Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission) Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Soloist James McVinnie cut his teeth in the great British cathedrals (he played for William and Kate’s wedding at Westminster Abbey) and consistently wows the critics (“musically and technically immaculate”— Los Angeles Times). He joins the Orchestra in the East Coast premiere of Nico Muhly’s Organ Concerto, a co-commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. In McVinnie’s hands, hear the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ in all its glory. Also on the program, Tchaikovsky’s Manfred Symphony, written between his Fourth and Fifth symphonies and based on a poem by Lord Byron.

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26 Subscribe today before our most popular concerts sell out! Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Thursday, March 28 7:30 PM Friday, March 29 8 PM Saturday, March 30 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Hannibal Healing Tones (world premiere—Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Hannibal completes his tenure as composer-in-residence with the world premiere of Healing Tones, a hymn for the City of Brotherly Love. He’s spent the past two years immersing himself in Philadelphia, collecting inspiration, texts, and music from all walks of life. Given his past triumphs here (including One Land, One River, One People), Hannibal’s new piece is sure to enthrall. Yannick continues his complete cycle of the Sibelius symphonies with the Second. Seen as an appeal to Finnish patriotism at a time of Russian oppression, it remains the composer’s most popular symphony.

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Romeo and Juliet Thursday, April 4 7:30 PM Friday, April 5 2 PM Saturday, April 6 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Brian Sanders’ JUNK ProkofievRomeo and Juliet

Brian Sanders’ JUNK Twentieth-century musical titan meets Elizabethan genius playwright: Prokofiev’s three suites fromRomeo and Juliet are concert favorites. Here, we present much more of the music that has made Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy come alive in performances around the globe. If you’ve never seen the ballet, you’ll be amazed at how Prokofiev’s searing score captures all the drama and heartbreak of this immortal story! The performance will be highlighted by selected vignettes from the Philadelphia-based choreographer Brian Sanders. His compact, athletic choreography will bring an edgy perspective with performers utilizing unique materials and aerial techniques. It will be a totally new take on this classic ballet.

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28 Subscribe and receive discounts on convenient garage parking! Bernard Labadie All Mozart Thursday, April 11 7:30 PM Friday, April 12 2 PM Saturday, April 13 8 PM Bernard Labadie Conductor Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director Mozart Masonic Funeral Music Mozart Symphony No. 25 Mozart/compl. Levin Requiem Mozart’s haunting Requiem is accompanied by glimpses of the composer at different stages of his all-too-brief life. He was only 17 when he wrote his Symphony No. 25. (You may know it from the opening of the filmAmadeus .) The Masonic Funeral Music is a product of his late 20s, composed in memory of two of his fellow Masons, both Viennese aristocrats. And of course, the Requiem came at the very end of Mozart’s life: He died before he could finish it. The version heard on these concerts was completed by the brilliant Mozart scholar Robert Levin. The renowned Baroque and Classical conductor Bernard Labadie leads these concerts; the Westminster Symphonic Choir adds its indispensable singing to the Requiem.

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Beethoven’s “Eroica” Thursday, April 25 7:30 PM Friday, April 26 2 PM Saturday, April 27 8 PM

Jonathan Biss Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Jonathan Biss Piano Beethoven Overture to Egmont Schumann Piano Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Jonathan Biss once declared himself “a fanatic for every note Schumann wrote.” Reap the benefits as he performs the composer’s only piano concerto, strongly championed by his wife, Clara, who played the work’s premiere in 1846. From its indelible opening theme to its thundering finale, the “Eroica” Symphony is one of Beethoven’s most popular works. It simply must be experienced live; no one does it better than the Fabulous Philadelphians! The internationally acclaimed conductor Myung-Whun Chung is on the podium for this stirring program.

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30 Subscribers get fee-free ticket exchanges all season long. Nikolaj Znaider Tchaikovsky and Elgar Thursday, May 2 7:30 PM Friday, May 3 2 PM Saturday, May 4 8 PM Stéphane Denève Conductor Nikolaj Znaider Violin Elgar Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 With a premiere performance by Fritz Kreisler, and a premiere recording by a teenaged Yehudi Menuhin, Elgar’s Violin Concerto was no doubt destined to become a staple of the violin repertoire. Our soloist, Nikolaj Znaider, is internationally renowned as a violinist. And he has a special connection to the Elgar Concerto: He plays Kreisler’s Guarneri violin! Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 is among his most popular works, with its stirring evocation of “fate,” from somber to triumphant. Principal Guest Conductor Stéphane Denève leads the Orchestra for this superb program.

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Mahler Symphony No. 9 Thursday, May 9 7:30 PM Friday, May 10 2 PM Sunday, May 12 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Mahler Symphony No. 9 Yannick continues his deeply felt exploration of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies with the Ninth, the last of the great symphonies he was able to complete before his death in 1911. Critics, musicians, and music lovers have struggled to convey the enormous scope of this piece; the great conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Herbert von Karajan described the Ninth as “music coming from another world … from eternity.” Musically ingenious and emotionally intense—Is it about the wonder of life? The inevitability of death?—Mahler’s Ninth Symphony is a towering musical creation, not to be missed in the hands of Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra.

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32 Subscribe today and secure your seats for this brilliant season. Beatrice Rana Russian Masters Thursday, June 6 7:30 PM Saturday, June 8 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Beatrice Rana Piano Stravinsky Funeral Song ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Igor Stravinsky composed his Funeral Song in 1908, as a memorial tribute to his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The score was lost for over 100 years and was only rediscovered in 2015. It now offers fascinating insights into Stravinsky’s emerging orchestral technique. The score to Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1 was also lost for a time after the composer left Russia; it is now firmly established in the symphonic repertoire. Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto is his most popular. The typically energetic and ingenious work is a true partnership between the orchestra and our brilliant young soloist, Beatrice Rana.

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Jennifer Montone

Daniel Matsukawa

Ricardo Morales Rachmaninoff and Mozart Saturday, June 15 8 PM Sunday, June 16 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Richard Woodhams Oboe Ricardo Morales Clarinet Daniel Matsukawa Bassoon Jennifer Montone Horn Mozart Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b, for winds and orchestra Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 The Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 gets a well-deserved encore. Richard Woodhams, principal oboe from 1977 until his upcoming retirement at the end of the 2017-18 season, returns for this encore collaboration with his principal colleagues in this charming work for a quartet of winds and orchestra.

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34 Leonard Bernstein

Bernstein’s Candide Thursday, June 20 7:30 PM Friday, June 21 8 PM Saturday, June 22 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bernstein Candide In a capstone to our Leonard Bernstein centenary celebration, we present his quirky, complex, irreverent, and very humorous operetta Candide, with orchestral staging. First performed in 1956, the work has come into its own in recent decades, thanks to Bernstein’s endless musical inventiveness and collaborators from Stephen Sondheim to Dorothy Parker (and of course, Voltaire, who wrote the original story, published in 1759). Yannick’s great love for Bernstein’s music has shown throughout the centenary and before, starting with the amazing production of MASS in 2015, and continuing through West Side Story and the complete symphonies. With Candide, we bring the celebration of this remarkable musician’s life to an altogether fitting, and joyous, conclusion.

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www.philorch.org / 215.893.1955 35 Special Events

Halloween with Orchestra and Organ Tuesday, October 30 7 PM Join the Orchestra in costume for this fun and irreverent night with the Philadelphians and the Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ. Spooky highlights include Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor and Gounod’s Funeral March of a Marionette. Stick around after the concert for our signature “organ pump” experience—come up and lie down on stage to feel the vibrations from this king of instruments!

Organ and Brass Christmas Friday, December 14 7 PM The virtuosity of our amazing Philadelphia brass section joins forces with the magnificent Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ to celebrate the holidays. This incredible combination of sounds will feature music spanning hundreds of years, from the Renaissance to today’s beloved carols. Enjoy the infinite combinations of colors and textures of this ensemble and sing along with your favorite holiday melodies.

36 Add these special events to your package today! All prices online at www.philorch.org. Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II Friday, January 4 7 PM Saturday, January 5 7 PM Sunday, January 6 2 PM Conducted by George Daugherty Created by George Daugherty and David Ka Lik Wong Bugs Bunny at the Symphony II celebrates the world’s most beloved Looney Tunes and their legendary stars projected on the big screen—Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Pepe Le Pew, Tweety, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, and Road Runner—while their extraordinary original scores are played LIVE by The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conducted by George Daugherty, this new concert (and its predecessors Bugs Bunny on Broadway and Bugs Bunny at the Symphony) have delighted millions of concertgoers around the world, and spotlights acclaimed classics like What’s Opera, Doc?, The Rabbit of Seville, and Rhapsody Rabbit, alongside eye-popping brand new Warner Bros. 3D theatrical shorts Rabid Rider and Coyote Falls. Plus special guest stars Tom and Jerry! LOONEY TUNES and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. TOM AND JERRY and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © Turner Entertainment Co. (s18)

Cirque de la Symphonie Thursday, June 13 7 PM Friday, June 14 7 PM Two great artforms, both requiring agility, creativity, and a lifetime of practice, come together in this thrilling evening featuring Cirque de la Symphonie. Breathtaking acrobatics fly above the Orchestra, accompanied by stunning symphonic repertoire. The program features aerialists, contortionists, dancers, strongmen, and special surprises. Audiences were mesmerized when Cirque de la Symphonie made its debut in Verizon Hall in 2014. They are back this season for another set of heart-stopping, gravity-defying shows. With only two concerts, these are sure to be sell-outs. Add on tickets and bring the whole family to these action-packed performances by the Fabulous Philadelphians and Cirque de la Symphonie!

www.philorch.org / 215.893.1955 37 Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra opening Carnegie Hall’s 2017-18 season Be merry. Be bright. Be entertained. Capture the joyous heart of the holidays and spend the most wonderful time of the year with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Share the spirit of the season with family and friends by adding these concerts on to your subscription today. Messiah Sunday, December 9 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Carolyn Sampson Soprano Christophe Dumaux Countertenor Jonas Hacker Tenor Philippe Sly Bass-baritone Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director Handel Messiah Handel’s immortal oratorio as you’ve never experienced it! One of music’s greatest Christmas traditions comes to life, with Yannick leading a brilliant array of singers and musicians. Our soloists include the exciting Baroque specialist Carolyn Sampson, lyrical countertenor Christophe Dumaux, the versatile Jonas Hacker, and the brilliant Philippe Sly, beautifully supported by the Westminster Symphonic Choir. Purchase tickets to the closing performance on December 9, or subscribe for the best seats on December 6 and 8. (See page 18 for additional information.) Hallelujah!

The Glorious Sound of Christmas® Thursday, December 20 7 PM Friday, December 21 7 PM Saturday, December 22 7 PM Sunday, December 23 2 PM Bramwell Tovey Conductor This is the holiday concert, combining treasured yuletide favorites with the brilliant virtuosity of The Philadelphia Orchestra. Many people look forward to this festive season highlight all year. (Maybe Bramwell Tovey isn’t really Father Christmas, but are they ever seen in the same Bramwell Tovey room together?) Make it your family tradition!

New Year’s Eve Monday, December 31 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor We can’t think of a better way to ring in 2019. Join Yannick and the Fabulous Philadelphians, and get your New Year off to the perfect start! Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Plan ahead for the holidays and add these concerts to your package today! All prices online at www.philorch.org. 39 F A M I L Y Concert Series

Verizon Hall is the only place in town where your family can hear the Fabulous Philadelphians in fun and engaging programs tailored for the young people in your life. Ignite your child’s imagination and love of music with delightful, kid-sized concerts. Come early for Pre-Concert Adventures, free for all ticket holders, beginning at 10 AM. The Family Concert series is a wonderful experience for the whole family. Halloween Tricks and Treats Sheherazade Saturday, October 27 11:30 AM Saturday, April 27 11:30 AM Kensho Watanabe Conductor Kensho Watanabe Conductor Haunting harmonies and mysterious Enchantment Theatre Company melodies turn Verizon Hall into a Using the magic of music and theater, The chilling chamber of fright and delight as Philadelphia Orchestra and Enchantment The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Theater Company bring you the legendary your favorite spooktacular classics stories of our heroine Sheherazade and including Saint-Saëns’s Danse macabre! her tales of 1,001 Arabian nights. Watch Assistant Conductor Kensho Watanabe these fantastic fables come to life on stage, takes us on an eerie tour of the Mexican dramatically portrayed with masks, puppets, traditions of Día de los Muertos. We magic, and movement. Listen as the Sultan hope you’ll wear your most-bewitching falls under the spell of the charming storyteller costume as we fill your musical goodie and discovers his true capacity to love in this Kensho Watanabe bag with plenty of treats. myth of fairy-tale wonder. Christmas Kids’ Spectacular The Animated Orchestra: SPECIAL ADD-ON Saturday, December 15 11:30 AM A Sensory-Friendly Concert SPECIAL ADD-ON Kensho Watanabe Conductor Saturday, May 11 11:30 AM It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so deck the halls and dash through the snow to Verizon Hall for a festive celebration! The Philadelphia Kensho Watanabe Conductor Orchestra’s annual Christmas Kids’ Spectacular will fill your stockings with Smith The Animated Orchestra the favorite sounds of the season, including Sleigh Ride, The Night Before Christmas, and excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. Marvel at the wonder of The Philadelphia Orchestra and all its instruments through the help of Ari, a Morning at the Movies playful ferret who’s full of shenanigans. Gregory Smith’s The Animated Saturday, February 23 11:30 AM Orchestra invites you to put your Aram Demirjian Conductor imagination caps on, and even be part of the story, as Ari’s adventures take him through an old instrument repair shop. All are welcome to this Coming to a theater near you, The Philadelphia Orchestra is the star of concert, which has been designed to create a welcoming environment the show in our upcoming production, Morning at the Movies! Directed by for families with children with special needs and sensory sensitivities, Aram Demirjian, the musicians bring your favorite silver-screen themes from and anyone who may benefit from being in a more relaxed environment. movies such as Frozen, The Force Awakens, and Fantasia to the stage. Grab your ticket from the box office, and then sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

40 Opening Night Concert and Gala Celebrating 10 Years of Yannick! Thursday, September 13, 2018 7 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor André Watts Piano Join us as we kick off The Philadelphia Orchestra’s 119th season in high style. The Opening Night Concert and Gala for the 2018-19 season promises to be a highlight of the cultural year. Yannick, internationally renowned pianist André Watts (who made his debut with the Orchestrain 1957, at the age of 10), and the Fabulous Philadelphians are planning a special celebratory program that features musical masterworks and audience favorites, including Rossini’s famous Overture to William Tell and Strauss’s Don Juan. Opening Night Co-Chairs Alison Avery Lerman and Lexa Edsall, Volunteer Association President Lisa Yakulis, Board Chairman Richard Worley, and the Opening Night Gala committee look forward to welcoming you to this special evening, featuring great music, high couture and black tie, and delicious food and champagne with Philadelphia’s cultural leaders and arts patrons. Contact Dorothy Byrne in the Volunteer Relations office at 215.893.3124 or via e-mail at [email protected] to make sure you are on the invitation list. Concert-only tickets for the evening are also available—simply add them to your subscription.

www.philorch.org / 215.893.1955 41 Academy of Music 162nd Anniversary Concert and Ball Saturday, January 26, 2019 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Celebrate the lush splendor of the home where The Philadelphia Orchestra first made its sound famous—the glorious “Grand Old Lady of Locust Street”—and then dance the night away. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the brightest guest stars will dazzle you in a spectacular evening of music and resplendent dining like no other, all staged as Philadelphia’s party of the year. Save the date and join the invitation list early to receive details about the Academy of Music 162nd Anniversary Concert and Ball by calling the Academy of Music Restoration Fund Office at 215.893.1978 or visiting theacademyball.org. Proceeds from the Anniversary Concert and Ball benefit the ongoing preservation and restoration of our beloved National Historic Landmark Building–the Academy of Music. Play your part in Philadelphia’s most stylish and treasured social event.

42 The Mann Center for the Performing Arts

The Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Bravo! Vail Summer with The Philadelphia Orchestra Each summer, we are honored to welcome audiences from Philadelphia into our summer homes across the country for musical experiences in tranquil outdoor settings. It is a unique opportunity to see the Orchestra in these different venues. Throughout the summer, the Orchestra performs under the stars at the Mann Center in Fairmount Park. Picnic on the lawn or settle into seats beneath the pavilion, while being surrounded by Philadelphia’s stunning skyline. Nestled in horse country in the Lake George region in upstate New York, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center has established a reputation as one of America’s most prestigious summer festivals. With its 2,400-acre wooded park and historic spa, Saratoga draws vacation crowds and arts connoisseurs each year to its summer programming. High atop the Rocky Mountains at the Bravo! Vail Festival in Colorado is where you can find the Orchestra in July. Hailed as one of the Top 10 “Can’t Miss” Classical Musical Festivals in the U.S. by NPR, Bravo! Vail is the only festival in North America to host four world-renowned orchestras in a single season. We hope to see you at one of our summer homes—or all three—to enjoy The Philadelphia Orchestra all year long. For more information, visit our summer partners at www.manncenter.org, www.spac.org, and www.bravovail.org.

www.philorch.org / 215.893.1955 43 Give the gift of music to young people through our HEAR initiative! Each year, The Philadelphia Orchestra introduces thousands of students and young people to classical music, many for the first time, through education and community programs that are part of our HEAR initiative. HEAR enriches and shapes young minds, opening students to the joy and beauty of music and to a powerful new art form that many pursue throughout their lives. Your gifts to the Annual Fund support our HEAR initiative and fund such programs as: • Health: Providing healing and comfort through small-group music therapy sessions by our musicians at Broad Street Ministry, in collaboration with Temple University • Education: Supporting the All-City Orchestra and the School District of Philadelphia, as well as instrumental ensembles in partnership with the KIPP Charter Schools, and identifying and training young talent through the Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition and Side-by-Side rehearsals • Access: Increasing access to music through Family, School, Sound All Around, and PopUP Concerts; Free Neighborhood Concerts; and PlayINs; as well as through our eZseatU free-ticket program for college students and our TeenTix program for high-school students • Research: Assuring maximum impact of our programs through evaluation and dialogue

Please help the Orchestra provide the gift of music through a generous gift to the Annual Fund. The cost of your ticket covers only a portion of the Orchestra’s annual operating budget—we depend upon the generosity of donors to make important educational programs like the HEAR initiative open and accessible to as many young people as possible. Contribute online: www.philorch.org Contribute by phone: 215.893.3151 Contribute by mail: The Philadelphia Orchestra Annual Fund One South Broad Street, 14th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 Please make checks payable to “The Philadelphia Orchestra”

44 For questions or comments, please e-mail [email protected]. The Philadelphia Orchestra is grateful to the many corporations, foundations, and government agencies that provide generous support each year. These wonderful partners support our exceptional performances, collaborative learning initiatives, and other innovative projects. We thank them for their unwavering support.

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Thurs 6 Thurs 6 Thurs 6 Thurs 6 A B C D South American Sounds Debussy and Chausson Brahms and Mozart Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Thursday, October 4 7:30 PM Thursday, October 11 7:30 PM Thursday, November 1 7:30 PM Thursday, September 20 7:30 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Stéphane Denève Conductor David Afkham Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Elizabeth Hainen Harp David Kim Violin Seong-Jin Cho Piano Lisa Batiashvili Violin Gershwin Cuban Overture Palestrina/orch. Stokowski Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Berwald Symphony No. 3 Ginastera Harp Concerto “Adoramus te Christe” Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 (“Sinfonie singulière”) Piazzolla Tangazo Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra Brahms Symphony No. 1 Sibelius Symphony No. 7 López Perú negro Debussy/orch. Stokowski Yannick and Manny Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes Thursday, November 29 7:30 PM Yannick Conducts Messiah Debussy La Mer French Tales Thursday, December 6 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Thursday, October 25 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Nézet-Séguin and DiDonato Emanuel Ax Piano Louis Langrée Conductor Thursday, November 8 7:30 PM Carolyn Sampson Soprano Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Kirill Gerstein Piano Christophe Dumaux Countertenor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Jonas Hacker Joyce DiDonato Tenor Mezzo-soprano All Tchaikovsky Franck The Accursed Huntsman Philippe Sly Bass-baritone Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Thursday, January 31 7:30 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Joe Miller Directorr Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Kensho Watanabe Conductor Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé Handel Messiah for voice and orchestra Edgar Moreau Cello Respighi The Fountains of Rome Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Viva España! Thursday, February 7 7:30 PM Music of Faith Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Thursday, January 24 7:30 PM Bramwell Tovey Returns for cello and orchestra Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Thursday, December 13 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Bramwell Tovey Conductor and Narrator (“Winter Daydreams”) Chabrier España Joe Miller Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Director Yannick Conducts Rodrigo Concierto andaluz, Bernstein Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”) Joe Miller Director for four guitars and orchestra Rossini Stabat Mater Walton Crown Imperial (Coronation March) Tchaikovsky Falla El amor brujo A Space Odyssey Britten The Young Person’s Guide Thursday, March 14 7:30 PM Ravel Rapsodie espagnole to the Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Thursday, February 14 7:30 PM Mendelssohn and Schubert Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors James McVinnie Organ Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Thursday, March 7 7:30 PM Muhly Organ Concerto Choong-Jin Chang Viola Brahms and Central Europe Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission) Thursday, February 21 7:30 PM Jan Lisiecki Piano Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Bartók Viola Concerto Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor Haydn Overture to L’isola disabitata Bartók Suite from Ricardo Morales Clarinet Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Thursday, March 28 The Miraculous Mandarin Janáček Taras Bulba 7:30 PM Schubert Symphony in C major (“Great”) Romeo and Juliet Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Beethoven’s “Eroica” Brahms Thursday, April 4 7:30 PM Symphony No. 3 Hannibal Healing Tones Thursday, April 25 7:30 PM (world premiere—Philadelphia Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor All Mozart Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Orchestra commission) Brian Sanders’ JUNK Thursday, April 11 7:30 PM Jonathan Biss Piano Sibelius Symphony No. 2 ProkofievRomeo and Juliet Bernard Labadie Conductor Beethoven Overture to Egmont Westminster Symphonic Choir Tchaikovsky and Elgar Schumann Piano Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 9 Joe Miller Director Thursday, May 2 7:30 PM Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Thursday, May 9 7:30 PM Mozart Masonic Funeral Music Stéphane Denève Conductor Bernstein’s Candide Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Mozart Nikolaj Znaider Violin Symphony No. 25 Thursday, June 20 7:30 PM Mahler Symphony No. 9 Mozart/compl. Levin Requiem Elgar Violin Concerto Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Russian Masters Bernstein Candide Thursday, June 6 7:30 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Beatrice Rana Piano Stravinsky Funeral Song ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1

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Fri Fri MAT 8PM A Opening Weekend South American Sounds Nézet-Séguin and DiDonato Haydn and Beethoven Friday, September 14 8 PM Friday, October 5 2 PM Friday, November 9 2 PM Friday, March 1 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor André Watts Piano Elizabeth Hainen Harp Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-soprano Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Muhly Suite from Marnie Gershwin Cuban Overture Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Haydn Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) (world premiere—Philadelphia Ginastera Harp Concerto Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Orchestra commission) Piazzolla Tangazo Chausson Poème de l’amour et de la mer, Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Grieg Piano Concerto López Perú negro for voice and orchestra Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Respighi The Fountains of Rome All Mozart Copland Appalachian Spring The Rite of Spring Friday, April 12 2 PM Friday, October 19 2 PM Music of Faith Friday, November 23 8 PM Bernard Labadie Conductor Stéphane Denève Conductor Friday, January 25 2 PM Westminster Symphonic Choir Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Peter Richard Conte Organ Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Joe Miller Director Garrick Ohlsson Piano Milhaud The Creation of the World Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Mozart Masonic Funeral Music Heggie/arr. Măcelaru Moby-Dick, Poulenc Organ Concerto Joe Miller Director Mozart Symphony No. 25 Orchestral Suite Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Bernstein Symphony No. 3 (“Kaddish”) Mozart/compl. Levin Requiem Barber Piano Concerto Rossini Stabat Mater Copland Appalachian Spring French Tales Mahler Symphony No. 9 (complete, large orchestra version) Friday, October 26 2 PM A Space Odyssey Friday, May 10 2 PM Viva España! Louis Langrée Conductor Friday, February 15 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Friday, February 8 8 PM Kirill Gerstein Piano Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Mahler Symphony No. 9 Choong-Jin Chang Viola Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Saint-Saëns Danse macabre Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Franck The Accursed Huntsman Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Bartók Viola Concerto Chabrier España Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Bartók Suite from Rodrigo Concierto andaluz, Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé The Miraculous Mandarin for four guitars and orchestra Falla El amor brujo Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Haydn and Beethoven Fri MAT Thursday, February 28 7:30 PM (please note day) B Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto The Best of English Baroque Romeo and Juliet Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Friday, September 21 2 PM Friday, November 16 2 PM Friday, April 5 2 PM Haydn Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Lisa Batiashvili Violin Erin Morley Soprano Brian Sanders’ JUNK Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Berwald Symphony No. 3 Purcell Selections from The Fairy Queen Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (“Sinfonie singulière”) Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Friday, March 29 8 PM Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Handel Il delirio amoroso, cantata Beethoven’s “Eroica” Friday, April 26 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto for soprano and orchestra Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Hannibal Healing Tones Debussy and Chausson All Tchaikovsky Jonathan Biss Piano (world premiere—Philadelphia Friday, October 12 2 PM Friday, February 1 2 PM Beethoven Overture to Egmont Orchestra commission) Stéphane Denève Conductor Kensho Watanabe Conductor Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Schumann Piano Concerto David Kim Violin Edgar Moreau Cello Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Bernstein’s Candide Palestrina/orch. Stokowski Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien Friday, June 21 8 PM “Adoramus te Christe” Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Tchaikovsky and Elgar Friday, May 3 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra for cello and orchestra Debussy/orch. Stokowski Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 Stéphane Denève Conductor Bernstein Candide “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes (“Winter Daydreams”) Nikolaj Znaider Violin Debussy La Mer Brahms and Central Europe Elgar Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Brahms and Mozart Friday, February 22 2 PM Friday, November 2 2 PM Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor David Afkham Conductor Ricardo Morales Clarinet Seong-Jin Cho Piano Janáček Taras Bulba Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 Brahms Symphony No. 3 Brahms Symphony No. 1

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Sat 6 Sat 6 Sat 6 Sat 6 A B C D South American Sounds Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Opening Weekend Saturday, October 6 8 PM Saturday, September 29 8 PM Saturday, September 22 8 PM Saturday, September 15 8 PM Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Elizabeth Hainen Harp Lisa Batiashvili Violin Lisa Batiashvili Violin André Watts Piano Gershwin Cuban Overture Dvořák Othello Overture Berwald Symphony No. 3 Muhly Suite from Marnie Ginastera Harp Concerto Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (“Sinfonie singulière”) (world premiere—Philadelphia Piazzolla Tangazo Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Orchestra commission) López Perú negro Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Grieg Piano Concerto French Tales Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Nézet-Séguin and DiDonato Saturday, October 27 8 PM The Rite of Spring Saturday, November 10 8 PM Saturday, October 20 8 PM Debussy and Chausson Louis Langrée Conductor Saturday, October 13 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Kirill Gerstein Piano Stéphane Denève Conductor Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-soprano Peter Richard Conte Organ Stéphane Denève Conductor Saint-Saëns Danse macabre David Kim Violin Wagner Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin Franck The Accursed Huntsman Milhaud The Creation of the World Bates Anthology of Fantastic Zoology Dukas The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Poulenc Organ Concerto Palestrina/orch. Stokowski Chausson Poème de l’amour et de Ravel Piano Concerto in G major Stravinsky The Rite of Spring “Adoramus te Christe” la mer, for voice and orchestra Ravel Suite No. 2 from Daphnis and Chloé Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra Respighi The Fountains of Rome Bramwell Tovey Returns Debussy/orch. Stokowski Yannick and Manny Saturday, December 15 8 PM “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes Copland Saturday, December 1 8 PM Bramwell Tovey Conductor and Narrator Debussy La Mer Appalachian Spring Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Brahms and Mozart Saturday, November 24 8 PM Emanuel Ax Piano Joe Miller Director Saturday, November 3 8 PM Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 Walton Crown Imperial David Afkham Conductor Garrick Ohlsson Piano Dvořák Symphony No. 7 (Coronation March) Britten Seong-Jin Cho Piano Heggie/arr. Măcelaru Moby-Dick, The Young Person’s Guide Viva España! Beethoven Orchestral Suite to the Orchestra Overture, Coriolan Saturday, February 9 8 PM Menotti Mozart Barber Piano Concerto Amahl and the Night Visitors Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 Brahms Symphony No. 1 Copland Appalachian Spring Cristian Măcelaru Conductor Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Yannick Conducts (complete, large orchestra version) Tchaikovsky A Space Odyssey Chabrier España Saturday, February 16 8 PM All Tchaikovsky Rodrigo Concierto andaluz, Saturday, March 16 8 PM Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Saturday, February 2 8 PM for four guitars and orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Choong-Jin Chang Viola Kensho Watanabe Conductor Falla El amor brujo James McVinnie Organ Strauss Edgar Moreau Cello Ravel Rapsodie espagnole Muhly Organ Concerto Also sprach Zarathustra Bartók Viola Concerto Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien (Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission) Mendelssohn and Schubert Bartók Suite from Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations, Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Saturday, March 9 8 PM for cello and orchestra The Miraculous Mandarin Yannick Nézet-Séguin Romeo and Juliet Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 1 Conductor Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Jan Lisiecki Piano Saturday, April 6 8 PM (“Winter Daydreams”) Saturday, March 30 8 PM Haydn Overture to L’isola disabitata Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Haydn and Beethoven Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Brian Sanders’ JUNK Saturday, March 2 8 PM Hannibal Healing Tones Schubert Symphony in C major (“Great”) Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor (world premiere—Philadelphia Benjamin Grosvenor Piano All Mozart Beethoven’s “Eroica” Orchestra commission) Saturday, April 13 8 PM Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Haydn Symphony No. 94 (“Surprise”) Saturday, April 27 8 PM Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Bernard Labadie Conductor Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Westminster Symphonic Choir Russian Masters Beethoven Symphony No. 4 Jonathan Biss Piano Saturday, June 8 8 PM Joe Miller Director Rachmaninoff and Mozart Beethoven Overture to Egmont Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Mozart Masonic Funeral Music Schumann Piano Concerto Saturday, June 15 8 PM Beatrice Rana Piano Mozart Symphony No. 25 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Mozart/compl. Levin Requiem Stravinsky Funeral Song Richard Woodhams Oboe ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 Ricardo Morales Clarinet Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Daniel Matsukawa Bassoon Jennifer Montone Horn Mozart Sinfonia concertante, K. 297b, for winds and orchestra Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1

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Sat 9 A Opening Weekend Opening Weekend Yannick Conducts Messiah Tchaikovsky and Elgar Saturday, September 15 8 PM Saturday, September 15 8 PM Saturday, December 8 8 PM Saturday, May 4 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Stéphane Denève Conductor André Watts Piano André Watts Piano Carolyn Sampson Soprano Nikolaj Znaider Violin Christophe Dumaux Countertenor Muhly Suite from Marnie Muhly Suite from Marnie Elgar Violin Concerto Jonas Hacker Tenor (world premiere—Philadelphia (world premiere—Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Philippe Sly Bass-baritone Orchestra commission) Grieg Piano Concerto Westminster Symphonic Choir Russian Masters Grieg Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Joe Miller Director Saturday, June 8 8 PM Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances Debussy and Chausson Handel Messiah Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Debussy and Chausson Saturday, October 13 8 PM A Space Odyssey Beatrice Rana Piano Saturday, October 13 8 PM Stéphane Denève Conductor Stravinsky Funeral Song Saturday, February 16 8 PM Stéphane Denève Conductor David Kim Violin ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 David Kim Violin Palestrina/orch. Stokowski “Adoramus te Christe” Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Choong-Jin Chang Viola Palestrina/orch. Stokowski Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra Bernstein’s Candide “Adoramus te Christe” Debussy/orch. Stokowski Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra Saturday, June 22 8 PM Chausson Poème, for violin and orchestra “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes Bartók Viola Concerto Debussy/orch. Stokowski Debussy La Mer Bartók Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor “The Sunken Cathedral,” from Preludes Brahms and Mozart Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Bernstein Candide Debussy La Mer Saturday, November 3 8 PM Saturday, March 30 8 PM Brahms and Mozart David Afkham Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Saturday, November 3 8 PM Seong-Jin Cho Piano Hannibal Healing Tones David Afkham Conductor Beethoven Overture, Coriolan (world premiere—Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Seong-Jin Cho Piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Beethoven Overture, Coriolan Brahms Symphony No. 1 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466 Brahms Symphony No. 1 A Space Odyssey Sat 9 Saturday, February 16 8 PM B Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Choong-Jin Chang Viola Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Yannick and Manny Yannick Conducts Tchaikovsky Saturday, September 22 Friday, November 30 Saturday, March 16 Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra 8 PM 8 PM 8 PM Bartók Viola Concerto Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor (please note day) Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bartók Suite from Lisa Batiashvili Violin Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor James McVinnie Organ The Miraculous Mandarin Berwald Symphony No. 3 Emanuel Ax Piano Muhly Organ Concerto Sibelius Symphony No. 2 (“Sinfonie singulière”) Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 (Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission) Sibelius Symphony No. 7 Dvořák Symphony No. 7 Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony Saturday, March 30 8 PM Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bramwell Tovey Returns Romeo and Juliet Saturday, December 15 Saturday, April 6 Hannibal Healing Tones The Rite of Spring 8 PM 8 PM Saturday, October 20 (world premiere—Philadelphia 8 PM Bramwell Tovey Conductor and Narrator Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Orchestra commission) Stéphane Denève Conductor Philadelphia Symphonic Choir Brian Sanders’ JUNK Sibelius Symphony No. 2 Peter Richard Conte Organ Joe Miller Director Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Russian Masters Milhaud The Creation of the World Walton Crown Imperial (Coronation March) Poulenc Organ Concerto Britten The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra Beethoven’s “Eroica” Saturday, June 8 8 PM Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors Saturday, April 27 8 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Myung-Whun Chung Conductor Beatrice Rana Piano The Best of English Baroque Brahms and Central Europe Jonathan Biss Piano Saturday, November 17 8 PM Saturday, February 23 8 PM Stravinsky Funeral Song Beethoven Overture to Egmont ProkofievPiano Concerto No. 3 Emmanuelle Haïm Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada Conductor Schumann Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Erin Morley Soprano Ricardo Morales Clarinet Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) Purcell Selections from The Fairy Queen Janáček Taras Bulba Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Weber Clarinet Concerto No. 2 Handel Il delirio amoroso, cantata Brahms Symphony No. 3 for soprano and orchestra

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Opening Weekend The Best of English Baroque Mahler Symphony No. 9 Sunday, September 16 2 PM Sunday, November 18 2 PM Sunday, May 12 2 PM Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Emmanuelle Haïm Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor André Watts Piano Erin Morley Soprano Mahler Symphony No. 9 Muhly Suite from Marnie Purcell Selections from The Fairy Queen (world premiere—Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Rachmaninoff and Mozart Grieg Piano Concerto Handel Il delirio amoroso, cantata Sunday, June 16 2 PM Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances for soprano and orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Richard Woodhams Oboe The Rite of Spring Mendelssohn and Schubert Ricardo Morales Clarinet Sunday, October 21 2 PM Sunday, March 10 2 PM Daniel Matsukawa Bassoon Stéphane Denève Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Jennifer Montone Horn Peter Richard Conte Organ Jan Lisiecki Piano Mozart Sinfonia concertante, Milhaud The Creation of the World Haydn Overture to L’isola disabitata K. 297b, for winds and orchestra Poulenc Organ Concerto Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Schubert Symphony in C major (“Great”) For complete program information see pages 6-35. Subscriber Benefits Subscribing is the best way to guarantee you don’t miss out on your favorite concerts! All subscribers enjoy the following benefits as our way of saying thank you for your loyalty and your continued belief in the power of live music. Schedule Flexibility Discounted Parking Always on the go? We offer subscribers many easy Why worry about finding a place to park? As a options to exchange tickets with no additional fees subscriber, you can purchase pre-paid discounted so you never have to miss a concert. parking for all your concerts in the Avenue of the Arts Garage, located steps away from the Everyday Savings Kimmel Center. Subscribing automatically saves you money over general public single ticket prices. Save up to 20% Create-Your-Own Series off single ticket prices depending on the concert Enjoy the flexibility of choosing a concert package and section you choose. Plus, add on additional that is personally tailored to fit your needs with the tickets and the savings continue. Create-Your-Own 6-concert series. Payment Plans Dining Savings There are several payment plans to fit any budget, Enjoy a variety of discount offers and special making it easy to subscribe. Order early, take benefits through partnerships with area restaurants, advantage of our payment plans, and still get the exclusive for subscribers. best seats.

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