ThePhiladelphiaOrchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin Music Director

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YANNICK LEADS RAVEL FAVORITES

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin OCT OCT OCT Szymanowski Violin No. 1 Chausson Poeme, for violin and 1 2 3 Ravel Bolero

BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS 2.0 Premium Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Philadelphia Symphonic Choir OCT OCT OCT Jennifer Rowley Soprano Joe Miller Director Karen Cargill Mezzo-soprano Refik Anadol Visual Design 9 10 11 Rodrick Dixon Tenor Eric Owens Bass Beethoven Missa solemnis

CHOPIN’S CONCERTO NO. 2

Christoph Eschenbach Conductor Holcomb Paradise OCT OCT OCT Seong-Jin Cho Piano (Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 22 23 24 Schumann Symphony No. 2

BRANFORD MARSALIS AND THE SAX CONCERTO OCT OCT OCT Rafael Payare Conductor Strauss Don Juan Branford Marsalis Adams Saxophone Concerto 29 30 31 Dvořák Symphony No. 7

TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET TRILOGY NOV NOV NOV NOV Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Tchaikovsky Selections from The Nutcracker, Brian Sanders’ JUNK Swan Lake, and The Sleeping Beauty 5 6 7 8

JOYCE, YANNICK, AND MAHLER NOV NOV NOV Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Mahler Rückert Lieder Joyce DiDonato Mezzo-soprano Mahler Symphony No. 4 12 13 14

RACHMANINOFF’S PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 NOV NOV NOV Lahav Shani Conductor Prokofiev Lieutenant Kijé Yefim Bronfman Piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 20 21 22 Stravinsky Petrushka

BRAHMS’S SYMPHONY NO. 1 NOV NOV Alan Gilbert Conductor Chin Frontispiece for Orchestra Juliette Kang Violin Bartók No. 2 27 28 Brahms Symphony No. 1

RHAPSODY IN BLUE WITH CHICK COREA Premium DEC DEC DEC DEC Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Ellington Solitude Chick Corea Piano Gershwin 10 11 12 13 Price Symphony No. 1

HILARY HAHN PLAYS PROKOFIEV

Xian Zhang Conductor Eötvös When It Hits the Ocean Below JAN JAN JAN Violin (Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Monica Czausz Organ Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 7 8 9 Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 (“Organ”)

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL DEBUTS Premium Gustavo Dudamel Conductor Benzecry (world premiere— JAN JAN JAN Sergio Tiempo Piano Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Ginastera Piano Concerto No. 1 14 15 17 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

RETURN TO THE ACADEMY Academy of Music JAN JAN Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto 21 22 Hai-Ye Ni Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

PICTURES FROM AN EXHIBITION

Andrew Davis Conductor Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnol FEB FEB FEB David Kim Violin Massenet “Meditation,” from Thaïs, for violin and orchestra 5 6 7 Sarasate Carmen Fantasy, for violin and orchestra Musorgsky Pictures from an Exhibition

RAVEL: DAPHNIS AND CHLOÉ

Stéphane Denève Conductor Purrington Words for Departure FEB FEB FEB Gautier Capuçon Cello (Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Westminster Symphonic Choir Connesson 12 13 14 Joe Miller Director Ravel Daphnis and Chloé (complete ballet)

SONGS FROM THE EARTH (FRI.) Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Debussy La Mer FEB FEB FEB Ekaterina Gubanova Mezzo-soprano Mahler Das Lied von der Erde Piotr Beczała Tenor 27 26 28

EMANUEL AX PLAYS MOZART MAR MAR MAR Louis Langrée Conductor Mozart Overture to La clemenza di Tito Emanuel Ax Piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 4 5 6 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

LOVE AND TRAGEDY

Nathalie Stutzmann Conductor Brahms MAR MAR MAR Daniel Lozakovich Violin Wagner Prelude and “Liebestod,” from Tristan and Isolde 11 12 13 Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 2:00 PM Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF EUROPE MAR Chamber Orchestra of Europe Brahms Violin Concerto 12 Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Brahms Symphony No. 3 8:00 PM Lisa Batiashvili Violin

THE RITE OF SPRING MAR MAR MAR Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Frank Picaflor (Philadelphia Orchestra commission) 18 19 20 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

BRAHMS AND GARRICK OHLSSON

MAR MAR MAR Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Ives A Symphony: New England Holidays Garrick Ohlsson Piano Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 25 26 28 Westminster Symphonic Choir Joe Miller Director

MIRGA RETURNS APR APR APR Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Conductor Šerkšnytė De Profundis Schubert Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished”) 8 10 11 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

KHATIA AND WEINBERG APR APR APR Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla Conductor Xi Ensō (Philadelphia Orchestra commission) Khatia Buniatishvili Piano Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 15 16 17 Weinberg Symphony No. 3

SOUTH PACIFIC 2021 Premium APR APR APR Andy Einhorn Conductor Rodgers South Pacific 23 24 25

GIL SHAHAM AND THE KORNGOLD VIOLIN CONCERTO APR APR MAY Tugan Sokhiev Conductor Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 (“Classical”) Gil Shaham Violin Korngold Violin Concerto 29 30 1 Dvořák Symphony No. 8

MITSUKO MEETS YANNICK

Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bates Suite from The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs MAY MAY MAY Mitsuko Uchida Piano (Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission) Ravel Piano Concerto in G major 6 8 9 Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

PUCCINI: LA BOHÈME Premium MAY MAY Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Puccini La bohème 13 15 7:30 PM

SHOSTAKOVICH’S SYMPHONY NO. 8 MAY Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Bach Selections from the Art of the Fugue, Paolo Bordignon Organ for organ and mixed ensembles 14 Shostakovich Symphony No. 8

YANNICK LEADS TCHAIKOVSKY’S “PATHETIQUE” MAY MAY Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Sibelius Symphony No. 6 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 (“Pathétique”) 21 22