( T H S E A S O N ) Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates

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1 Updated July 28, ( T H S E A S O N ) Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Below is an updated chronological calendar for s season. Please note the following changes: September 21, 2010 Free Neighborhood ood Concert EVENT : Add Free Neighborhood Concert on September 21, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. DDITION: Rossen Milanov, conductor LOCATION OCATION: Concert to take place at Dilworth Plaza, City Hall, Philadelphia. October 16 and 18, 2010 Sound All Around in the City EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on October 16, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Carol Jantsch, tuba; and Bonnie Wagner, piano LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place in Academy of Music Ballroom. October 23, 2010 Family Concert: Peter and the Wolf and Other Tails CHANGE HANGE: Remove Sara Valentine, host and narrator. October 30, 2010 Sound All Around in the Suburbs EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on October 30, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Carol Jantsch, tuba; and Bonnie Wagner, piano LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. November 13 and 15, 2010 Sound All Around in the City EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on November 13, at 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 12:30 p.m., and November 15, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Angela Zator Nelson, percussion; and Bonnie Wagner, piano LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place in Academy of Music Ballroom. November 20, 2010 Family Concert: Tchaikovsky Discovers America REPERTOIRE : Add excerpts from the following works by Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Piano Concerto No. 1, Serenade for Strings,1812 Overture, Marche slave, and Symphony No. 5. : Add Rossen Milanov, conductor. July 2010 All programs and artists subject to change.

2 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 2 December 16, 17, and 18, 2010 The Glorious Sound of Christmas DDITION: Add Rossen Milanov, conductor. December 18, 2010 Sound All Around in the Suburbs EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on December 18, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Angela Zator Nelson, percussion; and Bonnie Wagner, piano LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. December 19, 2010 Messiah DDITION: Lisa Saffer, soprano; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano; Gordon Gietz, tenor; Christopher Nomura, baritone; and The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director). January 6, 7, and 8, 2011 Mozart s Requiem DDITION: Lucy Crowe, soprano; Birgit Remmert, mezzo-soprano; James Taylor, tenor; and Andrew Foster- Williams, baritone. January 8, 2011 Sound All Around in the Suburbs EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on January 8, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Paul Demers, clarinet; and Bonnie Wagner, piano. LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. January 14, 2011 Sound Waves: The Inca Trail, a Musical Journey DDITION: Add Jeffrey Khaner, flute. January 27 and 28, 2011 Schubert s Great Symphony REPERTOIRE DDITION: Add Mozart s Adagio and Fugue in C minor. February 5, Family Concert: Extreme Orchestra REPERTOIRE : Add Excerpts from Tchaikovsky s Symphony No. 4; Excerpts from Mahler s Symphony No. 5; Rimsky-Korsakov s Flight of the Bumblebee, from Tsar Saltan; Excerpts from Berlioz s Symphonie fantastique; and Stravinsky s Suite from The Firebird (1911 version). February 26 and 28, 2011 Sound All Around in the City EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on February 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 12:30 p.m., and February 28, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Paul Demers, clarinet; and Bonnie Wagner, piano. LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place in Academy of Music Ballroom. March 19 and 21, 2011 Sound All Around in the City EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on March 19, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 12:30 p.m., and March 21, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Daniel Han, violin; and Bonnie Wagner, piano. LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place in Academy of Music Ballroom. April 14, 15, and 16, 2011 Mahler Symphony No. 4 DDITION: Add Jennifer Welch-Babidge, soprano. April 16, 2011 Sound All Around in the Suburbs EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on April 16, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Daniel Han, violin; and Bonnie Wagner, piano; LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. July 2010 All programs and artists subject to change.

3 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 3 May 7 and 9, 2011 Sound All Around in the City EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on May 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., 11:15 a.m., and 12:30 p.m., and May 9, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Daniel Han, violin; Angela Zator Nelson, percussion; Paul Demers, clarinet; Carol Jantsch, tuba; and Bonnie Wagner, piano. LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place in Academy of Music Ballroom. May 19, 21, and 22, 2011 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 DDITION: Add Melanie Diener, soprano; Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano; Phillipe Castagner, tenor; and Nathan Berg, bass-baritone. May 20, 2011 Performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. REPERTOIRE : Add Mendelssohn s Hebrides Overture ( Fingal s Cave ). May 28, 2011 Sound All Around in the Suburbs EVENT : Add Sound All Around performances on May 28, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. DDITION: Charlotte Blake Alston, host; Daniel Han, violin; Angela Zator Nelson, percussion; Paul Demers, clarinet; Carol Jantsch, tuba; and Bonnie Wagner, piano. LOCATION OCATION: Concerts to take place at the Baldwin School in Bryn Mawr. FREE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT September 21 at 7:00 PM Tuesday evening City Hall, Dilworth Plaza, Philadelphia The Philadelphia P Orchestra Rossen Milanov Conductor OPENING GALA September 23 at 7:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Joshua Bell Violin Berlioz Lalo Respighi Le Corsaire Overture Symphonie espagnole, for violin and orchestra The Pines of Rome

4 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 4 DUTOIT AND BELL SEASON OPENING September 24 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts September 25 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Joshua Bell Violin Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1 COLLEGE NIGHT CONCERT September 28 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Joshua Bell Violin Berlioz Le Corsaire Overture Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Mahler Symphony No. 1 WATTS PLAYS GRIEG September 30 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 2 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 5 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts André Watts Piano Grieg Piano Concerto Shostakovich Symphony No. 4

5 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 5 BEYOND THE SCORE: PURE MELODRAMA? October 1 at 7:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Gerard McBurney Host Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 STARRY NIGHT OF ROMEO & JULIET October 7 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 8 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 9 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 12 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Carnegie Hall, New York Jeremy Denk Piano PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT / CARNEGIE HALL ORCHESTRAL DEBUT Dutilleux Timbres, espace, mouvement, ou La Nuit étoilée Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet DOHNÁNYI CONDUCTS ALL BRAHMS October 15 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 16 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 17 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Christoph von Dohnányi Conductor Brahms Symphony No. 4 Brahms Symphony No. 2

6 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 6 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE CITY Charlotte Blake Alston Host Carol Jantsch Tuba Bonnie Wagner Piano October 16 at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 12:30 PM Saturday morning and afternoon Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia October 18 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Monday morning Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia DVOŘÁK SYMPHONY NO. 8 October 21 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 22 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 23 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Semyon Bychkov Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Renaud Capuçon Violin PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Ravel Dutilleux ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Dvořák Symphony No. 8 Le Tombeau de Couperin L Arbre des songes, for violin and orchestra - FIRST PHILADELPHIA FAMILY CONCERT: PETER AND THE WOLF AND OTHER TAILS October 23 at 11:30 AM Saturday morning Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Michael Boudewyns Host and Narrator Sara Valentine Host and Narrator Program includes: Dorff Prokofiev Three Fun Fables Peter and the Wolf CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT October 24 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Musicians of The Philadelphia P Orchestra Renaud Capuçon Violin

7 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 7 NÉZET-SÉGUIN: HAYDN TO MAHLER October 29 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 30 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 31 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Haydn Symphony No. 100 ( Military ) Mahler Symphony No. 5 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE SUBURBS Charlotte Blake Alston Host Carol Jantsch Tuba Bonnie Wagner Piano October 30 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Saturday morning Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS November 4 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 5 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 6 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Jaap van Zweden Conductor Han-Na Chang Cello Wagenaar Cyrano de Bergerac Overture - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Haydn Cello Concerto in C major Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

8 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 8 A GERMAN EVENING November 11 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 13 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 16 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor Jennifer Montone Horn Weber Reger Strauss Strauss Overture to Oberon Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2 - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Suite from Der Rosenkavalier SOUND WAVES: TAN DUN S THE MAP November 12 at 7:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Tan Dun Conductor Hai-Ye Ni Cello Tan Dun Tan Dun Internet Symphony No. 1 ( Eroica ) - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE The Map, Concerto for Cello, Video, and Orchestra SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE CITY Charlotte Blake Alston Host Angela Zator Nelson Percussion Bonnie Wagner Piano November 13 at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 12:30 PM Saturday morning and afternoon Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia November 15 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Monday morning Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia

9 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 9 KAVAKOS PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY November 18 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 19 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 20 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Conductor Leonidas Kavakos Violin Glinka Tchaikovsky Bartók Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila Violin Concerto Concerto for Orchestra FAMILY CONCERT: TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA November 20 at 11:30 AM Saturday morning Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Rossen Milanov Conductor Classical Kids LIVE! Program to include selections from: Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings Tchaikovsky The Sleeping Beauty Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture Tchaikovsky Marche slave Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT November 21 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Musicians of Leonidas Kavakos Violin

10 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 10 ROMAN FESTIVALS December 2 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 3 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 4 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Gianandrea Noseda Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Garrick Ohlsson Piano Smetana Hakon Jarl - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 5 Respighi The Fountains of Rome Respighi Roman Festivals SPANO CONDUCTS SIBELIUS December 10 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 11 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 12 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Robert Spano Conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet Piano Sibelius Suite No. 1 from The Tempest - FIRST COMPLETE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Ranjbaran Piano Concerto - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Sibelius Symphony No. 5 THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF CHRISTMAS December 16 at 7:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 17 at 7:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts December 18 at 7:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Rossen Milanov Conductor

11 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 11 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE SUBURBS December 18 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Saturday morning Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr Charlotte Blake Alston Host Angela Zator Nelson Percussion Bonnie Wagner Piano MESSIAH December 19 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Paul Goodwin Conductor Lisa Saffer Soprano Michelle DeYoung Mezzo-soprano Gordon Gie G ietz Tenor Christopher Nomura Baritone The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Handel Messiah NEW YEAR S EVE December 31 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Members of MOZART S REQUIEM January 6 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 7 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 8 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Yannick Nézet-Séguin Conductor Lucy Crowe Soprano Birgit Remmert Mezzo-soprano James Taylor Tenor Andrew Foster-Williams Baritone The Philadelphia Singers Chorale Debussy Mozart Nocturnes Requiem

12 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 12 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE SUBURBS Charlotte Blake Alston Host Paul Demers Clarinet Bonnie Wagner Piano January 8 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Saturday morning Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT January 9 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Musicians of KIM AND KANG PLAY BACH January 13 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 15 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Donald Runnicles Conductor, Harpsichord, and Piano David Kim Violin Juliette Kang Violin Pärt Collage über B-A-C-H FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Bach Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra Bruckner Symphony No. 7

13 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 13 SOUND WAVES: THE INCA TRAIL, A MUSICAL JOURNEY January 14 at 7:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts The Philadelphia ia Orchestra Miguel Harth-Bedoya Conductor Jeffrey Khaner Flute Efe Baltacigil Cello Robles Martínez y Compañón Luzuriaga Frank Golijov Leng López El cóndor pasa - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Colección de música virreinal - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Responsorio - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Illapa, Tone Poem for Andean Flutes and Orchestra - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Mariel, for cello and orchestra- FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Preludio No. 1- FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE Fiesta! - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TRIBUTE CONCERT January 17 at 3:00 PM Monday afternoon Thomas Wilkins Conductor GILBERT CONDUCTS January 20 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 21 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 22 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Alan Gilbert Conductor Richard Woodhams Oboe Lindberg Rouse Beethoven EXPO - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Oboe Concerto - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Symphony No. 6 ( Pastoral )

14 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 14 SCHUBERT S GREAT SYMPHONY January 27 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 28 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Jonathan Nott Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Andreas Haefliger Piano Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 Schubert Symphony in C major ( Great ) ACADEMY OF MUSIC 154TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT January 29 at 7:30 PM Saturday evening Academy of Music, Philadelphia GRIMAUD PLAYS BEETHOVEN February 3 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 5 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Fabio Luisi Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Hélène Grimaud Piano Weber Overture to Der Freischütz Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Schmidt Symphony No. 4 FAMILY CONCERT: EXTREME ORCHESTRA February 5 at 11:30 AM Saturday morning Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Jamie Bernstein Host Program to include: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Mahler Symphony No. 5 Rimsky-Korsakov "Flight of the Bumblebee," from Tsar Saltan Berlioz Symphonie fantastique Stravinsky Suite from The Firebird (1919 version)

15 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 15 TILSON THOMAS RETURNS February 10 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 11 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 12 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Schubert Bernstein PERFORMANCES Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Symphony in B minor ( Unfinished ) Suite from A Quiet Place - FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SOUND WAVES: THE THOMASHEFSKYS February 15 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 16 at 7:00 PM Wednesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Michael Tilson Thomas Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas shares the stage with an orchestra and four singers who bring to life the story of his grandparents, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, who emigrated to the United States from Eastern Europe in the 1880s and, while still in their teens, began to play major roles in the development of American Yiddish Theater. The February 15 performance is presented in partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. JUROWSKI CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV February 18 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 19 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 20 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Vladimir Jurowski Conductor Lisa Batiashvili Violin Wagner Prelude to Parsifal Beethoven Violin Concerto Prokofiev Symphony No. 6

16 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 16 TCHAIKOVSKY AND MACMILLAN February 24 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 25 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts February 26 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 1 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Carnegie Hall, New York Vadim Repin Violin Berlioz MacMillan PREMIERE Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 Overture to Beatrice and Benedict Violin Concerto - PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA CO-COMMISSION - U.S. SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE CITY February 26 at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 12:30 PM Saturday morning and afternoon Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia February 28 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Monday morning Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia Charlotte Blake Alston Host Paul Demers Clarinet Bonnie Wagner Piano CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT February 27 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts The Musicians of BEYOND THE SCORE: A HERO S LIFE? March 3 at 7:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Gerard McBurney Host Strauss Ein Heldenleben

17 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 17 DUTOIT CONDUCTS STRAUSS March 4 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 5 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 8 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Jeffrey Khaner Flute Ravel Leshnoff Strauss Rapsodie espagnole Flute Concerto - WORLD PREMIERE Ein Heldenleben ALL RUSSIAN March 17 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 18 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 19 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Vasily Petrenko Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Stephen Hough Piano Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE CITY March 19 at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 12:30 PM Saturday morning and afternoon Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia March 21 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Monday morning Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia Charlotte Blake Alston Host Carol Jantsch Tuba Bonnie Wagner Piano

18 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 18 FRENCH CONNECTION March 24 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 25 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 26 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Stéphane Denève Conductor Imogen Cooper Piano Dutilleux Métaboles Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271 ( Jenamy ) Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Roussel Symphony No. 3 FAMILY CONCERT: SHEHERAZADE March 26 at 11:30 AM Saturday morning Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Enchantment Theatre Company Program to include: Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade TRULY CLASSICAL March 31 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 1 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 2 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Jun Märkl Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Marc-André Hamelin Piano Haydn Symphony No. 44 ( Trauersinfonie ) Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453 Beethoven Symphony No. 2

19 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 19 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT April 3 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts The Musicians of PULCINELLA ALIVE April 7 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 8 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 9 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 10 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Rossen Milanov Conductor Pennsylvania Ballet (Roy Kaiser, Artistic Director) Jorma Elo Choreographer PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Falla Stravinsky The Three-Cornered Hat Pulcinella (complete ballet with dancers) MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 4 April 14 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 15 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 16 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts David Zinman Conductor Jennifer Welch-Babidge Soprano Berg Suite from Lulu Mahler Symphony No. 4 SUBURBAN SOUND ALL AROUND 4 CONCERT April 16 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Saturday morning Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr Charlotte Blake Alston Host Carol Jantsch Tuba Bonnie Wagner Piano

20 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 20 GREEK TRAGEDY AND MYTHOLOGY April 28 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 29 at 2:00 PM Friday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts April 30 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 3 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Carnegie Hall, New York Paul Groves Tenor (Oedipus) Petra Lang Mezzo-soprano (Jocasta) Robert Gierlach Bass-baritone (Creon/Messenger) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT David Wilson-Johnson Baritone (Tiresias) Men of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Stravinsky Stravinsky Apollon musagète Oedipus Rex FAMILY CONCERT: PICASSO PAINT BY MUSIC April 30 at 11:30 AM Saturday morning Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Charlotte Blake Alston Host MASUR CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY May 6 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 7 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Kurt Masur Conductor Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ( Pathétique )

21 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 21 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE CITY May 7 at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM, and 12:30 PM Saturday morning and afternoon Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia May 9 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Monday morning Academy of Music Ballroom, Philadelphia Musicians of Charlotte Blake Alston Host Bonnie Wagner Piano HOLST THE PLANETS May 12 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 14 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 17 at 8:00 PM Tuesday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Gil Shaham Violin Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Walton Holst Violin Concerto The Planets BEYOND THE SCORE: OTHER WORLDS? May 13 at 7:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Gerard McBurney Host Women of the Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Holst The Planets CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES CONCERT May 15 at 3:00 PM Sunday afternoon Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Musicians of

22 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 22 BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO. 9 May 19 at 8:00 PM Thursday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 21 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 22 at 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Melanie Diener Soprano Mary y Phillips Mezzo-soprano Nathan Berg Bass-baritone Philippe Castagner Tenor The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Stravinsky Beethoven Symphony of Psalms Symphony No. 9 ( Choral ) May 20 at 8:00 PM Friday evening John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Gil Shaham Violin Mendelssohn Walton Strauss Hebrides Overture ("Fingal's Cave") Violin Concerto Ein Heldenleben BERLIOZ DAMNATION OF FAUST May 27 at 8:00 PM Friday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 28 at 8:00 PM Saturday evening Verizon Hall at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Paul Groves Tenor (Faust) Susan Graham Mezzo-soprano (Marguerite) David Wilson-Johnson Baritone (Mephistopheles) The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, Music Director) Berlioz The Damnation of Faust

23 Season Chronological Calendar Changes and Updates Page 23 SOUND ALL AROUND IN THE SUBURBS Charlotte te Blake Alston Host Musicians of Bonnie Wagner Piano May 28 at 10:00 AM and 11:15 AM Saturday morning Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr # # #