2008-09 SEASON Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 1 September 26 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon September 30 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Rossen Milanov, conductor Soloists TBA Program includes: Tchaikovsky Haydn Lutosławski The Tempest Sinfonia concertante Concerto for Orchestra PROGRAM NO. 2 October 2 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening October 3 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon October 7 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening (Carnegie Hall) Martha Argerich, piano Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1 Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
PAGE 2 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar OPENING NIGHT CONCERT October 4 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday evening Martha Argerich, piano Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 1 Musorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition PROGRAM NO. 3 October 10 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon October 11 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Han-Na Chang, cello PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Arto Noras, cello PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks Penderecki Concerto grosso No. 1, for three cellos and orchestra UNITED STATES PREMIERE Sibelius Symphony No. 1 FAMILY CONCERT NO. 1 October 11 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Danail Rachev, conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Michael Boudewyns, narrator Poulenc The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 3 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 1 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts October 12 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of Chantal Juillet, violin Arto Noras, cello All-Penderecki program in celebration of the composer s 75th birthday ACCESS CONCERT NO. 1 October 14 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Han-Na Chang, cello Daniel Müller-Schott, cello Arto Noras, cello Krystian Zimerman, piano Penderecki Lutosławski Concerto grosso No. 1, for three cellos and orchestra Piano Concerto FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Musicians of are graciously donating their services in support of the Musicians Pension Fund. PROGRAM NO. 4 October 16 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening October 17 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening October 18 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening October 21 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano Gregory Kunde, tenor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT David Wilson-Johnson, baritone PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director) Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
PAGE 4 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 5 October 23 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening October 24 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening October 25 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor David Kim, violin Schumann Chausson Ravel Falla Symphony No. 3 ( Rhenish ) Poème, for violin and orchestra Tzigane, for violin and orchestra Suite Nos. 1 and 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat ACCESS CONCERT NO. 2 October 30 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening James Conlon, conductor PROGRAM NO. 6 October 31 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon November 1 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening James Conlon, conductor Artists TBA Schreker Prelude to a Drama Zemlinsky Scenes from The Dwarf Beethoven Symphony No. 7
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 5 PROGRAM NO. 7 November 6 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening November 7 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon November 8 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening November 9 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Organist TBA Copland Symphony for Organ and Orchestra Mahler Symphony No. 5 PROGRAM NO. 8 November 13 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening November 14 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening November 15 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor Soprano TBA Tenor TBA James Morris, bass The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director) Beethoven Symphony No. 8 Wagner Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 2 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts November 16 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of
PAGE 6 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar MARIAN ANDERSON AWARD CONCERT November 17 at 8:00 p.m. Monday evening Thomas Wilkins, conductor Musicians of are graciously donating their services in support of the Musicians Pension Fund. PROGRAM NO. 9 November 20 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening November 21 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon November 22 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Hans Graf, conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482 Bruckner Symphony No. 4 ( Romantic ) FAMILY CONCERT NO. 2 November 22 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Danail Rachev, conductor Intercultural Journeys
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 7 ACCESS CONCERT NO. 3 November 25 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Danail Rachev, conductor Intercultural Journeys PROGRAM NO. 10 November 28 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening November 29 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening December 2 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Andrey Boreyko, conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano Wagner Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Brahms/orch. Schoenberg Piano Quartet No. 1 PROGRAM NO. 11 December 4 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening December 5 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon December 6 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening David Zinman, conductor Truls Mørk, cello Barber Symphony No. 1 Elgar Cello Concerto Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra
PAGE 8 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 12 December 11 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening December 12 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening December 13 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT André Watts, piano Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 ( Pathétique ) HANDEL S MESSIAH December 14 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Conductor and soloists TBA Handel Messiah THE GLORIOUS SOUND OF CHRISTMAS December 18 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening December 19 at 7:00 p.m. Friday evening December 20 at 7:00 p.m. Saturday evening Danail Rachev, conductor The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director)
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 9 NEW YEAR S EVE CONCERT December 31 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening Members of Rossen Milanov, conductor PROGRAM NO. 13 January 8 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening January 9 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening January 10 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening January 11 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Donald Runnicles, conductor Christian Tetzlaff, violin Webern Im Sommerwind Beethoven Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 4 PROGRAM NO. 14A January 15 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening January 16 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Pintscher Osiris FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Prokofiev Symphony No. 5
PAGE 10 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 14B January 17 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 Bruckner Symphony No. 6 CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 3 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts January 18 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of Christoph Eschenbach, piano MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. TRIBUTE CONCERT Location TBA January 19 at 7:00 p.m. Monday evening Thomas Wilkins, conductor ACCESS CONCERT NO. 4 January 21 at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 11 PROGRAM NO. 15A January 22 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Bruckner Symphony No. 6 PROGRAM NO. 15B January 23 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Leonidas Kavakos, violin Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2 Schubert Symphony in C major ( Great ) ACADEMY OF MUSIC 152ND ANNIVERSARY CONCERT Academy of Music January 24 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday evening Christoph Eschenbach, conductor Musicians of are graciously donating their services in support of the Musicians Pension Fund. 2009 EUROPEAN TOUR During January and February 2009, and Christoph Eschenbach undertake a three-week European tour, performing in Spain, Portugal, Luxembourg, Austria, and the Canary Islands.
PAGE 12 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 4 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts March 1 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of PROGRAM NO. 16 March 5 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening March 6 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon March 7 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening March 8 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon March 10 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Vladimir Jurowski, conductor Twyla Robinson, soprano PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Iris Vermillion, mezzo-soprano PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Michael Hendrick, tenor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Baritone TBA The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director) Berg Mahler Three Pieces for Orchestra Das klagende Lied FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES PROGRAM NO. 17 March 12 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening March 13 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon March 14 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening March 17 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening (Carnegie Hall) Program includes: Milhaud Dvořák The Creation of the World Symphony No. 9 ( From the New World )
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 13 FAMILY CONCERT NO. 3 BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS March 14 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Danail Rachev, conductor Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a program of Classical Kids LIVE! PROGRAM NO. 18 March 19 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening March 20 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon March 21 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening March 22 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening March 24 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Lisa Batiashvili, violin PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 Stravinsky The Firebird (complete ballet)
PAGE 14 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 19 March 26 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening March 27 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening March 28 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening March 29 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Emmanuel Krivine, conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Gil Shaham, violin Debussy Printemps Khachaturian Violin Concerto Dvořák Symphony No. 8 PROGRAM NO. 20 April 2 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening April 3 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon April 4 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening April 7 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening (Carnegie Hall) André Previn, conductor and piano Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491 Strauss Symphonia domestica FAMILY CONCERT NO. 4 April 4 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Rossen Milanov, conductor Michael Boudewyns, narrator Kapilow Dr. Seuss s Green Eggs and Ham
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 15 PROGRAM NO. 21 April 16 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening (State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ) April 17 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening April 18 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Kurt Masur, conductor Sergey Khachatryan, violin PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Brahms Symphony No. 2 Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Strauss Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks ACCESS CONCERT NO. 5 April 21 at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Rossen Milanov, conductor Strauss Till Eulenspiegel s Merry Pranks PROGRAM NO. 22 April 23 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening April 24 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon April 25 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Stéphane Denève, conductor Jonathan Biss, piano Connesson Une Lueur dans l age sombre FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 5 ( Reformation )
PAGE 16 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 23 April 29 at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening May 1 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening (Carnegie Hall) May 2 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Simon Rattle, conductor Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano Giuseppe Sabbatini, tenor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Eric Owens, bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director) Berlioz The Damnation of Faust PROGRAM NO. 24 May 7 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening May 8 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon May 9 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Simon Rattle, conductor Imogen Cooper, piano PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA DEBUT Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503 Bruckner Symphony No. 8
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 17 PROGRAM NO. 25 May 14 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening May 15 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon May 16 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening Rossen Milanov, conductor Choong-Jin Chang, viola PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA SUBSCRIPTION DEBUT Dvořák Bartók Enescu Dvořák The Wood Dove FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES Viola Concerto Romanian Rhapsody in D major The Golden Spinning Wheel FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 5 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts May 17 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of Leila Josefowicz, violin ACCESS CONCERT NO. 6 May 21 at 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Adès Violin Concerto ( Concentric Paths ) FIRST PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE
PAGE 18 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 26 May 22 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening May 23 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening David Robertson, conductor Leila Josefowicz, violin Vaughan Williams Adès Sibelius Scriabin Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Violin Concerto ( Concentric Paths ) En Saga The Poem of Ecstasy PROGRAM NO. 27 May 28 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening May 29 at 8:00 p.m. Friday evening May 30 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening May 31 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Julia Fischer, violin Beethoven Honegger Brahms Overture, Coriolan Symphony No. 3 ( Liturgical ) Violin Concerto
2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PAGE 19 PROGRAM NO. 28 June 3 at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday evening (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts) June 4 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening June 5 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon June 6 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening June 7 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Ravel Liszt Rachmaninoff Ravel Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Totentanz Symphonic Dances La Valse PROGRAM NO. 29 June 12 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon June 13 at 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening June 16 at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening Debussy Images Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 FAMILY CONCERT NO. 5 June 13 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday morning Rossen Milanov, conductor Debussy Ravel Dorff Grieg Humperdinck Children s Corner Excerpts from Mother Goose Goldilocks and the Three Bears, for narrator and orchestra Excerpts from Peer Gynt Excerpts from Hansel and Gretel
PAGE 20 2008-2009 Season Chronological Calendar PROGRAM NO. 30 June 18 at 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening June 19 at 2:00 p.m. Friday afternoon June 21 at 2:00 p.m. Sunday evening Paul Groves, tenor The Philadelphia Singers Chorale (David Hayes, music director) Berlioz Requiem CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT NO. 6 Perelman Theater at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts June 28 at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon Members of UBS, a global financial services leader, is the proud sponsor of s 2008-09 season. Lexus is the exclusive automotive sponsor of. US Airways is the exclusive airline sponsor of. # # #