Orchestra Listings, November 29 - December 2

The US premiere of a Dutilleux piece, Dudamel's NY Phil debut, a rare Schumann oratorio, Berio & Maderna on the same program...It's a content-rich week before the Pops stranglehold descends on Orchestraland.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

WAGNER - Prelude to Parsifal
LIGETI - Lontano
RACHMANINOV - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
PROKOFIEV - Romeo & Juliet

Roberto Minczuk, conductor
Dejan Lazic, piano

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

KERNIS - Lament and Prayer
KERNIS - Newly Drawn Sky
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"

Marin Alsop, conductor
Aaron Jay Kernis, composer
Timothy Fain, violin

Boston Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

BERLIOZ - Orchestral excerpts from Roméo et Juliette
DUTILLEUX - Le Temps l'Horloge, for soprano and orchestra [American premiere]
DUPARC - Songs with orchestra
DEBUSSY - La Mer

James Levine, conductor
Renée Fleming, soprano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

RAVEL - Piano Concerto in G Major
SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 7 (Leningrad)

Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Yundi Li, piano

(12/1)
MENDELSSOHN - Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpt)
GRIFFES - The White Peacock
BRITTEN - Night Song from The Little Sweep
BRAHMS - Liebeslieder #13 — Every bird that soars the sky
ROSSINI - Cat Duet
HANDEL - And there came...flies from Israel in Egypt
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV - Flight of the Bumblebee
MANCINI - Baby Elephant Walk
MENDELSSOHN - You Spotted Snakes from A Midsummer Night's Dream
RAVEL - L'enfant et les sortilèges (excerpt)
HOVNANESS - And God Created Great Whales
COPLAND - I Bought Me a Cat
BRITTEN - Procession of the Animals from Noye's Fludde

Duain Wolfe, conductor
Alan Schmuckler, actor


Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (11/30-12/1)

LIADOV - Baba-Yaga, Op. 56
LIADOV - The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62
LIADOV - Kikimora, Op. 63
KHACHATURIAN - Piano Concerto
DVORAK - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor

Hans Graf, conductor
Terrence Wilson, piano

The Cleveland Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

RAVEL - La Valse
DEBUSSY - La Mer
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN - "Leonore" Overture No. 3

James Conlon, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano

Dallas Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/2)

SCHOENBERG - Survivor from Warsaw
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 9

Jirí Belohlávek, conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (11/30-12/1)

BACH - TBD
MOZART - TBD
SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 2

Sir Roger Norrington, conductor

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (11/30-12/2)

Jack Everly, Conductor
Sandi Patty, Host
African Children’s Choir, Special Guests


Los Angeles Philharmonic (11/29-12/2)

SCHUBERT - Overture to The Conspirators
MOZART - Andante in C for Flute, K. 315
MOZART - Flute Concerto in D, K. 314
SCHUBERT - Symphony No. 4, "Tragic"

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Sir James Galway, flute

Minnesota Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

BERLIOZ - Roman Carnival Overture
DEBUSSY - Première rapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra
DVORÁK - Silent Woods, for Cello and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY - Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra
VIVALDI - Piccolo Concerto in C major
RESPIGHI - Roman Festivals

Gilbert Varga, conductor
Gregory Williams, clarinet
Anthony Ross, cello
Roma Duncan Kansara, piccolo

National Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

FAURE - Pelléas et Mélisande, Suite, Op. 80
ELGAR - Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
SAINT-SAËNS - Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ Symphony"

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Han-Na Chang, cello
William Neil, organ

New York Philharmonic (11/29-12/1)

CHAVEZ - Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía India
DVORAK - Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 5

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

The Philadelphia Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

SCHUMANN - Das Paradies und die Peri

Simon Rattle, conductor
Christine Brandes, soprano
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano
Joseph Kaiser, tenor
Mark Padmore, tenor
Luca Pisaroni , bass-baritone
The Philadelphia Singers Chorale

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (11/30-12/1)

MADERNA - Music of Gaiety (from Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)
BERIO - Folksongs for Solo Voice and Orchestra
RESPIGHI - Feste romane

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (11/30-12/1)

TURNAGE - Three Screaming Popes
GERSHWIN - Rhapsody in Blue
WALTON - Symphony No. 1

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (11/29-12/1)

SHOSTAKOVICH - Music from The Golden Age (Nov 28 & 29)
SHOSTAKOVICH - From Jewish Folk Poetry
SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 5 in D minor

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Oksana Dyka, soprano
Elena Manistina, mezzo-soprano
Vsevolod Grivnov, tenor