Orchestra Listings, December 6 - 9

Penderecki conducts in Cincinnati, 'Lelio' makes a rare appearance, and the avalanche of 'Messiah's' has begun.

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

Christmas with the ASO

Norman Mackenzie, conductor
Gwinnett Young Singers, chorus
Morehouse College Glee Club, chorus

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (12/7-8)

HANDEL - Messiah

Edward Polochick, conductor

Boston Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

GOLIJOV - Ausencia
GOLIJOV - Azul
DVORAK - Symphony No. 8

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

DELIUS - A Song of Summer
SIBELIUS - Symphony No. 6
WEBERN - Five Pieces for Orchestra
BRAHMS - Double Concerto

Mark Elder, conductor
Robert Chen, violin
Jan Vogler, cello

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (12/7-8)

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 60
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI - Piano Concerto, Resurrection (World Premiere of 2007 revision)

Krzysztof Penderecki, conducting
Barry Douglas, piano

The Cleveland Orchestra (12/7-8)

Bugs Bunny on Broadway

George Daugherty, conductor

Dallas Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

Christmas Pops

Richard Kaufman, conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

VIVALDI - The Four Seasons

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Jennifer Koh , violin

(12/9)

HANDEL - Messiah

Nicholas Kraemer, conductor
Michigan State University Chorale
Suzie LeBlanc, soprano
Joseph Gaines, tenor
Matthew Hargreaves, bass

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (12/6-9)

Yuletide Celebration

Los Angeles Philharmonic (12/7-9)

WAGNER - Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 4
DVORAK - Othello
STRAUSS - Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano

Minnesota Orchestra (12/6-7)

ANDERSON - Sleigh Ride
PROKOFIEV - Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Troika
TCHAIKOVSKY - "Russian Dance" and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker
MOZART - The Sleighride, No. 3 from Three German Dances
HUMPERDINCK - Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
STRAUSS - Overture to Die Fledermaus
TRADITIONAL - Brazilian Sleigh Bells
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Choral,
Finale: featuring elementary school violinists as ‘choir’

Sarah Hatsuko Hicks, conductor
Featuring In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
Minnesota Dance Theatre


National Symphony Orchestra

- Not Playing -

New York Philharmonic (12/6-8)

DVORAK - Czech Suite
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 3
SMETANA - Má vlast (selections)

Philippe Jordan, conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

The Philadelphia Orchestra (12/6-8)

BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")
VARÈSE - Amériques
RAVEL - La Valse

James Conlon, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (12/6)

Polish Dances

David Robertson, conductor

(12/7-9)

STRAVINSKY - Symphony in C
SZYMANOWSKI - Violin Concerto No. 1
MOZART - Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

David Robertson, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (12/6-8)

BERLIOZ - Lélio
BERLIOZ - Symphonie fantastique

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Stanford Olsen, tenor 1
Shawn Mathey, tenor 2
Dwayne Croft, baritone
SFS Chorus