Orchestra Listings, January 10 - 13

LA gives the world premiere of a new Michael Gordon piece as their refreshing Concrete Frequencies series continues, and Philly unveils a new Jennifer Higdon concerto for the crossover act Time for Three (NPR Interview).

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1/10-12)

ADAMS - My Father Knew Charles Ives
RAVEL - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
BERLIOZ - Symphony fantatique

Donald Runnicles, conductor
Adam Golka, piano

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (1/10-13)

MOZART - Magic Flute Overture
SHOSTAKOVICH - Violin Concerto
DVORAK - Symphony No. 8

Marin Alsop, conductor
Joseph Young, BSO-Peabody Conducting Fellow
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin

Boston Symphony Orchestra (1/10-12)

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 2
STRAUSS - An Alpine Symphony

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1/10, 12)

BEETHOVEN - Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 4

Alexander Polianichko, conductor
Piotr Anderszewski, piano

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (1/12-13)

MUSSORGSKY - Night on Bald Mountain
SHOSTAKOVICH - Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY - Dawn Over the Moskva River
NIELSEN - Symphony No. 2, The Four Temperaments

Paavo Järvi, conductor
Alexander Toradze, piano


The Cleveland Orchestra (1/10-13)

DVORAK - Symphony No. 9
IVES - Psalm 135
HAYDN - "Lord Nelson" Mass

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Dallas Symphony Orchestra (1/11-12)

Bernadette Peters
Richard Kaufman, conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra (1/10, 12-13)

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad"
BARBER - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Peter Oundjian, conductor
James Ehnes , violin

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (1/11-13)

Marvelous Marvin Hamlisch

Los Angeles Philharmonic (1/10-11)

BERIO - Sequenza X
IVES - Central Park in the Dark
FELDMAN - Turfan Fragments
BENJAMIN - Palimpsests I and II
ZIMMERMAN "Nobody knows de trouble I see" for trumpet and orchestra

David Robertson, conductor
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Gabriele Cassone, trumpet

(1/12-13)
BOULEZ - "...explosante-fixe..."
GORDON - Dystopia [world premiere]

David Robertson, conductor
Emmanuelle Ophèle, flute

Minnesota Orchestra
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National Symphony Orchestra
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New York Philharmonic (1/10-12)

BERLIOZ - Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 7
BERLIOZ - La mort de Cléopâtre
PROKOFIEV - Scythian Suite

Lorin Maazel, conductor
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano

The Philadelphia Orchestra (1/10-12)

TCHAIKOVSKY - Romeo and Juliet
BERNSTEIN - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
HIGDON - Concerto 4-3, for string trio and orchestra [world premiere]
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini

Christoph Eschenbach, conductor
Zachary De Pue, violin
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Ranaan Meyer, double bass

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1/10-13)

BARBER - Essay No. 2
CORIGLIANO -The Red Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY - Pictures at an Exhibition

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (1/10)

Scottish Fling
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Angie Smart, violin
Chris Apps, bagpipes

(1/12-13)
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2
SCHNITTKE - Concerto grosso No. 3
VILLA-LOBOS - Bachianas brasileiras No. 1
BACH - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Mark Sparks, flute
Philip Ross, oboe
David Washburn, trumpet
Maryse Carlin, harpsichord
David Halen, violin
Kristin Ahlstrom, violin
Emily Ho, violin

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (1/10-13)

KNUSSEN - Symphony No. 3
STRAUSS - Four Last Songs
BARBER - Andromache's Farewell
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 4

Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Deborah Voigt, soprano