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SEP 18 LE GALA D’OUVERTURE SAT SEP 22 Gala Dinner 5:30 pm; Concert 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Gillian Benet Sella harp Dwight Parry oboe d'amore DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et profane G. CONNESSON Flammenschrift FAURÉ Pavane FAURÉ Sicilienne from Pelléas et Mélisande RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2

JOSHUA BELL + THE RITE OF SPRING SEP 28–29 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Joshua Bell violin STRAVINSKY Fireworks SIBELIUS Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring

OCT 18 ADAMS’ DHARMA AT BIG SUR OCT 5–6 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Christopher Rountree conductor Tracy Silverman electric violin Adam Larsen video artist JOHN ADAMS The Chairman Dances COPLAND Billy the Kid Suite BARBER Essay No. 1 JOHN ADAMS The Dharma at Big Sur

THE HEART OF DON QUIXOTE OCT 20–21 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Christian Colberg viola Ilya Finkelshteyn cello TELEMANN Don Quixote Suite C. COLBERG Viola Concerto R. STRAUSS Don Quixote

NOV 18 RUSSIAN MASTERPIECES NOV 2–3 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Hannu Lintu conductor Yevgeny Sudbin piano MUSSORGSKY Night on Bald Mountain TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 15

ONE CITY: BEETHOVEN’S 9TH NOV 9–10 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Angel Blue soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano mezzo-soprano Rodrick Dixon tenor Dashon Burton bass-baritone May Festival Chorus Members of the Classical Roots Community Mass Choir JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND World Premiere BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9, Choral

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH NOV 24–25 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Kirill Karabits conductor Alexander Gavrylyuk piano PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

DEC 18 BRONFMAN PLAYS BRAHMS NOV 30–DEC 1 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Yefim Bronfman piano BRAHMS Variations on a Theme of Haydn HAYDN Symphony No. 44, Trauersinfonie BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1

JAN 19 ROMANTIC RACHMANINOFF JAN 4–5 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Karina Canellakis conductor Kirill Gerstein piano RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3 BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes ELGAR In the South, “Alassio”

VIVALDI’S FOUR SEASONS JAN 11–12 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Richard Egarr conductor/keyboard Benjamin Beilman violin Randolph Bowman flute BACH Orchestral Suite No. 4 BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 VIVALDI The Four Seasons

MOZART’S REQUIEM JAN 26–27 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm David Robertson conductor Nicole Cabell soprano Kelley O’Connor mezzo-soprano Nicholas Phan tenor Eric Greene baritone May Festival Chorus BOULEZ Rituel (in memoriam Bruno Maderna) MOZART Requiem

FEB 19 ROMEO AND JULIET FEB 1–2 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Joshua Weilerstein conductor Sergei Babayan piano Robert Sullivan trumpet CAROLINE SHAW Entr’acte SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Suite from Romeo and Juliet

MAJESTIC BRUCKNER 8 FEB 8–9 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Donald Runnicles conductor BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8

BEETHOVEN’S EROICA FEB 23–24 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Leila Josefowicz violin BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture THOMAS ADÈS Violin Concerto, Concentric Paths BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3, Eroica

MAR 19 ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS MAR 1–2 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Sir Mark Elder conductor Peter Serkin piano DVOŘÁK The Midday Witch STRAVINSKY Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments SUK Scherzo fantastique JANÁČEK Sinfonietta

AMERICAN IN PARIS + AMÉRIQUES MAR 15–16 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Augustin Hadelich violin GERSHWIN An American in Paris BARBER Violin Concerto RAVEL Tzigane VARÈSE Amériques

LANGRÉE CONDUCTS BEETHOVEN MAR 30–31 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Louis Langrée conductor Esther Yoo violin JONATHAN BAILEY HOLLAND Halcyon Sun PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2

APR 19 PERCUSSION MASTER COLIN CURRIE APR 12–13 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm John Storgårds conductor Colin Currie percussion NIELSEN Helios Overture KALEVI AHO Sieidi SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

RAVEL + DEBUSSY: COLORS OF SPAIN APR 27–28 • SAT 8 pm; SUN 2 pm Matthias Pintscher conductor Alisa Weilerstein cello RAVEL Alborada del gracioso MATTHIAS PINTSCHER Un despertar DEBUSSY Images

MAY 19 TRIFONOV PLAYS BEETHOVEN MAY 3–4 • FRI 8 pm; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Daniil Trifonov piano GLUCK Dance of the Furies and Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orphée and Eurydice BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 ARVO PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten STRAVINSKY Symphony in C

SEASON FINALE: LANGRÉE CONDUCTS MOZART + MAHLER MAY 10–11 • FRI 11 am; SAT 8 pm Louis Langrée conductor Timothy Lees violin MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5, Turkish MAHLER Symphony No. 5

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