National Symphony Orchestra: 2008 - 2009 Season

Richard Kaufman , host and conductor

Richard Kaufman , 

Itzhak Perlman , conductor and violin
Pinchas Zukerman , viola
Alisa Weilerstein , cello

- Program to include:

TCHAIKOVSKY - Rococo Variations

MOZART - Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin and Viola, K. 364

RAVEL - Boléro

Miguel Harth-Bedoya , conductor
Hélène Grimaud , piano

BEETHOVEN - Overture to The Consecration of the House, Op. 124

BEETHOVEN - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

SHOSTAKOVICH - Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Iván Fischer , conductor
Birgit Remmert , mezzo-soprano
Children’s Chorus of Washington , 

Iván Fischer , conductor
Steven Isserlis , cello

WEINER - Serenade, Op. 3

HAYDN - Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in C major

RACHMANINOFF - Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Iván Fischer , conductor
Elizabeth Connell , soprano
Juha Uusitalo , bass-baritone

WAGNER - Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

WAGNER - "Dawn and Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from Götterdämmerung

WAGNER - Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

WAGNER - Die Walküre

Michael Christie , conductor
Jennifer Koh , violin

STRAVINSKY - Symphonies of Wind Instruments

BERNSTEIN - Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion

STRAVINSKY - Pétrouchka (1947 version)

Yakov Kreizberg , conductor
Lars Vogt , piano

Itzhak Perlman , conductor and violin

MOZART - Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"

BACH - Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, BMV 1041

TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Pathétique, Op. 74

Martin Haselböck , conductor
Christine Brandes , soprano
Carlos Mena , countertenor
Steve Davislim , tenor
Joshua Hopkins , baritone
The Master Chorale of Washington , donald mccullough, music director

HANDEL - Messiah

Philippe Jordan , conductor
Lynn Harrell , cello

PROKOFIEV - Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, "Classical"

SCHUMANN - Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

Ilan Volkov , conductor
Leif Andsnes , piano

STRAVINSKY - Jeu de cartes, Ballet in Three Deals

CRUMB - A Haunted Landscape

RACHMANINOFF - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Emmanuel Krivine , conductor
Yundi Li , piano

DUSAPIN - Apex

RAVEL - Piano Concerto in G major

BERLIOZ - Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

Two German virtuoso musicians – Kennedy Center Honoree André Previn and "superbly gifted" (The New York Times) violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter - join forces for this one-night-only concert event. André Previn takes the podium for a program that includes Anne-Sophie Mutter in two thrilling works: Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 and Previn's own Concerto for Violin and Double Bass. The latter also features young Slovakian double bassist Roman Patkolo, who along with Mutter gave its world premiere in 2007. Maestro Previn rounds out the program with Haydn's Symphony No. 102 and an instrumental suite from Richard Strauss's comic opera Der Rosenkavalier.

Iván Fischer , conductor

BARTÓK - Concerto for Orchestra

DVORÁK - Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

Charles Dutoit , conductor
Yuja Wang , piano

RAVEL - Le Tombeau de Couperin

PROKOFIEV - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

STRAVINSKY - The Firebird (complete ballet)

Xian Zhang , conductor
Gil Shaham , violin

Herbert Blomstedt , conductor
Jonathan Biss , piano

Richard Kaufman , host and conductor
Dennis James , organ

BRAHMS - Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56a

BRAHMS - Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [A German Requiem]

The Times of London says "Kurt Masur has extraordinary joie de vivre." With the NSO, he conducts two classics by Brahms: Haydn-Variations and Ein deutsches Requiem.

Iván Fischer , conductor
Leonidas Kavakos , violin

KELLOGG - New Work to be announced
	Commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C., through a generous gift from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for New Orchestral Works
MENDELSSOHN - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
	Thursday and Saturday
TCHAIKOVSKY - Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
	Saturday
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

David Zinman , conductor

WEBERN - Langsamer Satz, arr. Gerard Schwarz

SCHOENBERG - Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4

BRAHMS - Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

Helmuth Rilling , conductor
Klara Ek , soprano
James Taylor , tenor
Nathan Berg , bass-baritone
The University of Maryland Concert Choir , edward maclary, director

Oliver Knussen , conductor
Leila Josefowicz , violin

Jun Märkl , conductor
Garrick Ohlsson , piano

SCHUMANN - Konzertstück in F major for Four Horns and Orchestra, Op. 86

MOZART - Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503

SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38, "Spring"

Richard Kaufman , host and conductor

Mikko Franck , conductor
Karita Mattila , soprano