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PAST PERFORMANCES: 2006-2007 SEASON
Thursday, October 19, 2006, 7:00pm
Friday, October 20, 2006, 1:30pm
Saturday, October 21, 2006, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Lynn Harrell, cello
LEE III: Beyond Rivers of Vision (World Premiere)
DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 6:00pm
Saturday, October 28, 2006, 3:00pm
The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
at The Stockholm Concert Hall
Per Tengstrand, piano
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 17
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 7
Thursday, November 2, 2006, 6:30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cadogan Hall, London, England
Olga Kern, piano
Brian Thomson, trumpet
ADAMS: Shaker Loops
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Friday, November 10, 2006, 8:00pm
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, France
Dimtri Makhtin, Violin
WEBER: Euryanthe Overture
SPOHR: Violin Concerto No. 8, "Gerangszene"
SCHUBERT: Rondo for Violin and Orchestra
BRAHMS: Serenade No. 1
Wednesday, November 22, 2006, 3:00pm
Orchestra National de Lyon
National Auditorium de Lyon, France
Family Concert
TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpts from Swan Lake Suite
Friday, November 24, 2006, 8:30pm
Saturday, November 25, 2006, 6:00pm
Orchestra National de Lyon
National Auditorium de Lyon, France
Natalie Clein, violoncelle
BORODINE: Polovetsian Dances
SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances
Thursday, November 30, 2006, 8:30pm
Friday, December 1, 2006, 7:30pm
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
L'Auditorium di Milano, Italy
Emanuel Ax, piano
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Wednesday, December 6, 2006, 8:15pm
Thursday, December 7, 2006, 8:15pm
Friday, December 8, 2006, 8:15pm
Saturday, December 9, 2006, 8:15pm
Sunday, December 10, 2006, 2:15pm
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
de Doelen Concert Hall
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sol Gabetta, cello
SCHUMANN: Genoveva Overture
BLOCH: Schelomo
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
Thursday, December 14, 2006, 7:00pm
Friday, December 15, 2006, 7:00pm
Saturday, December 16, 2006, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Andre Watts, piano
GINASTERA: Concerto for Strings
SAINT-SAENS: Piano Concerto No. 2
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
Friday, December 30, 2006, 4:00pm
Sunday, December 31, 2006, 7:30pm
Monday, January 1, 2007, 4:00pm
Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 7:30pm
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
L'Auditorium di Milano, Italy
Oksana Dyka, soprano
Irina Tchistyakova, mezzo-soprano
Simon O'Neill, tenor
Stanislav Shvets, bass
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9
2007
Sunday, January 7, 2007, 7:30pm
Wiener Symphoniker
Theater an der Wien
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto
Thursday, January 11, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, January 12, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, January 13, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Leila Josefowicz, violin
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor
MAHLER: Adagio from Symphony No. 10
HINDEMITH: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1939)
J. STRAUSS, JR.: Emperor Waltz, Op. 437
Thursday, January 18, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, January 20, 2007, 1:30pm
Monday, January 22, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Deborah Voigt, soprano
Donald Litaker, tenor
Alan Held, bass
Jane Henschel, mezzo-soprano
Jason Collins, tenor
Jennifer Hines, mezzo-soprano
Greg Warren, tenor
Yingxi Zhang, tenor
Torrance Blaisdell, tenor
Peter Tantsits, tenor
Branch Fields, bass
Andrew Greenan, bass
Jasoon Ferrante, tenor
Philip Skinner, bass
Obed Ureña, bass
R. STRAUSS: Salome
Friday, January 26, 2007, 8:30pm
Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Teatro Comunale, Bologna, Italy
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Sunday, January 28, 2007, 7:30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Derngate Centre, Northampton, England
Freddy Kempf, piano
GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9
Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 8:00pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cairo Opera House, Egypt
Ramzi Yassa, piano
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 8:00pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cairo Opera House, Egypt
Ahmed Abou Zahra, piano
GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
MOZART: Piano Concerto K466
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
Thursday, February 1, 2007, 8:00pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Alexandria Opera House, Egypt
Ramzi Yassa, piano
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9
Saturday, February 3, 2006, 7:30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cadogan Hall, London, England
Freddy Kempf, piano
Jennifer Johnston
Robert Murray
Matthew Hargreaves
GLINKA: Ruslan & Ludmilla Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1
STRAVINSKY: Pulcinella
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 9:30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Auditorio de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
Alexandre da Costa, violin
MOZART: Magic Flute Overture
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, February 7, 2007, 9:30pm
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Beluarte, Pamplona, Spain
Alexandre da Costa, violin
MOZART: Magic Flute Overture
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, February 16, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, February 17, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Renaud Capuçon, violin
Gautier Capuçon, cello
DEBUSSY: Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun
BRAHMS: Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
ADAMS: Harmonielehre
Thursday, February 22, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, February 23, 2007, 1:30pm
Saturday, February 24, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Janine Jansen, violin
BATES: Liquid Interface
MENDELSSOHN: Concerto in E minor for Violin and Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor
Sunday, March 4, 2007, 1:00pm
Sunday, March 4, 2007, 3:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
John Lithgow, narrator
NICOLAI: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
WALTON: "Touch her soft lips and part" from Henry V
MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
WILLIAMS: Fantasia on "Greensleeves" from Sir John in Love, arr. Ralph Greeves
SIBELIUS: Dance of the Nymphs from Suite No. 2 from The Tempest, Op. 109, No. 3
KELLOGG: Pyramus and Thisbe, with a libretto by Tony-award-winning librettist Mark O'Donnell
TCHAIKOVSKY: Excerpt from Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
Thursday, March 8, 2007, 8:00pm
Friday, March 9, 2007, 8:00pm
Saturday, March 10, 2007, 2:00pm
Sunday, March 11, 2007, 2:00pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Yundi Li, piano
Women of Pacific Chorale
John Alexander, artistic director
REICH: Triple Quartet
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1
HOLST: The Planets
Friday, March 23, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
White Concert Hall, Washburn University
Topeka, Kansas
WALTON: Partita for Orchestra
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor
RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé
Sunday, March 25, 2007, 7:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Century II Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
Wichita, Kansas
WALTON: Partita for Orchestra
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite from the ballet)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor
RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé
Monday, March 26, 2007, 7:30pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Beach-Schmidt Performing Arts Center
Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
WALTON: Partita for Orchestra
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (suite from the ballet)
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 in B minor
RAVEL: Suite No. 2 from the ballet Daphnis et Chloé
Sunday, April 1, 2007, 3:00pm
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
David Teie, cello
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial,
Alexandria, VA
MOZART: Marriage of Figaro Overture
SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto
WARLOCK: Capriol Suite
GINASTERA: Variaciones Concertantes
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, April 6, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, April 7, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Yundi Li, piano
RAVEL: Alborado del gracioso
RAVEL: Menuet antique
RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte
RAVEL: La Valse
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1
PROKOFIEV: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Thursday, April 19, 2007, 8:00pm
Friday, April 20, 2007, 8:00pm
Leipzig Gewandhausorkester
Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Germany
Julian Rachlin, violin
PURCELL/BRITTEN: Chaconne
SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 6
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 8:00pm
Friday, April 27, 2007, 8:00pm
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Centre National des Arts
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Louis Lortie, piano
BARBER: Essay No. 1
SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in B minor
Thursday, May 3, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, May 4, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, May 5, 2007, 7:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Martin Goldsmith, author and co-host
Yvonne Caruthers, image editor
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 8 in G major
Thursday, May 10, 2007, 7:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Schickele, host and artistic
co-director
Katia Labèque, piano
Marielle Labèque, piano
ARNOLD: A Grand Grand Overture
JACOB: The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil
CHABRIER: Souvenir de Munich
LUTOSLAWSKI: Variations on a Theme by Paganini
LUMBYE: Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
OCHS: Humerous Variations on the Folk Song “‘s Kommt ein Vogel geflogen”
SAINT-SAENS: Carnival of the Animals
Friday, May 11, 2007, 1:30pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Schickele, conductor, violin and
artistic co-director
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin
Michèle Eaton, Soprano
Ory Brown, mezzo-soprano
David Düsing, tenor
Sam Handley, bass-baritone
Bill Walters, actor
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
SCHICKELE: Uptown Hoedown
P.D.Q. BACH: Konzertshtick for Two Violins Mit Orchestra
P.D.Q. BACH: Variations on an Unusually Simple-Minded Theme for Piano and Orchestra
P.D.Q. BACH: Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice
P.D.Q. BACH: The Seasonings, S. 1 ½ Tsp.
Saturday, May 12, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Peter Schickele, host and semi-conductor
MCDONALD: The Legend of the Arkansas Traveler
GRAINGER: Handel in the Strand
GILLIS: Symphony No. 5 ½
SCHICKELE: “Unbegun” Symphony
SLATKIN: Carmen's Hoedown
CAILLIET: Variations on “Pop! Goes the Weasel”
ANDERSON: Classical Jukebox
ANDERSON: The Syncopated Clock
ANDERSON: The Typewriter
P.D.Q. BACH: 1712 Overture for Really Big Orchestra,
S. 1712
Thursday, May 17, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, May 18, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, May 19, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Lang Lang, piano
ENESCU: Romanian Rhapsody No. 2 in D major
HIGDON: City Scape
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor
Saturday, May 19, 2007, 6:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
A Tribute to Slava
Millennium Stage
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
BACH: Sarabande from Suite No. 6 in D Major for Solo Cello,
BWV 1012, arranged for cello ensemble by David Teie
SHOSTAKOVICH: Largo from Symphony No. 5 in D minor
BERNSTEIN: Slava! A Political Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Finale from Symphony No. 6
BACH: Sarabande from Suite No. 6 in D Major for Solo Cello, BMV 1012, Mstislav Rostropovich, Recorded 1995
Thursday, May 31, 2007, 8:00pm
Friday, June 1, 2007, 10:45am
Saturday, June 2, 2007, 8:30pm
Sunday, June 3, 2007, 3:00pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Max M. Fisher Music Center
Karl Pituch, horn
WALTON: Partita for Orchestra
WILLIAMS: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Thursday, June 7, 2007, 7:00pm
Friday, June 8, 2007, 7:00pm
Saturday, June 9, 2007, 8:00pm
National Symphony Orchestra
Dotian Levalier, harp
HAYDN: Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major
ADAMO: Four Angels for Harp and Orchestra (World Premiere)
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 in D major
Thursday, June 21, 2007, 8:00pm
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Peng Peng, piano
TOWER: Made in America
LISZT: Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E-flat major
MUSSORGSKY, compiled by SLATKIN: Pictures at an Exhibition
Friday, June 29, 2007, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 30, 2007, 7:30pm
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Schermerhorn Hall
Nashville, Tennessee
Jeffrey Siegel, piano
BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
BARBER: Adagio for Strings
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
PAUL TUROK: Variations on an American Song
GOULD: A Lincoln Legend
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
Sunday, July 8, 2007, 7:30pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Isabel Bayrakdarian as Pamina
Eric Cutler as Tamino
Sumi Jo as The Queen of the Night
Alfred Reiter as Sarastro
Hugh Russell as Papageno
Los Angeles Master Choral
Grand Gershon, music director
MOZART: The Magic Flute
Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 8:00pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Gil Shaham, violin
GLINKA: Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL ed. SLATKIN: Pictures at an Exhibition
Thursday, July 12, 2007, 8:00pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Andreas Haefiger, piano
BERLIOZ: Roman Carnival Overture
FAURÉ: Pavane
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G
ROSSINI: Overture to La gazza ladra
MASCAGNI: Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana
RESPIGHI: The Pines of Rome
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 8:00pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California
Christopher O’Riley, piano
Karen Gomyo, violin
HÉROLD: Overture to Zampa
PONCHIELLI: Dance of the Hours from La Giocanda
LITOLFF: Scherzo from Concerto symphonique No. 4
ADDINSELL: Warsaw Concerto
ENESCO: Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
CHABRIER: España
SAINT-SAËNS: Bachanale fromSamson and Delilah
MASSENET: Meditation fromThaïs
SARASATE: Zigeunerweisen
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Thursday, July 19, 2007, 8:00pm
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles, California
Jonathan Biss, piano
WEBER: Oberon Overture
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4
Saturday, July 28, 2007, 8:00pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Meadow Brook Music Festival
Meadow Brook Pavilion
Detroit, Michigan
Janina Fialkowska, piano
BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7
Sunday, July 29, 2007, 7:30pm
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Meadow Brook Music Festival
Meadow Brook Pavilion
Detroit, Michigan
The von Trapp Children Singers
Friday, August 10, 2007, 6:00pm
Aspen Festival Orchestra at the
Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, Colorado
Jonathan Gilad, piano
ROREM: Lions (A Dream)
CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka
Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 6:00pm
Aspen Concert Orchestra at the Aspen Music Festival
Aspen, Colorado
Winner of the Low Strings Competition announced
J.S. SMITH/STRAVINSKY: Star-Spangled Banner
SIBELIUS/STRAVINSKY: Canzonetta
J.S.BACH/STRAVINSKY: Four Preludes and Fugues from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books I and II
TRADITIONAL/STRAVINSKY: Song of the Volga Boatmen
CHOPIN/STRAVINSKY: Nocturne in A-Flat major
CHOPIN/STRAVINSKY: Grande valse brilliante in E-flat major
WALTON: Viola Concerto, Elzbieta Weyman, viola
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL ed. SLATKIN: Pictures at an Exhibition
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