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August -December 2006
August 7
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
STRAVINSKY: "The Firebird" (1910); "King Kashchei's Infernal
Dance, " "Lullaby, " and Finale
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 2 in c, Op. 17, "Little Russian"
STRAVINSKY: "Le Sacre du printemps" (1947 revision)

August 14
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D

August 21
Robert Spano, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Mary Dunleavy, soprano
Susanne Mentzer, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
TURNAGE: "Three Screaming Popes"
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B?, K. 595
BRITTEN: "Spring" Symphony, Op. 44

August 28
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano
DEBUSSY: "Printemps, " Suite symphonique
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 2 in g, Op. 22
RESPIGHI: "Fountains of Rome"
RESPIGHI: "Pines of Rome"

September 11
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
COPLAND: Orchestral Variations
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in c, Op. 18
DEBUSSY (orch. HOLLOWAY): "En blanc et noir"
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 in E?, Op. 70

September 18
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Vladimir Feltsman, piano
STRAVINSKY: Scherzo à la russe
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b?, Op. 23
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 15 in A, Op. 141

October 2
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Alexander Barantschik, violin
Geraldine Walther, viola
CHAUSSON: Symphony in B?, Op. 20
BRITTEN: Double Concerto in b for Violin and Viola
ELGAR: "In the South" (Alassio), Op. 50

October 9
Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
Christian Tetzlaff violin
MOZART: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477 (479a)
SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto, Op. 36
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92

October 16
Ingo Metzmacher, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Webern: Passacaglia, Op. 1
Karl Amadeus Hartmann: Symphony No. 6

October 23
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Shai Wosner, piano
HAYDN: Symphony No. 82 in C, "The Bear"
MOZART: Rondo in D for Piano and Orchestra, K. 382
CHOPIN: Variations in B? on "Là ci darem la mano, " Op. 2
MOZART: Symphony No. 40 in g, K. 550

October 30
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7 in e

November 6
David Robertson, conductor
Julie Ann Giacobassi, English horn
GRIEG: "Funeral March in Memory of Richard Nordraak"
THOW: "Bellini Sky"
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 in b, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

November 13
Kurt Masur, conductor
MOZART: Symphony No. 36 in C, K. 425, "Linz"
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9 in d (1896)

November 20
Kurt Masur, conductor
Natalia Gutman, cello
SCHNITTKE: Cello Concerto No. 1
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

November 27
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Michael Grebanier, cello
SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 33
BRUCKNER (Ed. HAAS): Symphony No. 8 in c (1889/90)

December 4
Herbert Blomstedt, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
MOZART: Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338
DVORÁK: Violin Concerto in a, Op. 53
TÁRREGA: "Recuerdos de la Alhambra"
REGER: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132

December 11
Paul McCreesh, conductor
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Jennifer Dudley, mezzo-soprano
Stanford Olsen, tenor
Sanford Sylvan, baritone
Dan Nobuhiko Smiley, violin
Geraldine Walther, viola
HAYDN: Symphony No. 70 in D
MOZART: Sinfonia concertante in E?, K. 364(320d)
HAYDN: Mass in Bb, Hob.XXII:14, "Harmoniemesse"

December 18
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano
BACH: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D, BWV 1069 (1727–36?)
HANDEL: "O Numi eterni" (La Lucrezia) (ca. 1708)
HANDEL: "Water Music" (ca. 1717)



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