November 20, 21 & 23, 2008

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

Famed pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, perhaps the most transcendent of the composer’s five piano concertos. The Symphony No. 7 is one of the most popular and moving of Bruckner’s nine monumental symphonies.

March 5, 6 & 7, 2009

Charles Dutoit, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano

Debussy: Afternoon of a Faun
Debussy: La Mer
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks

Legendary conductor Charles Dutoit brings a program of French and Russian music, featuring Debussy’s colorful “The Sea” and peaceful Afternoon of a Faun. At the young age of 20, pianist Yuja Wang has become an international sensation. She performs Prokofiev’s virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 2 with its heart-pounding finale.

April 30, May 1 & 2, 2009

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Manfred Honeck and Grammy Award-winning pianist Yefim Bronfman collaborate in Mozart’s Piano Concerto in c minor. Strauss’ stimulating tone poem shares the story of a young man who is struck by a terrible illness and struggles with his feelings about death. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 brings the concert to a triumphant ending.

June 4, 5 & 6, 2009

Manfred Honeck, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmerman, violin

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, “Prague”
Beethoven: Violin Concerto

Beethoven’s powerful and expressive overture is based on the heroic life story of the Count of Egmont. Mozart dedicated his Symphony No. 38 as a gesture of appreciation to the people of Prague. Violin virtuoso Frank Peter Zimmerman performs Beethoven’s poignant and emotionally stirring Violin Concerto.