The Festival celebrates Bruckner’s 200th anniversary by performing his incredible Fourth Symphony; on the same program we also mark Schoenberg’s 150th birthday with his poetic Transfigured Night. Other can’t-miss musical moments include Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony, and much more. Explore the full season for even more can’t-miss symphonic masterworks.
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
“[Hélène] Grimaud doesn't sound like most pianists,” proclaims The New Yorker, also calling her “a reinventor of phrasings” and “taker of chances;” here she opens the 2025 Festival season with Brahms’ monumental First Piano Concerto. ...
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
Hélène Grimaud Plays Brahms
“[Hélène] Grimaud doesn't sound like most pianists,” proclaims The New Yorker, also calling her “a reinventor of phrasings” and “taker of chances;” here she opens the 2025 Festival season with Brahms’ monumental First Piano Concerto. ...
Brahms 1 + Joan Tower’s World Premiere
Brahms 1 + Joan Tower’s World Premiere
These can’t-miss concerts bring together two Festival favorites: lauded composer Joan Tower, whose concerto A New Day premiered at the Festival to rave reviews, and saxophonist Steven Banks, who stunned audiences in 2021. Now these powerhouses unit...
Brahms 1 + Joan Tower’s World Premiere
Brahms 1 + Joan Tower’s World Premiere
These can’t-miss concerts bring together two Festival favorites: lauded composer Joan Tower, whose concerto A New Day premiered at the Festival to rave reviews, and saxophonist Steven Banks, who stunned audiences in 2021. Now these powerhouses unit...
An Evening of Mozart
An Evening of Mozart
The Philadelphia Inquirer calls violinist Benjamin Beilman “poised and monstrously talented;” Beilman takes the stage with Mozart’s Fifth Violin Concerto, best known for its final movement’s “Turkish” style. Guest conductor Chloé van Soe...
Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
There is something for everyone in these energetic concerts! Be among the first to hear a new showpiece for violin, The Pacific Has No Memory, composed by Eric Whitacre and commissioned by Latin Grammy-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. Meyers, “...
Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
Anne Akiko Meyers Plays Ravel
There is something for everyone in these energetic concerts! Be among the first to hear a new showpiece for violin, The Pacific Has No Memory, composed by Eric Whitacre and commissioned by Latin Grammy-winning violinist Anne Akiko Meyers. Meyers, “...
Tchaikovsky & Beethoven
Tchaikovsky & Beethoven
Known for dominating international cello competitions, Hayoung Choi possesses a talent not to be missed; here Choi performs Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, an elegant staple of cello repertoire. Guest conductor Maurice Cohn returns to t...
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto finds the composer moving toward his own personal style, displaying what would become his hallmark drama, spirit, and agitation; pianist Yeol Eum Son brings a “fearlessly fast articulation” (The Times) to the st...
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto finds the composer moving toward his own personal style, displaying what would become his hallmark drama, spirit, and agitation; pianist Yeol Eum Son brings a “fearlessly fast articulation” (The Times) to the st...
Yang Plays Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez
Yang Plays Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez
Classical guitarist Xuefei Yang, known for her “feisty virtuosity, impeccable technique and sensitive musicianship” (New York Times), performs Rodrigo’s florid Concierto de Aranjuez; Rodrigo set out to evoke “the fragrance of magnolias, the s...
Beethoven 9 + Michael Abels’ Amplify
Beethoven 9 + Michael Abels’ Amplify
Possibly the single most treasured symphony ever written — especially its beloved “Ode to Joy” — Beethoven’s influential Ninth Symphony celebrates brotherhood, forgiveness, and the quest for peace. Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts thi...
Beethoven 9 + Michael Abels’ Amplify
Beethoven 9 + Michael Abels’ Amplify
Possibly the single most treasured symphony ever written — especially its beloved “Ode to Joy” — Beethoven’s influential Ninth Symphony celebrates brotherhood, forgiveness, and the quest for peace. Music Director Peter Oundjian conducts thi...
