BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 2012-13 SYMPHONY HALL SEASON
BSO’S 2012-13 SEASON CONTINUES THE ORCHESTRA’S EXTRAORDINARY 132-YEAR TRADITION OF PRESENTING THE VERY BEST OF THE CLASSICAL MUSIC WORLD BY SPOTLIGHTING THE VIRTUOSIC TALENTS OF BSO MUSICIANS ALONG WITH AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ROSTER OF CONDUCTORS AND GUEST SOLOISTS; MANY WILL MAKE THEIR DEBUT PERFORMANCE WITH THE ORCHESTRA IN MUSIC RANGING FROM LARGE-SCALE MASTERPIECES TO INTIMATE AND LESS FAMILIAR MUSIC, INCLUDING EIGHT WORKS BY
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN COMPOSERS OF OUR TIME
ITZHAK PERLMAN TO MAKE HIS FIRST SYMPHONY HALL APPEARANCE
WITH THE BSO AS BOTH CONDUCTOR AND SOLOIST IN
ALL-BEETHOVEN SEASON OPENER, SEPTEMBER 22
BSO CONDUCTOR EMERITUS BERNARD HAITINK LEADS SEASON-ENDING PERFORMANCES
OF WORKS BY BRAHMS AND SCHUBERT (5/2-5/4), AS WELL AS
MAHLER’S FOURTH SYMPHONY (4/25-4/30)
BSO PRESENTS CHARLES DUTOIT IN THREE PROGRAMS LEADING MAJOR WORKS OF THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, INCLUDING MUSIC OF DEBUSSY, MARTIN, RACHMANINOFF, STRAVINSKY, RAVEL, HINDEMITH, AND PROKOFIEV; THESE PROGRAMS ARE THE FIRST IN WHAT WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR SURVEY FEATURING MAESTRO DUTOIT CONDUCTING THE REPERTOIRE FOR WHICH HE IS A FOREMOST INTERPRETER
DANIELE GATTI LEADS CELEBRATIONS OF THE VERDI AND WAGNER BICENTENNIALS WITH PERFORMANCES OF VERDI’S REQUIEM (1/17-1/19) AND A PROGRAM OF EXCERPTS FROM WAGNER’S LOHENGRIN, TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG, AND
PARSIFAL FEATURING MICHELLE DEYOUNG (3/21-3/26)
THOMAS ADÈS AND OLIVER KNUSSEN, TWO OF TODAY’S MOST ACCLAIMED BRITISH COMPOSERS, LEAD PROGRAMS INCLUDING THEIR OWN WORKS, REPRESENTING THE BSO’S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO PRESENTING COMPOSERS AS INTERPRETERS; SEASON ALSO FEATURES WORKS BY ACCLAIMED COMPOSERS HENRI DUTILLEUX, JAMES MACMILLAN, KAIJA SAARIAHO,
ROBERTO SIERRA, AND AUGUSTA READ THOMAS
BSO REPRISES ITS ACCLAIMED CONCERT PERFORMANCE OF PORGY AND BESS WITH
ALFRED WALKER AND LAQUITA MITCHELL IN THE TITLE ROLES, UNDER
THE DIRECTION OF BRAMWELL TOVEY (9/27-9/29)
BSO SPOTLIGHTS THE VIRTUOSIC MUSICIANS OF THE ORCHESTRA WITHOUT A CONDUCTOR WHEN
INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS OF THE ORCHESTRA PERFORM MUSIC OF BRITTEN, MOZART, DVOŘÁK, AND TIPPETT (4/18-4/23); SEVEN BSO PRINCIPAL PLAYERS PERFORM MUSIC OF
MARTIN (10/18-10/23); HAWTHORNE STRING QUARTET OF BSO MUSICIANS TO
PERFORM MUSIC OF SCHULHOFF (10/9)
OTHER ACCLAIMED GUEST ARTISTS APPEARING WITH THE BSO INCLUDE CONDUCTORS
STÉPHANE DENÈVE, CHRISTOPH VON DOHNÁNYI, CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH,
RAFAEL FRÜHBECK DE BURGOS, ALAN GILBERT, ANDRIS NELSONS IN HIS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES DEBUT, AND VLADIMIR JUROWSKI IN HIS BSO DEBUT, AND GUEST SOLOISTS JOSHUA BELL, LANG LANG IN HIS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES DEBUT, RADU LUPU, GARRICK OHLSSON,
ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, GIL SHAHAM, JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, AND DAWN UPSHAW
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING BSO 101, FRIDAY PREVIEW TALKS, AND UNDERSCORE FRIDAYS MAKE CLASSICAL MUSIC AVAILABLE TO NEWCOMERS AND AFFICIONADOS ALIKE
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE BSO’S 2012-2013 SEASON ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE BY CALLING
888-266-7575 OR VISITING WWW.BSO.ORG.; SINGLE TICKETS PRICED FROM $31-$123
GO ON SALE AUGUST 6
BSO OFFERS DISCOUNTED TICKET OPTIONS TO COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS,
AS WELL AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS; DISCOUNTED RUSH TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO
PATRONS OF ALL AGES
THE 2012-13 SEASON IS SPONSORED BY BANK OF AMERICA AND EMC CORPORATION
Click here to see Alfred Walker performing “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin'” from Porgy and Bess
with Bramwell Tovey and the BSO.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2012-13 season, September 22-May 4, offers concertgoers an impressive array of programs featuring both familiar friends and new faces, in performances ranging from powerful, large-scale masterpieces for symphony orchestra, soloists, and chorus to distinctive works rarely performed by the BSO, as well as a conductor-less program focusing on the virtuosic individual sections of the orchestra. The BSO’s 132nd season continues the BSO’s proud tradition of extraordinary music-making and presenting the important composers of our time, with the new season showcasing eight works by the most prominent living composers of our time.
From the September 22 Opening Night all-Beethoven concert featuring Itzhak Perlman in his first Symphony Hall appearance as both conductor and soloist, to programs highlighting BSO signature works and the extraordinary talents of individual BSO players, and concerts focusing on some of the brilliant composers of our time, among them Thomas Adès, Henri Dutilleux, Oliver Knussen, James MacMillan, Kaija Saariaho, and Augusta Read Thomas, the BSO’s 2012-13 season spotlights some of the greatest music of the past along with fascinating new works of the 20th and 21st centuries.
One of the BSO’s most popular guest conductors since his debut with the orchestra in 1981, Charles Dutoit will be featured in three programs leading major works of the first half of the 20th century, including a sparkling operatic double bill of operas by Stravinsky and Ravel, as well as music by Debussy, Martin, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Hindemith, and Lizst. With these programs the BSO initiates a multi-year survey of the repertoire for which Maestro Dutoit is a foremost interpreter.
Also highlighting the BSO’s 2012-13 season are season-opening concert performances of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, led by Bramwell Tovey with Alfred Walker and Laquita Mitchell in the title roles; programs under the direction of Daniele Gatti celebrating the bicentennials of Wagner and Verdi, with performances of Verdi’s Requiem and excerpts from Wagner’s Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung, and Parsifal, featuring Michelle DeYoung; and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 under Gatti and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with BSO Conductor Emeritus Bernard Haitink, who leads the BSO in the final two programs of the BSO’s 2012-13 season.
BS0 2012-13 SEASON TICKET INFORMATION IN BRIEF
The 132nd season of the Boston Symphony Orchestra takes place September 22, 2012–May 4, 2013. Subscriptions for the BSO’s 2012-2013 season are currently available by calling 888-266-7575 or visiting www.bso.org. Single tickets for the BSO’s 2012-13 season, priced from $31 to $123, go on sale Monday, August 6, at 10 a.m. BSO concerts take place Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday at 8 p.m. and Friday at 1:30 p.m. or 8 p.m. The BSO’s 2012-13 Opening Night concert on September 22—featuring Itzhak Perlman in an all-Beethoven program, begins at 7 p.m.; the evening begins with a pre-concert gala reception and ends with a post-concert celebratory dinner for benefactors. Regularly priced Opening Night tickets are priced from $75 to $250. The BSO’s <40=$20 program allows patrons under the age of 40 to purchase tickets for $20. The BSO College Card and High School Card are the best way for students and aspiring young musicians to experience the BSO on a regular basis. A limited number of Rush Tickets for Boston Symphony Orchestra subscription concerts on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons are set aside to be sold on the day of a performance. The Boston Symphony Orchestra offers groups advanced ticket reservations and flexible payment options for BSO concerts at Symphony Hall.