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Strauss & Scriabin with Daniil Trifonov

Strauss navigates an awe-inspiring adventure through the Austrian Alps, and pianist Daniil Trifonov traces Scriabin’s equally intense journey of the heart.

Schumann & Brahms with Randall Goosby

Violinist Randall Goosby channels the ethereal poetry of Brahms in his DSO return, and Schumann pays tribute to spring’s blossoming beauty.

Ravel’s Rapsodie Espagnole

Piano virtuoso Javier Perianes, praised by Gramophone for his “infallible ear for style, atmosphere and colour” returns to perform Nights in the Gardens of Spain, evoking Falla’s beloved Andalusia with its mysterious, fragrant beauty, strumming guitars, flamenco rhythms and dancing melodies. Our rich, Spanish-flavored concert culminates in Rapsodie Espagnole, Ravel’s orchestral masterpiece, showing him as a master of instrumental color. Its four sections are vivid echoes of the sounds and dances of Spain, and its final movement, the sultry “Feria” (“The Fair”), punctuated by castanets, is ablaze in a riot of colors. In between, it’s the zesty suite from The Three-Cornered Hat, replete with sounds of stamping feet, timpani drumming and castanets clicking out infectious rhythms.

Luisi Conducts Bruckner’s Ninth

The sweeping sonorities of Bruckner’s epic, final symphonic masterpiece unfold and rise sublimely like spires of a grand cathedral, inspiring awe and transporting you to a world with its own conception of time.

Holst’s The Planets

Fresh from his wildly successful recent appearance with the DSO, Edward Gardner returns to conduct Holst’s most famous score, with the astrological character of each of the celestial bodies.

Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninoff

Romance your Valentine at the DSO with the impassioned music of Tchaikovsky’s timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Tabita Berglund returns to lead the kaleidoscopic Symphonic Dances by the last of the Russian Romantics, Rachmaninoff.

Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition

You’re invited to Mussorgsky’s musical “gallery crawl,” where you’ll encounter the titular pictures on exhibit, ten in all, plus “traveling music” in-between.

Brahms’ Double Concerto

What do you do if you’ve had a falling-out with a cherished friend and advisor and want to make amends? Well, if you’re Johannes Brahms and violinist Josef Joachim is your friend, a Double Concerto is the perfect peace offering, expressed in musical language.

Alexi Kenney Plays Barber

Rising star violinist Alexi Kenney and Principal Guest Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera Daniele Rustioni join together for one of the most-performed 20th century masterpieces.

Bartók, Rózsa & Brahms

No less a luminary than the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz and Rózsa’s Violin Concerto, which premiered with the DSO in 1956. This concerto will be heard for the first time in 70 years, performed by a recently discovered young violin sensation!