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You may purchase all eighteen 2006-2007 Houston Symphony Classical Season programs
or select from nine-and six-program packages. View ticket package information
here.
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September
14, 16, 17, 2006
Beethoven’s Ninth SymphonyA "memory space" of 9/11,
then
a testament of transcendent humanity.
Hans Graf, conductor
Houston Symphony Chorus,
Charles Hausmann, director
Adams: On the Transmigration of Souls
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
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September
22, 23, 24, 2006
Mendelssohn's Hebrides
and Scotland
The violin “can sing a melody better
than a piano, and melody is the soul of music.” –BRUCH
Hans Graf, conductor
James Ehnes, violin
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3,
Scottish
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September
28, 30, October 1, 2006
Rimsky-Korsakov’s
Scheherazade
“Episodes and pictures from The
Arabian Nights in a kaleidoscope
of fairy-tale images.”
–RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Hans Graf, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 3
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 1
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
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October
19, 21, 22, 2006
Beethoven’s Third Piano
Concerto
“Kahane waves his magic wand over
orchestra.” –ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Stucky: Son et lumière
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Schumann: Symphony No. 1, Spring
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November
9, 11, 12, 2006
1812 and The Leningrad
Writing during the 900-day siege of
Leningrad during WWII, Shostakovich
speaks to the certainty that humanity
ultimately prevails.
Hans Graf, conductor
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Leningrad
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November
17, 18, 19, 2006
Yefim Bronfman’s
Rachmaninoff
Of his Pathétique, Tchaikovsky
wrote,
“Without exaggeration, I have put my
whole soul into this work.”
Hans Graf, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano
Tchaikovsky: The Voyevoda
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6,
Pathétique
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November
24, 25, 26, 2006
Hilary Hahn and Peer Gynt
If you aren’t yet ecstatic Hahn is
coming to Houston, check out her
fascinating journals at hilaryhahn.com.
Arild Remmereit, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
Korngold: Violin Concerto
Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
from Prince Igor
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January
12, 13, 14, 2007
Hans Graf’s Bruckner
Bruckner thought of the
Adagio as his ultimate
achievement.
Hans Graf, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
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January
18, 20, 21, 2007
Yo-Yo Ma
“The most popular artist in classical
music today... the cellist’s appeal seems
to be universal.” –THE BOSTON GLOBE
Is any artist so open to other
musicians? To other music? To life
itself? This year Ma opens his heart to
Houston Symphony audiences.
Hans Graf, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Dukas: Fanfare from La Peri
Debussy: Jeux
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Dvorák: Cello Concerto
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February
9, 10, 11, 2007
Sarah Chang’s Sibelius
“A musician of virtuosity and artistic insight, the equal of any now on
the concert stage.” –SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
Dvorák: Scherzo Capriccioso
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Dvorák: Symphony No. 6
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February
23, 24, 25, 2007
Brahms’ German Requiem
Travel to depths and heights of human
experience through Scripture and
exquisite, rugged music.
Hans Graf, conductor
Wayne Brooks, viola
Houston Symphony Chorus
Frank: Viola Concerto (Houston
Symphony commission, world premiere)
Brahms: German Requiem
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March
1, 3, 4, 2007
Beethoven’s Eroica
Symphony
The ceaseless fervor of the Eroica’s
first two movements has never
been equaled.
Hans Graf, conductor
Mikhail Svetlov, bass
Shostakovich: Suite on Sonnets of
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica
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March
16, 17, 18, 2007
Bernstein’s West Side Story
Fire, jewel-like form, depth, heart,
wit – there are so many ways Prokofiev
speaks to us!
Robert Spano, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano
Bernstein: Overture to Candide
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Gandolfi : Impressions from
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Bernstein: West Side Story
Symphonic Dances
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March
22, 24, 25, 2007
Berlioz': Symphonie
Fantastique
Follow Berlioz through his “Daydreams/
Passions,” “March to the Scaffold” and
“Sabbath Night’s Dream.”
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Caitlin Tully, violin
Messiaen: Un sourire (A Smile)
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
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March
30, 31, April 1, 2007
Bach Concerto
Denk is “bracing, effortlessly virtuosic
and utterly joyous.” –NEW YORK TIMES
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano
Brahms: Haydn Variations
Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2
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May
3, 5, 6, 2007
Wagner’s Greatest
Experience “a world that no one
dreamed existed before it was
discovered by the supernatural mind
of Wagner.” –TOSCANINI
Claus Peter Flor, conductor
Houston Symphony Chorus
All Wagner, with selections from
Die Meistersinger,Tannhäuser, and
The Ring
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May
11, 12, 13, 2007
Joshua Bell’s Brahms
“No one stands in Mr. Bell’s shadow.”
–NEW YORK TIMES
Hans Graf, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
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May
17, 19, 20, 2007
Gershwin’s
An American in Paris
Was the most popular 20th-century
songwriter in America our most
engaging classical composer as well?
Hans Graf, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano
Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Gershwin: Piano Concerto
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Gershwin: An American in Paris
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