Concerts
June 17, 2026 – August 29, 2026
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival: Opening Night
Soloist: Anne-Marie McDermott, piano
Mozart - Idomeneo: Ballet Music, K. 367
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony, Op. 25 (Symphony No. 1)
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C-minor, Op. 37
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival: Beethoven's Eroica, Mozart & Copland
Copland - Appalachian Spring (complete ballet, 13 instruments)
Mozart - Bardengesang auf Gibraltar: O Calpe! Dir donnert's am FuBe (K. Anh. 25 / 386d)
Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica)
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival: Mendelssohn's Italian
Márquez - Danzón No. 4 (Chamber Orchestra)
Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez
Mozart - Contradance, K. 535 (La bataille; The Siege of Belgrade)
Mozart - Contradances, K. 609
Mozart - Turkish March from Piano Sonata in A Major, K. 331
Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 (Italian)
Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra Festival: Closing Night
James Ehnes, violin
Robert DeMaine, cello
Mozart - Fantasia Fugato (Arr. for Orchestra after Mozart Fantasia, K. 608 by Ignaz von Seyfried)
Brahms - Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Karen Kamensek, conductor
Zachary James, baritone (GLASS)
Alec Baldwin, narrator (COPLAND)
Philip GLASS Symphony No. 15, Lincoln (world premiere)
John WILLIAMS Suite from Lincoln
COPLAND Lincoln Portrait
Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia Festival: Grand Opening Night
Featuring Chief Conductor Marin Alsop and award-winning pianist Yunchan Lim, with a very special guest performance by global superstar and flautist LIZZO
John Stafford SMITH / Francis Scott KEY: “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
Works featuring Lizzo with the CSO
Maurice RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G major
Richard STRAUSS: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, TrV 227d (arr. Artur RODZIŃSKI)
Sydney Symphony: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger
BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
HK GRUBER Aerial (Trumpet Concerto)
R STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
RAVEL La Valse
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Sydney Symphony: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger
BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
HK GRUBER Aerial (Trumpet Concerto)
R STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
RAVEL La Valse
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Sydney Symphony: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger
BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
HK GRUBER Aerial (Trumpet Concerto)
R STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
RAVEL La Valse
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Sydney Symphony: Orchestral Dances with Håkan Hardenberger
BERLIOZ Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
HK GRUBER Aerial (Trumpet Concerto)
R STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier: Suite
RAVEL La Valse
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet
Sydney Symphony: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Yeol Eum Son
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1
Nicolas Ellis, Conductor
Yeol Eum Son, Piano
Sydney Symphony: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Yeol Eum Son
Justin WILLIAMS Symphony No.1
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1
Nicolas Ellis, Conductor
Yeol Eum Son, Piano
Sydney Symphony: Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto with Yeol Eum Son
Justin WILLIAMS Symphony No.1
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.1
Nicolas Ellis, Conductor
Yeol Eum Son, Piano
Sydney Symphony: The Cat Empire
Guest Principal Viola
This special concert sees the band re-imagine their catalogue on a grand orchestral scale, blending beloved The Cat Empire classics with bold new arrangements written especially for this collaboration. Drawing on the band’s signature mix of Afro-Cuban, Seychellois Creole, Brazilian and flamenco influences, the music is expanded and elevated by the full force of the Orchestra, creating a powerful and immersive live experience.
Sydney Symphony: The Cat Empire
Guest Principal Viola
This special concert sees the band re-imagine their catalogue on a grand orchestral scale, blending beloved The Cat Empire classics with bold new arrangements written especially for this collaboration. Drawing on the band’s signature mix of Afro-Cuban, Seychellois Creole, Brazilian and flamenco influences, the music is expanded and elevated by the full force of the Orchestra, creating a powerful and immersive live experience.
Sydney Symphony: The Cat Empire
Guest Principal Viola
This special concert sees the band re-imagine their catalogue on a grand orchestral scale, blending beloved The Cat Empire classics with bold new arrangements written especially for this collaboration. Drawing on the band’s signature mix of Afro-Cuban, Seychellois Creole, Brazilian and flamenco influences, the music is expanded and elevated by the full force of the Orchestra, creating a powerful and immersive live experience.