Past International Tours

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas et Melisande

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 3

Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake, arr. by Mikhail Pletnev

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas et Melisande

Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake, arr. by Mikhail Pletnev

Location

Program

Liszt

Heroic Elegy (Symphonic Poem No. 8), S. 102

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, S.124

Orpheus (Symphonic Poem No. 4), S. 98

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 124

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concert No. 1

Symphony No. 4

Location

Program

The Blue Planet Live

A luminous score by British composer George Fenton will accompanying remarkable film sequences gathered from the world’s oceans and seas. Renowned Broadcast Journalist Jane Pauley will serve as narrator as the audience is given a unique perspective of marine life including sea predators chasing their prey, schools of fish migrating across the oceans, and species of whales, all beautifully shot in high definition.

Location

Program

Cirque de la Symphonie

The evening will showcase a troupe of aerial flyers and acrobats, marrying the magic of cirque and orchestra. Many of the Cirque de la Symphonie performers are alumni of Cirque du Soleil, and all are Russian. They will perform to the music of Russia’s greatest composers: Tchaikovstky, Khachaturian, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka, Kabalevsky, Borodin and Shostakovich.

Location

Program

From Russia - With Love - With Fireworks

Prokofiev

Symphony No. 1 'Classical'

Barry

From Russia With Love

Jarre

Dr. Zhivago Main Theme

Rachmaninov

Paganini Rhapsody

Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker Ballet Act II

Location

Program

Mozart

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

"Non piu andrai" from The Marriage of Figaro

"Giunse alfin il momento" from The Marriage of Figaro

Leporello aria from Don Giovanni

"La ci darem la mano" duet from Don Giovanni

Rossini

Overture to Viaggio a Reims

Donizetti

"Quel guardo, il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtù magica" from Don Pasquale

"Come Paride vezzoso" from Elisir D’amore

Adina/Dulcamara Duet from Elisir D’amore

Rachmaninov

Symphonic Dances

Location

Program

Bernstein

West Side Story Suite, (new arrangement by David Newman)

Boccherini

Cello Concerto in B flat Major

Beethoven

Symphony No.4

Location

Program

Inspired by Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet in Music, Drama, Opera and Ballet

Berlioz

Roméo et Juliette, H. 79, Op. 17, excerpts: Roméo Seul, Tristesse, Grande fête chez les Capulets

Gounod

“Je veux vivre dans le rêve” (Juliet's Waltz) from Roméo et Juliette, Act I, libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré

Poison aria, from Roméo et Juliette

Prokofiev

Romeo and Juliet Suite

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2

Verdi

Overture to La forza del destino

Parigi, o cara, from La Traviata

Donizetti

Una furtiva lagrima, from L’Elisir d’amore

Rossini

Una voce poco fa, from Il barbiere di Siviglia

Mascagni

Intermezzo, from Cavalleria Rusticana

Cilea

È la solita storia del pastore (Lamento di Federico), from L’Arlesiana

Bernstein

Glitter and Be Gay, from Candide

Verdi

Brindisi, from La Traviata

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1

Symphony No. 5

Location

Program

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 2

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9

Location

Program

Schumann

Symphony No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude (Suite No. 1)

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude (Suite No. 1)

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude (Suite No. 1)

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Ballet Gala

Featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Petipa, Prokofiev, Khachaturian and others.

Location

Program

Verdi

Overture to ‘La Forza del Destino’

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Beethoven

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

Location

Program

Opera Gala

Featuring works by Rossini, Mozart and Verdi

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

Monna Vanna

Aleko

Location

Program

Golovanov

Russian Overture

Rachmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Symphony No. 9

Location

Program

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, op. 70

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

Location

Program

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op. 47

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Symphony No. 8 in G major, op. 88

Location

Program

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 5

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15 in A major, op. 141

Location

Program

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances 2,4,8 op. 46

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, op. 70

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude from the suite "From the Middle Ages", op. 79

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 19

Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 3 in G major, op. 55

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude from the suite "From the Middle Ages", op. 79

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 19

Tchaikovsky

Music from the drama "Hamlet" - symphonic adaptation without soloists

Location

Program

Dvorak

Cello Concerto No. 1 in B minor, op. 104

Tchaikovsky

Music from the drama "Hamlet" - symphonic adaptation without soloists

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude from the suite "From the Middle Ages", op. 79

Prokofiev

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 19

Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 3 in G major, op. 55

Location

Program

Opening ceremony of the Ohrid Summer Festival

Location

Program

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Rachmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43

Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, op.62

Rachmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op.43

Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 3 in G major, op.55

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, op. 62

Bruch

Violin Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Golovanov

Russian Overture

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Suite No. 3

Location

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suites TBA

Rachmaninov

The Bells

Location

Program

Schumann

Manfred Overture

Bruch

Violin Concert No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6 in C minor, Op. 58

Location

Program

Golovanov

Russian Overture

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6 in C minor, Op. 58

Location

Program

Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414

Bolling

Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio

Toot Suite for Trumpet and Jazz Piano Trio

Location

Program

Michael Wolpe

Overture

Mendelssohn

Double Concerto

Beethoven

Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'

Location

Program

Rossini

Overture

Haydn

Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major

Neapolitan songs and selected arias

With special guest Rita Moreno

Location

Program

Getty

The Old Man in the Night

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Lieberson

Neruda Songs

Dvorak

Symphony No. 7

Location

Program

Bellini

Overture to Norma

Casta Diva from Norma

Rossini

D'amor al dolce impero from Armida

Tchaikovsky

Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin

Pochudilis mne budto golosa from Oprichnik

Richard Strauss

Ständchen, Opus 17, no. 2

Freundliche Vision, Opus 48, no. 1

Winterweihe, Opus 48, no. 4

Zueignung, Opus 10, no. 1

Puccini

Act III Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

Donde lieta uscì al tuo grido d’amore from La Bohème

Leoncavallo

Musette svaria sulla bocca viva

Mimì Pinson, la biondinetta from La Bohème

Giordano

Troppo tardi! Tutto tramonta, tutto dilegua from Fedora

Mascagni

Un Di (ero piccina) from Iris

Rodgers

The Sound of Music from The Sound of Music

Hammerstein

You’ll never walk alone from Carousel

Location

Program

Gordon Getty

La Belle Dame Sans Merci (world premiere)

Prokofiev

Alexander Nevsky

Location

Program

Shostakovich

Festive Overture in A major

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor (Conrad Tao)

Rimsky-Korsakov

Overture to May Night

Djangirov

Iris (Eldar)

Ellington

"Sophisticated Ladies" Suite for Piano (Eldar)

Shostakovich

Tahiti Trot

Bernstein

Slava! A Political Overture for Orchestra

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake

Mussorgsky

Pictures at an Exhibition

Mahler

Splendid Isolation 3

Borodin

The Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor

Bizet

Carmen

Tchaikovsky

The Year 1812, Festival Overture in E flat major, Op. 49

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Elegy for String Orchestra, in G major

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Elegy for String Orchestra in G Major

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70

Location

Program

Pletnev

Yeats Song Cycle, based on three poems by William Butler Yeats

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Elegy for String Orchestra in G Major

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 70

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, P. 62

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Gordon Getty

The White Election

Funded by the Koret Foundation, this performance is part of Cal Performances' 2009-10 Koret Recital Series. Lisa Delan teams up with Mikhail Pletnev for this performance of Getty's song cycle based on 32 poems by Emily Dickinson. Meant to tell her remarkable story in her own words, The White Election traces the arc of Dickinson's life in mid-19th century America.

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, P. 62

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Dvorak

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, P. 62

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Dvorak

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Location

Program

Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, P. 62

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Dvorak

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture, P. 62

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, "Emperor"

Dvorak

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

Location

Program

Glazunov

Chopiniana Suite

Symphony No. 6

Chopin

Piano Concertos 1 & 2

Location

Program

Mozart

Overture from The Magic Flute

Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 2

Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Golovanov

Russian Overture

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1

Taneyev

Symphony in C-Major

Location

Program

Shostakovich

Ballet Suite from 'The Bolt'

Symphony No. 9

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2

Location

Program

Shostakovich

Ballet Suite from 'The Bolt'

Symphony No. 9

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2

Location

Program

Golovanov

Russian Overture

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 1

Taneyev

Symphony in C-Major

Location

Program

Three Romes Cycle

Metropolitan Illarion (Alfeyev)

The Passion of St. Matthew

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto, op. 35, D major

Symphony No. 5

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

Vocalise

Rimsky-Korsakov

Neopolitan Song, op.63

Hilarion

The Song of the Ascent

Mussorgsky

The Great Gate of Kiev

Location

Program

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

Taneyev

Symphony No. 4

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Glazunov

Prelude

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 1

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 15

Location

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite from the Snow Maiden

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2

Location

Program

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7

Symphony No. 5

Location

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite from "The Snow Maiden", Introduction, Dance of the Birds, Cortege, Dance of the Clowns

Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 3

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7

Location

Program

TBC

Location

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite from The Snow Maiden

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique)

Location

Program

TBA

Location

Program

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite from The Snow Maiden

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto

Beethoven

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7

Symphony No. 5

Location

Program

TBA

Location

Program

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Slavonic March (Marche slave, op. 31)

Symphony No. 5

Rachmaninov

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker Suite (arr. by Mikhail Pletnev)

Variations on a Rococo Theme

Beethoven

Symphony No. 7

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 3

Rachmaninov

Isle of the Dead

Scriabin

Le Poème de l'extase

Location

Program

Borodin

Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 2

Additional piece TBA

Location

Program

Borodin

Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 2

Additional piece TBA

Location

Program

Beethoven

Coriolan Overture

Violin Concerto

Symphony No. 2

Location

Program

Beethoven

5th Symphony

5th Piano Concerto

Location

Program

Getty

PlumpJack Overture

Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue

Saint-Saëns

Cello Concerto

Dvorak

New World Symphony

Location

Program

Beethoven

9th Symphony

Location

Program

Moscow Meets Manhattan

A unique evening of Music and Dance to benefit Classical Action and Dancers Responding to Aids

Featuring: Germaul Barnes, Bessie Award winner, dancer/choreographer, Maxim Rubtsov, flutist. The Russian National Orchestra Wind Quintet, Cameron Carpenter, 2009 Grammy nominated organist.

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

The Isle of Dead

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

The Isle of Dead

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Stravinsky

Symphony in Three Movements

Concerto for Piano and Winds

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 4

Symphony No. 3

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

The Isle of Dead

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Shostakovich

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

The Isle of Dead

Prokofiev

Piano Concerto No. 3

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Khachaturian

Violin Concerto

Rimsky-Korsakov

Suite from The Snowmaiden

Three Wonders, from The Fairy Tale of Tsar Tsaltan

The Battle at Kerzhenets, from The Fairy Tale of the City of Kitezh

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

Rococco-Variations

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Mendelssohn

Overture to "Mudsummer Night’s Dream"

Brahms

Double Concerto

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Mendelssohn

Overture to "Midsummer Night’s Dream"

Tchaikovsky

Rococco-Variations

Glazunov

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

The Isle of the Dead

Brahms

Violin Concerto

Scriabin

Poeme d’extase

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

Rachmaninov

Roccoco-Variations

The Isle of the Dead

Scriabin

Poeme d’extase

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

Shostakovich

Violin Concerto No. 2

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

Shostakovich

Violin Concerto No. 2

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas and Melisande, Suite, Op 46

Violin Concerto, Op 47, in D minor

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas and Melisande, Suite, Op 46

Violin Concerto, Op 47, in D minor

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas and Melisande, Suite, Op 46

Violin Concerto, Op 47, in D minor

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Romeo and Juliet

Shostakovich

Violin Concerto No. 2

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas and Melisande, Suite, Op 46

Violin Concerto, Op 47, in D minor

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Sibelius

Pelleas and Melisande, Suite, Op 46

Violin Concerto, Op 47, in D minor

Beethoven

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Glinka

Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila

Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21, CT. 48

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Location

Program

Mozart

Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K.620

David Overton

The Magic Flutes

Mozart

Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466

Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314

Tchaikovsky

Suite No. 4 for Orchestra in G Major (“Mozartiana”), Op. 61

Location

Program

Tchaikovsky

Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 36

Debussy

Prelude to an Afternoon of a Faun

Location

Program

Verdi

Overture to La Forza del Destino

Sicillani

Arrigo! Ah, parli a un core

Puccini

Intermezzo from Manon Lescaut

O mio babbino caro, from Gianni Schicchi

Vissi d'arte, from Tosca

Cilea

Poveri, fiori, from Andriana Lecouvreur

Catalani

Ebben?... Ne andro lontana from La Wally

Rossini

Overture to La Gazza Ladra

Copeland

Fanfare for the Common Man

Ritenour

Shenendoah and the Water is Wide

Kander

Chicago Suite

A Letter from Sullivan Ballou

Rodgers

Carousel Waltz

Porter

So in Love, from Kiss Me Kate

Gershwin

Summertime, from Porgy and Bess

Location

Program

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1

Location

Program

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Rachmaninov

Isle of the Dead

Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6

Location

Program

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1

Location

Program

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished"

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Schubert

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 1

Location

Program

Brahms

Piano Concerto No. 2

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4

Location

Program

Smetana

Vltava (Die Moldau)

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Dvorak

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"

Location

Program

Prokofiev

Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique"