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NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Photo by Michael Zapf
The WFMT Orchestra’s Winter Series opens with a musical journey across Europe, bringing you performances from the world’s most celebrated orchestras and concert halls. From the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Festival to the Berlin Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel at Berlin’s iconic Waldbühne, this season showcases artists and repertoire from across the continent.
Keep scrolling for the full lineup of unforgettable concerts. All artists, repertoire, and programs are subject to change.
Schedule
January 10
Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraRyan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Gustavo Dudamel, conductorGabriela Ortiz
Kauyumari
Arturo Márquez
Danzón No. 8
Aaron Copland
Old American Songs, Set 1
Evencio Castellanos
Santa Cruz de Pacairigua
Roberto Sierra
Alegría
Duke Ellington
Martin Luther King, from ‘Three Black Kings‘
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances, from ‘West Side Story‘
January 17
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraFranz Welser-Möst, conductor
Mieczysław Weinberg
Symphony No. 2
Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 9 in D minor
January 24
Zurich Tonhalle OrchestraAlisa Weilerstein, cello
Paavo Järvi, conductorGeorge Enescu
Prelude from ‘Oedipe‘
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 2
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2
January 31
NDR Elbphilharmonie OrchestraMaría Dueñas, violin
Alan Gilbert, conductorAnna Clyne
Restless Oceans
Max Bruch
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
February 7
Orchestre National de FranceRudolf Buchbinder, piano
Cristian Măcelaru, conductorMaurice Ravel
La Valse
George Gershwin
Piano Concerto in F
Maurice Ravel
Piano Trio in A minor
February 14
Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraYing Fang, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Pavol Breslik, tenor
William Thomas, bass
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Riccardo Muti, conductorFranz Schubert
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, D. 417
Anton Bruckner
Mass No. 3 in F minor
February 21
NDR Elbphilharmonie OrchestraJoshua Bell, violin
Alan Gilbert, conductorRichard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20
Camille Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, “Classical”
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite
February 28
Danish National Symphony OrchestraAnne-Sophie Mutter, violin
Fabio Luisi, conductorLudwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D
Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
March 7
Munich Radio OrchestraNicole Car, soprano
Nicholas Carter, conductorBenjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes, from ‘Peter Grimes’
Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Samuel Barber
Death of Cleopatra, from ‘Antony and Cleopatra’
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 5 in D major
March 14
Danish National Symphony OrchestraKirill Gerstein, piano
Elim Chan, conductorJohannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Franz Schubert
Entr’acte No. 3 from ‘Rosamunde’
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70
March 21
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-FieldsJulius Asal, piano
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a, “Paris”
March 28
Frankfurt Radio Symphony OrchestraMaxim Emelyanychev, harpsichord/director
Francis Poulenc
Concert champêtre
Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella, Suite
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Suite from ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite from ‘Les Indes galantes’
April 4
Vienna Symphony OrchestraAnna Vinnitskaya, piano
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Petr Popelka, conductorRichard Wagner
A Faust Overture
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D
Alban Berg
Seven Early Songs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551. “Jupiter”