Noon. Free Outdoor concert in Plaza de Cesar E. Chavez,
Downtown San Jose, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

San Francisco Symphony
Benjamin Shwartz, conductor

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast machine
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Gershwin: Cuban overture

18, 19 and 20 October 2007

8.00pm. Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

San Francisco Symphony
Kurt Masur, conductor
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano
Louis Lortie, piano
San Francisco Symphony Chorus

Liszt: Totentanz
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky

23 October 2007

8.00pm. John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C. (www.kennedy-center.org/nso/)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, music director

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492
Beethoven: Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

23 October 2007

8.00pm. Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, California
(www.wdch.laphil.com/)

International Youth Orchestra Festival
Sibelius Academy Symphony Orchestra
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano

Lindberg: Chorale 
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 
Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite 

27 October 2007

1.30am. Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(www.kimmelcenter.org)

Philadelphia Orchestra
Rossen Milanov, conductor

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

28 October 2007

2.00pm. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

San Francisco Symphony Musicians

Duruflé: Prelude, Recitative et Variations, Op. 3
Beethoven: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74
Bernstein: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano
Prokofiev: Quintet, Op. 39

30 October 2007

8.00pm. Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York
(www.carnegiehall.org)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

31 October 2007

8.00pm. Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York
(www.carnegiehall.org)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Nelson Freire, piano

Schubert: Entr'acte (Act III) from Rosamunde
Schumann: Piano Concerto
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

1 November 2007

8.00pm. Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York
(www.carnegiehall.org)

St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Larissa Diadkova, mezzo-Soprano
The Dessoff Symphonic Choir (James Bagwell, music director)
Russian Chamber Chorus of New York (Nikolai Kachanov, artistic director)

Sviridov: Small Triptych
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78

1 November 2007

7.00pm, 3 November 2007, 8.00pm. Nashville, Tennessee (www.nashvillesymphony.org)

Nashville Symphony
Alastair Willis, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Patrick Clark: Wet Crimson on Chiricahua
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

3 November 2007

8.00pm. Alex Theater, Glendale, California

4 November 2007

7.00pm. Royce Hall, University of California, Los Angeles, California
(www.laco.org)

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
Khosrow Soltani, Persian ney

Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1, 'Classical'
Vali: Toward that Endless Plain, concerto for the Persian ney;
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5 in D major

18 November 2007

7.00pm. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Nelson Freire, piano

Schubert: Entr'acte from Act III of Rosamunde
Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op. 54
Prokofiev (arr. Temirkanov): Romeo and Juliet Suite

19 November 2007

8.00pm. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Julia Fischer, violin

Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

20 November 2007

7.30pm. Benaroya Hall, Seattle, Washington
(www.seattlesymphony.org)

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic
Yuri Temirkanov, conductor
Nelson Freire, piano

Schubert: Entr'acte from Act III of Rosamunde
Schumann: Piano Concerto, Op. 54
Prokofiev (arr. Temirkanov): Romeo and Juliet Suite

23 November 2007 8.00pm.
25 November 2007 2.30pm.

Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
(www.pittsburghsymphony.org)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Respighi: Burlesque
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky: The Firebird (original 1910 version)

29 November and 4 December 2007 7.30pm
30 November and 1 December 2007 8.00pm.

Lincoln Center - Avery Fisher Hall, New York
(www.nyphil.org)

New York Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

Chávez: Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía India
Dvorák: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5

30 November and 1 December, 2007 8.00pm.
2 December 2007 2.30pm.

Jones Hall, Houston, Texas
(www.houstonsymphony.org)

Houston Symphony
Michael Christie, conductor
Evelyn Glennie, percussion

Schwantner: Percussion Concerto
Vivaldi: Concerto arranged for Vibraphone and Strings
Prokofiev: Selections from Romeo and Juliet

1 December 2007 7.30pm.
2 December 2007 2.00pm.

Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Washington
(www.bellevuephil.org)

Bellevue Philharmonic
Fusao Kajima, conductor
Peter Soave, bandoneon

Puccini: Capriccio sinfonico
Prokofiev: Suite from Lieutenant Kijé
Piazzolla: Concerto for Bandoneon
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture

4, 5, 6 and 7 December 2007

10.00 am and 11.35am. Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, Minnesota (www.minnesotaorchestra.org)

Minnesota Youth Orchestra

Anderson: Sleigh Ride
Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Troika
Tchaikovsky: "Russian Dance" and "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from The Nutcracker
Mozart: The Sleighride, No. 3 from Three German Dances
Humperdinck: Evening Prayer from Hansel and Gretel
Strauss: Overture to Die Fledermaus
Traditional: Brazilian Sleigh Bells
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Choral, Finale: featuring elementary school violinists as 'choir'

10 December 2007

7.30pm. Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York
(www.carnegiehall.org)

Chu-Fang Huang, piano

Schumann: Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
Ravel: La Valse
Haydn: Sonata in b minor
Prokofiev: Sonata No. 7

10, 13, 15, 18, 26, and 28 December 2007 7.30pm
22 December 2007 12.30pm
3 January 2008 7.30pm.

Metropolitan Opera House, New York
(www.metoperafamily.org)

Valery Gergiev, conductor
Irina Mataeva, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Larisa Shevchenko, Kim Begley, Vasili Ladyuk, Vassily Gerello, Samuel Ramey

Prokofiev: War and Peace

13 and 15 December 2007 8.00pm
14 December 2007 2.00pm.

Verizon Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(www.kimmelcenter.org)

Philadelphia Orchestra
Antonio Pappano, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

15 December 2007 2.00pm;
16 December 2007 1.00pm and 4.00pm.

California Theater, San Jose, California
(www.sfsymphony.org)

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Benjamin Shwartz, conductor
Narrator to be announced

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf

5 OCTOBER 2007