2009-10 Brochure

THE ISRAELPHILHARMONICORCHESTRAFounded in 1936 by Bronislaw Huberman

The 74th Season 2009-10

Music Director for 40 Years: Zubin Mehta

Laureate Conductor (1947-90): Leonard BernsteinHonorary Guest Conductor: Kurt MasurPrincipal Guest Conductor: Yoel Levi

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04. Season's Artists

06. Gala

08. Saturday Classic

10. Classic Eight

14. Six at 7:00

16. Friday at 2:00

20. Philoclassica

22. Light Classical

24. Philolight

28. Intermezzo Tel Aviv

30. IPO in Jeans

32. Family Series

36. Jerusalem

38. Intermezzo Jerusalem

42. Haifa A

44. Haifa B

46. Chamber Music Series

Season's Artists 2009-10

Ilan Volkov

Lang Lang

Oren Nahari

Peter Schreier Talia Or Britta Schwarz

Zubin Mehta

Eldad Ziv Roman Spitzer

Yuri Temirkanov Hélène Grimaud

Christoph von Dohnanyi Christiane Oelze Pietary Inkinen

Rudolf Buchbinder Chen Reiss

Kurt Masur Nikolaj Znaider

Daniel Johannsen Andras Scheibner Yaron Traub

Mayuko Kamio Yuja Wang Prof. Moshe Zuckermann

Lisa Batiashvili Itay Tiran Rita Ilya Konovalov

Alisa Weilerstein Emanuel Halperin Itzhak Perlman

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Giora Schmidt Zuill Bailey Nava Perlman Nitzan Horowitz Iréne Theorin

Constantinos Carydis Gianandrea Noseda Joshua Bell David Robertson

Emanuel Ax Ram Oren Bruce Weinstein

James Madison Cox Micaela Carosi Salvatore Licitra

Sorin Semilian Elena Maximova

Alberto Gazale

Zeev Dorman

Roberto Abbado

Alexander Toradze Astrit Baltsan

Yigal Meltzer Yevgeny Yehudin

Oded Zehavi Anna Smirnova

Maurizio Muraro Bracha Kol Joseph Aridan Prof. Raphael Karasso

Alexander Tsymbalyuk Noah Brieger Leo Nucci Daniela SkorkaVittorio Grigolo

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Gala

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01. Saturday 10.10.09♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistChen Reiss, sopranoBaritone (to be announced)The Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirBrahms: Piano Concerto no. 1Brahms: A German Requiem

02. Tuesday 10.11.09Kurt Masur, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinist Mendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoMendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 ("Scottish")

03. Monday 30.11.09♦

Peter Schreier, conductorTalia Or, sopranoBritta Schwarz, altoDaniel Johannsen, tenorAndras Scheibner●, baritoneThe Prague Philharmonic Choir Bach: Easter OratorioMozart: Coronation Mass, K. 317

04. Tuesday 5.1.10Ilan Volkov, conductorYuja Wang●, pianistRoman Spitzer, violistMendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage OvertureBartok: Piano Concerto no. 3Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra

05. Saturday 30.1.10Zubin Mehta, conductorLisa Batiashvili●, violinistItay Tiran, narratorMozart: Symphony no. 38, K. 504 ("Prague")Sohal: The Divine Song for narrator and orchestra

(World Premiere)Beethoven: Violin Concerto

06. Sunday 28.2.10Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductorChristiane Oelze●, sopranoBeethoven: Egmont OvertureR. Strauss: Four Last SongsBrahms: Symphony no. 2

07. Wednesday 17.3.10Itzhak Perlman, conductorGiora Schmidt, violinistZuill Bailey●, cellistNava Perlman, pianist Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and pianoRachmaninov: Symphony no. 2

08. Thursday 22.4.10Constantinos Carydis●, conductorAlexander Toradze, pianist Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic SymphonyTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

09. Monday 3.5.10Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinist Sergiu Natra: Prelude - Commentary on Nehemiah★

Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestraBrahms: Symphony no. 4

10. Saturday 19.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★

Szymanowski: Symphony no. 4 for piano and orchestra★

11. Saturday 10.7.10♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorMicaela Carosi (Leonora), sopranoAnna Smirnova (Azucena), mezzo-sopranoSalvatore Licitra (Manrico), tenorAlberto Gazale● (Count di Luna), baritoneMaurizio Muraro (Ferrando), bass-baritoneBracha Kol (Inez), mezzo-sopranoJoseph Aridan (Ruiz / Messenger), tenorSorin Semilian (Old Gipsy), baritoneThe Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirVerdi: Il Trovatore

(opera in concert form)

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. From NIS 1,406♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

Saturday Classic

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With Fredric R. Mann (Photo: Gregory Rojansky)

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01. Saturday 17.10.09♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistChen Reiss, sopranoBaritone (to be announced)The Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirBrahms: Piano Concerto no. 1Brahms: A German Requiem

02. Saturday 14.11.09Kurt Masur, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinistMendelssohn: Fingal's Cave OvertureMendelssohn: Violin ConcertoMendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 ("Scottish")

03. Saturday 5.12.09♦*Peter Schreier, conductorTalia Or, sopranoBritta Schwarz, altoDaniel Johannsen, tenorAndras Scheibner●, baritoneThe Prague Philharmonic ChoirBach: Cantatas no. 1, 2, 3 and 6 from Christmas Oratorio

04. Saturday 9.1.10Ilan Volkov, conductorYuja Wang●, pianistRoman Spitzer, violistMendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage OvertureBartok: Piano Concerto no. 3Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra

05. Saturday 6.2.10Zubin Mehta, conductorIlya Konovalov, violinistBerg: Violin ConcertoMahler: Symphony no. 5

06. Saturday 6.3.10*Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistPärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten★

Dvorak: Cello ConcertoSibelius: Symphony no. 2

07. Saturday 10.4.10Roberto Abbado, conductorIréne Theorin, sopranoHindemith: Neues vom Tage OvertureBeethoven: "Ah, perfido!", scene and ariaBeethoven: Aria from FidelioMahler: Symphony no. 1

08. Saturday 24.4.10Constantinos Carydis●, conductorAlexander Toradze, pianist Berlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic SymphonyTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

09. Saturday 8.5.10*Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinist Sergiu Natra: Prelude - Commentary on Nehemiah★


10. Saturday 26.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


11. Saturday 24.7.10♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorMicaela Carosi (Leonora), sopranoAnna Smirnova (Azucena), mezzo-sopranoSalvatore Licitra (Manrico), tenorAlberto Gazale● (Count di Luna), baritoneMaurizio Muraro (Ferrando), bass-baritoneBracha Kol (Inez), mezzo-sopranoJoseph Aridan (Ruiz / Messenger), tenorSorin Semilian (Old Gipsy), baritoneThe Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirVerdi: Il Trovatore


Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. From NIS 1,406 *Mini series from NIS 640♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

With Fredric R. Mann (Photo: Gregory Rojansky)

Classic Eight

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With Golda Meir (Photo: Ilan Brunner)

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01. Tuesday 20.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorLang Lang, pianistOded Zehavi: Sela (Rock) (2008)★

Brahms: Symphony no. 3Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3

02. Saturday 28.11.09♦


03. Saturday 26.12.09Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinist Shostakovich: Festive OvertureShostakovich: Violin ConcertoBrahms-Schoenberg: Quartet in G minor

04. Monday 25.1.10Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistSchumann: Piano ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony no. 10

05. Wednesday 3.2.10Zubin Mehta, conductorLisa Batiashvili●, violinistItay Tiran, narratorMozart: Symphony no. 38, K. 504 ("Prague")Sohal: The Divine Song for narrator and orchestra


06. Sunday 14.3.10Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistPärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten★


07. Sunday 20.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


08. Wednesday 28.7.10♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorChen Reiss (Gilda), sopranoElena Maximova● (Maddalena), mezzo-sopranoVittorio Grigolo● (Duke), tenorLeo Nucci (Rigoletto), baritoneAlexander Tsymbalyuk● (Sparafucile), bass Daniela Skorka● (Page), sopranoAvital Deri ●(Giovanna/Countess Ceprano),

mezzo-sopranoJoseph Aridan (Borsa), tenorNoah Brieger (Marrulo), baritoneSorin Semilian (Count Ceprano), baritoneThe Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirVerdi: Rigoletto


Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. From NIS 1,064♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

With Golda Meir (Photo: Ilan Brunner)

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First concert with the IPO, 1961

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First concert with the IPO, 1961

Six at 7:00

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At the Good Fence, 1977 (Photo: David Rubinger)

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01. Monday 19.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorLang Lang, pianistOded Zehavi: Sela (Rock) (2008)★

Brahms: Symphony no. 3Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3

02. Thursday 3.12.09♦


03. Sunday 24.1.10Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistSchumann: Piano ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony no. 10

04. Thursday 25.2.10Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductorChristiane Oelze●, sopranoBeethoven: Egmont OvertureR. Strauss: Four Last SongsBrahms: Symphony no. 2

05. Tuesday 4.5.10Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinist Sergiu Natra: Prelude - Commentary on Nehemiah★


06. Sunday 25.7.10♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorChen Reiss (Gilda), sopranoElena Maximova● (Maddalena), mezzo-sopranoVittorio Grigolo● (Duke), tenorLeo Nucci (Rigoletto), baritoneAlexander Tsymbalyuk● (Sparafucile), bassDaniela Skorka● (Page), sopranoAvital Deri●(Giovanna/Countess Ceprano),



Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. From NIS 831♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

At the Good Fence, 1977 (Photo: David Rubinger)

Friday at 2:00

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Playing the double bass, 1966

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01. Friday 16.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistBrahms: Symphony no. 1Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2

02. Friday 4.12.09♦

Peter Schreier, conductorTalia Or, sopranoBritta Schwarz, altoDaniel Johannsen, tenorAndras Scheibner●, baritoneThe Prague Philharmonic ChoirBach: Cantatas no. 1, 2, 3 and 6 from Christmas Oratorio

03. Friday 22.1.10Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistSchumann: Piano ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony no. 10

04. Friday 26.2.10Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductorChristiane Oelze●, sopranoBeethoven: Egmont OvertureR. Strauss: Four Last SongsBrahms: Symphony no. 2

05. Friday 25.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


06. Friday 16.7.10♦




Playing the double bass, 1966

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Music Director for LifeRight: Daniel Benyamini, left: Avi Shoshani

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Music Director for LifeRight: Daniel Benyamini, left: Avi Shoshani

Philoclassica

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01. Tuesday 14.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistBrahms: Symphony no. 1Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2



03. Monday 22.3.10Itzhak Perlman, conductorGiora Schmidt, violinistZuill Bailey●, cellistNava Perlman, pianistBeethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and pianoBeethoven: Symphony no. 6 ("Pastoral")

04. Monday 12.4.10Roberto Abbado, conductorIréne Theorin, sopranoMozart: Symphony no. 35, K. 385 ("Haffner")Beethoven: "Ah, perfido!", scene and ariaBeethoven: Aria from FidelioHaydn: Symphony no. 101 ("The Clock")

05. Thursday 6.5.10Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinistRespighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite no. 1Mozart: Adagio and Rondo for violin and orchestraSchubert: Symphony no. 4 ("Tragic")

06. Monday 26.7.10Zubin Mehta, conductorYigal Meltzer, Ram Oren, trumpetersBruce Weinstein, oboistYevgeny Yehudin, clarinetistZeev Dorman, bassoonistJames Madison Cox, hornistVivaldi: Concerto for two trumpetsMozart: Sinfonia Concertante for winds, K. 297bSchumann: Symphony no. 1 ("Spring")


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On Dan Shilon's show with Shlomo Artzi, 1990 (Photo: Jacob Aviram)

Light Classical

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01. Sunday 18.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistR. Strauss: Till EulenspiegelR. Strauss: Burlesque for piano and orchestraR. Strauss: Don JuanGershwin: Piano Concerto

02. Sunday 27.12.09Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinistRossini: Overture to La gazza ladraBruch: Violin Concerto no. 1Respighi: Fontane di Roma Respighi: Pini di Roma

03. Saturday 23.1.10Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistRachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2Khachaturian: Excerpts from Gayane and Spartacus

04. Wednesday 10.3.10Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistVerdi: Overture to La forza del destinoTchaikovsky: Rococo VariationsMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

05. Thursday 24.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistBeethoven: Coriolan OvertureBeethoven: Symphony no. 4Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2

06. Tuesday 13.7.10♦




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With IPO "Ladies", USA 1972Standing (left to right): Eva Strauss-Marko, Judith Liber, Rivka Golani, Paya Yussim, Shulamit Alkalay, Talia Mense-Kling. Seated: Zubin Mehta and Yehudith Borochoff

Philolight

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01. Wednesday 21.10.09Zubin Mehta, conductorLang Lang, pianistWeber: Oberon OvertureBrahms: Symphony no. 3Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 3

02. Sunday 6.12.09♦


03. Thursday 11.3.10Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistVerdi: Overture to La forza del destinoTchaikovsky: Rococo VariationsMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

04. Tuesday 13.4.10Roberto Abbado, conductorIréne Theorin, sopranoMozart: Symphony no. 35, K. 385 ("Haffner")Beethoven: "Ah, perfido!", scene and ariaBeethoven: Aria from FidelioHaydn: Symphony no. 101 ("The Clock")

05. Saturday 31.7.10♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorChen Reiss (Gilda), sopranoElena Maximova● (Maddalena), mezzo-sopranoVittorio Grigolo● (Duke), tenorLeo Nucci (Rigoletto), baritoneAlexander Tsymbalyuk● (Sparafucile), bassDaniela Skorka● (Page), sopranoAvital Deri ●(Giovanna/Countess Ceprano),




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Recording with Radu Lupu

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1. Huberman Week, 1982, left to right: Ida Haendel, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Ivry Gitlis, Shlomo Mintz, Pinchas Zukerman, Zubin Mehta / 2. With Midori, 1991 / 3. Honorary Citizen of Tel Aviv, 1986 (Photo: Jacob Aviram)

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4. With Isaac Stern / 5. With Arthur Rubinstein, 1976 (Photo: Shlomo Arad) / 6. Israel Prize ceremony, 1991 (Photo: Jacob Aviram) / 7. With his late parents and IPO Management at Mehli Mehta Forest

Intermezzo Tel A

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01. Friday 25.12.09Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinistOren Nahari, presenter Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladraBruch: Violin Concerto no. 1Respighi: Pini di Roma

02. Friday 5.2.10Zubin Mehta, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinistProf. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturer R. Strauss: Don JuanBeethoven: Violin Concerto

03. Friday 19.3.10Itzhak Perlman, conductorGiora Schmidt, violinistZuill Bailey, cellistNava Perlman, pianistEmanuel Halperin, presenter Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and pianoBeethoven: Symphony no. 6 ("Pastoral")

04. Friday 7.5.10Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinistAstrit Baltsan, presenterBruch: Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestraSchubert: Symphony no. 4 ("Tragic")

05. Friday 30.7.10Zubin Mehta, conductorYigal Meltzer, Ram Oren, trumpetersBruce Weinstein, oboistYevgeny Yehudin, clarinetistZeev Dorman, bassoonistJames Madison Cox, hornistOded Zehavi, presenter Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpetsMozart: Sinfonia Concertante for winds, K. 297b

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium.Subscription with coffee and cake, from NIS 609 Subscription without coffee and cake, from NIS 509*For subscribers only

Fridays at 11:00with coffee and cake*,followed by a pre-concert talk

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With Rina Pushkarna and Abie Nathan (Photo: Jacob Aviram)

The IPO

in Jeans

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With his wife, Nancy, and Abe Cohen (right)

הפילהרמוניתבג'ינס

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01. Thursday 24.12.09Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinistEldad Ziv, presenter Rossini: Overture to La gazza ladraBruch: Violin Concerto no. 1Respighi: Pini di Roma

02. Thursday 4.2.10Zubin Mehta, conductorLisa Batiashvili, violinistRita, presenter R. Strauss: Don JuanBeethoven: Violin Concerto

03. Thursday 18.3.10Itzhak Perlman, conductorGiora Schmidt, violinist Zuill Bailey, cellistNava Perlman, pianistNitzan Horowitz, presenter Beethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and pianoBeethoven: Symphony no. 6 ("Pastoral")

04. Thursday 15.7.10Zubin Mehta, conductorGuest singersProf. Raphael Karasso, presenterVerdi: Highlights from Rigoletto

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium. From NIS 450

Thursdays at 10 P.M.with free beer, before and after the concert!

Family Series

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01. Thursday 5.11.09The Composer's Paint and BrushRoni Porat, conductor and presenterA colorful presentation of orchestrationFeaturing Ravel's Bolero as well as excerpts from Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, Mozart's Serenade for eight wind instruments and more.

02. Monday 11.1.10Tuba TimeIlan Volkov, conductorShemuel Hershko, tuba player and presenterExcerpts from Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, Bach's Toccata and Fugue arranged by Stokowsky, Eyal Batt's Romance for tuba and orchestra.Joint performance of young tuba players from all over the country participating in KeyNote's Tuba Day.

03. Sunday 21.3.10Story HourNir Kabaretti, conductorItzhak Perlman, narratorProkofiev: Peter and the WolfDukas: L'apprenti sorcier

04. Sunday 25.4.10The Flute Melody Eyal Ein-Habar, conductor and flutistIPO's flute and piccolo playersYaron Deutsch, electric guitar playerWorks by Bach, Mozart, Ronen Shapira and others.Joint performance of young flutists from all over the country participating in KeyNote's Flute Day.

05. Monday 31.5.10From Bach to the OrientDaniel Cohen, conductorShesh Besh – the IPO Jewish Arab Ensemble Works by Bach, Mozart, Saleem a'Masri, Rimsky-Korsakov, Adham bek a'Santury, Saint-Saëns, Marc Lavri.Oriental drumming by Bishara Naddaf, darbuka player, with audience participation.

Tel Aviv, the Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, at 17:00. Adult ticket NIS 387 Child ticket (up to 18 years old) NIS 194

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IPO 45th Anniversary (Photo: Giora Shalmi)

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60th Birthday, Los Angeles, with Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim and Itzhak Perlman

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01. Tuesday 13.10.09**Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistBrahms: Symphony no. 1Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 2

02. Thursday 12.11.09*Kurt Masur, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinistMendelssohn: Fingal's Cave Overture Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoMendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 ("Scottish")

03. Monday 7.12.09♦*Peter Schreier, conductorTalia Or, sopranoBritta Schwarz, altoDaniel Johannsen, tenorAndras Scheibner●, baritoneThe Prague Philharmonic ChoirBach: Cantatas no. 1, 2, 3 and 6 from Christmas Oratorio

04. Sunday 10.1.10**Ilan Volkov, conductorYuja Wang●, pianistRoman Spitzer, violistMendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage OvertureBartok: Piano Concerto no. 3Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra

05. Monday 1.2.10*Zubin Mehta, conductorLisa Batiashvili●, violinistItay Tiran, narratorMozart: Symphony no. 38, K. 504 ("Prague")Sohal: The Divine Song for narrator and orchestra


06. Tuesday 23.3.10**Itzhak Perlman, conductorGiora Schmidt, violinistZuill Bailey●, cellistNava Perlman, pianistBeethoven: Concerto for violin, cello and pianoRachmaninov: Symphony no. 2

07. Monday 26.4.10*Constantinos Carydis●, conductorAlexander Toradze, pianistBerlioz: Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic SymphonyTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

08. Sunday 9.5.10**Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinistSergiu Natra: Prelude - Commentary on Nehemiah★


09. Sunday 27.6.10*David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


10. Wednesday 21.7.10♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorMicaela Carosi (Leonora), sopranoAnna Smirnova (Azucena), mezzo-sopranoSalvatore Licitra (Manrico), tenorAlberto Gazale● (Count di Luna), baritoneMaurizio Muraro (Ferrando), bass-baritoneBracha Kol (Inez), mezzo-sopranoJoseph Aridan (Ruiz / Messenger), tenorSorin Semilian (Old Gipsy), baritoneThe Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirVerdi: Il Trovatore


Jerusalem

Jerusalem, ICC International Convention Center. Full series from NIS 906 * 6 concert series from NIS 598 ** 4 concert series from NIS 434♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

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Bethlehem, with Mayor Elias Freig, 1968 (Photo: Government Press Assoc.)

Intermezzo Jerusalem

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01. Friday 13.11.09Kurt Masur, conductorNikolaj Znaider, violinistOren Nahari, presenter Mendelssohn: Violin ConcertoMendelssohn: Symphony no. 3 ("Scottish")

02. Friday 8.1.10Ilan Volkov, conductorYuja Wang, pianistRoman Spitzer, violistProf. Moshe Zuckermann, lecturerMozart: Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, K. 466Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra

03. Friday 12.3.10Pietary Inkinen, conductorAlisa Weilerstein, cellistEmanuel Halperin, presenterTchaikovsky: Rococo VariationsMussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

04. Friday 23.4.10Constantinos Carydis, conductorAlexander Toradze, pianistAstrit Baltsan, presenterBerlioz: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, Dramatic SymphonyTchaikovsky: Piano Concerto no. 1

05. Friday 9.7.10Zubin Mehta, conductorYigal Meltzer, Ram Oren, trumpetersBruce Weinstein, oboistYevgeny Yehudin, clarinetistZeev Dorman, bassoonistJames Madison Cox, hornistOded Zehavi, presenter Vivaldi: Concerto for two trumpetsMozart: Sinfonia Concertante for winds, K. 297b

Jerusalem Theatre, at 11:00. From NIS 753

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On Dan Shilon's show with Tuvia Tsafir, 1990 (Photo: Jacob Aviram)

Fridays at 11:00with coffee and cake,followed by a pre-concert talk

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Festive Concert at Sultan's Poolleft to right: Jean-Pierre Rampal, Mstislav Rostropovich, Zubin Mehta, Teddy Kollek, Leontyne Price, Isaac Stern

Haifa A

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01. Sunday 11.10.09♦

Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistChen Reiss, sopranoBaritone (to be announced)The Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirBrahms: Piano Concerto no. 1Brahms: A German Requiem

02. Sunday 29.11.09♦*Peter Schreier, conductorTalia Or, sopranoBritta Schwarz, altoDaniel Johannsen, tenorAndras Scheibner●, baritoneThe Prague Philharmonic ChoirBach: Easter OratorioMozart: Coronation Mass, K. 317

03. Tuesday 22.12.09Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinistShostakovich: Festive OvertureShostakovich: Violin ConcertoBrahms-Schoenberg: Quartet in G minor

04. Wednesday 20.1.10*Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistSchumann: Piano ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony no. 10

05. Sunday 7.2.10Zubin Mehta, conductorIlya Konovalov, violinistBerg: Violin ConcertoMahler: Symphony no. 5

06. Sunday 7.3.10*Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistPärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten★


07. Wednesday 14.4.10Roberto Abbado, conductorIréne Theorin, sopranoHindemith: Neues vom Tage OvertureBeethoven: "Ah, perfido!", scene and ariaBeethoven: Aria from FidelioMahler: Symphony no. 1

08. Wednesday 5.5.10*Gianandrea Noseda, conductorJoshua Bell, violinistSergiu Natra: Prelude - Commentary on Nehemiah★


09. Tuesday 22.6.10David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


10. Thursday 22.7.10♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorChen Reiss (Gilda), sopranoElena Maximova● (Maddalena), mezzo-sopranoVittorio Grigolo● (Duke), tenorLeo Nucci (Rigoletto), baritoneAlexander Tsymbalyuk● (Sparafucile), bass Daniela Skorka● (Page), sopranoAvital Deri ●(Giovanna/Countess Ceprano),



Haifa Auditorium. Full series from NIS 1,097 *Mini series from NIS 604♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

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IPO 70th Anniversary (Photo: Oded Antman)

Haifa B

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With Israeli and Palestinian children in Jerusalem, 1999

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01. Monday 12.10.09♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorRudolf Buchbinder, pianistChen Reiss, sopranoBaritone (to be announced)The Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirBrahms: Piano Concerto no. 1Brahms: A German Requiem



03. Wednesday 23.12.09*Yaron Traub, conductorMayuko Kamio, violinistShostakovich: Festive OvertureShostakovich: Violin ConcertoBrahms-Schoenberg: Quartet in G minor

04. Wednesday 6.1.10Ilan Volkov, conductorYuja Wang●, pianistRoman Spitzer, violistMendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage OvertureBartok: Piano Concerto no. 3Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra

05. Thursday 21.1.10Yuri Temirkanov, conductorHélène Grimaud, pianistSchumann: Piano ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony no. 10

06. Monday 8.2.10*Zubin Mehta, conductorIlya Konovalov, violinistBerg: Violin ConcertoMahler: Symphony no. 5

07. Monday 8.3.10Pietary Inkinen●, conductorAlisa Weilerstein●, cellistPärt: Cantus in Memory of Britten★


08. Thursday 15.4.10Roberto Abbado, conductorIréne Theorin, sopranoHindemith: Neues vom Tage OvertureBeethoven: "Ah, perfido!", scene and ariaBeethoven: Aria from FidelioMahler: Symphony no. 1

09. Wednesday 23.6.10*David Robertson, conductorEmanuel Ax, pianistProkofiev: Symphony no. 1 ("Classical")Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 2Ligeti: Concert Romanesque★


10. Tuesday 27.7.10♦*Zubin Mehta, conductorMicaela Carosi (Leonora), sopranoAnna Smirnova (Azucena), mezzo-sopranoSalvatore Licitra (Manrico), tenorAlberto Gazale● (Count di Luna), baritoneMaurizio Muraro (Ferrando), bass-baritoneBracha Kol (Inez), mezzo-sopranoJoseph Aridan (Ruiz / Messenger), tenorSorin Semilian (Old Gipsy), baritoneThe Gary Bertini Israeli ChoirVerdi: Il Trovatore


Haifa Auditorium. Full series from NIS 1,097 *Mini series from NIS 604♦ Limited ticket exchange / ● IPO debut / ★ First IPO performance

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01. Saturday 10.10.09*Rudolf Buchbinder, pianistAlexander Stark, Eleonora Lutsky, violinistsRachel Kam, violistMarcel Bergman, cellistMendelssohn: Piano Trio in D minorSchumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat major, op. 44

02. Saturday 14.11.09**Nikolaj Znaider, violinistPolina Kozhevnikova, violinistMiriam Hartman, Dmitri Ratush, violistsMarcel Bergman, Kirill Mihavovsky, cellistsSchoenberg: Verklärte NachtMozart: String Quintet in G minor, K. 516

03. Saturday 26.12.09*Mayuko Kamio, violinistEleonora Lutsky, violinistRachel Kam, Eugenia Oren-Malkovsky, violistsMarcel Bergman, cellistMichael Slatkin, Yoel Abadi, hornistsMozart: String Quintet in D major, K. 593Mozart: Divertimento in F major for two horns

and strings, K. 334

04. Saturday 9.1.10**Yuja Wang, pianistLazar Shuster, violinistIris Regev, cellistTchaikovsky: String Trio in A minor, op. 50Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 1 in C minor, op. 8

05. Saturday 23.1.10*Hélène Grimaud, pianistIlya Konovalov, violinistFelix Nemirovsky, cellistYevgeny Yehudin, clarinetistSchumann: Sonata no. 1 in A minor for violin

and piano, op. 105Schumann: Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, op. 73Schumann: Trio no. 1 in D minor for piano, violin

and cello, op. 63

06. Saturday 13.3.10**Alisa Weilerstein, cellistYevgenia Pikovsky, Elyakum Salzman, violinistsDmirti Ratush, Vladislav Krasnov, violistsIris Regev, cellistSchubert: String Quintet in C major, op. 163Brahms: String Sextet in G major, op. 36

07. Saturday 20.3.10*Perlman-Schmidt-Bailey TrioNava Perlman, pianistGiora Schmidt, violinistZuill Bailey, cellistBeethoven: Trio no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 70 no. 2Brahms: Trio no. 2 in C major, op. 87

08. Saturday 24.4.10**Alexander Toradze, pianistYevgenia Pikovsky, Elyakum Salzman, violinistsDmirti Ratush, violistKirill Mihanovsky, cellistProkofiev: String Quartet no. 2 in F major, op. 92Prokofiev: Piano Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83Shostakovich: Sonata for viola and piano, op. 147

09. Saturday 26.6.10*Emanuel Ax, pianistDafna String QuartetDrorit Valk, Amnon Valk, violinistsAmir Van Der Hal, violistYoram Alperin, cellistHaydn: String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 ("Sunrise")Beethoven: String Quartet in F minor, op. 95 ("Serioso")Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81

10. Saturday 10.7.10**Chen Reiss, sopranoThe IPO String Quartet

Endowed by the Richter familyIlya Konovalov, Shmuel Glazer, violinistsRoman Spitzer, violistFelix Nemirovsky, cellistBoccherini: Stabat Mater for soprano and string quartetBeethoven: String Quartet no. 14 in C-sharp minor, op. 131

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Saturdays at 17:00. Ten concerts NIS 375 Five concerts NIS 187* Series A ** Series B

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