Concert Series: Masterworks

Masterworks

Acclaimed conductors from around the globe take the podium in the Philharmonic’s most sought-after concerts. Hear emotionally charged performances featuring groundbreaking composers and world-class talents.

November 15-16

It begins with four notes that changed music forever. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony storms the stage in a defiant journey from darkness to triumphant light. Hannah Kendall’s Spark Catchers gives voice […]

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January 24-25

Think a piano can’t roar like an orchestra? Brahms’ Second Concerto proves otherwise—epic in scale, thunderous in power, yet tender in its most lyrical moments. Tchaikovsky’s Francesca da Rimini plunges […]

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February 21-22

The heat of Spain ignites the stage in Bizet’s Carmen, a story of love, rebellion, and freedom told through some of the most iconic music ever written. Star guitarist JIJI […]

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March 14-15

Every great composer has a moment when the world first takes notice. For Grieg, it was the Piano Concerto, composed at just 24 and overflowing with Romantic passion. Shostakovich was […]

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April 25-26

Wynton Marsalis is a jazz pioneer and American icon. No fluff here; it's 100% New Orleans swagger and trumpet thrills. Sergei Rachmaninoff emigrated from Russia and found the American dream. […]

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May 16-17

America@250 shines a spotlight on two titans of American music. Leonard Bernstein’s Candide Overture dazzles, while George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess delivers songs that have become part of our cultural […]

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