20/21 CSO Full Season
COVID update: A re-imagined Fall 2020 season is in the works, featuring a free digital concert series, Live From Music Hall. We're sad to share that due to the continuing health crisis, previously announced concerts through January 3, 2021 are cancelled. Updates and ticket information.
Single tickets for Spring 2021 concerts, if available, will go on sale this fall. Let us know if you'd like to be notified.
A HERO'S LIFE:
Strauss + Ravel
Fri Sep 18, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat Sep 19, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Louis Langrée, conductor
Hélène Grimaud, piano
We open the season with two stories of heroism: Mozart’s Overture to Idomeneo and the impassioned call of Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben.
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MOZART: Overture to Idomeneo
RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G MajorSTRAUSS: Ein Heldenleben ("A Hero's Life")
PEER GYNT
Sat Oct 3, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Sun Oct 4, 2020 | 2:00 pm
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Louis Langrée, conductor
Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Camilla Tilling, soprano
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director
Bill Barclay, director, Concert Theatre Works
See a concert-staged production of Grieg’s Peer Gynt created and directed by Bill Barclay, the former Director of Music at Shakespeare’s Globe.
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DANIEL BJARNASON: Violin Concerto
GRIEG: Peer Gynt
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE
Fri Oct 9, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Sat Oct 10, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Louis Langrée, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello
Berlioz’s dreamlike symphony sets the tone this October.
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WILSON: Shango Memory
SAINT-SAËNS: Cello Concerto No. 1
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
TCHAIKOVSKY + ADOLPHE
Fri Oct 30, 2020 | 11:00 am
Sat Oct 31, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Louis Langrée, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Tchaikovsky’s last symphony has it all.
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JULIA ADOLPHE: New Work [CSO Commission]
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Pathétique
BRAHMS 2 + RACHMANINOFF
Fri Dec 4, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Sat Dec 5, 2020 | 8:00 pm
Cancelled due to COVID-19
Roderick Cox, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Rachmaninoff’s jazz-touched Concerto meets Brahms’ radiant Second Symphony.
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LEE III: Emotive Transformations
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 4
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
MAHLER SYMPHONY NO. 7
Fri Jan 8, 2021 | 11:00 am
Sat Jan 9, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Matthias Pintscher, conductor, CSO Creative Partner
Leila Josefowicz, violin
Mahler’s Seventh reflects the depth, mystery and shimmering light of nocturnal worlds. Learn more.
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ANDREW NORMAN: New Violin Concerto for Leila Josefowicz
MAHLER: Symphony No. 7
DVOŘÁK 7 + EIGHTH BLACKBIRD
Sat Jan 16, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sun Jan 17, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
Eighth Blackbird
For Dvořák, the Seventh Symphony held music capable “of stirring the world.” Learn more.
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JANÁČEK: Jealousy
KINDS OF KINGS: New Work for Eighth Blackbird and Orchestra
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7
RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 2
Fri Jan 29, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sat Jan 30, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Steven Osborne, piano
Rachmaninoff’s touching Second Symphony swirls with melodies that stay with you. Learn more.
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SOFIA GUBAIDULINA: Concerto for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band
SHOSTAKOVICH: Piano Concerto No. 2
RACHMANINOFF: Symphony No. 2
WAGNER THE VALKYRIE
Fri Feb 5, 2021 | 11:00 am
Sat Feb 6, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Kian Soltani, cello
Heidi Melton, soprano
Stefan Vinke, tenor
John Relyea, bass
The first act of Wagner’s Die Walküre is total art. Learn more.
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LUTOSŁAWSKI: Cello Concerto
WAGNER: Act 1 of Die Walküre ("The Valkyrie")
HAYDN THE CREATION
Sat Feb 20, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sun Feb 21, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Simon Bode, tenor
Matthew Rose, bass
May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director
Let there be light—and music. Louis Langrée and the CSO set the stage for Haydn’s Creation. Learn more.
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HAYDN: The Creation (performed in English)
GRIEG CONCERTO + SHOSTAKOVICH 4
Fri Feb 26, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sat Feb 27, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano
Grieg’s Concerto is a marvel—one you’ve heard before. Learn more.
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GRIEG: Piano Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4
STRAVINSKY FIREBIRD SUITE
Sat Mar 13, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sun Mar 14, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Louis Langrée leads a program of musical fascinations, gestures made to take hold of the senses. Learn more.
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RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise
BARTÓK: Piano Concerto No. 3
KODÁLY: Dances of Galánta
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird Suite (1919)
PROKOFIEV + SIBELIUS
Fri Mar 19, 2021 | 11:00 am
Sat Mar 20, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Hannu Lintu, conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Shades of romanticism linger and blinding brass break like sunlight over snowcaps in Sibelius’ First Symphony. Learn more.
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ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR: Metacosmos
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1
THE PLANETS + CERRONE PREMIERE
Fri Apr 2, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sat Apr 3, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Kahchun Wong, conductor
Robert Sullivan, trumpet
Christopher Olka, tuba
Women of the May Festival Chorus, Robert Porco, director
Holst’s iconic galactic work sets us at the edge of our seats with racing, full-hearted glee. Learn more.
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ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR: Aeriality
CHRISTOPHER CERRONE: Concerto for Trumpet, Tuba and Orchestra [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
HOLST: The Planets
SHEHERAZADE3
Fri Apr 9, 2021 | 11:00 am
Sat Apr 10, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Louis Langrée, conductor
Fatma Said, soprano
Three Shéhérazades conjure the magic sands of Arabian nights. Learn more.
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RAVEL: Shéhérazade; Ouverture de féerie
RAVEL: Shéhérazade (Three poems for Song and Orchestra)
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
RAVEL DAPHNIS + DEBUSSY LA MER
Sat Apr 24, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sun Apr 25, 2021 | 2:00 pm
Sir Mark Elder, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano
Debussy’s symphonic sketches of the sea teem with restless colors and crest at the fullest sound of the CSO. Learn more.
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BERLIOZ: Le corsaire
LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 1
DEBUSSY: La Mer ("The Sea")
RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2
PINES OF ROME
Fri May 7, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Sat May 8, 2021 | 8:00 pm
Ramón Tebar, conductor
Esther Yoo, violin
The spectacle of Ancient Rome and the glorious sound of the CSO merge for a larger-than-life audience favorite. Learn more.
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JULIA PERRY: A Short Piece for Large Orchestra
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
R. STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavelier ("Knight of the Rose")
RESPIGHI: Pines of Rome
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GABRIELA ORTIZ: New Work [CSO Commission, World Premiere]
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
Celebrating new and diverse voices
Explore the CSO and Pops' 2020/21 premieres, compositions, and performances by women and by artists of color.