NSO Classical: 2007-2008 Season

Past Events

• Season Opening Ball Concert: Leonard Slatkin, conductor/Renée Fleming, soprano, and Peng Peng, piano

  Sep 16, 2007 at 7:00 PM
  The NSO performs a thrilling program featuring "America's soprano of choice" (The New York Times) Renée Fleming and young Chinese piano prodigy Peng Peng. For information about the Ball, call (202) 416-8102.

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor/Beethoven's Ninth Symphony

  Oct 4 - 6, 2007
  Leonard Slatkin leads the NSO in Beethoven's legendary Ninth Symphony in a program that also includes a world premiere.

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor/Midori, violin, performs Bartók

  Oct 11 - 13, 2007
  The Washington Post calls Midori "a genius, pure and simple." She performs Bartók's Violin Concerto No. 2 in a program also featuring Fine's Toccata concertante and Schubert's Symphony in C major.

• Leonard Slatkin, conductor/Emanuel Ax, piano, performs Brahms

  Oct 18 - 20, 2007
  Emanuel Ax unleashes "a spellbinding prism of possibilities" (The New York Times) with Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2. Leonard Slatkin also conducts works by Schuman and Vaughan Williams.

• Iván Fischer, conductor/Nikolaj Znaider, violin, performs Beethoven

  Nov 1 - 3, 2007
  The NSO's Principal Guest Conductor is joined by Nikolaj Znaider--who "plays with a poetic elegance" (The New York Times)--for an all-Beethoven program, including the composer's Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 5.

• Iván Fischer, conductor/Emmanuel Pahud, flute, performs Mozart

  Nov 8 - 10, 2007
  The Washington Post calls the NSO's Principal Guest Conductor "a most welcome addition to D.C.'s music community. The New York Times calls Emmanuel Pahud "the new flute sensation… an insightful and vital musician."

• Roberto Minczuk, conductor/Heinrich Schiff, cello, performs Shostakovich

  Nov 15 - 17, 2007
  "Gifted maestro" (The Washington Post) Roberto Minczuk guides the "magisterial playing" (The Guardian) of Heinrich Schiff in Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1.

• Lorin Maazel, conductor/Han-Na Chang, cello, performs Elgar

  Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2007
  Demonstrating "a mastery of orchestral balance" (The Washington Post), Lorin Maazel leads Han-Na Chang in Elgar's Cello Concerto in a program also featuring works by Fauré and Saint-Saëns.