Saturday, June 22, 2013, 7:30 pm
Opera House, Katara Cultural Village Building 16 Buy Tickets QR75-300

Conductor / Guest Artist

Oumeima El Khalil

Alastair Willis, conductor
Rami Khalifé, piano
Oumeima El Khalil, soprano

Program

Abdalla El-Masri: Matar, Symphonic Poem for voice, piano and orchestra (2010), a Symphonic Reading of the Poem Matar (Rain Song) of Badr Shakir al-Sayyab (World Premiere)
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor
Learn about the music and musicians in the online program.

The hut in Maiernigg, Carinthia, Austria, where Mahler composed his symphonies 5-8.

Saturday, June 29, 2013, 7:30 pm
Opera House, Katara Cultural Village Building 16 Buy Tickets QR75-300

James Gaffigan completes the Philharmonic’s Beethoven Cycle in the final concert of the season.

Conductor / Guest Artist

James Gaffigan [Credit: Margaretta K. Mitchell]

Program

Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Beethoven: Pastorale Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68

Saturday, September 21, 2013, 7:30 pm
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Han-Na Chang opens the Philharmonic season as its new music director.

Conductor / Guest Artist

Han-Na Chang, music director
Gilbert Yammine, kanun

Program

Maurice Ravel: La Valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre
Marcel Khalifé: Concerto for Kanun and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

Saturday, September 28, 2013, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Sayaka Shoji (credit Kishin Shinoyama)

Program

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Sergei Prokofiev: Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, From the New World, Op 95

Saturday, October 5, 2013, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Cristina Ortiz (credit Sussie Ahlburg)

Han-Na Chang, music director
Cristina Ortiz, piano

Program

Mikhail Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47

Saturday, October 12, 2013, 7:30 pm
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Conductor / Guest Artist

Lilya Zilberstein

Dmitri Kitajenko, conductor
Lilya Zilberstein, piano

Program

Rodion Shchedrin: Carmen Suite
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien, Op. 45