Name: MOZART / BRUCKNER Concert
Start: 2026-02-13T20:00:00
Location: Boston Symphony Hall

The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's 2026 concert series promises an exhilarating fusion of musical brilliance, featuring orchestral masterpieces from Mozart, Bruckner, Takemitsu, Debussy, Mahler, Harbison, Gershwin, and Copland. Renowned maestros and virtuosos such as Kristian Bezuidenhout and Dame Sarah Connolly, along with iconic conductor Benjamin Zander, will grace the Boston Symphony Hall stage, offering performances that are both a tribute to classical music and a celebration of cultural richness. Audiences can anticipate awe-inspiring concerts, each uniquely crafted to deliver an unforgettable experience.

A Symphony of Genius: Boston Philharmonic's 2026 Season Line-up

Kristian Bezuidenhout

Benjamin Zander

Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

It is time once again for the BPO to perform Mahler’s exalted paean to nature, the Third Symphony. It is the longest and most all-embracing of his works. In it, he set out to express the essence of his relationship to nature. In this vast and profound work for chorus, orchestra, and mezzo-soprano, you will hear it all—from exaltation to terror to union with the primal forces that surround us. Dame Sarah Connolly, acclaimed as one of the greatest Mahler singers in living memory, returns to sing the poignant setting of Nietzsche’s Midnight Song. Her 2022 BPO performance of Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde sublimely demonstrated the poignancy that she brings to Mahler's music.

Mahler Symphony No. 3 Concert

Boston Symphony Hall

John Harbison, one of Boston’s musical luminaries for the fifty-odd years that he has lived here, is the composer of a large, extraordinarily varied body of work. Many of music’s highest honors have come his way—the Pulitzer Prize for music and a commission from the Metropolitan Opera among them. The BPYO plays his incandescent Remembering Gatsby (Foxtrot for Orchestra) for the first time since the senior Boston Philharmonic Orchestra played it in 1995.

Harbison / Gershwin / Copland

Pianist and conductor Kristian Bezuidenhout will make his Boston Philharmonic debut playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20.

MOZART / BRUCKNER Concert

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