The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin announce the 2024–25 season—the organization’s 125th—full of rare musical events, bold artistic juxtapositions, and new discoveries as the Orchestra continues to imagine and create an artistically broad, inclusive vision.

　　Nézet-Séguin will open the 2024–25 season—his 13th with the Orchestra—on September 26, 2024, with an exuberant Opening Night Celebration that sets the tone for a season of renewal and rediscovery. The concert will begin with the world premiere of Terence Blanchard’s Suite from Fire Shut Up in My Bones, a Philadelphia Orchestra co-commission. The opera is the first opera by a Black composer to be performed at the Met. Following the world premiere, star violinist María Dueñas will join the Orchestra for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The concert will conclude with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet.

　　LARGE-SCALE MASTERPIECES

　　Throughout the season Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestra will perform three of Gustav Mahler’s iconic symphonies, masterpieces that reflect the composer’s interpretation of the human experience from life to death. First, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato will join Nézet-Séguin and the Orchestra for the composer’s Third Symphony, a hymn about nature and a celebration of life (October 3–5). In direct contrast, the Ninth Symphony, Mahler’s last completed work in the genre, was written at a time when the composer was mourning the death of his daughter. The piece explores the depths of grief and despair (January 9, 11). To conclude the cycle, Nézet-Séguin will lead the Orchestra in Mahler’s deeply emotional and angst-ridden Sixth Symphony (April 10–11, 13).

　　NEW WORKS

　　Engagement with living composers has been an integral part of The Philadelphia Orchestra’s identity since its founding, and it continues to pursue this with vigor. The ensemble will perform two newly commissioned works by women composers in the 2024–25 season, led by Nézet-Séguin and Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop. Nézet-Séguin will lead the first Philadelphia performances of the Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Julia Wolfe’s Pretty, an Orchestra co-commission, paired with Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 1 (February 27–March 1). Alsop will lead the Orchestra in the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Picaflor, the retelling of a traditional Peruvian creation myth about a picaflor, or hummingbird, that pollinates the world and its varying wildlife, giving birth to a vibrant and complex earth (March 13–15)

　　SPOTLIGHT RECITAL SERIES

　　Some of the world’s most renowned musicians will take center stage in the Spotlight Series. These one-night-only recital performances will feature pianist Daniil Trifonov (February 26), pianist Lang Lang (March 23), and violinist Hilary Hahn (May 17). (The Philadelphia Orchestra does not appear on these concerts.)

　　RICCARDO MUTI RETURNS

　　Former Music Director Riccardo Muti will return for his first performances with the Orchestra since 2005, marking his fourth appearance in Philadelphia since the conclusion of his tenure. The legendary conductor, renowned for his interpretations of Verdi, will lead three performances of the composer’s monumental Requiem.

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