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Isata & Sheku Kanneh-Mason

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Midori

Yo-Yo Ma

renew online now aso.org/myaccount It’s a creative partnership like no other, forged over two decades. Since 2001, Robert Spano and Sir Donald Runnicles have collaborated on each of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s seasons, curating a collection of works chosen for this time and this place. Together, our two maestros have led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra into a new era. Sir Donald Robert Join us for this Runnicles Spano momentous season as Principal Guest Music Director Conductor Laureate we celebrate the return to the stage of the Co-Artistic Advisors for the 2021/22 Season resilient and innovative Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the continued guidance of this unique creative partnership.

subscriber benefits Continued virtual access to Delta Classical concerts Flexible ticket exchanges Advance notice of special programming Additional savings off Delta Classical Series concerts Discounts for Woodruff Arts Center parking Special NOV | Fri: 8pm MAY | Sun: 3pm CONCERTS 19 8 Everything Lasts Forever The Kanneh-Mason BRIAN NABORS: Onward Recital KRISTS AUZNIEKS: Sub Rosa BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No. 4 MICHAEL GANDOLFI: SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata Concerto for Piano BRIDGE: Cello Sonata ADAM SCHOENBERG: Luna Azul BRITTEN: Cello Sonata MICHAEL KURTH: Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello IN CONCERT Everything Lasts Forever Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Robert Spano, conductor Please note: The Atlanta DEC / | Sun: 3pm/Wed: 8pm 5 8 Marc-André Hamelin, piano Symphony Orchestra will not be featured on this performance. HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel This concert is made possible through Donald Runnicles, conductor The Robert Spano Fund for New Music, Kelley O’Connor, Hansel established by The Antinori Foundation in MAY 21 | Sat: 8pm honor of Robert Spano. Jacquelyn Stucker, Gretel ASO Gala Tichina Vaughn, Witch APR 13 | Wed: 8pm TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 Stephen Powell, Father VERDI: Overture to I vespri Siciliani Michaela Martens, Mother Yo-Yo Ma BRUCH: Violin Concerto DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 TBA, Sandman/Dew Fairy Nicola Luisotti, conductor DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto Gwinnett Young Singers Itzhak Perlman, violin Robert Spano, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello

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Itzhak Perlman

DELTA CLASSICAL SERIES FEB 13 | Sun: 3pm JUN 12 | Sun: 3pm Sunday VIVALDI: Violin Concerto, MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 3-CONCERTS Il favorito, RV 277 Robert Spano, conductor HANDEL: “Io t’abbraccio” Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano from Rodelinda Gwinnett Young Singers HANDEL: “Caro! Bella!” Women of the ASO Chorus OCT 24 | Sun: 3pm from Giulio Cesare J.LEE III: Sukkot Through MOZART: “Dove sono” Orion’s Nebula from The Marriage of Figaro TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 Dmitry Sinkovsky, conductor, violin & Juanjo Mena, conductor countertenor order Midori, violin Georgia Jarman, soprano online now aso.org/myaccount Choose Your Series

SEP 9/11 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM FEB 24/26 | Thu/Sat: 8pm DELTA BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 JAMES WILSON: The Green Fuse classical BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 WALTON: Viola Concerto SERIES Robert Spano, conductor MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3, Garrick Ohlsson, piano “Scottish” Donald Runnicles, conductor OCT 13/14 | Wed*/Thu: 8pm 6 CONCERTS Zhenwei Shi, viola VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino MISSY MAZZOLI: MAR 24/26 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Dark with Excessive Bright BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 Come On Down TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 XAVIER FOLEY: Concerto for Time for the entire string section Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor Double Bass to shine, from piano to guitar to Peter Herresthal, violin SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 Jonathon Heyward, conductor JAN 20/22 | Thu/Sat: 8pm every member of the orchestral Xavier Foley, double bass string family. Concertos by SARAH GIBSON: warp & weft JOBY TALBOT: Ink Dark Moon MAY 12/14 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Walton, Shostakovich and RACHMANINOV: Vocalise ANNA CLYNE: Sound and Fury Atlanta native (and ASO SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 Talent Development Program Gemma New, conductor ELGAR: Enigma Variations alum) Xavier Foley feature the Miloš Karadaglić, guitar Alexander Soddy, conductor Rainer Eudeikis, cello less-heard lower strings, plus * PLEASE NOTE: Saturday subscribers will attend the Wednesday, October 13 concert Atlanta favorite Garrick Ohlsson World Premiere at the keyboard.

Jonathon Heyward

SEP 10 | Fri: 8pm Opening Weekend Rainer Third performance Eudeikis added Garrick Ohlsson

Miloš Zhenwei Karadaglić Shi

Xavier Gemma Foley New

Nathalie Stutzmann Orchestral Fireworks SEP 17/18 | Fri*/Sat: 8pm FEB 10/12 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM Bursting with virtuosity, this R. STRAUSS: Don Juan VIVALDI: Violin Concerto, series features perennial favorite CONRAD TAO: Concerto for Violin Il favorito, RV 277 ALVIN SINGLETON: Different River HANDEL: “lo t’abbraccio” orchestral showpieces including R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel from Rodelinda Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, Robert Spano, conductor HANDEL: “Caro! Bella!” Strauss’ Don Juan and Till Stefan Jackiw, violin from Giulio Cesare MOZART: “Dove sono?” Eulenspiegel, and Mozart’s NOV 4/6 | Thu/Sat: 8pm from The Marriage of Figaro RAMEAU: Suite from Les indes galants Jupiter Symphony; Golijov’s MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Azul evocative Azul featuring cello Dmitry Sinkovsky, conductor, violin JOHN ADAMS: The Chairman Dances & countertenor superstar Alisa Weilerstein; an RAVEL: Mother Goose Georgia Jarman, soprano evening of operatic fireworks; and James Gaffigan, conductor the ASO debut of the sensational Alisa Weilerstein, cello MAR 31/APR 2 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MARK BULLER: The Parallactic Transits triple-threat Baroque conductor, JAN 13/15 | Thu/Sat: 8pm JENNIFER HIGDON: Mandolin Concerto MOZART: Overture to Idomeneo violinist and countertenor RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 4 Dmitry Sinkovsky. Robert Spano, conductor TAKEMITSU: Requiem Avi Avital, mandolin SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 DELTA Kazuki Yamada, conductor MAY 19/20 | Thu/Fri**: 8pm classical Stephen Hough, piano VERDI: Aida, Act III SERIES Nicola Luisotti, conductor * PLEASE NOTE: Thursday subscribers will Michelle Bradley, soprano attend the Friday, September 17 concert Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano 6 CONCERTS World Premiere Clay Hilley, tenor Reginald Smith, baritone TBA, bass

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Dmitry Michelle Sinkovsky Bradley

Denyce Graves

Kazuki Yamada

Avi Avital

Alisa Stephen Weilerstein Hough Iconic Masterpieces The majesty and power of Copland’s Fanfare APR 28/30 | Thu/Sat: 8pm for the Common Man will rouse the most serene spirit. The tormented DEBUSSY: Prelude to heartache of Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique will move the most stoic soul. the Afternoon of a Faun DEBUSSY: Nocturnes The volcanic finale of Mahler’s First Symphony will lift you to your feet. DURUFLÉ: Requiem The gentle beauty of Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Donald Runnicles, conductor offers sweet solace to the stressed. And to start the series, there is no TBA, soprano TBA, baritone violin concerto more beloved than Tchaikovsky’s, performed by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus incomparable Midori. MAY 26/28 | Thu/Sat: 8pm OCT 21/23 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM JAN 27/29 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto J.LEE III: Sukkot Through BOULANGER: Of a Spring Morning BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 Orion’s Nebula GRIEG: Piano Concerto Nicola Luisotti, conductor TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 “Pathétique” Juanjo Mena, conductor Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor Midori, violin Saleem Ashkar, piano

NOV 18/20 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MAR 3/5 | Thu/Sat: 8pm COPLAND: Fanfare for PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement the Common Man MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 MICHAEL GANDOLFI: Donald Runnicles, conductor Concerto for Piano Michelle Cann, piano DELTA COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 classical Robert Spano, conductor SERIES Marc-André Hamelin, piano

6 CONCERTS World Premiere

Elizabeth Koch Tiscione

Marc- Nikolaj André Szeps- Hamelin Znaider

Saleem Ashkar Midori

Michelle Cann FEB 3/5 | Thu/Sat: 8pm APR 21/23 | Thu/Sat: 8pm DELTA JESSIE MONTGOMERY: BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy classical Records from a Vanishing City BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” SERIES PIAZZOLLA: Aconcagua Donald Runnicles, conductor SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8, David Coucheron, violin “Unfinished” Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp 6 CONCERTS JOSEF STRAUSS: Music of the Spheres | | Carlos Kalmar, conductor JUN 9/11 Thu/Sat: 8pm PREMIUM Ksenija Sidorova, accordion MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 Robert Spano, conductor SEP 23/25 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MAR 17/18 | Thu/Fri*: 8pm Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 R. STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration Gwinnett Young Singers VANHAL: Double Bass Concerto MOZART: Requiem Women of the ASO Chorus BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor Martina Jankovà, soprano Joseph McFadden, double bass * PLEASE NOTE: Saturday subscribers will Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano attend the Friday, March 18 concert DEC 2/4 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Kenneth Tarver, tenor MELODY EÖTVÖS: Burak Bilgili, bass The Deciding Machine ASO Chorus R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 Off the Beaten Path The ASO finds exquisite beauty along paths Donald Runnicles, conductor less trodden, like Richard Strauss’ exquisite Four Last Songs, Vanhal’s Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano delightful Concerto for Double Bass and Piazzolla’s Aconcagua for accordion. And, lest we stray too far from known roads, a few beloved landmarks help guide us: Beethoven’s Eroica, Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Unfinished, Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, and we close the season with Mahler’s transcendent Third Symphony.

Elisabeth David Remy Johnson Coucheron

Joseph Kenneth McFadden Tarver

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All dates, programs, artists and prices are subject to change. FEB 10/12/13 VIVALDI: Violin Concerto, Il favorito, RV 277 D Thu/Sat: 8pm HANDEL: “lo t’abbraccio” from Rodelinda Sun: 3pm HANDEL: “Caro! Bella!” from Giulio Cesare PREMIUM MOZART: “Dove sono?” from The Marriage of Figaro Concert MOZART: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” Dmitry Sinkovsky, conductor, violin & countertenor Calendar Georgia Jarman, soprano FEB 24/26 JAMES WILSON: The Green Fuse D SEP 9/10/11 BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 D Thu/Sat: 8pm WALTON: Viola Concerto Thu/Fri/Sat BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” 8pm Robert Spano, conductor | Garrick Ohlsson, piano Donald Runnicles, conductor | Zhenwei Shi, viola PREMIUM MAR 3/5 PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement D SEP 17/18 R. STRAUSS: Don Juan D Thu/Sat: 8pm MAHLER: Symphony No. 1 Fri/Sat: 8pm CONRAD TAO: Concerto for Violin Donald Runnicles, conductor | Michelle Cann, piano ALVIN SINGLETON: Different River MAR 17/18 R. STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration D R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel Thu/Fri: 8pm MOZART: Requiem Robert Spano, conductor | Stefan Jackiw, violin Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor | Martina Jankovà, soprano SEP 23/25 HAYDN: Symphony No. 102 D Sara Mingardo, mezzo-soprano | Kenneth Tarver, tenor Thu/Sat: 8pm VANHAL: Double Bass Concerto Burak Bilgili, bass | ASO Chorus BRAHMS: Serenade No. 2 MAR 24/26 BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3 D Shi-Yeon Sung, conductor | Joseph McFadden, double bass Thu/Sat: 8pm XAVIER FOLEY: Concerto for Double Bass OCT 13/14 VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino D SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 9 Wed/Thu: 8pm MISSY MAZZOLI: Dark with Excessive Bright Jonathon Heyward, conductor | Xavier Foley, double bass TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5 MAR 31/APR 2 MARK BULLER: The Parallactic Transits D Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor | Peter Herresthal, violin Thu/Sat: 8pm JENNIFER HIGDON: Mandolin Concerto OCT 21/23/24 J.LEE III: Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula D RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Thu/Sat: 8pm TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto Robert Spano, conductor | Avi Avital, mandolin Sun: 3pm SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 4 APR 13 DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9 S PREMIUM Juanjo Mena, conductor | Midori, violin Wed: 8pm DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto NOV 4/6 RAMEAU: Suite from Les indes galants D Robert Spano, conductor | Yo-Yo Ma, cello Thu/Sat: 8pm OSVALDO GOLIJOV: Azul APR 21/23 BRUCH: Scottish Fantasy D JOHN ADAMS: The Chairman Dances Thu/Sat: 8pm BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica” RAVEL: Mother Goose Donald Runnicles, conductor | David Coucheron, violin James Gaffigan, conductor | Alisa Weilerstein, cello Elisabeth Remy Johnson, harp NOV 18/20 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man D APR 28/30 DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun D Thu/Sat: 8pm MICHAEL GANDOLFI: Concerto for Piano Thu/Sat: 8pm DEBUSSY: Nocturnes COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 DURUFLÉ: Requiem Robert Spano, conductor | Marc-André Hamelin, piano Donald Runnicles, conductor | TBA, soprano NOV 19 BRIAN NABORS: Onward S TBA, baritone | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus Fri: 8pm KRISTS AUZNIEKS: Sub Rosa MAY 8 BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata No. 4 S MICHAEL GANDOLFI: Concerto for Piano Sun: 3pm SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata ADAM SCHOENBERG: Luna Azul BRIDGE: Cello Sonata MICHAEL KURTH: Everything Lasts Forever BRITTEN: Cello Sonata Robert Spano, conductor | Marc-André Hamelin, piano Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello | Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano This concert is made possible through The Robert Spano Fund for New Music, Please note: The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will not be established by The Antinori Foundation in honor of Robert Spano. featured on this performance. DEC 2/4 MELODY EÖTVÖS: The Deciding Machine D MAY 12/14 ANNA CLYNE: Sound and Fury D Thu/Sat: 8pm R. STRAUSS: Four Last Songs Thu/Sat: 8pm SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 1 ELGAR: Enigma Variations Donald Runnicles, conductor | Jacquelyn Stucker, soprano Alexander Soddy, conductor | Rainer Eudeikis, cello DEC 5/8 HUMPERDINCK: Hansel and Gretel 21S MAY 19/20 VERDI: Aida, Act III D Sun: 3pm Donald Runnicles, conductor | Kelley O’Connor, Hansel Thu/Fri: 8pm Nicola Luisotti, conductor | Michelle Bradley, soprano Wed: 8pm Jacquelyn Stucker, Gretel | Tichina Vaughn, Witch Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano | Clay Hilley, tenor Stephen Powell, Father | Michaela Martens, Mother Reginald Smith, baritone | TBA, bass TBA, Sandman/Dew Fairy | Gwinnett Young Singers MAY 21 ASO GALA JAN 13/15 MOZART: Overture to Idomeneo D / Sat: 8pm TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 S Thu/Sat: 8pm SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 4 VERDI: Overture to I vespri Siciliani TAKEMITSU: Requiem BRUCH: Violin Concerto SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5 Nicola Luisotti, conductor | Itzhak Perlman, violin Kazuki Yamada, conductor | Stephen Hough, piano 22 For full Gala package details, please visit aso.org/gala JAN / 20 22 SARAH GIBSON: warp & weft D MAY 26/28 MARCELLO: Oboe Concerto D Thu/Sat: 8pm JOBY TALBOT: Ink Dark Moon Thu/Sat: 8pm BRAHMS: Symphony No. 4 RACHMANINOV: Vocalise Nicola Luisotti, conductor | Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 Gemma New, conductor | Miloš Karadaglić, guitar JUN 9/11/12 MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 D Thu/Sat: 8pm Robert Spano, conductor | Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano JAN 27/29 BOULANGER: Of a Spring Morning D Sun: 3pm Gwinnett Young Singers | Women of the ASO Chorus Thu/Sat: 8pm GRIEG: Piano Concerto PREMIUM TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique” Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, conductor | Saleem Ashkar, piano | Delta Classical | Special FEB 3/5 JESSIE MONTGOMERY: Records from a Vanishing City D World Premiere D S Thu/Sat: 8pm PIAZZOLLA: Aconcagua SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished” JOSEF STRAUSS: Music of the Spheres Carlos Kalmar, conductor | Ksenija Sidorova, accordion