Portrait by Jurell Cayetano R Robert SEASON 20 S Spano Symphony Gala Concert SEP 12 | Sat: 7pm BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini special Robert Spano, conductor | Daniil Trifonov, CONCERT EVENTS The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra celebrates the indelible legacy of Music Director Robert Spano at the 2020 ASO Gala. The evening features special guest pianist Daniil Trifonov performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. A note of gratitude For full Gala package details please visit aso.org/gala. ne of my life’s greatest privileges has been to be ASO Chorus Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for the last 20 years. The Orchestra’s outstanding Turns 50 success — exemplified by numerous Grammy® OCT 15 | Thu: 8pm Awards and critically acclaimed performances at Lincoln Center, Donald Runnicles & Norman Mackenzie, O Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall — is thanks not only to conductors | ASO Chorus the talents of every ASO musician but also the support of our Celebrate 50 years of the Atlanta audiences. Our mission is to bring people together through Symphony Orchestra Chorus with Principal the transformative power of music, and the passion you have Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles and shared with us is inspiring. Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie In my final season I am looking forward to every performance. as they lead a program featuring selections Some of the highlights will surely be celebrating the 50th from choral favorites such as Verdi’s Anniversary of the ASO Chorus, with performances of Requiem, Orff’s Carmina burana, Brahms’ Mendelssohn’s Elijah and a new oratorio by Jonathan Leshnoff, A German Requiem and more. Since Opening Weekend with Gil Shaham, an evening of music its founding in 1970 by Music Director by with our dear friend Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Robert Shaw, the Chorus has grown to and returning to our stage such great artists as Yo-Yo Ma, international acclaim. The ASO Chorus Yefim Bronfman, Pedja Mužijević and Garrick Ohlsson. We remains as beloved and revered today, a also have an evening featuring music of the Atlanta School legend 50 years in the making. of Composers — Jennifer Higdon, Michael Gandolfi, Krists Auznieks and our own Michael Kurth — and the Gala with Daniil Trifonov performing Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. We’ll close the season with Mahler’s Third Symphony. Yo-Yo Ma With its profound expression of love, I can think of no more APR 18 | Sun: 7pm fitting work with which to say thank you for 20 blessed years BORODIN: “Polovtsian Dances” with the ASO. from Prince Igor Even as I reflect on my tenure here, I also look forward BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 with anticipation and excitement to the next chapters SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in the ASO’s unfolding story. With these brilliant | Robert Spano, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello musicians and our devoted listeners, it will surely The inimitable Yo-Yo Ma returns to perform one be amazing. of the most iconic pieces of the 20th century cello repertoire, Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. This Sincerely, masterpiece of emotional clarity and formal balance highlights a cello part that is at once deeply dramatic Robert Spano and technically challenging, uniquely suited to the masterful abilities of Yo-Yo Ma. RSEASONS 20 DELTA Opening Weekend classical SERIES — SEP 24/26 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM Majestic Masterpieces CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Rainbow Body Experience the majesty of the ASO with epic masterpieces KORNGOLD: Concerto like Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2, Berlioz’s Symphonie SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 6-CONCERT JESSICA Robert Spano, conductor | Gil Shaham, violin SERIES fantastique, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances, Bartók’s RIVERA Robert Spano opens his 20th and final season as Concerto for Orchestra, Vaughan Williams’ Symphony Music Director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra ® No. 6, and Mendelssohn’s mighty Elijah with an all-star cast. with Grammy Award-winning violinist Gil Shaham Symphonic Dances performing Korngold’s cinematic Violin Concerto. MAR 4/6 | Thu/Sat: 8pm We’ll be joined by some of our favorite guests, including The evening opens with the exuberant Rainbow Body PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 by Christopher Theofanidis and finishes with Sibelius’ violinists Gil Shaham, Ray Chen and Augustin Hadelich. RACHMANINOV: Symphonic Dances majestic Symphony No. 2. Eun Sun Kim, conductor | Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano PEDJA Mendelssohn’s Elijah Sergei Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances was his last MUŽIJEVIĆ major composition, revealing a nostalgic embrace of NOV 19/21 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Russian romanticism. Conductor Eun Sun Kim makes MENDELSSOHN: Elijah her ASO debut in this concert with pianist Alexander Robert Spano, conductor | Jessica Rivera, soprano Gavrylyuk in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano | Thomas Cooley, tenor most popular concertos of the 20th century. Nmon Ford, baritone | ASO Chorus Robert Spano leads Felix Mendelssohn’s epic portrait of Remarkable Ray Chen Returns NMON the prophet Elijah. Standing at the cusp of the classical- FORD APR 8/10 | Thu/Sat: 8pm romantic historical divide, Mendelssohn revives the HANNAH KENDALL: weaves flowers and leaves baroque oratorio form of Bach and Handel for this stirring SAINT-SAËNS: Violin Concerto No. 3 choral masterpiece. BARTÓK: Concerto for Orchestra Shiyeon Sung, conductor | Ray Chen, violin SHIYEON Symphonie fantastique SUNG Violinist Ray Chen performs Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto JAN 21/23 | Thu/Sat: 8pm GIL No. 3, a showcase for violin that alternates fiery virtuosity SHAHAM CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 with pastoral lyricism. The program includes Béla BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique Bartók’s subversive Concerto for Orchestra, and the U.S. Robert Spano, conductor | Pedja Mužijević, piano premiere of Hannah Kendall’s weaves flowers and leaves. Debuted in 1830, Symphonie fantastique is considered Conductor Shiyeon Sung makes her ASO debut. one of the most inventive, revolutionary orchestral works of the romantic period, depicting passion and unrequited love. This evening of fiery romanticism opens with Augustin Hadelich Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring pianist MAY 6/8 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Pedja Mužijević. ANNA CLYNE: New Work BRITTEN: Violin Concerto VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 AUGUSTIN Andrew Manze, conductor | Augustin Hadelich, violin HADELICH This program features music from two British composers writing in the shadow of war. Grammy® Award-winning violinist Augustin Hadelich returns to perform Benjamin RAY CHEN Britten’s Violin Concerto, a tribute to British soldiers who died fighting fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Vaughan Williams’ intense Sixth Symphony is widely seen as a response to the horrors of World War II.

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Mahler Symphony No. 5 6-CONCERT MAR 11/13 | Thu/Sat: 8pm SERIES MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 Heroic Women — Celebrate heroes Edward Gardner, conductor | Cédric Tiberghien, piano both legendary and modern as we dance with Debussy’s La mer Mahler described his Fifth Symphony as “this foaming, NATHALIE roaring, raging sea of sound.” We welcome back guest Carmen, dream with Sleeping Beauty, savor music STUTZMANN OCT 8/10 | Thu/Sat: 8pm conductor Edward Gardner to navigate us through the from composers Galina Ustvolskaya, Victoria MOZART: Idomeneo Overture turbulent waters of this colossal masterpiece. Cédric MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 16 Tiberghien makes his ASO debut with Mozart’s famous Borisova-Ollas and Gabriela Lena Frank, and be TAKEMITSU: Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode Piano Concerto No. 21. thrilled by guests Baiba Skride, Nathalie Stutzmann, DEBUSSY: La mer Kazuki Yamada, conductor | Louis Lortie, piano Chichester Psalms Naomi Sato, and the inimitable Hilary Hahn. Naomi Sato, shō NAOMI APR 22/24 | Thu/Sat: 8pm SATO Kazuki Yamada makes his Atlanta debut conducting And be moved by Mahler’s poignant love song to BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms Debussy’s beloved La mer, three symphonic sketches JONATHAN LESHNOFF: The Sacrifice of Isaac his wife Alma, the exquisite Adagietto from his of the sea. The ASO welcomes pianist Louis Lortie in Robert Spano, conductor | James Laing, countertenor Symphony No. 5. Mozart’s intricate Piano Concerto No. 16, and Naomi Sato John Tessier, tenor | Russell Braun, baritone | ASO Chorus in Tōru Takemitsu’s Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode. Sato Robert Spano leads the incomparable ASO Chorus plays the shō, a traditional Japanese wind instrument. in Leonard Bernstein’s choral masterpiece Chichester Psalms, a bold and eloquent celebration of universal Sleeping Beauty brotherhood. The concert also features the world BAIBA SKRIDE DEC 3/5 | Thu/Sat: 8pm premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s The Sacrifice of Isaac, USTVOLSKAYA: Symphonic Poem No. 2 an ASO commission. VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS: A Portrait of a Lady by Swan Lake Hilary Hahn TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Sleeping Beauty DAVID MAY 20/22 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM COUCHERON Andrey Boreyko, conductor | Baiba Skride, violin GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Walkabout Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty highlights an evening GINASTERA: Violin Concerto of Russian music in a newly designed sequence by SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy guest conductor Andrey Boreyko. The U.S. premiere of Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor | Hilary Hahn, violin Borisova-Ollas’ A Portrait of a Lady by Swan Lake echoes Three-time Grammy® Award-winning violinist Hilary the classic Tchaikovsky ballet. In this stirring portrait, the Hahn joins conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya for a main character is depicted through the solo violin playing program featuring Alberto Ginastera’s experimental of Latvian violinist Baiba Skride. Violin Concerto. Pablo de Sarasate’s electrifying Carmen Fantasy includes some of the most challenging violin Coucheron Performs Mozart passages in the repertoire. FEB 4+/6 | Thu/Sat: 8pm DVOŘÁK: Slavonic Dances Nos. 1, 2 and 8 MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor | David Coucheron, violin

LOUIS ASO Concertmaster David Coucheron shines in Mozart’s LORTIE dancelike Violin Concerto No. 3. Written during his + FREE Thursday pre-concert chamber recital featuring members of the ASO and special guests prodigious late teens, the concerto is a delightful display of Mozart’s budding genius. Under the baton of World Premiere conductor Nathalie Stutzmann, the evening also features Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, one of the composer’s most CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN HILARY exuberant works. HAHN ASO.ORG DELTA classical SERIES Resurrection MAR 18/20 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MAHLER: Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” GARRICK OHLSSON Donald Runnicles, conductor | Leah Crocetto, soprano 6-CONCERT SERIES Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano | ASO Chorus Gustav Mahler’s Second Symphony captures a timeless narrative of tension and struggle, death and redemption. The ASO Chorus joins soloists Leah Crocetto and Elizabeth DeShong for a triumphant finale that Pictures at an Exhibition dramatically closes out this epic work and lends the OCT 22/24 | Thu/Sat: 8pm Symphony its subtitle: “Resurrection.” TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture PROKOFIEV: Violin Concerto No. 1 Brahms and Tchaikovsky MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition APR 15/17 | Thu/Sat: 8pm JEAN-YVES Han-Na Chang, conductor | Benjamin Beilman, violin THIBAUDET BRAHMS: Violin Concerto Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition has inspired TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 numerous orchestral settings, but none more popular Robert Spano, conductor | Robert McDuffie, violin than that of Maurice Ravel. Violinist Benjamin Beilman In a program of late-romantic music that is both dramatic returns for a performance of Prokofiev’s virtuosic Violin and contemplative, renowned violinist Robert McDuffie Concerto No. 1. The evening opens with Tchaikovsky’s plays Brahms’ only violin concerto, one of the great fantasy-overture Romeo and Juliet. concerti of the German tradition. Tchaikovsky’s Fourth LEAH CROCETTO Lisztomania! is a dynamic meditation on the notion of fate in the human condition. HAN-NA JAN 14/16 | Thu/Sat: 8pm CHANG LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Rach Three LISZT: Piano Concerto No. 2 JUN 3/5 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM LISZT: A RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Robert Spano, conductor | Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 Richard Clement, tenor | Men of the ASO Chorus Robert Spano, conductor | Garrick Ohlsson, piano Celebrated French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet returns A night of musical fireworks with celebrated pianist for a performance of Franz Liszt’s delicately complex Garrick Ohlsson performing Sergei Rachmaninov’s BENJAMIN Piano Concerto No. 2. The concert opens with Hungarian BEILMAN Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the most technically Rhapsody No. 2 and closes with Liszt’s A Faust Symphony challenging works in the piano repertoire. The evening featuring Grammy® Award-winning tenor Richard begins with Rimsky-Korsakov’s evocative Scheherazade, Clement and the Men of the ASO Chorus. a dazzling work of orchestral color based on the Middle Eastern folktale, Beethoven Defined Arabian Nights. Storytellers — Come be swept away by FEB 18/20 | Thu/Sat: 8pm some of history’s greatest musical stories, including ADAM SCHOENBERG: Concerto for Orchestra BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 3 ROBERT Romeo & Juliet, Pictures at an Exhibition, Faust and MCDUFFIE Robert Spano, conductor | Yefim Bronfman, piano Scheherazade, and visits from some of our favorite One of the greatest pianists of our time, Yefim Bronfman World Premiere performs Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, a piece musical storytellers, including Jean-Yves Thibaudet, that honors the influence of Mozart while displaying Yefim Bronfman, Robert McDuffie and Garrick the audacity and fervor that would define Beethoven’s career. The program begins with the world premiere of Ohlsson. And don’t miss Mahler’s transcendent Adam Schoenberg’s Concerto for Orchestra, a piece “Resurrection” Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s YEFIM commissioned by the ASO. BRONFMAN powerful Fourth Symphony.

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ANDREW BRADY 6-CONCERT RYAN BANCROFT SERIES Shostakovich with James Ehnes MAR 25/26 | Thu/Fri*: 8pm AARON KERNIS: Musica Celestis The “New World” Symphony SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1 NOV 5+/7 | Thu/Sat: 8pm SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 5 VALERIE COLEMAN: Umoja Donald Runnicles, conductor | James Ehnes, violin JOHN WILLIAMS: The Five Sacred Trees Grammy® Award-winning violinist James Ehnes performs DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” Dmitri Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a dramatic Cristian Măcelaru, conductor | Andrew Brady, bassoon display of the composer’s artistic and emotional depth. Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony is an ode to American The rousing program, led by Principal Guest Conductor folk music, drawing from African American spirituals and Donald Runnicles begins with Musica Celestis by Pulitzer Native American cultures. Principal Bassoonist Andrew Prize-winner Aaron Jay Kernis and concludes with the MARC- ANDRÉ Brady makes his ASO solo subscription debut in John triumphant Symphony No. 5 by Jean Sibelius. HAMELIN Williams’ The Five Sacred Trees. The evening opens with Valerie Coleman’s Umoja, the Swahili word for unity. Saint-Saëns v. Stravinsky APR 29+/MAY 1 | Thu/Sat: 8pm The Rach Two KAIJA SAARIAHO: Laterna Magica JAN 7/9 | Thu/Sat: 8pm SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian” DERRICK SPIVA, JR.: Prisms, Cycles, Leaps (Part I) STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947) DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony Hannu Lintu, conductor | Stephen Hough, piano RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 Pianist Stephen Hough returns for Saint-Saëns’ STEPHEN Ryan Bancroft, conductor | Dejan Lazić, piano “Egyptian” Piano Concerto No. 5, a unique and HOUGH Ryan Bancroft conducts an eclectic evening of music fascinating piece incorporating traditional musical ideas featuring pianist Dejan Lazić performing Sergei from Egypt and the Middle East. In contrast, Petrushka Rachmaninov’s towering Piano Concerto No. 2. The was one of three ballets that catapulted Stravinsky to concert opens with Derrick Spiva, Jr.’s Prisms, Cycles, Leaps, stardom and secured his place among the most influential recalling North Indian Hindustani classical music, followed composers of the 20th century. by Negro Folk Symphony by William Levi Dawson. KELLEY O’CONNOR Mahler Three Contemporary, Classic, Copland JUN 10/12 | Thu/Sat: 8pm | PREMIUM FEB 25/27 | Thu/Sat: 8pm MAHLER: Symphony No. 3 COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man Robert Spano, conductor MICHAEL GANDOLFI: Piano Concerto Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano COPLAND: Symphony No. 3 Gwinnett Young Singers | Women of the ASO Chorus JAMES Robert Spano, conductor | Marc-André Hamelin, piano — Show your true EHNES A masterpiece of epic proportions, Mahler’s Symphony Made in the USA An evening of American music featuring Aaron Copland’s No. 3 is one of the largest-scale symphonic works ever colors with music from legendary American composers classic works of Americana Fanfare for the Common Man produced. Requiring an augmented orchestra, choruses John Williams, Aaron Copland and William Dawson, and Symphony No. 3. Renowned pianist Marc-André of women and children, and a mezzo-soprano soloist, the Hamelin will also premiere Michael Gandolfi’s new Piano grandeur of the work is meant to depict the full scope of modern favorites Michael Gandolfi and Aaron Kernis, along Concerto, an ASO commission. the natural world; a proper culmination of the great Maestro Spano’s 20-year tenure with the ASO. with newcomers Valerie Coleman and Derrick Spiva, Jr.; as well * PLEASE NOTE: Saturday subscribers will attend the as “New World” Symphony composer and part-time American Antonín Friday, March 26 concert + FREE Thursday pre-concert chamber recital featuring Dvořák. Beloved Music Director Robert Spano celebrates his 20-year members of the ASO and special guests tenure with Mahler’s colossal Third Symphony. World Premiere ASO.ORG Sensational Seong-Jin Cho OCT 17 | Sat: 8pm SEONG-JIN RAVEL: Alborada del gracioso DELTA CHO CLASSICAL UNSUK CHIN: snagS&Snarls SERIES RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 Donald Runnicles, conductor | Yeree Suh, soprano Seong-Jin Cho, piano sunday Enjoy exceptional talent from South Korea as Seong-Jin 3-CONCERT SERIES Cho makes his Atlanta debut performing “Rach 3,” one of the most challenging and revered concerti in the Western canon. Donald Runnicles leads the ASO in Unsuk Chin’s snagS&Snarls, a song cycle on various scenes from Lewis Symphonie fantastique Carol’s Alice in Wonderland. JAN 24 | Sun: 3pm CHOPIN: Piano Concerto No. 2 The Four Seasons BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique JAN 2 | Sat: 8pm EXTRA Robert Spano, conductor | Pedja Mužijević, piano VIVALDI: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons) MIGUEL Debuted in 1830, Symphonie fantastique is considered HARTH- PIAZZOLLA: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas BEDOYA one of the most inventive, revolutionary orchestral special LAURA (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) CONCERTS ARDAN works of the romantic period, depicting passion and Jerry Hou, conductor | Justin Bruns, violin unrequited love. This evening of fiery romanticism Eva Lucero & Patricio Touceda, tango dancers opens with Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring The new year begins with a special one-night pianist Pedja Mužijević. performance of Vivaldi’s effervescent masterpiece The Four Seasons, accompanied by Argentine composer Hilary Hahn Astor Piazzolla’s reinterpretation, The Four Seasons of MAY 23 | Sun: 3pm | PREMIUM Buenos Aires. Piazzolla’s work blends the sounds of GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Walkabout tango, jazz and classical music in a rhythmically vibrant PEDJA JUSTIN MUŽIJEVIĆ GINASTERA: Violin Concerto tour-de-force. BRUNS SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy TAKE Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor | Hilary Hahn, violin Valentine Virtuoso Three-time Grammy® Award-winning violinist Hilary FEB 13 | Sat: 8pm ALEXANDER Hahn joins conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya for a GITY RAZAZ: And the brightest rivers glide… MELNIKOV 20% program featuring Alberto Ginastera’s experimental CLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto Violin Concerto. Pablo De Sarasate’s electrifying ROBERT SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto Carmen Fantasy includes some of the most challenging TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture off WHEN YOU violin passages in the repertoire. Jerry Hou, conductor | Alexander Melnikov, piano Everything Lasts Forever SUBSCRIBE Kian Soltani, cello JUN 4 | Fri: 8pm Rach Three A pair of award-winning soloists perform a pre- MARK BULLER: The Parallactic Transits Valentine treat featuring two famous musical lovers: KRISTS AUZNIEKS: New Work JUN 6 | Sun: 3pm | PREMIUM Robert and Clara Schumann. The evening also includes MICHAEL GANDOLFI: The Nature of Light RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade Tchaikovsky’s soaring love ballad, the fantasy-overture JENNIFER HIGDON: “river sings a song to trees” RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 Romeo and Juliet. from Cityscape Robert Spano, conductor | Garrick Ohlsson, piano MICHAEL KURTH: Everything Lasts Forever A night of musical fireworks with celebrated pianist Robert Spano, conductor | Laura Ardan, clarinet Garrick Ohlsson performing Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Add to Your During his tenure with the ASO, Robert Spano has been Concerto No. 3, one of the most technically challenging a tireless champion of new music. Join us as we celebrate works in the piano repertoire. The evening begins with Series Today perhaps the fullest incarnation of this, the “Atlanta School Rimsky-Korsakov’s evocative Scheherazade, a dazzling of Composers,” with a program of works commissioned work of orchestral color based on the Middle Eastern HILARY by the ASO from some of the brightest composers to HAHN folktale, Arabian Nights. emerge in recent years. World Premiere This concert is made possible through The Robert Spano Fund for New Music, established by The Antinori Foundation in honor of Robert Spano. ASO.ORG family 3-CONCERT SERIES

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with the ASO The Atlanta Symphony Norman Mackenzie, conductor Orchestra is delighted Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus to welcome Associate Morehouse College Glee Club Conductor & Music Director Gwinnett Young Singers of the Atlanta Symphony JERRY HOU Youth Orchestra Jerry Hou. DEC 16 | Wed: 8pm Nutcracker PROKOFIEV: Suite from DEC 6 | Sun: 1:30 & 3pm Lieutenant Kijé FAMILY HOLIDAY TYSHAWN SOREY: Cello Concerto The Snowman TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Concert with film The Nutcracker Jerry Hou, conductor Maxim Emelyanychev, conductor Seth Parker Woods, cello

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D FRANK: LENA GABRIELA 23 22 20 Walkabout Nor 8pm Thu/Fri: ASO Chamber Chorus Chorus Chamber ASO Mackenzie man | | / / MAY

18 17 C MESSIAH HANDEL: / DEC

Augustin Hadelich, violin Hadelich, Augustin conductor Manze, ew Andr | |

AUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 No. Symphony WILLIAMS: AUGHAN V Seth Parker Woods, cello Woods, Parker Seth conductor , Maxim Emelyanychev Maxim | |

The Nutcracker The from Selections TCHAIKOVSKY: iolin Concerto iolin V BRITTEN: 8pm Thu/Sat:

TYSHA WN SOREY: Cello Concerto Cello SOREY: WN

ANNA CL ANNA 8 6 D Work New YNE: 8pm ed: W / MAY

Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant from Suite :

PROKOFIEV 16 C

DEC DEC

Hannu Lintu, conductor Lintu, Hannu Stephen Hough, piano Hough, Stephen | |

Petrushka Petrushka STRAVINSKY: Sun: 3pm Sun:

(1947)

Piano Concerto No. 5, “Egyptian” 5, No. Concerto Piano -SAËNS: SAINT Gwinnett Young Singers Young Gwinnett Club Glee College ehouse Mor 8pm & 3 Sat: | | Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

D SAARIAHO: KAIJA Laterna Magica Laterna 1 29 ASO Chorus ASO conductor Mackenzie, man Nor 8pm Fri: | |

/MAY /MAY APR

CHRISTMAS WITH THE ASO ASO THE WITH CHRISTMAS C 13 12 11 / / DEC DEC

ASO Chorus ASO bass Braun, Russell tenor essier, T John | | |

Sun: 1:30 & 3pm & 1:30 Sun:

Jerry Hou, conductor Hou, Jerry James Laing, countertenor Laing, James conductor Spano, Robert | |

THE SNOWMAN THE F C 6

DEC DEC The Sacrifice of Isaac of Sacrifice The LESHNOFF: THAN JONA Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

D BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms Chichester 24 24 22 / APR

Baiba Skride, violin violin Skride, Baiba conductor Boreyko, ey Andr | |

Sleeping Beauty Sleeping from Selections TCHAIKOVSKY:

Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert Yo-Yo Ma, cello Ma, Yo-Yo | |

VICTORIA BORISOV VICTORIA A Portrait of a Lady by Swan Lake Swan by Lady a of Portrait A A-OLLAS: 8pm Thu/Sat: Cello Concerto No. 1 No. Concerto Cello AKOVICH: SHOST

USTVOLSKA D 2 No. Poem Symphonic YA: 5 3

/ DEC Symphony No. 2 No. Symphony BORODIN: Sun: 7pm 7pm Sun:

S fr Dances” “Polovtsian BORODIN: Prince Igor Prince om 18

APR APR

Nmon For Nmon ASO Chorus ASO baritone d, | |

Kelley O’Connor Kelley Thomas Cooley, tenor tenor Cooley, Thomas mezzo-soprano , | | Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert Robert McDuffie, violin McDuffie, Robert | |

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

Jessica Rivera, soprano Rivera, Jessica Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 No. Symphony : | | Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

MENDELSSOHN: MENDELSSOHN: D Elijah 21 19

/ NOV D BRAHMS: Violin Concerto Violin 17 15

/ APR

Cristian Măcelaru, conductor | Andr | conductor Măcelaru, Cristian ew Brady, bassoon Brady, ew Ray Chen, violin Chen, Ray conductor Sung, Shiyeon | |

DVOŘÁK: DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” New the “From 9, No. Symphony Concerto for Orchestra for Concerto BARTÓK:

The Five Sacred Trees Sacred Five The WILLIAMS: JOHN

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat: SAINT Violin Concerto No. 3 No. Concerto Violin -SAËNS: Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

Umoja COLEMAN: ALERIE V D 7 7 5

/ NOV D leaves and flowers weaves KENDALL: HANNAH 10 10 8

/ APR

Jerry Hou, conductor Hou, Jerry Sun: 1:30 & 3pm & 1:30 Sun: Donald Runnicles, conductor Runnicles, Donald James Ehnes, violin Ehnes, James | |

T HOGWARTS T 25 HALLOWEEN A HALLOWEEN F OCT Symphony No. 5 No. Symphony SIBELIUS:

SHOST Violin Concerto No. 1 No. Concerto Violin AKOVICH: Thu/Fri: 8pm Thu/Fri:

Han-Na Chang, conductor Chang, Han-Na Benjamin Beilman, violin Beilman, Benjamin | |

D KERNIS: AARON Musica Celestis Musica 26 25 Pictures at an Exhibition an at Pictures MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: MAR /

Violin Concerto No. 1 No. Concerto Violin : PROKOFIEV

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat: Jerry Hou, conductor Hou, Jerry 3pm & 1:30 Sun:

Fantasy-Overture Juliet & Romeo : TCHAIKOVSKY 24 22 D

/ OCT F WOLF THE AND PETER 21

MAR MAR

eree Suh, soprano Suh, eree Y Elizabeth DeShong, mezzo-soprano DeShong, Elizabeth ASO Chorus ASO | |

Donald Runnicles, conductor Runnicles, Donald Seong-Jin Cho, piano Cho, Seong-Jin | | Leah Crocetto, soprano Crocetto, Leah Donald Runnicles, conductor Runnicles, Donald 8pm Thu/Sat: | |

Piano Concerto No. 3 No. Concerto Piano : RACHMANINOV

20 20 18 Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection” 2, No. Symphony D MAHLER: / MAR

snagS&Snarls snagS&Snarls CHIN: UNSUK 8pm Sat:

d Gardner, conductor | Cédric Tiberghien, piano Tiberghien, Cédric | conductor Gardner, d Edwar

Alborada del gracioso del Alborada VEL: RA 17 S

OCT

Symphony No. 5 No. Symphony MAHLER: 8pm Thu/Sat:

D 21 No. Concerto Piano T: MOZAR 13 11 Donald Runnicles & & Runnicles Donald Thu: 8pm Thu: ASO Chorus Chorus ASO conductors , | | Mackenzie Norman / MAR

S 50 TURNS CHORUS ASO

15 15 OCT OCT

Eun Sun Kim, conductor Kim, Sun Eun Alexander Gavrylyuk, piano Gavrylyuk, Alexander | |

Symphonic Dances Symphonic : RACHMANINOV Kazuki Y Kazuki Naomi Sato, shō shō Sato, Naomi piano Lortie, Louis conductor amada, | | | Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

La mer mer La DEBUSSY:

D PROKOFIEV : Piano Concerto No. 3 No. Concerto Piano : 6 4 / MAR

Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode Autumn An Ceremonial: TAKEMITSU:

Marc-André Hamelin, piano Hamelin, Marc-André Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert | |

Piano Concerto No. 16 No. Concerto Piano T: MOZAR

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

Symphony No. 3 No. Symphony COPLAND:

D MOZAR 10 8 Overture Idomeneo T:

/ OCT

MICHAEL GANDOLFI: GANDOLFI: MICHAEL Piano Concerto Concerto Piano

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

e for the Common Man Common the for e 27 25 D Fanfar COPLAND: violin Shaham, Gil conductor Spano, Robert

| / FEB

UM I M E R P

SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2 2 No. Symphony SIBELIUS:

Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert Yefim Bronfman, piano Bronfman, Yefim | |

V KORNGOLD: iolin Concerto Concerto iolin

Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

Piano Concerto No. 3 No. Concerto Piano BEETHOVEN:

8pm Thu/Sat:

Rainbow Body Rainbow ANIDIS: 26 24 D THEOF CHRISTOPHER

/ SEP

D ADAM SCHOENBERG: SCHOENBERG: ADAM

Concerto for Orchestra Orchestra for Concerto 20 18 / FEB

GALA Robert Spano, conductor Spano, Robert

Daniil Trifonov, piano piano Trifonov, Daniil | |

Kian Soltani, cello Soltani, Kian piano Melnikov, Alexander Jerry Hou, conductor Hou, Jerry | | |

RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini of Theme a on Rhapsody :

Sat: 7pm Sat: Fantasy-Overture Juliet and Romeo TCHAIKOVSKY:

S Story Side West from Dances Symphonic BERNSTEIN: 12

SEP SEP ROBER T SCHUMANN: Cello Concerto Cello SCHUMANN: T

Piano Concerto Piano CLARA SCHUMANN: SCHUMANN: CLARA 8pm Sat:

S GITY RAZAZ: RAZAZ: GITY 13 glide… rivers brightest the And FEB

David Coucheron, violin Coucheron, David conductor Stutzmann, Nathalie | |

Symphony No. 2 No. Symphony BRAHMS:

Calendar Calendar Violin Concerto No. 3 No. Concerto Violin T: MOZAR Thu/Sat: 8pm Thu/Sat:

D DVOŘÁK: 6 4 Nos. 1, 2 and 8 and 2 1, Nos. Dances Slavonic / FEB

Concert Concert ASO Chorus Turns 50 OCT 15 | Thu: 8pm

EXTRA special CONCERTS

Yo-Yo Ma APR 18 | Sun: 7pm