MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Robert Moody, PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR 2016–2017 Season At A Glance Guest artist, time, date, location and program subject to change without notice. – 3 Magnificent Events – Plus One Masterworks Concert of Your Choice FREE! When You Subscribe to Pops! Series Today! POPS! Select your concert from the reverse side!
A SALUTE TO MAGIC OF Elvis Presley™ © 2016 ABG EPE IP LLC MEMPHIS HOLIDAY ™ JOHN WILLIAMS ELVIS AT THE Saturday, April 29, 2017 SPECTACULAR MOVIES 7:30 p.m. . Cannon Center for the Performing Arts featuring Cirque de la Symphonie! Saturday, January 7, 2017 Memphis Symphony Chorus Sunday, December 4, 2016 7:30 p.m. . Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Memphis Children’s Chorus 3:00 p.m. . Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Terry Mike Jeffrey Band The music of John Williams transports Cirque de la Symphonie’s acrobats will Fan favorite Terry Mike Jeffrey, returns to us beyond our imagination to new worlds leave you breathless, dazzling the eye join the Memphis Symphony Orchestra for through heart-pounding adventures. Be and the ear, as the Memphis Symphony his astonishing salute to Elvis Presley.™ there as Robert Moody leads the Memphis performs glittering holiday favorites - LIVE! This all-new edition features the smash Symphony in all your John Williams favorites: Step right up for the greatest holiday show hits from your Elvis film favorites. A “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Harry Potter,” around - perfect for the whole family! cinematic celebration of The King!™ “Jaws,” and “Star Wars.” Plus, extra surprises!
PAUL & LINNEA BERT CLASSIC ACCENTS DVOŘÁK & COPLAND DIETZ Headcase Sunday, October 23, 2016 at 2:30 pm DVOŘÁK Serenade for Winds Germantown Performing Arts Center COPLAND Appalachian Spring Robert Moody, principal conductor Robert Moody Brett Dietz BEETHOVEN’S SECOND STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 2:30 pm CANTELOUBE Songs of the Auvergne Germantown Performing Arts Center BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 Robert Moody, principal conductor Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Bishop
MOZART & SCHUMANN MOZART Violin Concerto No. 4 Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 2:30 pm MOZART Symphony No. 33 Germantown Performing Arts Center SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1, “Spring” Christoph Koncz, conductor & violin Christoph Koncz MASTERWORKS SERIES POPS SUBSCRIBERS - Choose your FREE concert from this exciting lineup!
OPENING WEEKEND: MARQUEZ Danzon No. 2 WELCOME ROBERT MOODY! SARASATE Carmen Fantasy Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Symphonie fantastique Cannon Center for the Performing Arts BERLIOZ Robert Moody, principal conductor Jesse Kasinger, violin Robert Moody
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH BEETHOVEN Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Symphony No. 5 Cannon Center for the Performing Arts FORREST Robert Moody, principal conductor In Paradisium Memphis Symphony Chorus VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mary Boehlke Wilson Sidney Outlaw Mary Boehlke Wilson, soprano Dona Nobis Pacem Sidney Outlaw, baritone
RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO NO. 2 LOCKLAIR PHOENIX for Orchestra Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 Cannon Center for the Performing Arts STRAVINSKY Petrushka Robert Moody, principal conductor Stewart Goodyear, piano Stewart Goodyear
BRAHMS FOURTH WAGNER Prelude to Saturday, February 25, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Die Meistersinger Cannon Center for the Performing Arts PROKOFIEV James Meena, guest conductor Violin Concerto No. 2 Barrie Cooper, violin BRAHMS Symphony No. 4 James Meena Barrie Cooper
ORCHESTRAL FIREWORKS! BRITTEN Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Young Person’s Guide Cannon Center for the Performing Arts to the Orchestra Robert Moody, principal conductor BATES Cello Concerto Joshua Roman, cello BATES Mothership Joshua Roman Mason Bates Mason Bates, electronica RESPIGHI Pines of Rome
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS DEBUSSY Premiere Rhapsody Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. DEBUSSY La Mer Cannon Center for the Performing Arts COPLAND Clarinet Concerto Robert Moody, principal conductor GERSHWIN An American in Paris Ricardo Morales, clarinet Ricardo Morales
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