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ONE SHOWPIECE AFTER ANOTHER!
Robert Spano leads Wynton Marsalis’s stellar new work and Joshua Bell enchants us. Thrill to HAYDN’S CREATION and the mastery of Beethoven, Brahms and Sibelius.
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BACH/Webern: Ricercar |
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 | BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5 |
Behold the B-loved music of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms! The Fifth is the most famous of all Beethoven’s symphonies. Brahms’s epic Piano Concerto No. 4, inspired in part by the death of Robert Schumann, his friend and mentor, will glow in the hands of Mr. Serkin. Webern’s loving rendering of Bach’s “A Musical Offering” is nothing short of magical.
October 2/3/4, 2008, 8pm (Thursday/Friday/Saturday)
BACH/Webern: Ricercar
BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
PETER SERKIN, piano
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MARSALIS: WORLD PREMIERE | BARBER: Violin Concerto | BARTÓK: Concerto For Orchestra |
Not to be missed! Mr. Marsalis, the consummate jazz musician of our time, has created a work that breathes fire and beauty. The magnificent Joshua Bell enchants with Barber’s lyrical concerto. Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra is one of the great orchestral showpieces. One of his last testaments, it was written in New York City after he emigrated from Hungary.
November 6/7, 2008, 8pm (Thursday/Friday)
Saturday subscribers choose Thursday or Friday
MARSALIS: WORLD PREMIERE
BARBER: Violin Concerto
BARTÓK: Concerto For Orchestra
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
JOSHUA BELL, violin
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STRAUSS: Scenes from
Capriccio | Elektra | Die Frau ohne Schatten | Salome
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The superb Ms. Brewer commands attention in a Straussian feast of operatic opulence (to be recorded by Telarc), including: the great drama and unforgettable lyricism of the "Elektra" scene; the passionate duet with the formidable Mr. Owens in "Barak"; and the beautiful Moonlight scene from Strauss's final opera.
February 5/6/7, 2009, 8pm (Thursday/Friday/Saturday)
STRAUSS: Scenes from Capriccio | Elektra | Die Frau ohne Schatten | Salome
DONALD RUNNICLES, conductor
CHRISTINE BREWER, soprano
ERIC OWENS, bass
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Designer Anne Patterson, whose images illumined the ASO’s St. John Passion, returns to enhance Haydn’s masterpiece, The Creation. Based on John Milton’s “Paradise Lost,” The Creation is a vibrant portrait of the world’s beginning. No one could doubt Haydn’s claim of having had a musical epiphany.
February 26/28, 2009, 8pm (Thursday/Saturday)
Friday Subscribers choose Thursday or Saturday
HAYDN: Creation
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
JANICE CHANDLER, soprano
THOMAS GLENN, tenor
STEVEN HUMES, bass
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
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KODALY: Galanta Dances | SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto | BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2 |
Spellbinding violinist Leonidas Kavakos performs Sibelius’s towering Violin Concerto that bursts with ecstatic incantations. Kodaly’s Gypsy Dances sparkle and whirl, and the genial Second Symphony is a wonder, revealing Brahms at his most cheerful and energetic.
March 26/27/28, 2009, 8pm (Thursday/Friday/Saturday)
KODALY: Galanta Dances
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
GILBERT VARGA, conductor
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS, violin |
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LISZT: Orpheus | BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4 | DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | DEBUSSY: La Mer |
The incarnate lyricism of Orpheus sings in Liszt’s haunting tone poem and Beethoven’s evocative concerto — brought to life by the sublime artistry of Louis Lortie. Debussy’s seductive “Prelude” is a pioneering work in Impressionism and his landmark La Mer is the definitive paean to the infinite wonders and mysteries of the sea.
May 7/8/9, 2009, 8pm (Thursday/Friday/Saturday)
LISZT: Orpheus
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 4
DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
DEBUSSY: La Mer
ROBERT SPANO, conductor
LOUIS LORTIE, piano |
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