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Each Thursday and Sunday evening we whisk you off to Symphony Hall to hear the Grammy-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and guests perform before rapt audiences.
Major works this season are Beethoven’s Ninth, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and John Adams’ A Flowering Tree.
Soloists include Joshua Bell, Christine Brewer, Andre Watts, Kelley O’Connor, Gil Shaham, Leila Josefowicz, Yuja Wang, Kirill Gerstein and concertmaster David Coucheron.
In behind-the-scenes chats, Terrence Wilson describes winning his first competition after scoliosis surgery, conductors explore the music they love, and James Ehnes says you can’t judge a Strad in a hotel room.
New shows air March to August 2012 with encores through February 2013.
Join host Sarah Zaslaw for The ASO on GPB.
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Broadcast Dates Thursdays at 9pm Sundays at 10pm |
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Artists Besides the Orchestra |
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1 |
Mar 1 & 4, 2012 Aug 30 & Sep 2, 2012 |
Wagner: Ring (excerpts): Ride of the Valkyries, Siegfried’s Funeral
March, Immolation Scene Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
(orch. Gustav Mahler) |
Christine Brewer, soprano;
Nancy Maultsby, mezzo-soprano; Vinson Cole, tenor;
Nathan Berg, bass ASO Chorus Robert Spano,
conductor |
Sep 22-25, 2011 |
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2 |
Mar 8 & 11, 2012 Sep 6 & 9, 2012 |
Golijov: Sidereus Tchaikovsky: Violin
Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 4 |
Joshua Bell, violin Robert Spano,
conductor |
Sep 30-Oct 2, 2011 |
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3 |
Mar 15 & 18, 2012 Sep 13 & 16, 2012 |
Michael Abels:
Global Warming Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Franck: Symphony in D minor Huang: Saibei Dance |
Terrence Wilson, piano Mei-Ann Chen, conductor |
Oct 6-8, 2011 |
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4 |
Mar 22 & 25, 2012 Sep 20 & 23, 2012 |
Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol Rachmaninoff: Piano
Concerto No. 2 Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition |
Horacio Gutierrez, piano Miguel Harth-Bedoya,
conductor |
Oct 20-22, 2011 |
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5 |
Mar 29 & Apr 1, 2012 Sep 27 & 30 |
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Nyx Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy Rachmaninoff: The Bells |
Tatiana Monogarova,
soprano; Sergey Romanovsky, tenor; Denis Sedov, bass ASO Chorus Robert Spano,
conductor |
Oct 27-29, 2011 |
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6 |
Apr 5 & 8, 2012 Oct 4 & 7, 2012 |
Britten: The Building of the House Overture Brahms: Double Concerto Knussen: Symphony in One Movement Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra |
David Coucheron,
violin Christopher Rex, cello Oliver Knussen,
conductor |
Nov 10-13, 2011 |
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7 |
Apr 12 & 15, 2012 Oct 11 & 14, 2012 |
Ruggles: Angels Seeger: Andante for Strings Mozart: Flute Concerto in G
major Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 |
Christina Smith, flute Alexander Mickelthwaite, conductor |
Nov 17-19, 2011 |
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8 |
Apr 19 & 22, 2012 Oct 18 & 21, 2012 |
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.
5, “Emperor” Elgar: Symphony No. 1 |
Dejan Lazic, piano Robert Spano,
conductor |
Jan 5-7, 2012 |
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9 |
Apr 26 & 29, 2012 Oct 25 & 28, 2012 |
Britten: Violin Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 3,
“Eroica” |
James Ehnes,
violin Donald Runnicles,
conductor |
Jan 19-22, 2012 |
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10 |
May 3 & 6, 2012 Nov 1 & 4, 2012 |
Mahler: Symphony No. 2,
“Resurrection” |
Nicole Cabell, soprano;
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo soprano Donald Runnicles,
conductor |
Jan 26-28, 2012 |
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11 |
May 10 & 13, 2012 Nov 8 & 11, 2012 |
Ravel: Mother Goose Suite Beethoven: Piano Concerto
No. 3 Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 |
Gabriela Montero, piano Thomas Wilkins, conductor |
Feb 2-4, 2012 |
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12 |
May 17 & 20, 2012 Nov 15 & 18, 2012 |
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger Elgar: Cello Concerto Mozart: Symphony No. 35, “Haffner” Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite |
Johannes Moser, cello Roberto Minczuk,
conductor |
Feb 16-19, 2012 |
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13 |
May 24 & 27, 2012 Nov 22 & 25, 2012 |
Haydn: Overture to L’Isola disabitata Thomas Ades:
Violin Concerto Wagner: Lohengrin Prelude to Act One Debussy: La Mer |
Leila Josefowicz,
violin James Gaffigan,
conductor |
Feb 23-25, 2012 |
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14 |
May 31 & Jun 3, 2012 Nov 29 & Dec 2, 2012 |
Adam Schoenberg: La Luna Azul, world
premiere Grieg: Piano Concerto Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 |
Andre Watts, piano Robert Spano,
conductor Adam Schoenberg, composer |
Mar 1-4, 2012 |
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15 |
Jun 7 & 10, 2012 Dec 6 & 9, 2012 |
Bach: St. Matthew Passion |
Thomas Glenn, Evangelist;
Dietrich Henschel, Jesus; Heidi Grant Murphy,
soprano; Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Stephen
Powell, baritone ASO Chamber Chorus Robert Spano,
conductor Anne Patterson, director |
Mar 8-10, 2012 |
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Jun 14 & 17, 2012 Dec 13 & 16, 2012 |
Mozart: Violin Concerto No.
3 Mozart: Symphony No. 34 Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 |
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor/violin |
Mar 22-24, 2012 |
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17 |
Jun 21 & 24, 2012 Dec 20 & 23, 2012 |
Bach: Cantata No. 29: Sinfonia Bach: Cantata No. 50 Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 Stravinsky: Violin Concerto Poulenc: Gloria |
Gil Shaham,
violin Ailyn Perez, soprano ASO Chorus Robert Spano,
conductor |
Apr 12-15, 2012 |
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18 |
Jun 28 & Jul 1, 2012 Dec 27 & 30, 2012 |
Brahms: Piano Concerto No.
1 Schumann: Symphony No. 2 |
Yuja Wang, piano Roberto Abbado,
conductor |
Apr 19-21, 2012 |
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Jul 5 & 8, 2012 Jan 3 & 6, 2013 |
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Rhapsody
on Moldavian Themes Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto
No. 1 Schubert: Symphony No. 8
(completed by Tyberg) |
Behzod Abduraimov, piano Michael Christie, conductor |
Apr 26-28, 2012 |
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20 |
Jul 12 & 15, 2012 Jan 10 & 13, 2013 |
Alvin Singleton: world premiere Marcus Roberts: Piano
Concerto, world premiere Copland: Symphony No. 3 |
Marcus Roberts,
piano/composer Alvin Singleton, composer Robert Spano,
conductor |
May 10-12, 2012 |
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21 |
Jul 19 & 22, 2012 Jan 17 & 20, 2013 |
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture Shostakovich: Piano
Concerto No. 2 Rachmaninoff: Symphony No.
2 |
Kirill Gerstein, piano Vasily Petrenko, conductor |
May 17-20, 2012 |
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22 |
Jul 26 & 29, 2012 Jan 24 & 27, 2013 |
Handel: Concerto Grosso in G major Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Gluck: Orfeo: Dance of the Blessed Spirits Mendelssohn: Symphony No.
4, “Italian” |
Stefan Jackiw,
violin Nicholas McGegan, conductor |
May 24-26, 2012 |
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23 |
Aug 2 & 5, 2012 Jan 31 & Feb 3, 2013 |
Magnus Lindberg: Arena Sibelius: Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 |
David Coucheron,
violin Robert Spano,
conductor |
May 31-Jun 2, 2012 |
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24 |
Aug 9 & 12, 2012 Feb 6 & 9, 2013 |
John Adams: A Flowering Tree |
Jessica Rivera, Kumuhda; Russell Thomas, Prince; Eric Owens, Storyteller ASO Chorus James Alexander, director John Adams, composer Robert Spano,
conductor |
Jun 7- 9, 2012 |
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25 |
Aug 16 & 19, 2012 Feb 13 & 16, 2013 |
Highlights from the Youth
Symphony 2011-2012 |
Atlanta Symphony Youth
Orchestra Jere Flint, conductor |
Various |
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Aug 23 & 26, 2012 Feb 20 & 23, 2013 |
Season Finale |
Interview excerpts and
soloists’ encores from the season plus the ASO’s
recent commercial releases |
Various |