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It’s been 10 years since the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced Robert Spano as its new music director. Now they’re celebrating a decade together.
Join us for a festive 2010–2011 anniversary season of Atlanta Symphony concerts with GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw on The ASO on GPB.
We take you to Symphony Hall in Atlanta for performances showcasing the orchestra and guest artists from around the world.
Ten of the concerts begin with new fanfares written by American composers in honor of this artistic anniversary.
Other highlights include the famed ASO Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass; solo turns by the ASO’s sensational new concertmaster, the Norwegian-born 26-year-old violinist David Coucheron; Robert Spano and Donald Runnicles sharing the stage as pianist and conductor; brothers Mark and Paul Yancich teaming up in a new double timpani concerto; a concert performance of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly; and beloved symphonies by Dvorak, Mahler, Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Schumann.
Among the guest artists performing and in some cases chatting are violinists Itzhak Perlman and Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg; pianists Emanuel Ax, Andre Watts, Ingrid Fliter, Yefim Bronfman, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Jonathan Biss; opera singers Dawn Upshaw and Christine Brewer; and conductors from several continents.
Twenty-six new weekly episodes of The ASO on GPB air March through August 2011, with reruns through February 2012. Join us!
Concert | Air dates | Repertoire | Artists (besides the orchestra)
| Recorded the weekend of |
1 | Mar 3 & 6, 2011 Sep 1 & 4, 2011 | Theofanidis: Une Certaine Joie de Vivre Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9, “Jeunehomme” Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique | Andre Watts, piano Robert Spano, conductor | Sep 23–26, 2010 |
2 | Mar 10 & 13 Sep 8 & 11 | Schoenberg: Up! Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Mahler: Symphony No. 1 | Emanuel Ax, piano Robert Spano, conductor | Sept 30–Oct 2, 2010 |
3 | Mar 17 & 20 Sep 15 & 18 | Strauss: Blue Danube Waltz Berg: Violin Concerto Brahms: Symphony No. 2 | Julian Rachlin, violin Donald Runnicles, conductor | Oct 14–16, 2010 |
4 | Mar 24 & 27 Sep 22 & 25 | Part: Fratres Bartok: Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin Janacek: Glagolitic Mass | ASO Chorus Soloists: Twyla Robinson, Monica Groop, John McMaster, Jan Martinik Robert Spano, conductor | Oct 21–23, 2010 |
5 | Mar 31 & Apr 3 Sep 29 & Oct 2 | Mozart: Adagio in E major; Rondo in C major; Symphony No. 25 in G minor Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 From the New World | Itzhak Perlman, conductor/violin | Nov 4–7, 2010 |
6 | Apr 7 & 10 Oct 6 & 9 | Smetana: Moldau Haydn: Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 | David Coucheron, violin Christopher Rex, cello Elizabeth Koch, oboe Carl Nitchie, bassoon Hugh Wolff, conductor | Nov 11–13, 2010 |
7 | Apr 14 & 17 Oct 13 & 16 | Debussy: Iberia Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain Strauss: Don Juan Ravel: Bolero | Ingrid Fliter, piano Jun Markl, conductor | Nov 18–21, 2010 |
8 | Apr 21 & 24 Oct 20 & 23 | Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Bartok: Viola Concerto Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 | Reid Harris, viola Yefim Bronfman, piano Robert Spano, conductor | Jan 6–8, 2011 |
9 | Apr 28 & May 3 Oct 27 & 30 | Beethoven: Missa Solemnis
| ASO Chorus Soloists: Christine Brewer, Karen Cargill, Thomas Cooley, Eric Owens Donald Runnicles, conductor | Jan 20–22, 2011 |
10 | May 5 & 8 Nov 3 & 6 | Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor | Robert Spano, piano Donald Runnicles, conductor | Jan 27–29, 2011 |
11 | May 12 & 15 Nov 10 & 13 | Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro; Violin Concerto No. 5; Serenade for Winds in C minor; Symphony No. 38, “Prague” | David Coucheron, violin Robert Spano, conductor | Feb 3-6, 2011 |
12 | May 19 & 22 Nov 17 & 20 | Wagenaar: Overture to Cyrano de Bergerac Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 | Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Jaap van Zweden, conductor | Feb 17–19, 2011 |
13 | May 26 & 29 Nov 24 & 27 | Golijov: Last Round Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 | Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin Rossen Milanov, conductor | Feb 24–26, 2011 |
14 | Jun 2 & 5 Dec 1 & 4 | Schubert: Overture in C minor Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major J. Strauss: Emperor Waltz R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks | Pedja Muzijevic, piano Gilbert Varga, conductor | Mar 3–5, 2011 |
15 | Jun 9 & 12 Dec 8 & 11 | Janacek: Entr’actes from The Cunning Little Vixen Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 in D minor | Jonathan Biss, piano Jakub Hrusa, conductor | Mar 17–20, 2011 |
16 | Jun 16 & 19 Dec 15 & 18 | Schubert: Symphony No. 8 Schubert/Golijov: She Was Here Sibelius: Luonnotar Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 | Dawn Upshaw, soprano Robert Spano, conductor | Mar 24–26, 2011 |
17 | Jun 23 & 26 Dec 22 & 25 | Haydn: Symphony No. 93 in D Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 3 Brahms: Symphony No. 1 | Peter Serkin, piano Roberto Abbado, conductor | Mar 31–Apr 1, 2011 |
18 | Jun 30 & Jul 3, 2011 Dec 29 & Jan 1, 2012 | Verdi: Overture to La Forza del destino Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 4 | Sergei Krylov, violin Nicola Luisotti, conductor | Apr 14–16, 2011 |
19 | Jul 7 & 10 Jan 5 & 8 | Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 Wagner: Overture to The Flying Dutchman | Simon Trpceski, piano Asher Fisch, conductor
| Apr 21–23, 2011 |
20 | Jul 14 & 17 Jan 12 & 15 | Bach: Cantata No. 106 Mahler: Totenfeier Purcell: March from Funeral Music for Queen Mary Higdon: Blue Cathedral Puccini: La Boheme, Act 3 | ASO Chamber Chorus Soloists: James Laing, Thomas Glenn (Bach); Adriana Damato, Russell Thomas, Georgia Jarman, Marco Caria et al. (Puccini) Robert Spano, conductor | Apr 28–30, 2011 |
21 | Jul 21 & 24 Jan 19 & 22 | Dvorak: Carnival Overture Beethoven: Violin Concerto Ravel: Suites 1 and 2 from Daphnis & Chloe | Augustin Hadelich, violin Kazuishi Ono, conductor | May 12–14, 2011 |
22 | Jul 28 & 31 Jan 26 & 29 | Rachmaninoff: Spring Cantata Mendelssohn: Suite from A Midsummer Night’s Dream Britten:Spring Symphony | ASO Chorus Soloists: Jessica Rivera, Kelley O’Connor, Anthony Dean Griffey, Stephen Powell Robert Spano, conductor | May 19–22, 2011 |
23 | Aug 4 & 7 Feb 2 & 5 | Oliverio: Double Timpani Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances | Mark Yancich and Paul Yancich, timpani Robert Spano, conductor | June 2–4, 2011 |
24 | Aug 11 & 14 Feb 9 & 12 | Puccini: Madama Butterfly | Cast: Shu Ying Li, Frank Lopardo, Mika Shigematsu, Matthew Worth, Steven Cole, ASO Chorus Robert Spano, conductor | June 9–12, 2011 |
25 | Aug 18 & 21 Feb 16 & 19 | Highlights from the youth symphony’s season | Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra | Various |
26 | Aug 25 & 28 Feb 23 & 26 | Season retrospective | A collage of ASO recordings, soloist encores, interviews | Various |
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