Robert Spano, music director, and Donald Runnicles, principal guest conductor, are celebrating 10 years working with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and each other.
Listen on GPB Radio at:
- Sunday 10pm-Monday 12am
- Thursday 9-11pm
Each week we whisk you off to Atlanta’s Symphony Hall for recent concerts by the Grammy-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and noted guests.
Highlights this season include Bach’s monumental B Minor Mass, world premieres by Michael Gandolfi and Michael Kurth, great symphonies by Mozart, Mahler, Brahms, Schumann, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky, and the Requiem by Durufle. Among the guests artists are violinists Midori and Itzhak Perlman, pianists Emanuel Ax and Olli Mustonen, guitarist Milos Karadaglic and cellist Alisa Weilerstein. Host Sarah Zaslaw takes you behind the scenes for conversations with many of the soloists, as well as principal guest conductor Donald Runnicles and music director Robert Spano.
New shows air March to August 2013, with encore broadcasts through February 2014.
Join us in the best seats in the house for The ASO on GPB, each Thursday evening at 9 and Sunday night at 10 on GPB Radio.
| Show Number | Broadcast Dates | Repertoire | Artists in Addition to the Orchestra |
| 1 |
Mar 7 & 10, 2013 Sept 5 & 8, 2013 |
Beethoven Violin Concerto Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 |
Midori, Robert Spano |
| 2 |
Mar 14 & 17, 2013 |
Copland Appalachian Spring Suite Bernstein Chichester Psalms Walton Belshazzar’s Feast |
ASO Chorus, John Holiday, Brett Polegato, Robert Spano |
| 3 |
Mar 21 & 24, 2013 |
Mozart Rondo in D Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 Strauss Death and Transfiguration Wagner Die Meistersinger Suite |
Asher Fisch, Stewart Goodyear |
| 4 |
Mar 28 & 31, 2013 Sept 26 & 29, 2013 |
Pintscher Towards Osiris Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish” Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Stravinsky Firebird Suite |
Mathias Pinscher, Karen Gomyo |
| 5 |
Apr 4 & 7, 2013 |
Sibelius Tapiola Grieg/Sibelius Songs for Orchestra Rachmaninoff Vocalise Beethoven Symphony No. 5 |
Jessica Rivera, Robert Spano |
| 6 |
Apr 11 & 14, 2013 Oct 10 & 13, 2013 |
Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 |
Emanuel Ax, Robert Spano |
| 7 |
Apr 18 & 21, 2013 Oct 17 & 20, 2013 |
Michael Gandolfi Nature of Light (clarinet concerto, world premiere) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 5 Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade |
Juho Pohjonen, Laura Ardan, Robert Spano |
| 8 |
Apr 25 & 28, 2013 Oct 24 & 27, 2013 |
Weber Euryanthe Ov Bruch Violin Concerto Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3, “Scottish” |
Kazuishi Ono, Vadim Gluzman |
| 9 |
May 2 & 5, 2013 Oct 31 & Nov , 2013 |
Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish” Schumann Symphony No. 3, “Rhenish” |
Gilbert Varga, Vilde Frang |
| 10 |
May 10 & 12, 2013 Nov 7 & 10, 2013 |
Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 2, “Little Russian” |
Xian Zhang, Milos Karadaglic |
| 11 |
May 16 & 19, 2013 Nov 14 & 17, 2013 |
Verdi Overture to La Forza del Destino Respighi Concerto in Mixolydian Mode Brahms Symphony No. 2 |
Olli Mustonen, Robert Spano |
| 12 |
May 23 & 26, 2013 Nov 21 & 24, 2013 |
Bach Mass in B Minor |
ASO Chamber Chorus, Robert Spano |
| 13 |
May 30 & June 2, 2013 Nov 28 & Dec 1, 2013 |
Schubert Overture to Die Zauberharfe Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Schubert/Berio Rendering Rossini William Tell Overture |
Roberto Abbado, David Coucheron |
| 14 |
Jun 6 & 9, 2013 Dec 5 & 8, 2013 |
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Mozart Bassoon Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 6, “Pastorale” |
Jun Markl, Carl Nitchie |
| 15 |
Jun 13 & 16, 2013 Dec 12 & 15, 2013 |
Benedikt Brydern Double Identity Shostakovich Symphony No. 6 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 |
Michael Morgan, Yevgeny Sudbin |
| 16 |
Jun 20 & 23, 2013 Dec 19 & 22, 2013 |
Michael Kurth Everything Lasts Forever (world premiere) Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story Marcus Roberts Piano Concerto Christopher Theofanidis Rainbow Body |
Marcus Roberts, Robert Spano |
| 17 |
Jun 27 & 30, 2013 Dec 26 & 29, 2013 |
Dukas Sorcerer’s Apprentice Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra |
Lionel Bringuier, Alisa Weilerstein |
| 18 |
Jul 4 & 7, 2013 Jan 2 & 5 2014 |
Vivaldi Four Seasons |
Itzhak Perlman |
| 19 |
Jul 11 & 14, 2013 Jan 9 & 12, 2014 |
Thomas Ades Dances from Powder Her Face Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Schumann Symphony No. 1 “Spring” |
Hugh Wolff, Inon Barnatan |
| 20 |
Jul 18 & 21, 2013 Jan 16 & 19, 2014 |
Beethoven Egmont Overture Beethoven Triple Concerto Walton Symphony No. 1 |
Donald Runnicles, Robert Spano, David Coucheron, Christopher Rex |
| 21 |
Jul 25 & 28, 2013 Jan 23 & 26, 2014 |
Messiaen Les Offrandes Oubliees Debussy La Damoiselle Elue Durufle Requiem |
ASO Chorus, Donald Runnicles |
| 22 |
Aug 1 & 4, 2013 Jan 31 & Feb 2, 2014 |
Mozart Magic Flute Overture James Macmillan Piano Concerto No. 3, “The Mysteries of Light” Mozart Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” |
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Robert Spano |
| 23 |
Aug 8 & 11, 2013 Feb 6 & 9, 2014 |
Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra Holst The Planets |
Robert Spano |
| 24 |
Aug 15 & 18, 2013 Feb 13 & 16, 2014 |
Brahms Tragic Overture Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 Brahms Symphony No. 1 |
Donald Runnicles, Lars Vogt |
| 25 |
Aug 23 & 25, 2013 Feb 20 & 23, 2014 |
Highlights from the youth symphony’s season | Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra |
| 26 |
Aug 30 & Sep 1, 2013 Feb 27 & Mar 2, 2014 |
TBD |
