The ASO on GPB Broadcast Schedule

GPB proudly presents the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 2022–2023 season, recorded live in concert at Symphony Hall in the Woodruff Arts Center. Along with Nathalie Stutzmann in her first full year as music director, the lineup features a dazzling roster of guest instrumentalists, singers and conductors, plus the acclaimed ASO Chorus, in repertoire ranging from established monuments like Beethoven’s Ninth and Brahms’ German Requiem to fresh music by Hilary Purrington, Carlos Simon and Tyshawn Sorey.

 

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra airs on GPB Radio Thursday and Sunday at 10 p.m. and streams on GPB Classical Friday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Available within Georgia only.

 

Air Dates

Repertoire

Performers

March 2–5, 2023

Joel Thompson: To Awaken the Sleeper

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances

Peter Oundjian, conductor

Emanuel Ax, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

March 9–12, 2023

Hilary Purrington: Words for Departure, world premiere

Ludwig van Beethoven: “Ah! Perfido!”; Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Talise Trevigne, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Robin Tritschler, Leon Košavić, soloists

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

March 16–19, 2023

Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3

Cesar Franck: The Accursed Huntsman

Arnold Schoenberg: Transfigured Night

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

March 23–26, 2023

Jean Sibelius: The Oceanides

Erich Korngold: Violin Concerto

Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra

Hannu Lintu, conductor

Gil Shaham, violin

March 30–April 2, 2023

Outi Tarkiainen: Midnight Sun Variations

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini

Frederic Chopin/Igor Stravinsky: Nocturne in A-flat; Grand Valse Brillante

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5

John Storgårds, conductor

Inon Barnatan, piano

April 6–9, 2023

Peter Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10

Elim Chan, conductor

Hilary Hahn, violin

April 13–16, 2023

George Bizet: Carmen Prelude; Symphony in C

Peter Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

April 20–23, 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Edvard Grieg: Holberg Suite

Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

 

David Coucheron, violin/leader

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

April 27–30, 2023

Louise Farrenc: Overture No. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Symphony No. 7

Kasem Abdullah, conductor

Tom Borrow, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

May 4–7, 2023

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20

Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.8

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor

Jonathan Biss, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

May 11–14, 2023

Adolphus Hailstork: Epitaph for a Man Who Dreamed

Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor

Ying Fang, soprano; Russell Braun, baritone

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

May 18–21, 2023

Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante

Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Edgar Moreau, cello

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

May 25–28, 2023

Anna Cline: This Midnight Hour

Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1

Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition

Han-Na Chang, conductor

Sayaka Shoji, violin

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June 1–4, 2023

Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Levi Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

Roderick Cox, conductor

Conrad Tao, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June 8–11, 2023

Joan Tower: 1920/2019

Jessie Montgomery: Rounds

Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Jerry Hou, conductor

Awadagin Pratt, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June 15–18, 2023

Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz Overture

Tyshawn Sorey: Saxophone Concerto

Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 2

Stephen Mulligan, conductor

Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June 22–25, 2023

Handel & Vivaldi: Selections

Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

David Coucheron, violin

Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

June 29–July 2, 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Parts 1–2

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Robin Tritschler, Evangelist; Justin Austin, Jesus; soloists Camilla Tilling, Lucia Bradford, Kenneth Tarver, Leon Košavić

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus

July 6–9, 2023

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Part 3

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Robin Tritschler, Evangelist; Justin Austin, Jesus; soloists Camilla Tilling, Lucia Bradford, Kenneth Tarver, Leon Košavić

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus

July 13–16, 2023

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers

Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto

Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique

Stéphane Denève, conductor

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

July 20–23, 2023

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Magic Flute Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

July 27–30, 2023

Lera Auerbach: Icarus

Richard Wagner: “Dawn” and “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey” from Götterdämmerung

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

Michael Francis, conductor

Nicole Cabell, soprano; Lucas Meachem, baritone

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

Aug. 3–6, 2023

Alban Berg: Three Excerpts from Wozzeck

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5

Sir Donald Runnicles, conductor

Irene Roberts, mezzo-soprano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Aug. 10–13, 2023

Vitezslava Kapralova: Military Sinfonietta

Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Two Pianos

Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Petr Popelka, conductor

Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Aug. 17–20, 2023

Modest Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain

Helen Grime: Violin Concerto

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3

Andrew Manze, conductor

Leila Josefowicz, violin

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Aug. 24–27, 2023

Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser Overture

Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3

Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin; Bolero

Nathalie Stutzmann, conductor

Lise de la Salle, piano

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra