Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Master Season Concerts, hosted by WABE’s Lois Reitzes, will air Tuesdays at 9 pm beginning Tuesday, February 12, 2008. WABE will air the entire 2007-2008 Master Season. Most of the broadcasts feature insightful conversation with the conductors and soloists. Post-production by Fred Horton, music supervision by Fyodor Cherniavsky, recording engineers Tommy Joe Anderson and Fred Horton.

July 15, 2008Concerts of June 12-14, 2008
ROBERT SPANO, Conductor / Todd Palmer, clarinet

GOLIJOV: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
STRAVINSKY: The Firebird (original 1910 version)
July 8, 2008Concerts of June 5-8, 2008
Robert Spano, Conductor / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano

BACH: Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
BEHZAD RANJBARAN: Piano Concerto (Title TBA) WORLD COMMISSION
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Opus 44
July 1, 2008Concerts of May 22-24, 2008
Nicholas McGegan, Conductor / Carmella Jones, mezzo-soprano / Anne-Carolyn Bird, soprano / Andrew Garland, baritone

BERLIOZ: Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict
BERLIOZ: “Vous soupirez, Madame!” from Béatrice et Bénédict

GOUNOD: Ballade of Queen Mab from Romeo and Juliet

PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1, Opus 64a

SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Opus 109: Suite No. 1 (Mvts. 1,2,7)
SIBELIUS: The Tempest, Opus 109: Suite No. 2 (Mvts. 3,4)

PORTER: “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” from Kiss Me Kate
PORTER: “I Hate Men” from Kiss Me Kate
PORTER: “Where is the Life That Late I Led?” from Kiss Me Kate
PORTER: “So In Love” from Kiss Me Kate

MENDELSSOHN: Wedding March and Finale from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opus 61
June 24, 2008Concerts of May 15-17, 2008
Laura Jackson, Conductor / Sarah Chang, violin

PROKOFIEV: “Classical Symphony”, Opus 25 [Symphony No. 1]
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Opus 26
DVORÁK: Symphony No. 6 in D major, Opus 60
June 17, 2008Concerts of May 8-9, 2008
Donald Runnicles, Conductor / Christine Brewer, soprano

HENRYK GORECKI: Symphony No. 3, Opus 36, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
R. STRAUSS: Es Gibt ein Reich from Ariadne auf Naxos
BRAHMS: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Opus 90
June 10, 2008Concerts of May 1-3, 2008
Donald Runnicles, Conductor / ASO Chorus / Joseph Kaiser, tenor

JANÁCEK: Sinfonietta
BERLIOZ: Requiem (“Grande messe des morts”), Opus 5
June 3, 2008Concerts of April 24-27, 2008
Hans Graf, Conductor / Ingrid Fliter, piano

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Voyevoda, Opus 78
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Opus 19
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Opus 27
May 27, 2008Concerts of March 27-29, 2008
Robert Spano, Conductor / Hila Plitmann, soprano / Richard Clement, tenor / Nathan Gunn, baritone / ASO Chorus
- SIBELIUS: Tapiola, Opus 112
- CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: The Here and Now
- RAVEL: Daphnis et Chloé [complete ballet]
May 20, 2008Concerts of March 20-22, 2008
Hugh Wolff, Conductor / Nicholas Angelich, piano
- SAMUEL BARBER: Overture to The School for Scandal
- SCHUMANN: Piano Concerto in A minor, Opus 54
- SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Opus 47
May 13, 2008Concerts of March 6-8, 2008
ROBERT SPANO, Conductor / Christopher Rex, cello
- GONZALO GRAU: Pregunta y Respuesta
- SAMUEL BARBER: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 22
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36
May 6, 2008Concerts of February 28-March 1, 2008
Roberto Minczuk, Conductor / Cecylia Arzewski, violin
- RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Russian Easter Overture, Opus 36
- KHACHATURIAN: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra -MUSSORGSKY (orch. Maurice Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition
April 29, 2008Concerts of February 22-24, 2008
Oliver Knussen, Conductor / Barbara Hannigan, soprano / Hudson Shad Quartet / Lucy Shelton, mezzo-soprano
- RAVEL: Ma Mère l’Oye [Mother Goose] [complete ballet]
- OLIVER KNUSSEN: Where The Wild Things Are, Opus 20
April 22, 2008Concerts of February 7-9, 2008
Robert Spano, Conductor / ASO Chorus / Gwinnett Young Singers
- SAMUEL BARBER: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
- JOHN CORIGLIANO: Elegy for Orchestra
- JOHN ADAMS: On the Transmigration of Souls
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Opus 55, “Eroica”
April 15, 2008Concerts of January 31-February 2, 2008
Robert Spano, Conductor / Yefim Bronfman, piano
- TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy
- PROKOFIEV: SERGEI Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 16
- RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Opus 13
April 8, 2008Concerts of January 24-27, 2008
Roberto Abbado, Conductor / John O’Conor, piano / Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
- SAMUEL BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op.24
- MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major, K.450
- MAHLER: GUSTAV Symphony No. 4
April 1, 2008Concerts of January 10-12, 2008
Donald Runnicles, Conductor / Adam Golka, piano
- JOHN ADAMS: My Father Knew Charles Ives
- RAVEL: Concerto in D major for Piano (Left Hand Alone) and Orchestra
- BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique, Opus 14
March 25, 2008Concerts of November 29-December 1, 2007
Roberto Minczuk, Conductor / Dejan Lazic, piano
- WAGNER: Prelude to Parsifal
- GYÖRGY LIGETI: Lontano for Orchestra
- RACHMANINOV: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43
- PROKOFIEV: Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Suites I & II
March 18, 2008Concerts of November 15-18, 2007
Kwame Ryan, Conductor / Leila Josefowicz, violin
- SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C major, Opus 61
- BEETHOVEN: Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 61
March 11, 2008Concerts of November 8-10, 2007
Donald Runnicles, Conductor / Cho-Liang Lin, violin
- BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Opus 60
- MOZART: Concerto No. 3 in G Major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 216
- R. STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, Opus 28
March 4, 2008Concerts of November 1-3, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor / ASO Chorus / Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone / Twyla Robinson, soprano
- MOZART: Maurerische Trauermusik
- JENNIVER HIGDON: City Scape — river sings a song to trees
- BRAHMS: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [A German Requiem]
February 26, 2008Concerts of October 25-27, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor / Elisabeth Remy, harp
- MILHAUD: La Création du monde, Opus 81
- DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane for Harp and Orchestra
- RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
- GERSHWIN: An American in Paris
February 19, 2008Concerts of October 11-13, 2007
Pinchas Zukerman, Conductor / Viviane Hagner, violin
- HAYDN: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, (“La Poule”, “The Hen”)
- CHAUSSON: Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 25
- SAINT-SAENS: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso in A minor for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 28
- SAINT-SAENS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Opus 78, “Organ Symphony”
February 12, 2008Concerts of October 4-6, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor / Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- FRANCK: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)
- CHOPIN: Concerto No. 2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 21
- BERLIOZ: Roméo et Juliette, Dramatic Symphony, Opus 17 (Suite from)
July 17, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Cyndia Sieden, Soprano
John Tessier, Tenor
Stephen Powell, Baritone
Gwinnett Young Singers
Aso Chorus

Karel Szymanowski: Symphony No. 3, “Song Of The Night”
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
July 10, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Gregg Baker, Baritone
Marcus Roberts Trio

Richard Danielpour: Pastime [Aso Commission; With Baritone]
George Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue [With Jazz Trio]
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3
July 3, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 (“Pastorale”)
Michael Gandolfi: The Garden Of Cosmic Speculation
June 26, 2007
Laura Jackson, Conductor
Ralph Jones, Double Bassist

Sergei Prokofiev: Suite From Romeo And Juliet
John Harbison: Concerto For Bass Viol
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 4
June 19, 2007
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Shai Wosner, Pianist

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”)
June 12, 2007
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Scott Long, Bagpiper

Peter Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise
Mark-anthony Turnage: Three Screaming Popes
James Macmillan: Britannia
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia Da Requiem
Edward Elgar: Pomp And Circumstance Marches Nos. 4 & 1
June 5, 2007
Arild Remmereit, Conductor
Cecylia Arzewski, Violinist

Edvard Grieg: Suites Nos. 1 And 2 From Peer Gynt
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 (“Turkish”)
Aleksandr Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
May 29, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, Pianist

Igor Stravinsky: Concerto In E-flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17. K.453
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring
May 22, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Christine Brandes, Soprano
Monica Groop, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Glenn, Tenor
Thomas Cooley, Tenor
Russell Braun, Baritone
Andrew Foster-Williams, Bass-baritone
Aso Chamber Chorus

Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion
May 15, 2007
John Adams, Conductor
Midori, Violinist
Gwinnett Young Singers
Aso Chorus

Aaron Copland: Quiet City
John Adams: Violin Concerto
John Adams: On The Transmigration Of Souls
May 8, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Pianist

Christopher Theofanidis: Rainbow Body
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22
Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
May 1, 2007
Roberto Abbado, Conductor
Peter Serkin, Pianist

Igor Stravinsky: Concerto For Piano And Winds
Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1 [D Minor, Bwv 1052]
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
April 24, 2007
Nicholas Mcgegan, Conductor
Henning Kraggerud, Violinist

Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea And Prosperous Voyage
Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, “Scottish”
April 17, 2007
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Twyla Robinson, Soprano (The Marschallin)
Lyubov Petrova, Soprano (Sophie)
Elizabeth Bishop, Mezzo-soprano (Octavian)

Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 48 ( “Maria Theresia”)
Richard Strauss: Excerpts From Der Rosenkavalier - Overture - Act I: Opening Scene - Act I: Parting Scene - Act II: Presentation Of The Rose - Act III: Trio And Conclusion
April 10, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Louis Lortie, Pianist

Maurice Ravel: Le Tombeau De Couperin
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto In G Major
Nikolai Rimsky-korsakov: Sheherazade
April 3, 2007
Miguel Harth-bedoya, Conductor
Stephen Hough, Pianist

Camille Saint-saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
Silvestre Revueltas: The Night Of The Mayas
March 27, 2007
Itzhak Perlman, Conductor And Violinist

Vivaldi: “Spring” And “Winter” Violin Concertos From The Four Seasons
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
March 20, 2007
Jun Maerkl, Conductor
Nicolaj Znaider, Violinist

Ludwig Van Beethoven: Overture To The Creatures Of Prometheus
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Franz Liszt: Prometheus
Richard Strauss: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
March 13, 2007
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Paul Groves Vinson Cole, Tenor
Brice Andrus, Horn Soloist

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade In D Major, K.286 (“Notturno”)
Benjamin Britten: Serenade For Tenor, Horn, And Strings
Johannes Brahms: Serenade No. 2
March 6, 2007
Bernard Labadie, Conductor
Karina Gauvin, Soprano
Aaron St. Clair Nicholson, Baritone
Aso Chorus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”)
Gabriel Fauré Pavane (Original Version With Chorus)
Gabriel Fauré Requiem
February 27, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Jean-yves Thibaudet, Pianist

Igor Stravinsky: Octet Béla Bartók: Music For Strings, Percussion, And Celesta
George Gershwin Piano Concerto
February 20, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violinist
Women Of The Aso Chorus

Edward Elgar: Violin Concerto
Gustav Holst: The Planets
February 6, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
Jessica Rivera, Soprano (Vaughan Williams)
Measha Brueggergosman, Soprano (Beethoven)
Kelley O’connor, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Studebaker, Tenor
Nmon Ford, Baritone
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music [Soloists, Chamber Chorus]
Jennifer Higdon: Dooryard Bloom [Baritone Solo, No Chorus]
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, “Choral” [Soloists, Big Chorus]
February 3, 2007
Robert Spano, Conductor
André Watts, Pianist

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On A Theme Of Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”

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