Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2009/10 Season Highlights

January 28, 2009 • Quotidian • 0 • Previous | Next

The art of programming a full symphony season is utterly fascinating. What is considered first? Money, audience, the music? Is there a secret formula of new vs. comfort that is guaranteed to work?

Tis the season announcing the 2009/10 season all over North America, so although she is not actually going to hear any of most of these concerts, it is still interesting to have a look at what’s on offer and discover how each orchestra answers the question of what to play.

So, without further adieu, here’s what piqued Miss Mussel’s curiosity in the upcoming Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Season.

October 29 & 30 - HAYDN Symphony No. 44, “Trauer”; BRAHMS Ein Deutsches Requiem
Chen Reiss, soprano; Matthew Worth, baritone | Donald Runnicles, baton

November 19, 20 & 22 - BERNSTEIN Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; WYNTON MARSALIS American Symphony (world premiere); RAVEL Piano Concerto in G; GERSHWIN An American in Paris
Olli Mustonen, piano; Laura Ardan, clarinet | Robert Spano, baton

January 7, 9 & 10 - WAGNER Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin; AARON JAY KERNIS Musica Celestis; MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18; BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8; WAGNER Overture to TannhÃ¤user
Robert Levin, piano | Donald Runnicles, baton

January 21-23 - SIBELIUS Finlandia; KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto; SIBELIUS Symphony No. 1
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano | Robert Spano, baton

February 25-27 -HINDEMITH Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber; RACHMANINOV Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; DVOÅ˜ÃK Symphony No. 8
Jon Kimura Parker, piano | Mei-Ann Chen, baton

April 1, 3 - STRAVINSKY Suite from Pulcinella; BACH Concerto in D minor; STRAVINSKY Suite from The Firebird (1945)
Simone Dinnerstein, piano | Kristjan JÃ¤rvi, baton

April 22, 24 & 25 -VERDI Requiem Mass
Angela Brown, soprano; Mariana Pentcheva, mezzo-soprano; Dmitri Pittas, tenor; Andrea Silvestrelli, bass | Robert Spano, baton

May 6, 8 -BACH Orchestral Suite No.4; BRUCKNER Symphony No.7 | Donald Runnicles, baton

May 20-22 -SCHUMANN Konzertstücke for Four Horns; OLIVER KNUSSEN Whitman Settings; BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 | Barbara Hannigan, soprano | Oliver Knussen, baton

June 3, 5 & 6 - MICHAEL GANDOLFI Choral Work (world premiere); JENNIFER HIGDON Concerto for eighth blackbird (world premiere) MOZART Symphony No. 39 | eighth blackbird | Robert Spano, baton

June 10-12 - MOZART Symphony No. 40; PETER LIEBERSON Neruda Songs; MOZART Symphony No. 41 | Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano | Robert Spano, baton