Yo-Yo Ma and Joseph Gramley

Thursday
October 16, 2008, 7:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Friday
October 17, 2008, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Saturday
October 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m.- Laura Turner Concert Hall

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Joseph Gramley, percussion

Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky -  Night Music - Voices in the Leaves
Chen Yi -  Percussion Concerto
Strauss -  Don Quixote

Yo-Yo Ma, one of the most popular and beloved musicians of all time, teams up with percussion star Joseph Gramley for a rare three-night run. The famed cellist opens with Yanov-Yanovsky's gorgeous new work Night Music and closes with Strauss' heroic tone poem Don Quixote. Gramley's kinetic Nashville debut will thrill both the eyes and the ears in Chinese composer Chen Yi's Concerto for Percussion.

Featured Instruments:
Cello
Percussion

Interesting Facts:
> In 1986, composer Chen Yi became the first woman to receive a master's degree in composition in China.
> The opening scene in Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A Space Odyssey features the music of Richard Strauss.