Performance Archive

2021/22

Beethoven's Ninth 
June 2 to 5, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Mary Wilson, soprano
Michaela Martens, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, baritone

Christopher Farrell
Continuum (75th Anniversary Commission | World Premiere)

Augusta Read Thomas
Brio

Beethoven
Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Program Notes


Ballet Extravaganza 
May 19 to 22, 2022

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Ballet

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Paul Vasterling, artistic director

Copland
Billy the Kid: Suite

Stravinsky
The Firebird


Tchaikovsky, Ravel & Sibelius 
May 6 & 7, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Terrence Wilson, piano

Tchaikovsky
The Tempest

Ravel
Piano Concerto in G Major

Sibelius
Symphony No. 5

Program Notes


Guerrero Conducts Messiah
An Easter Oratorio 
April 14 to 16, 2022

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Mary Wilson, soprano
Patrick Dailey, countertenor
Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Reginald Smith, Jr., baritone

Handel
Messiah

Program Notes


Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto & Debussy's La Mer 
April 8 to 10, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Adele Anthony, violin

Coleridge-Taylor
Hiawatha: Suite from the Ballet

Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto

Coleridge-Taylor
Ballade in A Minor

Debussy
La mer

Program Notes


An Evening of Firsts 
March 17 to 19, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
José Sibaja, cornet

John Adams
The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra

Brad Warnaar 
Cornet Concerto - Nashville Symphony Commission | World Premiere | Live Recording

C.F. Kip Winger  
Symphony No. 1 - Nashville Symphony Commission | World Premiere | Live Recording

Barber
Symphony No. 1

Program Notes


Joyce Yang Play Grieg 
February 24 to 26, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano

Mussorgsky | Arr. Rimsky-Korsakov
Night on Bald Mountain

Grieg
Piano Concerto in A Minor

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor

Program Notes


Brahms, Birds & 'blue cathedral' 
February 11 & 12, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Kevin Bate, cello

Sibelius
The Swan of Tuonela

Brahms
Concerto for Violin and Cello

Higdon
blue cathedral

Ravel
Mother Goose: Suite

Program Notes


Dvorák & Mozart 
January 7 t0 9, 2022

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
George Li, piano

Suppé
Poet and Peasant: Overture

Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor

Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G Major

Program Notes


Strings on Parade 
November 8 to 10, 2021

Nashville Symphony

Jun Iwasaki, leader and violin

Philip Herbert –
Elegy: In Memoriam – Stephen Lawrence

Astor Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

Antonín Dvořák
Serenade for Strings in E Major

Program Notes

 


Next Generation of Classical Musicians 
November 4 & 5, 2021

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Aalia Hanif, flute
Bernard Ekwuazi, trombone

François Borne | Arr. Reza Najfar
Fantaisie Brillante

Lars-Erik Larsson
Concertino for Trombone and String Orchestra

Richard Strauss | Arr. D. Wilson Ochoa
Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite

Program Notes

 


Beethoven's First
October 21 to 23, 2021

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Andrew Risinger, organ 

Stravinsky
Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1947)

Poulenc
Organ Concerto in G Minor

Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major

Program Notes

2019/20

Appalachian Spring
March 6 & 7, 2020

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Paul Jenkins, trombone  
Derek Hawkes, trombone
Steven Brown, bass trombone
Gilbert Long, tuba

Hovhaness
Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”

Villa-Lobos
Bachianas brasilieras No. 2

Jennifer Higdon
Low Brass Concerto - Live Recording

Copland
Appalachian Spring: Suite

Program Notes


Beethoven's Birthday Bash
February 20 to 23, 2020

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Barry Douglas, piano

Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 3

Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 1

Beethoven
Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

Program Notes


Romantic Rhapsodies
January 30 to February 1, 2020

Nashville Symphony

Lawrence Foster, conductor
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Brahms
Symphony No. 3

Bartók
Rhapsody No. 1

Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 2

Bartók
Rhapsody No. 2

Enescu
Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

Program Notes


Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet
January 10 to 12, 2020

Nashville Symphony

JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Ravel
La Valse

Liszt
Piano Concerto No. 1

Prokofiev
Suite from Romeo and Juliet

Program Notes


Handel's Messiah
December 19 to 22, 2019

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director  
Mary Wilson, soprano
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass
Garrett Sorenson, tenor

George Frederic Handel
Messiah

Program Notes


Rachmaninoff's The Bells
November 21 to 23, 2019

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor 
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director  
Ewa Plonka, soprano
Garrett Sorenson, tenor  
Anton Belov, baritone 
Paul Jacobs, organ

Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music

Parker
Organ Concerto - Live Recording

Rachmaninoff
The Bells

Program Notes


Symphonie Fantastique
November 7 to 9, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Thierry Fischer, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Andrew Norman
Unstuck

Mendelssohn
Piano Concerto No. 1

Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique

Program Notes


Brahms' Violin Concerto
October 25 to 27, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Karen Gomyo, violin

Dvořák
Slavonic Dance No. 1, Op. 46

Brahms
Violin Concerto

John Adams
My Father Knew Charles Ives - Live Recording

Ives
Three Places in New England
 

Program Notes


Beyond the Score: Shostakovich's Fourth
Is Music Dangerous
September 27 & 28, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Lauren Berst, narrator
Nat McIntyre, actor

Shostakovich
Symphony No. 4

Program Notes


Tchaikovsky's Fifth
September 12 to 14, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Adolphus Hailstork
An American Port of Call

Barber
Piano Concerto

Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5

Program Notes

 

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2018/19

Carmina Burana
May 31st to June 3, 2019

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Ballet
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Blair Children's Chorus

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Paul Vasterling, artistic director
Duncan Copp, film producer and director
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Mary Biddlecombe, Blair Children's Chorus artistic director
Valentina Farcas, soprano
John Logan Wood, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone

Tower
Sixth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

Leshnoff
Symphony No. 4 “Heichalos”

Barber
Adagio for Strings

Orff
Carmina Burana


Thibaudet Plays Turangalila
May 17th-May 18th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot

Olivier Messiaen
Turangalîla-Symphonie 

Program Notes


Rach Three & Sibelius Five
May 2nd-May 4th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Robert Spano, conductor
Simon Trpceski, piano

Michael Gandolfi
Selections from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 5

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 3

Program Notes


Tchaikovsky's Fourth
April 11th-April 13th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Christopher Rouse
Supplica (Live Recording)
Concerto for Orchestra (Live Recording)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
 

Program Notes


Guerrero Conducts Bernstein
April 5th-April 6th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Blair Childrens Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, artistic director

Michael Torke
Adjustable Wrench

Kurt Weill
Violin Concerto

Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 3
Kaddish

Program Notes


Spanish Nights
March 21st-March 23rd, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Chee Yun, violin

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Capriccio espagnol

Edouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole

Joaquin Turina
Danzas fantásticas

Manuel de Falla
Suites 1 & 2 from El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat)

Program Notes


Mahler's Das Lied
March 8th-March 9th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tobias Picker, narrator
Michelle DeYoung, alto
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor

Tobias Picker
The Encantadas (Live Recording)

Gustav Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth)

Program Notes


Beethoven's Seventh
February 21st-February 23rd, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello

Aaron Jay Kernis
Symphony No. 4
Chromelodeon (Live Recording)

Samuel Barber
Cello Concerto

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7

Program Notes


Mozart, Mendelssohn & Schumann
February 1st-February 2nd, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Markus Stenz, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano

Felix Mendelssohn
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No. 23

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2

Program Notes


Cosmos- An HD Odyssey
January 11th-January 13th, 2019

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

Bedrich Smetana
The Moldau from Má Vlast

Alban Berg
Violin Concerto

Antonin Dvorák
Symphony No. 9

Program Notes


Stravinsky, Ravel & Strauss
November 16th-November 17th, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Hans Graf, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé

Johann Strauss II
Serenade in E-flat Major 

Program Notes


Russian Masters
November 2nd-November 3rd, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano

Modest Mussorgsky
Dawn on Moscow River from Khovanshchina

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No. 1

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 8

Program Notes


Haydn's London Symphony
October 11th-October 12th, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Franz Schubert
Symphony in B Minor (Unfinished)

Frank Martin
Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104

Program Notes


Beethoven's Violin Concerto
October 4th-October 7th, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto

John Adams
Harmonielehre (Live Recording)

Program Notes


Ax Plays Brahms
September 13th-September 15th, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano

John Corigliano
Symphony No. 1

Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2

Program Notes


Leonard Bernstein Centennial Opening Night
September 8th, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Leonard Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes, from On the Town
Symphonic Suite, from On the Waterfront
Symphony No. 1
Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story

Program Notes

 

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2017/18

Verdi's Requiem
May 31st-June 2nd, 2018

Nashville Symphony

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Erika Sunnegårdh, Soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Alexey Dolgov, tenor
Eric Owens, bass

Giuseppe Verdi
Messa da Requiem


Tchaikovsky and Copland
Featuring Johannes Moser
May 18th-19th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello

Christopher Rouse
Ogoun Badagris

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme

Enrico Chapela
Magnetar, Concerto for Electric Cello

Aaron Copland
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra 


Guerrero Conducts Ravel
& Leshnoff Guitar Concerto
April 27th-28th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jason Vieaux, guitar

Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin

Jonathan Leshnoff
Guitar Concerto

Alberto Ginastera
Variaciones concertantes

Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole


Bach, Mozart, & Elgar
Featuring Pinchas
Zukerman

April 12th-14th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor/violin
Jun Iwasaki, violin

J.S. Bach
Concerto for Two Violins

Edward Elgar
Chanson de Matin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5

Edward Elgar
Chanson de nuit

Edward Elgar
Enigma Variations


Guerrero Conducts the Violins of Hope
Featuring music from "Schindler's List"

March 22nd-24th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano
Jun Iwasaki, violin

John Williams
Three pieces from "Schindler's List"

Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto

Jonathan Leshnoff
Symphony No. 4 "Heichalot"

Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings


Mahler's Fifth
March 8th-10th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Violin Concerto

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5


Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto
February 23rd-24th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Michael Francis, conductor
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Andrzej Panufnik
Sinfonia Sacra

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2

Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Symphony No. 6

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert


Rachmaninoff & Tchaikovsky
Featuring Joyce Yang

February 1st-3rd, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano

Bruno Mantovani
Finale

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 1 "Winter Dreams"


The Earth - An HD Odyssey
Featuring Also sprach Zarathustra

January 12th-13th, 2018

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano

Frédéric Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1

The Earth - An HD Odyssey, featuring:
John Adams - Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra


Guerrero Conducts Mendelssohn
November 17th-18th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Dmitri Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No.1

Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 3 "Scottish"


Haydn's Creation
November 3rd-4th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Ashley Valentine, soprano
Isaiah Bell, tenor
Anthony Reed, bass

Franz Joseph Haydn
The Creation


Bronfman Plays Beethoven
October 27th-28th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Richard Wagner
Overture and Venusburg music from Tannhäuser

Tobias Picker
Opera Without Words

Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 3


Beethoven's Fifth
October 5th-7th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

Christopher Rouse
Symphony No. 5

Benjamin Britten
Violin Concerto No. 1

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5


Stravinsky's Firebird & Andre Watts
September 14th-16th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Andre Watts, piano

Claude Debussy
Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun

Edward MacDowell
Piano Concerto No. 2

C.F. Kip Winger
Conversations with Nijinsky

Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

 

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2016/17

Copland's Third
June 1st - June 3rd, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cello

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, Opus 104

Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3


Mozart & Rachmaninoff
April 27th - April 29th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Edo de Waart, conductor

Michael Ippolito
Nocturne, for orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44


Beethoven's Second
April 14th - April 15th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Érik Gratton, flute
Leslie Norton, horn

Behzad Ranjbaran
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Érik Gratton, flute

Brad Warnaar
Horn Concerto
Leslie Norton, horn

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 2 in  D major, Op. 36


Guerrero Conducts Bernstein
March 31st - April 1st, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Giovanni Gabrieli
Sonata Pian' e Forte for Double Brass Quintet

Leonard Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato's "Symposium") for Solo Violin, Harp, Percussion and Strings

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93


Ravel's Bolero
March 16th - March 18th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Edgar Meyer, double bass

Claude Debussy
"Ibéria," No. 2 from Images

Edgar Meyer
New Piece for Orchestra

Giovanni Bottesini
Concerto for Double Bass No. 2 in B Minor

Maurice Ravel
Boléro


Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
February 23rd - February 25th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Todd Wilson, organ

Dietrich Buztehude/Orch. Carlos Chávez
Chaconne in E minor

Terry Riley
At the Royal Majestic

Igor Stravinsky
The Rite of Spring (original version)


Pines of Rome
February 10th - February 11th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano

Hector Berlioz
Roman Carnival Overture

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 2 for Piano in G minor, Op. 22

Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (Symphony in One Movement)

Ottorino Respighi
Pines of Rome


Holst's The Planets: An HD Odyssey
January 12th - January 15th, 2017

Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony Women's Chorus
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tucker Biddlecombe, interim chorus director
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Josef Strauss
Music of the Spheres, Waltzes, Op. 235

Philip Glass
Violin Concerto No. 1
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Gustav Holst
The Planets
Film produced by the Houston Symphony


Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody
November 17th - November 19th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Boris Giltburg, piano

Jonathan Leshnoff
Starburst (Live Recording)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 4 for Piano and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 40 (1941 edition)

Aaron Jay Kernis
Color Wheel (2001) (Live Recording)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Boris Giltburg, piano


Mozart & Tchaikovsky
November 4th - November 5th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Vassily Sinaisky, conductor
Inon Barnatan, piano

Samuel Barber
Essay No. 2, Op. 17

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 24 for Piano and Orchestra in C minor, K. 291
Inon Barnatan, piano

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Manfred Symphony, Op. 5


Brahms' Second
October 28th - October 29th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Simone Porter, violin

Antonín Dvořák
Othello Overture, Op. 93

Samuel Barber
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op1. 4
Simone Porter, violin

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73


Prokofiev's Fifth
October 7th - October 8th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Vinay Parameswaran, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano

Gabriella Smith
Tumblebird Contrails

Edvard Grieg
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 16
Conrado Tao, piano

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100


Mahler's Second
September 22nd - September 24th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, interim chorus director
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano

Kenneth Schermerhorn
Jubilee: A Tennessee Quilting party for Orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
Nicole Cabell, soprano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Nashville Symphony Chorus

 

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2015/16

Mahler's Third Symphony
May 26th - May 28th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Women of the Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Blair Children's Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, children's chorus director
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 3 in D minor (1906 revision)
Kelley O'Connor, mezzo-soprano


Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
May 5th - May 7th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin

Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture in D minor, Op. 81

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35
Gil Shaham, violin

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 7 [Old No. 2]


Beethoven's Emperor
April 29th - April 30th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano


Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, op. 73, "Emperor"
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, Op. 103, The Year 1905


Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
April 7th - April 9th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 1 in D major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 450
Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Scheherazade, Op. 35


Mozart & Ravel
March 25th - March 26th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Roberto Díaz, viola
Jun Iwasaki, violin


Jennifer Higdon
All Things Majestic

Jennifer Higdon
Viola Concerto
Roberto Díaz, viola

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K.320d [364]
Roberto Díaz, viola
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Maurice Ravel
La Valse


Brahms & Strauss
March 4th - March 5th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Johannes Moser, cello

Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville]

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Richard Strauss
Don Quixote, Op. 35
Johannes Moser, cello


Pictures at an Exhibition
February 18th - February 20th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Asher Fisch, conductor
Jayson Gillham, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Leonore Overture No. 2, Op. 72a

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 4 in G major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 58
Jayson Gillham, piano

Modest Mussorgsky, Orch. by Maurice Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition

Lawrence S. Levin Memorial Concert


Guerrero Conducts Bernstein
January 29th - January 30th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Arabella Steinbacher, violin

Silvestre Revueltas
Sensemayá

Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Arabella Steinbacher, violin

Sergei Prokofiev
Suite from Lieutenant Kijé, Op. 60

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Suite from On the Waterfront


Mozart's Requiem
January 7th - January 9th, 2016

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
James Button, oboe
James Zimmerman, clarinet
Miah Persson, soprano
Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone

Jennifer Higdon
Oboe Concerto
James Button, oboe (Live recording)

Frank Ticheli
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra
James Zimmerman, clarinet (Live recording)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Edited by Robert Levin
Requiem, K. 626
Miah Persson, soprano
Leah Wool, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Ovenden, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone


Sibelius & Saint-Saëns
November 20th - November 21st, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

Richard Danielpour
Toward the Splendid City

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 5 in F major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 103, "Egyptian"
Stephen Hough, piano

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43


Bruckner's Romantic Symphony
November 6th - November 7th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Paul Jacobs, organ


Michael Daugherty
Once Upon A Castle Symphonie Concertante for Organ and Orchestra (2003/rev. 2015)
Paul Jacobs, organ
World Premiere, revised version

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, "Romantic"


Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
October 22nd - October 25th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Matthew Halls, conductor
Mark Niehaus, trumpet
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051

Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F major, BWV 1047
Mark Niehaus, trumpet

Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050

Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048

Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046


Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto
October 2nd - October 3rd, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano
Manuel Barrueco, guitar

Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29

Jonathan Leshnoff
Concerto for Guitar
Manuel Barrueco, guitar
Live Recording, Nashville Symphony Co-commission

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
Joyce Yang, piano


Beethoven's Ninth
September 10th - September 13th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Blair Children's Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, children's chorus artistic director
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone


John Adams
On the Transmigration of Souls

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Garrett Sorenson, tenor
Russell Braun, baritone

These concerts are dedicated to the memory of Candice Zimmermann.

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2014/15

Britten's War Requiem
May 29th - May 30th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Blair Children's Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, artistic director
Erin Wall, soprano
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Phillip Addis, baritone

Benjamin Britten
War Requiem, Op. 66


Symphony Fantastique
May 14th - May 16th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin


Olivier Messiaen
Les Offrandes oubliées [The Forgotten Offerings]

Jean Sibelius
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47
Elina Vähälä, violin

Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14


Tchaikovsky's Pathétique
April 30th - May 2nd, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Carl St. Clair, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano

Frank Ticheli
Radiant Voices

Felix Mendelssohn
Concerto No. 1 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"


Guerrero Conducts Beethoven
April 17th - April 18th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cello

Michael Daugherty
American Gothic

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

Michael Daugherty
Tales of Hemingway for cello and orchestra
Zuill Bailey, cello
World Premiere, Nashville Symphony Commission

Igor Stravinsky
Symphony in Three Movements


Mozart's Piano Masterpiece
April 3rd - April 4th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano


Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 96 in D major, "The Miracle"

Richard Strauss
Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
Emanuel Ax, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 449
Emanuel Ax, piano

Claude Debussy
La Mer


Beethoven's Eighth
March 12th - March 14th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone

Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides Overture, Op. 26, "Fingal's Cave"

Richard Danielpour
Songs of Solitude
Thomas Hampson, baritone

Richard DanielpourWar Songs
Thomas Hampson, baritone
World Premiere, Nashville Symphony Commission

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93


Mahler's Ninth
February 27th - February 28th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 9 in D major

Performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 underwritten in part by Lillian Bradford, in memory of James C. Bradford Jr.

This weekend's performances of Mahler's Symphony No. 9 are dedicated to the memory of Dorothy Margaret Wendzel.


Dvořák's New World
February 5th - February 7th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Lawrence Foster, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" for Piano and Orchestra after W.H. Auden
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"


Beethoven's Seventh
January 8th - January 10th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Johannes Debus, conductor
Caroline Goulding, violin

Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 5 in A major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 219, "Turkish"
Caroline Goulding, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92


Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2
November 20th - November 22nd, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Joaquin Achúcarro, piano

Maurice Duruflé
Requiem, Op. 9

Johannes Brahms
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
Joaquin Achúcarro, piano


Orchestral Fireworks!
October 24th - October 25th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Simone Porter, violin

Tobias Picker
Old and Lost Rivers

Niccolo Paganini
Concerto No. 1 in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 6
Simone Porter, violin

Richard Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 [An Alpine Symphony]


All Rachmaninoff
October 3rd - October 4th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Olga Kern, piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff
Two Dances from Aleko

Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 1
Olga Kern, piano

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27


American Masterworks
September 18th - September 20th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Victor L. Wooten, electric bass
Barry Scott, narrator

John Adams
Chairman Dances, Foxtrot for Orchestra

Conni Ellisor/Victor L. Wooten
The Bass Whisperer: Concerto for Electric Bass and Orchestra
Victor L. Wooten, electric bass
World Premiere

Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Barry Scott, narrator

Howard Hanson
Symphony No. 2, Op. 30, "Romantic"

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2013/14

Brahms' Requiem
May 29th - May 31st, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
Nolan Harvel, boy soprano


Leonard Bernstein
Chichester Psalms
Nolan Harvel, boy soprano
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Samuel Barber
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano

Johannes Brahms
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [A German Requiem]
Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
Stephen Powell, baritone
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Brahms' Requiem is underwritten in part by Billy Ray & Nancy Hearn.


Branford Marsalis Plays John Williams
May 15th - May 17th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Timothy McAllister, saxophone

John Adams
City Noir
Timothy McAllister, saxophone

Heitor Villa-Lobos
Fantasia for Saxophone and Orchestra
Branford Marsalis, saxophone

John Williams
Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra from Catch Me If You Can
Branford Marsalis, saxophone

George Gershwin
An American in Paris


All Mozart!
April 25th - April 26th, 2015

Nashville Symphony
Christopher Seaman, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 173dB

Concerto No. 21 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 467
Benedetto Lupo, piano

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, "Jupiter"


Beethoven's First Piano Concerto
April 18th - April 19th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano


Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 1 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 15
Jeremy Denk, piano

Richard Strauss
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 [A Hero's Life]
Jun Iwasaki, violin


Sibelius & Elgar
March 27th - March 29th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
James Ehnes, violin

Jean Sibelius
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39

Edward Elgar
Concerto in B minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61
James Ehnes, violin


Ben Folds' Piano Concerto
March 13th - March 15th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Ben Folds, piano

Richard Wagner
Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde

Béla Bartók
Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19

Giaochino Rossini
Overture to Guillaume Tell [William Tell]

Ben Folds
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Ben Folds, piano
World premiere performances
Commissioned by Nashville Symphony, Nashville ballet, and Minnesota Orchestra


Haydn & Strauss
February 28th - March 1st, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Arnaldo Cohen, piano


Walter Piston
Toccata

Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 98 in B-flat major

Manuel de Falla
Noches en los jardines de España [Nights in the Gardens of Spain]
Arnaldo Cohen, piano

Richard Strauss
Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59


Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony
February 7th - February 8th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano


Gioachino Rossini
Overture to Semiramide

Maurice Ravel
Concerto in G major for Piano and Orchestra
Conrad Tao, piano

Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ Symphony"


Guerrero Conducts Mahler
January 10th - January 11th, 2014

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Julie Albers, cello


Victor Herbert
Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 30
Julie Albers, cello

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 7 in E minor


Beethoven's Eroica Symphony
November 21st - November 23rd, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Cho-Liang "Jimmy" Lin, violin


Joan Tower
Stroke

Joan Tower
Violin Concerto
Cho-Liang "Jimmy" Lin, violin

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"


Stravinsky's Firebird
November 7th - November 9th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano


Felix Mendelssohn
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 21

Robert Schumann
Concerto in A minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 54
Gabriela Montero, piano

Igor Stravinsky
Suite from The Firebird (1919)

Antonín Dvořák
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46


Dueling Pianos
October 25th - October 26th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, chorus director
Christina Naughton, piano
Michelle Naughton, piano
Kelley Nassief, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone


Ludwig van Beethoven
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 112

Francis Poulenc
Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Christina Naughton, piano
Michelle Naughton, piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"
Kelley Nassief, soprano
Russell Braun, baritone

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert


Copland's Billy the Kid
October 4th - October 5th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nathan Laube, organ
Jun Iwasaki, violin


Joan Tower
Chamber Dance

Stephen Paulus
Grand Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
Nathan Laube, organ

Max Bruch
Concerto No. 2 in D minor for Violin and Orchestra
Jun Iwasaki, violin

Aaron Copland
Suite from Billy the Kid


Russian Spectacular
September 5th - September 7th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Joyce Yang, piano


Modest Mussorgsky, orch. by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Night on Bald Mountain

Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto No. 3 in C major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 26
Joyce Yang, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

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2012/13

Titans
May 30th - June 1st, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
Edgar Meyer, double bass


Gustav Mahler
Blumine

Edgar Meyer
Double Concerto for Violin, Double Bass and Orchestra
Joshua Bell, violin
Edgar Meyer, double bass

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 1 in D major, "Titan"


Mendelssohn's Elijah
May 9th - May 11th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, interim chorus director
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Mary Phillips, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Andrew Foster-Williams, bass-baritone


Felix Mendelssohn
Elijah, Op. 70


Debussy & Brahms
May 2nd - May 4th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Women's Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, interim chorus director
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Claude Debussy
Nocturnes

James MacMillan
Concerto for Piano No. 3, "The Mysteries of Light"
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

This concert is presented in honor of the Ozgener Family.

Choral programs supported in part by Mary C. Ragland Foundation.


Mozart's Piano Masterpiece
April 18th - April 20th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Licia Jaskunas, harp
Daniil Trifonov, piano
Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom

Zoltán Kodály
Suite from Háry János
Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom

Alberto Ginastera
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 25
Licia Jaskunas, harp

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"
Daniil Trifonov, piano

Carlos Chávez
Sinfonía India [Symphony No. 2]

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert


'The Ring' Without Words
March 28th - March 30th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano


Maurice Ravel
Concerto in D major for Piano (Left Hand Alone) and Orchestra
Louis Lortie, piano

Richard Wagner, compiled by Lorin Maazel
The Ring Without Words


The Red Violin
March 14th - March 16th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Elina Vähälä, violin


Emmanuel Chabrier
España

John Corigliano
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,"Red Violin"
Elina Vähälä, violin

Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma Variations"


Tchaikovsky & Copland
February 28th - March 2nd, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Aaron Copland
El Salón México

Mason Bates
Violin Concerto
Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64


Harmonic Convergence
February 7th - February 9th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Men of the Nashville Symphony Chorus
Kelly Corcoran, interim chorus director
Johannes Moser, cello
George Takei, narrator

Arnold Schoenberg
A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46
George Takei, narrator

Charles Ives
The Unanswered Question

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto for Cello No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Johannes Moser, cello

John Adams
Harmonielehre

Choral programs supported in part by Mary C. Ragland Foundation


Mozart & Strauss
January 10th - January 12th, 2013

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin


Richard Strauss
Don Juan, Op. 20

Karol Szymanowski
Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra, Opus 35
Jennifer Koh, violin

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543

Richard Strauss
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28


All That Classical Jazz
November 29th - December 2nd, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Bramwell Tovey, conductor
Terrence Wilson, piano


Bramwell Tovey
Urban Runway

George Gershwin
Concerto in F major for Piano and Orchestra
Terrence Wilson, piano

William Walton
Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major


Fairy Tales & Fate
November 15th - November 17th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Hans Graf, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano


Maurice Ravel
Ma Mère l'Oye [Mother Goose]

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto No. 2 in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22
Ingrid Fliter, piano

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61


Symphonie Fantastique
November 1st - November 3rd, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Jun Märkl, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin


Olivier Messiaen
Un Sourire [A Smile]

Erich Korngold
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Hector Berlioz
Symphony fantastique, Op. 14


Beethoven's Fifth
October 4th - October 6th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor


Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 31 in D major, "Hornsignal"

Stephen Paulus
Three Places of Enlightenment [Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra]
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Carolyn Wann Bailey, violin
Daniel Reinker, viola
Anthony LaMarchina, cello

Stephen Paulus
Veil of Tears from To Be Certain of the Dawn

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67


A Woman's Life
September 20th - September 22nd, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor


Roberto Sierra
Carnaval

Richard Danielpour
A Woman's Life
Angela Brown, soprano

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto No. 3 in D minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 30
Olga Kern, piano

 

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2011/12

Silverman Premieres Riley
May 3rd - May 5th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Kelly Corcoran, associate conductor
Christopher Norton, guest conductor
Tracy Silverman, electric violin
Gyan Riley, banjo


Percy Aldridge Grainger
The Warriors: Music to an Imaginary Ballet

Terry Riley
The Palmian Chord Ryddle for Electric Violin and Orchestra
Tracy Silverman, electric violin
World Premiere, commissioned by the Nashville Symphony

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45


Brahms and Sierra's Sinfonía
April 19th - April 21st, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin


Roberto Sierra
Fandangos for Orchestra

Johannes Brahms
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 77
Augustin Hadelich, violin

Emmanuel Chabrier
Habanera

Roberto Sierra
Sinfonía No. 4
Commissioned by the Sphinx Organization and premiered by the Nashville Symphony

Lawrence S. Levin Memorial Concert

With support from National Endowment for the Arts


Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody
March 29th - March 31st, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Gilbert Varga, conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano


Zoltán Kodály
Dances of Galánta

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

César Franck
Symphony in D minor


Russian Masters
March 8th - March 10th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Cho-Liang Lin, violin


Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto for Violin No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Cho-Liang Lin, violin

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60, "Leningrad"


Mozart & Copland
February 23rd - February 25th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Kelly Corcoran, conductor
Angela Hewitt, piano


Daniel Bernard Roumain
Dancers, Dreamers and Presidents
Commissioned by the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium, comprised of the Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville, New Jersey, New World, Richmond and Virginia Symphonies, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, and the Sphinx Organization

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for Piano No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Angela Hewitt, piano

Aaron Copland
Symphony No. 3


Dr. Atomic & Mr. Haydn
February 9th - February 11th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano


Franz Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 100 in G major, "Military"

John Adams
Doctor Atomic Symphony

Johannes Brahms
Concerto for Piano No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Jonathan Biss, piano


Ohlsson Plays Chopin
January 26th - January 28th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Frédéric Chopin
Concerto No. 1 in E minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 11
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 2 in C minor (1877 revised version)


Tianwa Yang Returns
January 5th - January 7th, 2012

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tianwa Yang, violin


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 300a [297], "Paris"

Édouard Lalo
Symphonie espagnole for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 21
Tianwa Yang, violin

Igor Stravinsky
Petrouchka


Brahms's First
December 1st - December 3rd, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Natasha Paremski, piano


John Estacio
Frenergy

Antonín Dvořák
Concerto in G minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 33
Natasha Paremski, piano

Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68


Mahler's Fourth
November 17th - November 19th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Hila Plitman, soprano

Anton von Webern
Passacaglia, Op. 1

Richard Danielpour
Darkness in the Ancient Valley
Hila Plitman, soprano
World Premiere Performance, co-comissioned by the Nashville Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 4 in G major
Hila Plitman, soprano

With support from National Endowment for the Arts


Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
November 3rd - November 5th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director
Karen Gomyo, violin

Alexander Borodin
Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
Karen Gomyo, violin

Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé


Ax Plays Beethoven
October 6th - October 8th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano


Richard Strauss, extracted and arranged by D. Wilson Ochoa
Ariadne auf Naxos Symphony-Suite
World premiere of this arrangement

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 19
Emanuel Ax, piano

Edward Elgar
In the South, Op. 50, "Alassio"


Béla Fleck's Banjo Concerto
September 22nd - September 24th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Béla Fleck, banjo


Aaron Copland
Suite from Appalachian Spring

Béla Fleck
Concerto for Banjo and Orchestra
Béla Fleck, banjo
World premiere performances, commissioned by the Nashville Symphony

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

 

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2010/11

Guerrero Conducts Mahler's Second
June 2nd - June 4th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, conductor
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano

Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano
Jun Iwasaki, guest concertmaster

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, "Resurrection"
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano


Olga Kern Returns
May 12th - May 14th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Olga Kern, piano


Avner Dorman
(not) The Shadow (not after Hans Christian Andersen)

Franz Liszt
Totentanz for Piano and Orchestra
Olga Kern, piano

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto No. 1 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 35Olga Kern, piano

Samuel Barber
Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a


Dvořák's Eighth
April 21st - April 23rd, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Günther Herbig, conductor
Chee-Yun, violin


Witold Lutosławski
Livre pour orchestre

Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto for Violin No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61
Chee-Yun, violin

Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88


Rachmaninoff & Bruckner
April 7th - April 9th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Conni Ellisor
Diaspora
World premiere, commissioned by the Nashville Symphony and supported through a Creation Grant from the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Kirill Gerstein, piano

Anton Bruckner
Symphony No. 3 in D minor, "Wagner Symphony"

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert


Prokofiev's Fifth
March 24th - March 26th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion
Jun Iwasaki, guest concertmaster


Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 1

Aaron Copland
Fanfare for the Common Man

James MacMillan
Veni, Veni, Emmanuel Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Colin Currie, percussion

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100


Slatkin Conducts Glass
March 10th - March 12th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin


Gioachino Rossini
Overture to La Gazza Ladra [The Thieving Magpie]

Philip Glass
Concerto for Violin No. 2, "American Four Seasons"
Robert McDuffie, violin

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian"


Holst's "The Planets"
February 17th - February 19th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Women's Chorus
George Mabry, conductor
Jeff Thayer, guest concertmaster
Christopher Lamb, percussion


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio, K. 384

Joseph Schwantner
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Christopher Lamb, percussion

Gustav Holst
The Planets


Sibelius's Violin Concerto
January 20th - January 22nd, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Mario Venzago, conductor
Stefan Jackiw, violin


Jean Sibelius
Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7

Jean Sibelius
Lemminkäinen's Return from Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22, No. 4

Jean Sibelius
Concerto in D minor for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 47
Stefan Jackiw, violin

Carl Nielsen
Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, "The Inextinguishable"


Mozart & Beethoven
January 6th - January 8th, 2011

Nashville Symphony
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
Robert Levin, piano


Felix Mendelssohn
Overture to Die schöne Melusine [The Fair Melusina], Op. 32

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, K. 482
Robert Levin, piano

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60


Elgar & Bach
December 2nd - December 4th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Steven Isserlis, cello
Angela Fuller, guest concertmaster


John Tavener
Popule Meus
Steven Isserlis, cello

Antonín Dvořák
Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

Edward Elgar
Concerto in E minor for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 85
Steven Isserlis, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite No. 3 in D major for Orchestra, BWV 1068


Beethoven & Schubert
November 18th - November 20th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Juliette Kang, guest concertmaster


Claude Debussy
Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune [Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun]

Franz Schubert
Symphony No. 6 in C major, D. 589, "Little"

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Pastoral"


The Rite of Spring
November 4th - November 6th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Thomas Hampson, baritone
Elisabeth Adkins, guest concertmaster


Richard Danielpour
Lacrimae Beati

Richard Danielpour
Songs of Solitude
Thomas Hampson, baritone

Igor Stravinksy
Le Sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring]


Brahms' Second Piano Concerto
October 21st - October 23rd, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Louis Lortie, piano
Jun Iwasaki, guest concertmaster


Richard Wagner
Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nümberg

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, "Linz"

Johannes Brahms
Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 83
Louis Lortie, piano


André Watts Plays Beethoven
September 16th - September 19th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
William Preucil, guest concertmaster
André Watts, piano


Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy

Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73, "Emperor"
André Watts, piano

 

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2009/10

Chopin & Mahler
April 29th - May 1st, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Ingrid Fliter, piano
Peter Otto, guest concertmaster


Frédéric Chopin
Concerto No. 2 in F minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
Ingrid Fliter, piano

Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert


Thibaudet Returns
April 1st - April 3rd, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano


Aaron Jay Kernis
Newly Drawn Sky

Richard Strauss
Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Ottorino Respighi
Fontane di Roma [Fountains of Rome]

Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (in One Movement)


Brahms & "Big Sur"
March 18th - March 20th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Tracy Silverman, electric violin


Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

John Adams
The Dharma at Big Sur
Tracy Silverman, electric violin

Alberto Ginastera
Four Dances from Estancia


Bach's Masterpiece
March 4th - March 6th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Helmuth Rilling, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, contralto

Lothar Odinius, tenor
Konstantin Wolff, bass-baritone


Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, contralto
Lothar Odinius, tenor
Konstantin Wolff, bass-baritone


Sir Neville Marriner
February 25th - February 27th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
Michael York, narrator
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director
Blair Children's Chorus
Hazel Somerville, children's chorus artistic director


Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony"

William Walton, arr. Christopher Palmer & David Lloyd-Jones
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario
Michael York, narrator


Penderecki Comes to Nashville
January 21st - January 23rd, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Krzysztof Penderecki, conductor
Barry Douglas, piano
Roger Wiesmeyer, English horn


Krzysztof Penderecki
Adagietto from Paradise Lost
Roger Wiesmeyer, English horn

Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 54

Krzysztof Penderecki
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, "Resurrection"
Barry Douglas, piano


The Organ Symphony
January 7th - January 9th, 2010

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin

Bohuslav Martinů
The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca, H. 352

Jennifer Higdon
Violin Concerto
Hilary Hahn, violin

Camille Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ"


Rachmaninoff & Stravinsky
December 3rd - December 5th, 2009

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director
Twyla J. Robinson, soprano
Bryan Griffin, tenor
Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone


Igor Stravinsky
Symphony of Psalms

Dominick Argento
Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe Suite for Orchestra (from the opera The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe)

Sergei Rachmaninoff
The Bells, Op. 35
Twyla J. Robinson, soprano
Bryan Griffin, tenor
Darren K. Stokes, bass-baritone


Tango & Ravel's Boléro
November 19th - November 21st, 2009

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tianwa Yang, violin
Daniel Binelli, bandoneó
n

Astor Piazzolla
Buenos Aires: Tres Movimientos Sinfonicos, Op. 15
Daniel Binelli, bandoneón

Astor Piazzolla
Concierto para Bandoneón, "Aconcagua"
Daniel Binelli, bandoneón

Astor Piazzolla, orch. Leonid Desyatnikov
Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas [The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires]
Tianwa Yang, violin

Maurice Ravel
Boléro


A Musical Space Odyssey
November 5th - November 7th, 2009

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano


Miguel del Aguila
The Fall of Cuzco, Op. 99 [La calda de Cuzco]
World Premiere

Béla Bartók
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra
Yefim Bronfman, piano

György Ligeti
Atmosphères

Richard Strauss
Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30


Classical Guitar, German Genius
October 15th - October 17th, 2009

Nashville Symphony
John Fiore, conductor
Sharon Isbin, guitar


Richard Wagner
Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhäuser

Christopher Rouse
Concert de Gaudí

Sharon Isbin, guitar

Robert Schumann
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97, "Rhenish"


Mozart & Shostakovich
October 1st - October 3rd, 2009

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, "Haffner"

Roberto Sierra
Sinfonía No. 4
World premiere, commissioned in 2008 by the Inaugural Sphinx Commissioning Consortium's founding members: Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Sinfonietta (our nation's most diverse orchestra), Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Nashville Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, New World Symphony (America's Orchestral Academy), Philadelphia Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, The Sphinx Organization, Virginia Symphony

Dmitri Shostakovich
Concerto No. 2 for Cello and orchestra, Op. 126
Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Maurice Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole


Russia's Greatest Hits
September 17th - September 19th, 2009

Nashville Symphony
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Stephen Hough, piano


Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 23
Stephen Hough, piano

Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Maurice Ravel
Pictures at an Exhibition

 

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