Nashville Symphony | Michael Krajewski, conductor
Go Now! The music of The Moody Blues is the brainchild of drummer Gordy Marshall, who toured with the band for 25 years as a session musician. Together with Mick Wilson (formerly lead singer of 10cc), he has brought together some of the very best singers and instrumentalists to create the ultimate tribute. Hit songs such as “Nights in White Satin,” “Tuesday Afternoon,” “Go Now” and “Isn’t Life Strange" will be beautifully re-created live with the spectacular sound of your Nashville Symphony.
10/8
Saturday12:00 PM
Plaza Mariachi | 12 PM to 9 PM
Naxos of America is launching their first live musical event entitled Naxos Presents: Spotlight Series brought by Naxos of America featuring the Nashville Symphony. The new event series will highlight a wide range of music in the Hispanic community including tunes from popular music figures through a classical sound. The event, in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, will take place at Plaza Mariachi; with an all-day festival celebrating the different communities within the Hispanic culture including children’s reading corner, fashion show, games, instrument petting zoo provided by the Nashville Symphony, and more.
Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Experience director Ivan Reitman’s beloved 1984 film, screened live as your Nashville Symphony performs Elmer Bernstein’s score – and, of course, Ray Parker Jr.’s chart-topping theme song. Bring your proton pack and join the original paranormal investigation and elimination team as they capture their first ghost, Slimer, and encounter their first god of destruction, Gozer the Gozerian!
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Vanessa Williams
The iconic singer, and star of film, television and theatre Vanessa Williams makes her Schermerhorn Symphony Center debut! This chart-topping artist will join the orchestra to perform ballads, Broadway and unforgettable hits like “Save the Best for Last,” “Sweetest Days,” “Colors of the Wind,” “Love Is” and “Dreamin.” This concert will open with the Nashville Symphony performing a selection of beloved Broadway overtures and more.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Eeek! Mad scientist Dr. FREAKuency is busy in his laboratory trying to scare off his Halloween visitors. With the help of his assistant Griegor, Dr. FREAKuency concocts his electrifying monster and sets out to thrill the trick-or-treaters. But his monster has some surprises up its sleeve and helps throw a spooktacular Halloween Bash for the entire neighborhood!
Featuring:
J.S. Bach | Arr. Stokowski
Toccata in D Minor
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Ronde des Princesses
Paul Dukas
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Modest Mussorgsky | Arr. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Night on Bald Mountain
Igor Stravinsky
The Firebird: Danse infernal
Edvard Grieg
Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Arr. Enrico Lopez-Yañez
MAJOR minor Battle
Charles Gounod
Funeral March of a Marionette
Johann Strauss, Jr.
Thunder and Lightning Polka
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Giaconda: Dance of the Hours
Bobby Pickett
“The Monster Mash” Sing-Along
PERFORMANCE CANCELLED
The Wanda Sykes performance at The Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Sunday, October 23, 2022, has unfortunately been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Tickets will be automatically refunded. Please contact us at tickets@nashvillesymphony.org or 615.687.6400 if you have any questions.
Repeatedly called “one of the funniest stand-up comics” by her peers, Emmy winning writer, actress and producer Wanda Sykes brings her larger-than-life personality to the Schermerhorn stage for an evening of laugh out loud stories.
Best known for her roles in TV shows Blackish, Netflix's The Upshaws, and HBO's critically acclaimed Chris Rock Show, Wanda Sykes has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy's and won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special in 1999. In 2001, she won the American Comedy Award for Outstanding Female Stand Up Comic. She won three more Emmy’s, in 2002, 2004 and 2005, for her work on Inside the NFL for Outstanding Studio Show - Weekly- Inside The NFL. Wanda has also been featured in numerous movies throughout the years, as well as releasing multiple comedy specials, most recently Not So Normal on Netflix.
This is a strict NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED show. Please leave your phones in your cars or at home. Anyone who brings a cell phone will be required to place it in a locked YONDR pouch. Anyone caught with a cell phone inside the venue will be immediately ejected.
WANDA SYKES owns all rights in the content and materials delivered during her performance (the “Materials”). Any use of the Materials without the express prior written consent of WANDA SYKES is strictly prohibited and is punishable to the full extent of the law.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
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By combining piano with string quartet, Schumann transformed the piano quintet into an influential Romantic genre. Composed in 1842, The Piano Quintet in E-Flat is one of the most famous chamber works of the 19th century.
Also featured on the program is Chris Farrell’s String Quartet No 2. Written in 2015 in a traditional set of 4 movements, Farrell explores lyrical melodies with a contemporary approach of rhythm and harmony.
PROGRAM
Christopher Farrell
String Quartet No. 2
Schumann
Selections from Piano Quintet in E-flat
PERFORMERS
Johna Smith, violin
Likai He, violin
Christopher Farrell, viola
Keith Nicholas, cello
Megan Gale, piano
Nashville Symphony | Vinay Parameswaran, conductor | Érik Gratton, flute | Licia Jaskunas, harp
Shekar
Lumina
Mozart
Concerto for Flute and Harp
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6, “Pathétique”
Contemporary composer Nina Shekar explores the spectral textures of light and dark throughout Lumina, a stunning work of glowing radiance and haunting depths. Then, delight in the sparkling, crystalline beauty of Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp, a perfect spotlight for the Symphony’s Érik Gratton and Licia Jaskunas. Tchaikovsky held nothing back in his soul-bearing Sixth Symphony. The nickname “Pathétique” refers to passion, pathos and whole-hearted feeling, and you’re in for an unforgettable journey through a universe of emotion. Experience every note of this well-loved masterpiece, known for heartfelt, beautiful melodies and a haunting ending that fades into silence.
Nashville Symphony | Ruth Reinhardt, conductor | Stewart Goodyear, piano
Lera Auerbach
Icarus
Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 4
Sibelius
Symphony No. 2
Combining power and grandeur with tender, poetic expression, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 stands as one of his most profound achievements. Hear it performed by Stewart Goodyear, “one of the best pianists of his generation,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Myth becomes music in Auerbach’s scintillating Icarus, inspired by the ancient Greek story of the boy who flew too close to the sun. And soar through breathtaking sonic vistas of rugged Nordic beauty in Sibelius’s monumental Symphony No. 2.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Ledisi
Following the critically acclaimed release of her 2021 album Ledisi Sings Nina, the GRAMMY®-winning powerhouse vocalist Ledisi brings her stunning orchestral tribute to the iconic singer, songwriter and activist Nina Simone. Joined by your Nashville Symphony, she’ll revisit classic Simone selections like “My Baby Cares Just for Me,” “Four Women,” “Feeling Good,” “Wild Is the Wind” and more.
After performing rapturously received and critically lauded shows worldwide pre-pandemic, the original Celebrating David Bowie shows return in 2022 answering the question, “What makes Bowie different?”. Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Famer Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew (Bowie, NIN, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads), and CdB creator, producer, and featured artist Scrote bring Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, and solo artist Jeffrey Gaines with saxophone great Ron Dziubla (Jon Baptiste, Joe Bonamassa), Narada Michael Walden bassist Angeline Saris, and popular session & touring drummer Michael Urbano (Lindsey Buckingham, Sheryl Crow) to interpret Bowie’s greatest hits.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
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- One premium reserved seat in first 3 rows
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- Personal photograph
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- Exclusive merchandise item
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- Exclusive merchandise item
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Nashville Symphony | Charles Calello, conductor | Ronnie Milsap
Country Music Hall of Famer Ronnie Milsap fused elements of rock, pop, and R&B to become one of Nashville’s most dynamic entertainers and an inspiration for a whole new generation of country artists. Be there as this six-time GRAMMY® winner and the owner of an astounding 40 No. 1 hits performs some of his biggest smashes with the musicians of your Nashville Symphony.
I Wouldn’t Have Missed It for the World | (I’m a) Stand by My Woman Man | (There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me | It Was Almost Like a Song | Lost in the Fifties Tonight | Smoky Mountain Rain | Stranger in My House | Any Day Now | Pure Love
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Tony DeSare
Celebrate the wondrous musical legacy of Ol’ Blue Eyes in this show packed with beloved songs like “Come Fly with Me,” “New York, New York,” “My Way,” “I’ve Got the World on a String,” “It Was a Very Good Year,” “One for My Baby,” “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Night and Day” and so many more. Called “two parts Frank Sinatra and one part Billy Joel,” singer/pianist/songwriter Tony DeSare delivers a fresh take on old-school class in this outstanding, critically acclaimed tribute.
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jessica Rivera, soprano | Andrew Garland, baritone | Nashville Symphony Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral"
Gabriela Lena Frank
Conquest Requiem - Live Recording
Step inside a magical world filled with sparkling brooks, singing birds and merry folk dances when Giancarlo Guerrero leads Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony, the great composer’s charming ode to nature and rustic delights. Orchestra, chorus and all-star vocal soloists will fill the stage for Gabriela Lena Frank’s extraordinary Conquest Requiem, a poignant reflection on Spain’s conquest of the Aztec Empire inspired by the true story of Malinche, the young Nahua woman who played a key role in shaping the history of Western civilization.
Nashville Symphony | Bradley Thachuk, conductor | Chris Botti
With his uniquely expressive sound, jazz trumpeter and composer Chris Botti returns for two nights of lush, melodic, genre-defying selections with your Nashville Symphony. Over the past three decades, this award-winning artist has recorded and performed with the best in music, earning a reputation as one of the most beloved and dedicated musicians working today.
Nashville Symphony | Jason Seber, conductor
This hilarious and heartwarming holiday tradition is perfect for the whole family. Experience John Williams’ delightful score performed live while Kevin McCallister’s Christmas misadventures play on the big screen!
Nashville Symphony & Chorus | Aram Demirjian, conductor | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director | Yulia Van Doren, soprano | Sofia Selowsky, mezzo-soprano | Matthew White, tenor | David Crawford, bass
Featuring the resounding Hallelujah Chorus, it’s Nashville's grandest Messiah – full of passion, drama and passages of stunning beauty. Celebrate the season as your Nashville Symphony & Chorus perform one of the most inspiring works of music ever written.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
A Music City holiday tradition! Celebrate the most magical time of year with your Nashville Symphony and Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez for a night of holiday fun amid the splendor of the Schermerhorn. This one-of-a-kind symphonic spectacular will feature dancers, Broadway singers and some very special guests, including Jolly Old Saint Nick himself.
Drew and Ellie Holcomb are a husband and wife Americana duo from Nashville, TN. Shortly after their marriage in 2006, the couple began touring together with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. The band has supported many national touring acts including The Avett Brothers, Don Henley, and Willie Nelson.
Ellie is no longer a touring member of “The Neighbors,” and has found success in a solo career as a Christian singer/songwriter, winning two Dove Awards and topping the Billboard charts. Drew Holcomb still tours nationally with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and their most recent album, Dragons, is their most critically acclaimed release yet.
Drew and Ellie Holcomb’s Neighborly Christmas is a special engagement event, allowing the Holcombs to collaborate once again.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
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Build lifelong memories with your family and friends and celebrate the true story of Christmas by singing your faith with thousands of Christians across the country!
Join Ireland's own Keith & Kristyn Getty, known for modern hymns and carols such as In Christ Alone, for their annual tour of Sing! An Irish Christmas. Previously featured to millions of households internationally on public television, the BBC, and the Trinity Broadcasting Network, this year’s Christmas tour will feature brand new songs from Keith & Kristyn Getty, along with many of the traditional Christmas carols you and your family have come to know and love.
Come sing along with Keith & Kristyn and special guests for an evening that unites tradition and innovation in a vibrant celebration of the season!
Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jan Lisiecki, piano
Chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1
Rachmaninoff
Symphonic Dances
Ring in the new year with treasured classics by Chopin and Rachmaninoff. Jan Lisiecki is one of the most astounding, in-demand young pianists in the world today, and his interpretation of Chopin’s brilliant and virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1 will be nothing short of spectacular. Rachmaninoff is beloved for achingly beautiful melodies that melt the heart, and you’ll hear plenty in his ravishing final masterpiece, Symphonic Dances.
Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
May the Force be with you as your Nashville Symphony explores the iconic musical galaxy of Star Wars with selections from the entire film saga. Experience some of the most thrilling music ever written for the movies, from the Star Wars Main Title to “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)” and so much more. Come early for fun pre-concert activities, and get ready to travel to a galaxy far, far away!
This concert will not feature any film elements.
1/18
Wednesday6:00 PM
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Reserve seats starting December 21, 2022 at 10 a.m.
Join Anthony Parce and friends for a night of new and reimagined chamber works featuring voice.
PROGRAM
Anthony Parce - Original work
Three Poems of Mary Oliver (for Baritone and Strings)
Mozart
Three Arias (for Baritone and Mixed Chamber Ensemble)
Creative re-setting of the original Mozart arias by Anthony Parce
Non piu Andrei
Ein madchen
Rigolvete a lui lo squardo
Schubert
Three lieder (for Baritone and Strings)
Complete reimagination of Schubert songs by Anthony Parce
Ganymed
Du Bist I’d Ruh
Erlkonig
PERFORMERS
Tamara Benitez-Winston, oboe
Charissa Leung, violin
Annaliese Kowert, violin
Anthony Parce, violin
Grace Parce, cello
Evan Bish, bass
Erich Parce, Baritone
Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra is a 23-minute multi-media concerto from GRAMMY®-winning composer Mason Bates in collaboration with a multi-Oscar-winning creative team. The animated film flies through the instruments of the orchestra to explore the fundamental connections between music, sound, performance, creativity and technology. Guided by a magical Sprite, the film shows violin strings vibrate, brass valves slice air, and drum heads resonate. Imaginatively blending traditional and modern animation styles, it is a kinetic and compelling guide to the orchestra that engagingly illustrates the intricacies of how instruments work individually and collectively to produce such a huge range of sound.
Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor | Haochen Zhang, piano
Barber
Adagio for Strings
Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 2
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 4
One night only! Tchaikovsky’s fateful Fourth thrills from its blazing opening brass fanfare to earth-shattering finale. Cliburn Gold Medalist Haochen Zhang joins Associate Conductor Nathan Aspinall and the Orchestra for Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, one of the most soulful and lush showcases in the repertoire. This evening of vivid orchestral colors opens with Samuel Barber’s poignant Adagio for Strings.
Nashville Symphony | Arnie Roth, conductor | Susan Calloway, vocalist
The producers of Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY are proud to present a new orchestra concert experience: FINAL FANTASY 35th Anniversary Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY Coral. Specially curated by Nobuo Uematsu, the program is a monumental, retrospective celebration of the incredible FINAL FANTASY music catalogue. Conductor and GRAMMY-Award winner Arnie Roth leads an orchestra and chorus of 100 musicians on stage, with exclusive HD video direct from creators at Square Enix.
VIP Meet & Greet tickets
A limited number of VIP meet & greet tickets will be available. These tickets include:
- Premium seating(rows EE-JJ) for the performance
- Autograph session and photo opportunity after the concert with Arnie Roth and Susan Calloway
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Reserve seats starting January 17, 2023 at 10 a.m.
Drawing inspiration from the Nashville Symphony's forthcoming commission, The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph by Hannibal Lokumbe (né Marvin Peterson), this chamber ensemble will present a program of works by African American composers. This performance will highlight the music of Jessie Montgomery, Florence Price, and Daniel Bernard Roumain.
FEATURED COMPOSERS:
Jessie Montgomery
Florence Price
Daniel Bernard Roumain
PERFORMERS
Charissa Leung, violin
Sarah Page, violin
Anthony Parce, viola
Grace Hartman, cello
FREE CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM!
Reserve seats starting January 4, 2023 at 10 a.m.
The Elliston Trio returns to the Chamber Music Series with an exciting program of Haydn's Piano Trio in C major Hoboken no. 21 and Ravel's colorful and virtuosic Piano Trio in A minor.
PROGRAM
To be announced
PERFORMERS
Erin Hall, violin
Keith Nicholas, cello
Matthew Phelps, piano
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Arturo Márquez
Fandango
Chen Yi
Introduction, Andante and Allegro
Ravel
Rapsodie espagnole
Revel in the joyous exuberance and irresistible dance rhythms of Arturo Márquez’s showstopping new violin concerto, Fandango. It was written especially for dynamic virtuoso Anne Akiko Meyers, and she joins Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony for these performances. The bold, majestic music of Chen Yi draws from both the Chinese folk and Peking Opera traditions. The program concludes with Ravel’s dazzling Rapsodie espagnole, which evokes a sensuous Spanish night, lively dances and a colorful fiesta.
A true visionary helping to shape the future of jazz, Makaya McCraven represents a rising generation of globally-minded, genre-bending music makers. Hailing from Chicago’s vibrantly creative jazz scene, this cutting-edge drummer, producer and sonic collagist draws on hip-hop and other styles to push the boundaries of jazz and rhythm to create forms of his own. For this very special Schermerhorn appearance, he’ll bring a 13-piece band to present In These Times, a large-scale sociopolitical-themed performance of poly-metered repertoire. Complemented by archival film footage of black musicians and activists, it also features a spoken-word element that draws on interviews by the late oral historian Studs Terkel.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony | Conductor to be announced
You’ll be dancing in the aisles at this Motown extravaganza featuring smash hits made famous by Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Martha Reeves, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and more. Songs include “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “My Girl,” “Superstition” — and, of course, “Dancing in the Street.”
This concert is currently available to 2022/23 season ticket holders and donors $500+.
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Tickets go on sale to the public October 7, 2022.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Gladys Knight
Make this Valentine’s Day an evening to remember with a concert featuring the “Empress of Soul” herself, Gladys Knight! Bring that special someone in your life and hear Knight and Your Nashville Symphony perform hits like “I Heard it Through the Grapevine,” “Midnight Train to Georgia,” “Neither One of Us (Wants to be the First to Say Goodbye)” and many more. This is a one-night-only engagement, so get your tickets today before they’re gone!
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Reserve seats starting January 24, 2023 at 10 a.m.
Join members of the Nashville Symphony as they perform a masterwork of the chamber music repertoire, Schubert's String Quintet in C Major, D. 956.
PROGRAM
To be announced
PERFORMERS
Jimin Lim, violin
Likai He, violin
Clare Yang, viola
Una Gong, cello
Keith Nicholas, cello
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Paul Jacobs, organ
Brian Raphael Nabors
Pulse
Wayne Oquin
Resilience - Live Recording
Rouse
Organ Concerto - Live Recording
Gershwin
An American in Paris
Giancarlo Guerrero and the orchestra present an all-American celebration of homegrown creativity. Thrill to Brian Nabors’ kinetic, genre-bending Pulse, then marvel at the awe-inspiring power of the Schermerhorn’s Martin Foundation Concert Organ when GRAMMY®-winning organist Paul Jacobs performs Wayne Oquin’s irrepressible Resilience and Rouse’s fiery concerto. To end the concert, Gershwin’s sassy, jazz-infused An American in Paris transports you to the bustling streets, magnificent sights and glittering allure of the City of Romance.
The performance of Pulse by Brian Raphael Nabors is supported by The Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University. Find out more.
The taiko: a traditional Japanese drum with limitless rhythmic possibilities. Kodo’s mission is to explore these possibilities, and in the process forge new directions for a vibrant living art-form. Since 1981, Kodo has given over 6,500 performances in 52 countries on five continents. This figure includes 4,000 performances under the “One Earth” banner, a theme that embodies Kodo’s desire to transcend language and cultural boundaries, all while reminding their audiences of the common bonds we all share as human beings.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
FREE CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM!
Reserve seats starting February 8, 2023 at 10 a.m.
While the Brass Quintet lacks the wealth of Classical and Romantic repertoire available to the strings and winds, this past century has provided an explosion of brilliant and beautiful works that solidified its legitimacy as a chamber ensemble. Presenting works by Jennifer Higdon, Kenneth Amis, and David Sampson, the Nashville Symphony Brass Quintet will showcase new and established masterworks for the uniquely beautiful and powerful ensemble.
PROGRAM
To be announced
PERFORMERS
Alec Blazek, trumpet
William Leathers, trumpet
Patrick Walle, french horn
Paul Jenkins, trombone
Gilbert Long, tuba
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Johannes Moser, cello
Lutosławski
Symphonic Variations
Dvořák
Cello Concerto
Brahms
Symphony No. 4
When it comes to gorgeous melodies, it simply doesn’t get any better than Brahms and Dvořák, and this concert is your chance to relish in the beauty of their radiant melodic gifts. Remarkable virtuoso Johannes Moser performs Dvořák’s soul-stirring, deeply personal Cello Concerto, arguably the greatest cello concerto ever written. Brief fragments of effortless, introspective grace blossom into profound, powerfully emotional statements in Brahms’ glorious Symphony No. 4.
Nashville Symphony | Ernest Richardson, conductor
Take a trip to the Emerald Isle at this musical extravaganza celebrating all things Irish, with beloved tunes, lively dancing and authentic instruments, plus your Nashville Symphony. Your guide for the evening is legendary Irish raconteur Tomáseen Foley, who will bring Ireland’s rich history vividly to life through story and song. Enjoy a show-stopping dance-off and so much more, including these Celtic favorites:
Thousands Are Sailing | Whiskey in the Jar | Marie’s Wedding | Danny Boy
Multi-platinum-selling WAR, the original street band, has been sharing its timeless music and message of brotherhood and harmony for more than four decades before millions across the globe.
The band has garnered 12 Billboard Top 40 Hits and more than 50 million records sold to date, as well as countless samples and nods by acclaimed artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Flo-Rida, Tupac, Smash Mouth, Janet Jackson, Dave Matthews, Korn and more.
Their long list of iconic hits includes “Low Rider,” “The World Is A Ghetto,” “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” “The Cisco Kid” and many more.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Experience Disney and Pixar’s Academy Award-winning film Ratatouille in high-definition on the big screen while your Nashville Symphony performs composer Michael Giacchino’s beloved score. Audiences of all ages love this tale tale of a determined young rat with a cultivated palate who gets an unlikely chance to do what he dreams of most – cook in a French restaurant in Paris.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Fusing together elements of cirque acrobatics, classical dance and contemporary theater, Troupe Vertigo will take you on a spellbinding journey through the world of artistic movement as your Nashville Symphony provides a spectacular musical backdrop of beloved orchestral favorites. Consisting of world-class aerial artists, contortionists and ballet dancers, the Los Angeles-based company was founded in 2009 by Artistic Director Aloysia Gavre, formerly of the internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil, and Technical Director Rex Camphuis, whose background is with the fabled Pickle Family Circus.
“[Troupe Vertigo’s] dizzying acts defy gravity and leave its lucky audiences in awe.” – Los Angeles Times
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Children’s author Mo Willems and pop singer Ben Folds collaborated on this orchestral presentation of Willems’ fresh, fractured and fun-filled take on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Music lovers of all ages will enjoy Willems’ inventive storytelling paired with Folds’ catchy and clever music – all brought to life by your Nashville Symphony.
Mo Willems and Ben Folds will not appear at this concert.
Nashville Symphony | Ken-David Masur, conductor | Vadim Gluzman, violin
Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2
Saint-Saëns
Symphony No. 3, "Organ"
"I gave everything to it I was able to give,” declared Camille Saint-Saëns of his Third Symphony. “What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again.” Experience the unique power of this towering masterpiece, which sets loose the awe-inspiring sonic splendor of the pipe organ as it builds to its resounding and electrifying conclusion. Esteemed violinist Vladim Gluzman makes his first Nashville Symphony appearance in two decades to perform Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, a work he calls “gorgeous and angular, dark and shining with light – music of contrasts, full of great beauty and excitement.”
Bringing together the jazz and classical traditions, pianist-composer Aaron Diehl transforms the piano into an orchestral vessel in the spirit of beloved predecessors Ahmad Jamal, Erroll Garner, Art Tatum and Jelly Roll Morton. Just as likely to invoke the influence of Prokofiev, Mozart or even Philip Glass, this singular artist has cultivated an authentic, expansive and original sense of style that will resonate brilliantly in the crystalline acoustical setting of the Schermerhorn.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Vocalist, actors and guest musicians to be announced
Hannibal Lokumbe
The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph - World Premiere | Nashville Symphony Commission
Few artists have conveyed the African American experience in America as movingly and as powerfully as Hannibal Lokumbe. Skillfully bringing together jazz, blues, gospel, opera, orchestral and choral music, this legendary trumpeter and composer will premiere his most expansive and ambitious project yet, The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph. Featuring a cast of six vocalists, nine actors, a full chorus, a jazz quartet and an African drumming ensemble, this monumental production will bring the community together in a celebration of music, artistry and African American voices.
Begin with the most creative exponent of the banjo in our time, Béla Fleck. Add the greatest living player of the tabla, Zakir Hussain. Establish the trio with the acclaimed virtuoso of the classical (and bluegrass!) bass, Edgar Meyer. Combine with a special guest, the great Indian flautist Rakesh Chaurasia. Then finish the ensemble with the magic of improvisation. The results will be some of the most remarkable music anyone will hear at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Jorge Lopez-Yañez, tenor | Cesar Sanchez, tenor | José Luis Ordoñez, tenor
Bursting with charm and charisma, The Three Mexican Tenors make a very special Nashville visit to perform an array of operatic favorites, including “O Sole Mio,” "Nessun Dorma,” “Funiculi Funicula” and many more. Along the way, they’ll also take a tuneful trip through the classic music of Hollywood and Mexico, with a special tribute to the legendary singer Vicente Fernández.
Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Make magic with the Nashville Symphony and a live magician as they conjure bewitching melodies from Harry Potter, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, The Magic Flute and more.
Nashville Symphony | Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Copland
Rodeo
Leonard Slatkin
Kinah
Elgar
Symphony No. 1
Embark on an adventure through the Wild West with Copland’s sunny and high-spirited Rodeo, which ends with the beloved “Hoe-Down.” Conductor Leonard Slatkin leads his own composition, Kinah, a stirring elegy to his parents. And take in Elgar’s exhilarating, emotionally charged Symphony No. 1, an enthralling musical journey surging with tender sentiment, sweeping majesty and ardent passion.
Nashville Symphony | Conductor to be announced
Harry’s last year at Hogwarts™ is here, in part one of the epic finale Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ in Concert! Experience the loss and the love of this series’ finish all over again as Harry and his friends rush to face the Dark Lord Voldemort™ for the last time. With the full film set to a live performance of the score by your Nashville Symphony, the final battle for Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has never been so emotional.
WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s22)
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Brahms's Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in b minor, Op.115 is considered one of the greatest works of chamber music ever composed. The quintet takes the listener on an incredible journey; a journey of great beauty, deep introspection, yearning, and melancholy.
PROGRAM
To be announced
PERFORMERS
Charissa Leung, violin
Sarah Page, violin
Anthony Parce, viola
Grace Hartman, cello
Katherine Kohler, clarinet
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Bomsori Kim, violin
R. Strauss
Death and Transfiguration
Wieniawski
Fantasia on Themes from Gounod’s Faust
Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
R. Strauss
Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
International phenomenon Bomsori Kim, “one of the most dynamic and exciting violinists of today” (NDR Radio), dazzles with two showpieces inspired by opera: Gounod’s brilliant Fantasia on Themes from Gounod’s Faust and Waxman’s flashy Carmen Fantasie – a jaw-dropping torrent of virtuoso fireworks packed with iconic music you’re sure to recognize. Soaring and exuberant masterworks of Strauss provide a thrilling highlight for the virtuoso prowess of the Nashville Symphony.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
You’ll have “Fun Fun Fun” when the beloved Beach Boys join your Nashville Symphony for a night packed with all your favorite hits. Dance, reminisce and sing along to classic hits like “I Get Around,” “Help Me, Rhonda,” “California Girls,” “Barbara Ann,” “Good Vibrations,” “Kokomo” and so many more!
Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director | Iwona Sobotka, soprano | Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano | Nicholas Phan, tenor | Kelly Markgraf, bass
Janaček
Sinfonietta
Mozart
Requiem
Mozart’s genius burns with blazing intensity in the legendary Requiem that was to become his own funeral music. This music is instantly recognizable, thanks to its use in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus, but to experience it live is to feel its power. Calling for an immense brass section 25 members strong, Janáček’s radiant Sinfonietta rings out with exultant fanfares and celebratory flourish.
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
In 2018, Marvel Studios’ Black Panther quickly became a global sensation and cultural phenomenon, showing a new dimension of what Super Hero films could be. Rolling Stone raved, “The film lights up the screen with a full-throttle blast of action and fun. That’s to be expected. But what sneaks up and floors you is the film’s racial conscience and profound, astonishing beauty.” Now you can relive the excitement of T’Challa becoming king and battling Killmonger all while the Nashville Symphony performs Ludwig Göransson’s Oscar®-winning score live to picture.
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