Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
It’s symphonic cirque-tastic fun for the entire family! Thrill to Troupe Vertigo and Nashville Symphony, conducted by Enrico Lopez-Yañez.
It's an Outer Space-Themed Program Featuring:
Feast your eyes on Troupe Vertigo’s world-class aerial artists, contortionists and ballet dancers performing fantastic feats of acrobatics, classical dance and contemporary theater. Troupe Vertigo’s Artistic Director Aloysia Gavre is formerly of the internationally renowned Cirque du Soleil, and Technical Director Rex Camphuis was with the fabled Pickle Family Circus.
Meet the Artists! Stay after the concert for a chat with Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez Yanez and members of Troupe Vertigo. Begins ten minutes after the concert in Laura Turner Concert Hall.
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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.
Visit our bookstore village in West Lobby to shop at Fairytales Bookstore, Bound Booksellers & Gifts and The Bookshop. There will be three book readings by authors and an illustrator before the concert!
10 am: Meghan Shanley reads her book Vincent Plays His Part illustrated by Joe Huffman
10:15 am: Marianne Richmond reads her book If I Could Keep You Little
10:30 am: Susanna Chapman reads Ada and the Galaxies, illustrated by herself and written by Olga Pastuchiv and Alan Lightman
Participants:
Bryson Finney, Founder and Artistic Director of We Are Nashville
Craig Madole, We Are Nashville Orchestra Conductor
Angelica Dunsavage, Secondary conductor
Franklin Willis, Elementary conductor
Global Education Center, Drum Ensemble
Carlos Santiago, Master of Ceremony
Tyler Merideth, High School Orchestra accompanist
Troika Hanna, General Accompanist
Gabe Lamong, Instrumentalist
Diane Lamong, Instrumentalist
Dujuanna Hammonds, soloist
Carter Hammonds, keyboard
Schools:
Andrew Jackson Elementary
Cole Elementary School
Eagle View Elementary School
Granbery Elementary School
Glenview Elementary
Rosebank Elementary School
Tusculum Elementary
Warner Elementary School
Waverly-Belmont Elementary School
I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet Middle School
Head Magnet Middle School
Hillwood High School
Kipp Nashville Collegiate High
Nashville School of the Arts
Nashville Symphony Accelerando Program
Vanderbilt's Philharmonia Youth Orchestra
Nashville Symphony | Ken-David Masur, conductor | Vadim Gluzman, violin
Bacewicz - Overture for Orchestra
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 Vadim 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.”
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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
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Featuring Full Orchestra and Chorus, Nine Vocal Soloists, a Jazz Quintet, an African Drum & Dance Ensemble, and Over Thirty Actors.
Hannibal Lokumbe
The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph - World Premiere | Nashville Symphony Commission
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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.
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Experience the spirit of Motown from one of pop’s most iconic families. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Michael – five brothers from Gary, Indiana known as the Jackson 5 – rose to fame for their extraordinary musical talent and spectacular choreography. They became pop royalty, and launched what became Michael Jackson’s legendary solo career. Hear original members Tito, Jackie and Marlon Jackson perform hits including “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” “Never Can Say Goodbye,” “Sugar Daddy,” “I’ll Be There,” “Maybe Tomorrow,” “The Love You Save,” “Who's Lovin' You,” “Goin' Back to Indiana” and more.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Jorge Lopez-Yañez, tenor | Cesar Sanchez, tenor | Bernardo Bermudez, 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,” "Maria” from West Side Story, “You Raise Me Up” and many more. Along the way, they’ll also take a tuneful trip through the classic music of Hollywood and Mexico, with tributes to legendary singers Juan Gabriel and Luis Miguel.
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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.
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Nashville Symphony | Justin Freer, conductor
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.
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5/16
Tuesday6:00 PM
FREE CHAMBER MUSIC PROGRAM!
Reserve seats starting April 18, 2023 at 10 a.m.
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.
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The saints come marching in as the Preservation Hall Jazz Band returns to the Schermerhorn for the first time in nine years! Join us as Crescent City meets Music City for an evening filled with the inimitable spirit and joie de vivre of New Orleans. N.O.L.A. is known the world over as a cultural hub, where global sounds and traditions converge, mingle, and resurface, and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band has vividly embodied this tradition for more than 50 years.
Presented without 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!
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director | Iwona Sobotka, soprano | Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano | John Tessier, 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.
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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.
Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Making a rare stop in Music City, Richard Marx joins the Nashville Symphony to perform beautiful orchestral arrangements drawn from his incredible catalog of hits. With more than 30 million albums sold worldwide, this prolific singer/songwriter/producer has also written numerous chart-toppers for other artists, including “Dance With My Father” by Luther Vandross, “This I Promise You” by NSYNC, “Long Hot Summer” by Keith Urban and more. Hits include:
6/27
Tuesday7:00 PM
2023 Spirits of Summer, “Symphony Royale”
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
LIVE ORCHESTRA + CRAFT COCKTAIL COMPETITION
Presented by the Nashville Symphony Crescendo Club
PERFORMERS: Members of the Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Featured Mixologists To Be Announced
CHAIRS: Catherine Grace & Hank Ingram
5:30 PM | VIP High Rollers Lounge, Main Lobby
7:00 PM | Spirits of Summer, Laura Turner Hall
Attire: Cocktail
TICKETS — On Sale May 2!
$100 GA ($75 Early Buy Before 5/29)
$200 VIP
Nashville Symphony | Edwin Outwater, conductor
Forget your troubles and just get happy this June 30th when the Nashville Symphony presents Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration. Broadway stars Morgan James and Nicholas Rodriguez join the orchestra to bring the iconic Garland’s unforgettable songbook back to life—accompanied by rare interviews, family photos, and vintage footage of The Judy Garland Show with never-before-seen outtakes featuring Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Frank Sinatra. You’ll swear she’s there in person when you hear “Over the Rainbow,” “I’ll Be Seeing You,” and “That’s Entertainment.” It’ll chase all your cares away!
Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making.
Now audiences can experience Jurassic Park as never before: projected in HD with a full symphony orchestra performing John Williams’ iconic score live to picture.
Welcome… to Jurassic Park!
“Best Beatles Tribute on Earth” – Rolling Stone
Relive your favorite Beatles hits, including “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Eight Days a Week,” “I Feel Fine” and more, as this one-of-a-kind concert experience re-creates an early-’60s performance by the Fab Four, complete with period instruments, clothing, hairstyles and onstage banter.
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
1964 The Tribute is not endorsed by or affiliated with Apple Corps, LTD.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Béla Fleck, banjo
Our opening night special features arguably the world's greatest banjo player, Béla Fleck, a long-time friend of and a favorite collaborator with the Nashville Symphony. Béla joins us for our season-long 100th anniversary celebration of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, recreating the fiendishly difficult piano concerto on banjo. He literally started working on this classic while he was still in high school, and now, at the height of his artistry, we'll get to hear his dazzling rendition for the first time with an orchestra. A true Music City special!
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Julia Perry: Short Piece for Orchestra
Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Our season opens with works that stretched boundaries and show the orchestra’s extraordinary range. Giancarlo Guerrero compares The Rite of Spring to “heavy metal” — still astounding more than a century after its debut. Julia Perry’s 1952 Short Piece packs in vigorous rhythms, pensive melancholy, and thunderous sound effects. And the one-and-only Garrick Ohlsson, a longtime collaborator in Nashville, joins us for Brahms’ sublime First Piano Concerto.
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There has been no looking back for esperanza spalding. After winning the 2011 Grammy® Award for Best New Artist, the bassist and singer has gone on to win four more Grammys®, including Best Jazz Vocal in 2020, and to wow audiences all over the world. Is esperanza spalding the hottest musician in jazz today? Come find out for yourself in this kickoff to our Jazz Series!
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Nashville Symphony | Ruth Reinhardt, conductor | Awadagin Pratt, piano
Grażyna Bacewicz: Partita for Orchestra
J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in A Major
Jessie Montgomery: Rounds for Piano and String Orchestra
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Ruth Reinhardt’s Nashville debut features two piano concertos composed centuries apart. At one end of the spectrum is Bach’s 1730s Keyboard Concerto in A Major, at the other is Rounds by Jesse Montgomery. Written in 2022 in close collaboration with Awadagin Pratt, The Boston Globe praised Rounds for its “narrative flair and structural clarity.” Bookending the concert are Bacewicz’s contemplative Partita for Orchestra and one of the most beloved works in the repertoire, Brahms’ First Symphony.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Accidentally brought back to life in Salem on Halloween night, three witches, known as the Sanderson sisters, attempt to steal the life essence from the town’s children so they can have eternal life – it’s Hocus Pocus!
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Trisha Yearwood
Is there anyone more beloved in country music than the incredible Trisha Yearwood? Her phenomenal career now spans three decades of music making, hit songs and numerous GRAMMY® Awards, and this season she returns to open the Pops Series with three sure to be sold out concerts with the Nashville Symphony.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Ahoy, mateys! Set sail for a family adventure with the orchestra and Captain Enrico in search of Blackbeard’s treasure. This concert inspired by the high seas includes John Williams’s “Flight to Neverland,” Strauss’ On the Beautiful Blue Danube, music from Pirates of the Caribbean and more.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Timothy McAllister, saxophone
W.A. Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute
John Corigliano: Triathlon | Live Recording
Ottorino Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Reprising a triumphant 2022 San Francisco Symphony premiere, Giancarlo Guererro and Timothy McAllister bring us John Corigliano’s aptly named Triathlon — an athletic feat, with McAllister switching among three saxophones. The San Francisco Chronicle raved “it grabbed a listener’s attention…and lingered long in the memory...” Respighi’s Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome — sweeping pictorials of his native Italy — round out this program that opens with a favorite Mozart overture.
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Kenny Barron has been hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” and Jazz Weekly as “The most lyrical piano player of our time.” And the inimitable Philadelphian has been honored by the National Endowment of the Arts as a Jazz Master. Don’t miss Barron and his virtuosic trio live at the Schermerhorn.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Joseph Alessi, trombone
Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture
Chick Corea: Trombone Concerto | Live Recording
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
New York Philharmonic prinicpal trombonist Joseph Alessi — a veritable rock star among American brass players — takes center stage with a work written for him by the late, great jazz legend Chick Corea, premiered with Giancarlo Guerrero in São Paolo. Szymanowski’s Concert Overture is an exuberant concert opener, and Giancarlo ties it all together with Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite, which perfectly captures the drama and heartbreak of Shakespeare’s immortal story.
16-time GRAMMY® award-winning musician, composer, and producer DAVID FOSTER and acclaimed singer, television, and Broadway star KATHARINE MCPHEE are joining forces and bringing their show on the road.
This intimate show with the powerhouse duo will be packed with David’s hits, from Chicago, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, and Katharine’s biggest songs from American Idol, Smash, and Waitress. Plus some of their favorites that they just love!
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Jefferson Starship
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director | Aquiles Machado, tenor | Juan Tomás Martínez, baritone
Aaron Copland: El Salón México
Astor Piazzolla: Sinfonía Buenos Aires
Antonio Estévez: Cantata Criolla | Live Recording
When Aaron Copland first visited Mexico, he remarked, “Mexico has turned out even grander than I expected, and I expected pretty grand things.” El Salón Mexico draws upon that sentiment, headlining a program inspired by Latin America’s beauty and culture. Piazzolla’s Sinfonía Buenos Aires captures the tango’s provocative essence, and Giancarlo Guerrero has invited Aquiles Machado and Juan Tomás Martinez as soloists for Antonio Estévez’s Cantata Criolla, a Faustian singing contest between Florentino and the Devil.
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Nashville Symphony | Joss Stone | Conductor to be Announced
The soulful and wildly talented Joss Stone makes her Schermerhorn debut with the Nashville Symphony. Known internationally for her debut album The Soul Sessions, this British singer’s meg-hits include “Super Duper Love,” “Right to be Wrong,” “Free Me,” “L-O-V-E,” and “Fell in Love with a Boy.” Catch Ms. Stone along with the Nashville Symphony as they deliver a holiday-themed concert filled with Christmas favorites and soulful hits.
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Nashville Symphony | Jason Seber, conductor
A true holiday favorite and a Nashville tradition, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture.
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Nashville Symphony | Boyz II Men | Conductor to be Announced
A Nashville favorite, Boyz II Men returns to perform their first-ever holiday concert with a symphony! This concert will feature orchestrated versions of R&B originals hits like “End of the Road,” I’ll Make Love to You,” “On Bended Knee,” and “Motownphilly,” along with Christmas and holiday hits.
A holiday favorite! Singer-songwriter Dave Barnes and guests perform classics like “Christmas Tonight” and “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” along with holiday favorites including “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and more.
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Nashville Symphony & Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, conductor
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 – and four astounding soloists – perform one of the most inspiring works of music ever written. This season’s Handel’s Messiah is conducted – for the first time ever – by Nashville Symphony Chorus Director Tucker Biddlecombe.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Maurice Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
John Corigliano: One Sweet Morning | Live Recording
Modest Mussorgsky, orch. Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Giancarlo Guerrero explores the range of emotions of art borne from grief. After visiting a friend’s posthumous art exhibit, Mussorgsky exclaimed “Ideas, melodies, come to me of their own accord.” He penned Pictures at an Exhibition with a feverish intensity, and the result is a work that showcases the virtuosity found within the orchestra. Sasha Cooke joins us for One Sweet Morning, John Corigliano’s achingly beautiful song cycle written to commemorate the tenth anniversary of 9/11.
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Nashville Symphony | Byron Stripling, conductor | Tony DeSare, piano
One of America’s favorite trumpeters, Byron Stripling brings his virtuosity, joyous spirit, and jazzy vocals to the Schermerhorn in celebration of the music of George Gershwin and the 100th anniversary of Rhapsody in Blue. The charming singer and pianist Tony DeSare joins Stripling for a double dose of musical enchantment.
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Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra is a GRAMMY® Award-winning, multi-media concerto from composer Mason Bates accompanying an animated film by a multi-Oscar-winning creative team. Guided by a magical Sprite, the families of instruments in the orchestra overcome their differences to demonstrate “unity from diversity” in a spectacular finale.
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Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor | Janice Carissa, piano
Anna Clyne: The Midnight Hour
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Associate Conductor Nathan Aspinall conducts our annual concert shining the spotlight on an up-and-coming pianist. The phenomenally gifted Janice Carissa takes the stage for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 — premiered in 1784 by one of Mozart’s rising star students. Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, inspired by poetry, makes full use of the spectrum of colors in the orchestra. And Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5 was penned at the height of WWII as “a hymn to free and happy Man…his pure and noble spirit.”
The Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Patti LaBelle
R&B legend and “Godmother of Soul” Patti LaBelle has enjoyed one of the longest careers in contemporary music. Patti LaBelle has done it all, from girl group pop and gutsy soul to space-age funk and hard-hitting disco. Get ready to be rocked when Patti hits the stage with the Nashville Symphony, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jennifer Koh, violin
Tania León: Stride
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Hailed by NPR as “one of the most brilliant artists of her generation,” Jennifer Koh joins Giancarlo Guerrero for Barber’s exquisite Violin Concerto. Tania León’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Stride, reflecting her Cuban American heritage, was part of a project celebrating the 19th Amendment. Anchoring the program is a repertoire staple, the Enigma Variations, a musical portrait gallery of the composer’s friends with an autobiographical look at himself.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Yo-Yo Ma, cello
It's hard to think of anyone more universally beloved than Yo-Yo Ma, both for his passion and virtuosity, but also for his heartfelt humanity. It's been a few years, and we're thrilled to have Yo-Yo return to the stage of the Schermerhorn for a special one-night-only performance with the Nashville Symphony.
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This season the Duke Ellington Orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary. First formed as the Washingtonians, the band later moved to New York and took up residence at the famed Cotton Club and the rest, from “Satin Doll” to “It Don't Mean a Thing,” is history.
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Nashville Symphony | Wayne Marshall, conductor, piano and organ
Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington: Harlem
Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings, and Timpani
George Gershwin: Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Each season, we showcase the Schermerhorn’s world-renowned pipe organ in a symphonic concert. Enter the versatile Wayne Marshall, leading from the console as soloist in the Poulenc Organ Concerto and from the piano for Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody. On the podium, he conducts Harlem and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, by American icons whose mixing of jazz and classical idioms captured the spirit of 1950s and 1960s New York City.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | The Irish Tenors
Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan and Declan Kelly are synonymous with Irish music. The Irish Tenors have performed all over the world, and have blazed the trail from coast to coast in America, stopping in nearly every city; thrilling audiences at every single stop with their enchanting Irish repertoire and sweeping secular selections. Join these kings of Celtic music as they perform at the Schermerhorn with the Nashville Symphony. Just of few of many Tenors’ beloved hits include “Danny Boy,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Fields of Athenry,” “My Heart Will Go On,” “Fairytale of New York,” and “South of The Border.”
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Nashville Symphony | Anthony Parnther, conductor
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in the mountains of Colombia.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Frankie Moreno
If you’ve visited Las Vegas, chances are you’ve seen entertainer extraordinaire Frankie Moreno’s face on a billboard. Growing up in Santa Cruz, Moreno moved to Nashville to polish his craft and then on to Vegas and top selling albums and hit singles — and was voted Las Vegas’ Headliner of the Year five times running. Who better to perform Elvis’ music and pay tribute the great one than the incredible Frankie Moreno?
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Imagine spending your birthday at the museum! Join Mason and his friends for a musical and scientific scavenger hunt through the many exhibits that make any museum special in this Nashville Symphony concert with music and story by Karen LeFrak based on her book of the same name.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Zuill Bailey, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
Zuill Bailey, a longtime friend of the Nashville Symphony, flawlessly navigates the virtuosic pyrotechnics of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 — specifically chosen for this concert by Giancarlo Guerrero. Two of Beethoven’s even-numbered symphonies surround the concerto, and though they are less-often performed in concert, they remain two of his most poignant and profound works.
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Florence Price, arr. Still: Dances in the Canebrakes
George Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin’s orchestral music defined the American sound, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins us for our centennial celebration of Rhapsody in Blue plus his Piano Concerto in F. Gershwin is complemented by Florence Price and William Dawson, whose compositions stemmed from the Black American Experience. At its 1934 Carnegie Hall premiere, Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, based on spirituals and emphatically symphonic, brought audiences to their feet. And Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes is drawn from Black folk songs and dances of the 1920s and ‘30s.
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Nashville Symphony | Conductor to be announced
In the epic finale to the Harry Potter Film Concert Series the battle between good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2 in Concert brings the final chapter to the big screen as your Nashville Symphony performs every note of the epic score from Alexandre Desplat. The stakes have never been higher!
WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. (s23)
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Gil Shaham, violin
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto
Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony
Gil Shaham’s virtuosity, warmth, and audience connection make him a favorite guest in Nashville, and to hear him perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is a rare opportunity. Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony uses the sheer force of the orchestra, fortified by extra winds, brass, and percussion, including cowbells plus a giant wind machine that depicts a huge storm.
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Nashville Symphony | Andrew Lipke, conductor | Amos Lee
You’ve got to love someone who taught grade school, bartended and then — with talent and determination — went on to produce top selling albums and national tours. That someone is Amos Lee, whose popular blend of folk, rock, and soul have made him a favorite here in Nashville, and across the country. It’s been worth the wait and now you can hear him in a “back by popular demand” performance with the Nashville Symphony.
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Nashville Symphony | Nathan Aspinall, conductor
The Unicorn’s Birthday™ is a gentle, fantasy-and-fun-filled symphony experience. Join the family-friendly birthday celebration brimming with music, narration, fun sounds, captivating on-stage activity, animation, and audience participation. There’s even a visit from the Birthday Unicorn!
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gustav Mahler, arr. Cooke: Symphony No. 10
Though the venerable composer Gustav Mahler completed only sketches of his Symphony No. 10 before his death in 1911, composers and musicologists spent much of the 20th century reconstructing it and filling in the gaps. Giancarlo Guerrero enlightens us with a fascinating exploration of this process before conducting Mahler’s final opus, considered by many to have been his greatest symphonic work.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Marcus Miller, bass
Bassist, composer, improviser, and educator Miller’s compositions and improvisations have been described by the New York Times as “convincing and confident, evolved in touch and tone...”, and the Detroit Free Press has said, “Marcus Miller represents next generation of jazz”.
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor
Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed live by a full symphony orchestra in sync to the film projected on a huge HD screen!
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Nashville Symphony | Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus | Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director | Meechot Marrero, soprano | Randall Scotting, countertenor | Sidney Outlaw, baritone | Blair Children’s Chorus | Mary Biddlecombe, children's chorus director
Alban Berg: Seven Early Songs
Gustav Mahler: Songs of the Wayfarer
Carl Orff: Carmina burana
We end our season with Orff’s Carmina burana, in all its magnificent, carnal beauty. Giancarlo Guerrero programmed it — in its original form — to showcase the powerful forces of the Nashville Symphony and Chorus. On the first half of the program, our soloists in the Orff treat us to Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs and the autobiographical Songs of the Wayfarer of Mahler, who compared his own life to “a traveling journeyman…wandering on in solitude.”
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Nashville Symphony | Enrico Lopez-Yañez, conductor | Tituss Burgess
The fabulous Tituss Burgess -- who brought us the unforgettable "Pinot Noir" in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt -- returns to the Nashville Symphony for an evening of favorite melodies from Broadway and film.