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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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.
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"
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
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
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
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
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, bandoneón
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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