Friday, September 3, 2010

2009-2010 concerts airing 2010-2011

The ASO on GPB: Broadcast Schedule

Thursday 9 p.m. & Sunday 10 p.m. with host Sarah Zaslaw


Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts from the 2009-2010 season


March 4 & 7, September 2 & 5, 2010

Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
  • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique”

Interviews with Garrick Ohlsson and Robert Spano


March 11 & 14, September 9 & 12, 2010

Dejan Lazic, piano; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Brahms/Lazic: Concerto in D major for Piano (based on Violin Concerto) (world premiere)

Interviews with Dejan Lazic and Robert Spano

March 18 & 21, September 16 & 19, 2010

Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Celena Shafer, nightingale; Jessica Rivera, cook; Thomas Glenn, fisherman; Denis Sedov, chamberlain; Dimitry Ivashchenko, bonze; Kostas Smoriginas, emperor; Irina Tchistyakova, death; stage director James Alexander; ASO Chamber Chorus; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Stravinsky: The Nightingale
  • Angel Lam: Awakening from a Disappearing Garden

Interview with Robert Spano

March 25 & 28, September 23 & 26, 2010

James Ehnes, violin; Donald Runnicles, conductor

  • Weber: Overture to Oberon
  • Korngold: Violin Concerto
  • Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra

Interview with Donald Runnicles

April 1 & 4, September 30 & October 3, 2010

ASO Chorus; Chen Reiss, soprano; Matthew Worth, baritone; Donald Runnicles, conductor

  • Brahms: A German Requiem

Interview with Donald Runnicles

April 8 & 11, October 7 & 10, 2010

Tai Murray, violin; Hannu Lintu, conductor

  • Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
  • Glazunov: Violin Concerto
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1

Interviews with Tai Murray and Hannu Lintu

April 15 & 18, October 14 & 17, 2010

Olli Mustonen, piano; Laura Ardan, clarinet; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
  • Gershwin: An American in Paris
  • Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

Interview with Robert Spano

April 22 & 25, October 21 & 24, 2010

Robert Levin, piano

Donald Runnicles, conductor

  • A.J.Kernis: Musica Celestis
  • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

April 29, May 2, October 28 & 31, 2010

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Robert Spano, conductor

  • Sibelius: Finlandia
  • Khatchaturian: Piano Concerto
  • Sibelius: Symphony No. 1

Interview with Robert Spano

May 6 & 9, November 4 & 7, 2010

Robert Spano, conductor

  • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
  • Golijov: Suite from Youth without Youth
  • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Interview with Osvaldo Golijov

May 13 & 16, November 11 & 14, 2010

ASO Chamber Chorus; Roberto Abbado, conductor

  • Mozart: Coronation Mass
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

May 20 & 23, November 18 & 21, 2010

Leila Josefowicz, violin; Roberto Abbado, conductor

  • Mozart: Overture to La Clemenza di Tito
  • Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 9

May 27 & 30, November 25 & 28, 2010

Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

  • Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphoses
  • Dvorak: Symphony No. 8

Interview with Mei-Ann Chen

June 3 & 6, December 2 & 5, 2010

Women of the ASO Chorus; Gwinnett Young Singers; Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Mahler: Symphony No. 3

June 10 & 13, December 9 & 12, 2010

Kirill Gerstein, piano; Vasily Sinaisky, conductor

  • Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
  • Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
  • Stravinsky: Petrushka

Interview with Kirill Gerstein

June 17 & 20, December 16 & 19, 2010

Simone Dinnerstein, piano; Kristjan Jarvi, conductor

  • Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor
  • Stravinsky: Suite from Pulcinella
  • Strainvsky: Suite from The Firebird

Interviews with Simone Dinnerstein and Kristjan Jarvi

June 24 & 27, December 23 & 26, 2010

Barry Douglas, piano

Vasily Petrenko, conductor

  • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
  • Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1

July 1 & 4, December 30, 2010; January 2, 2011

Midori, violin; Lothar Zagrosek, conductor

  • Schrecker: Overture to Die Gezeichneten
  • Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

July 8 & 11, 2010; January 6 & 9, 2011

ASO Chorus; Angela Brown, soprano; Dmitri Pittas, tenor; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Verdi: Requiem

July 15 & 18, 2010; January 13 & 16, 2011

Donald Runnicles, conductor

  • Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4
  • Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

July 22 & 25, 2010; January 20 & 23, 2011

Stephen Hough, piano; Ludovic Morlot, conductor

  • Liadov: The Enchanted Lake; Baba Yaga; Kikimora
  • Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet

July 29 & August 1, 2010; January 27 & 30, 2011

Brice Andrus and three other ASO horn players; Oliver Knussen, conductor

  • Schumann: Konzerstuck for Four Horns
  • Knussen: Whitman Settings
  • Beethoven: Symphony No. 5

August 5 & 8, 2010; February 3 & 6, 2011

eighth blackbird; Robert Spano, conductor

  • J. Higdon: On a Wire, concerto for sextet and orchestra (world premiere)
  • M. Gandolfi: QED: Engaging Richard Feynman (world premiere)
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 39

Interviews with Michael Gandolfi and Jennifer Higdon courtesy of the ASO

August 12 & 15, 2010; February 10 & 13, 2011

Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano; Robert Spano, conductor

  • Mozart: Symphony No. 40, “Great G minor”
  • P. Lieberson: Neruda Songs
  • Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”

Interview with Robert Spano

August 19 & 22, 2010; February 17 & 20, 2011

Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra; Angelica Hairston, harp; Drew Forde, viola; Xavier Foley, bass; Jere Flint, conductor

  • Music by Barber, Ravel, Sibelius, Walton, Bottesini, Bernstein, from the youth symphony’s February and May 2010 concerts

August 26 & 29, 2010; February 24 & 27, 2011

2009-2010 season retrospective, featuring:

  • encores in Symphony Hall by pianists Garrick Ohlsson, Stephen Hough and Kirill Gerstein;
  • recent commercial recordings from Telarc and Channel Classics featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus, pianist Dejan Lazic, soprano Christine Brewer and bass Eric Owens in music by Barber, Brahms/Lazic and Strauss;
  • conversation with ASO music director Robert Spano plus Ohlsson, Gerstein, Brewer and Owens


A fresh series of broadcasts, presenting concerts from the orchestra's 2010-2011 season, will begin in March 2011.

Friday, January 15, 2010

The ASO on GPB - 2010 Broadcast Season

Georgia Public Broadcasting is once again proud to broadcast Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts. Performances from the orchestra's 2009-2010 season air from March to August 2010 on GPB Radio. (The series of 26 broadcasts will rerun starting in September.) Alongside great music recorded live in Atlanta's Symphony Hall, you'll hear host Sarah Zaslaw in conversation about the music with the conductors and soloists. Tune in for The ASO on GPB Thursday evenings at 9:00, repeating Sunday nights at 10:00.

March 4 and 7
  • Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with Garrick Ohlsson
  • Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6, "Pathetique"
  • Robert Spano conducts
March 11 and 14
  • Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (in Ravel's orchestration)
  • World premiere of Dejan Lazic's arrangement of the Brahms Violin Concerto for piano and orchestra, with Dejan Lazic as soloist
  • Robert Spano conducts
March 18 and 21
  • Yo-Yo Ma soloes in Angel Lam's narrated cello concerto Awakening from a Disappearing Garden
  • Stravinsky's Nightingale
  • Robert Spano conducts
March 25 and 28
  • James Ehnes is soloist in Korngold's Violin Concerto
  • Weber's Overture to Oberon
  • Strauss's Thus Spake Zarathustra
  • Donald Runnicles conducts