Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Tuesdays at 9:00pm on WABE 90.1fm and WABE.org Classical

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Master Season Concerts, hosted by WABE’s Lois Reitzes, will air Tuesdays at 9 pm beginning Tuesday, February 2, 2010. WABE will air the entire 2009-2010 Master Season. Most of the broadcasts feature insightful conversation with the conductors and soloists. Post-production by Fred Horton, music supervision by Fyodor Cherniavsky, recording engineers Tommy Joe Anderson and Fred Horton.

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July 13, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550

PETER LIEBERSON
- Neruda Songs [ASO Premiere]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
July 6, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor
ASO Chorus
eighth blackbird

MICHAEL GANDOLFI
- Choral Work [World Premiere]

JENNIFER HIGDON - Concerto [World Premiere]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543
June 29, 2010
Oliver Knussen, Conductor
ASO Horns
Lisa Saffer, soprano

ROBERT SCHUMANN
- Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Opus 86 [ASO Premiere]

OLIVER KNUSSEN
- Whitman Settings, Opus 25a [ASO Premiere]
- When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer
- A Noiseless Patient Spider
- The Dalliance of the Eagles
- The voice of the Rain

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Opus 67
June 22, 2010
Ludovic Morlot, Conductor
Stephen Hough, piano

ANATOLI LIADOV
- The Enchanted Lake, Opus 62
- Baba-Yaga, Opus 56
- Kikimora, Opus 63

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Opus 44 (original version)

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
- Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Opus 64
June 15, 2010
Donald Runnicles, Conductor

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069

ANTON BRUCKNER - Symphony No. 7 in E major
June 8, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor
Angela Brown, soprano
Mariana Pentcheva, mezzo-soprano
Dimitri Pittas, tenor
Andrea Silvestrelli, bass
ASO Chorus

GIUSEPPE VERDI
- Messa da requiem
June 1, 2010
Lothar Zagrosek, Conductor
Midori, violin

FRANZ SCHREKER
- Prelude to Die Gezeichneten [ASO Premiere]

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Opus 77

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Opus 55 (“Eroica”)
May 25, 2010
Kristan Jarvi, Conductor
Simone Dinnerstein, piano

IGOR STRAVINSKY
- Suite from the ballet Pulcinella

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052

IGOR STRAVINSKY
- Suite from the ballet The Firebird (1945 version)
May 25, 2010
Vasily Petrenko, Conductor
Barry Douglas, piano

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- Manfred Symphony, Opus 58

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Opus 23
May 11, 2010
Vassily Sinaisky, Conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72b

FRANZ LISZT
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S. 125

IGOR STRAVINSKY
- Pétrouchka (1947 with ballet ending)
May 4, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor
Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano
ASO Chorus Women
Gwinnett Young Singers

GUSTAV MAHLER
- Symphony No. 3 in D minor
April 27, 2010
Mei-Ann Chen, Conductor
Jon Kimura Parker, piano

PAUL HINDEMITH
- Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

SERGEI RACHMANINOV
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Opus 43

ANTONIN DVORÁK
- Symphony No. 8 in G major, Opus 88
April 20, 2010
Roberto Abbado, Conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Overture to La clemenza di Tito, K. 621

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Opus 19

FRANZ SCHUBERT
- Symphony No. 9 in C major, D. 944 (“The Great”)
April 13, 2010
Roberto Abbado, Conductor
Kiera Duffy, soprano
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano
Colin Balzer, tenor
Matthew Burns, bass
ASO Chorus

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Church Sonata in C major for Organ and Strings, K. 328 [ASO Premiere]

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Mass in C major, K. 317 (“Coronation”)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
- Church Sonata in C major for Organ and Orchestra, K. 278 [ASO Premiere]

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
- Symphony No. 1 in C major, Opus 21
April 6, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
OSVALDO GOLIJOV:
- Concert Suite from Youth Without Youth [US Premiere]
IGOR STRAVINSKY:
- Le Sacre du printemps [The Rite of Spring]
March 30, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

JEAN SIBELIUS
- Finlandia, Opus 26, No. 7
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
- Piano Concerto
JEAN SIBELIUS
- Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Opus 39
March 23, 2010
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Robert Levin, piano

AARON JAY KERNIS:
- Musica celestis [ASO Premiere]
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART:
- Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 (“Paradis”)
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN:
- Symphony No. 6 in F major, Opus 68 (“Pastorale”)
March 16, 2010
Laura Ardan, clarinet
Olli Mustonen, piano

LEONARD BERNSTEIN

WYNTON MARSALIS

MAURICE RAVEL
- Piano Concerto in G Major
GEORGE GERSHWIN:
- An American in Paris
March 9, 2010
Hannu Lintu, Conductor
Tai Murray, violin

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY:
- Swan Lake Suite, Opus 20a
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV:
- Violin Concerto in A minor, Opus 82
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
- Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Opus 10
March 2, 2010
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
Chen Reiss, soprano
Matthew Worth, baritone
ASO Chorus

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN:
- Symphony No. 44 in E minor (“Trauersinfonie”)
JOHANNES BRAHMS:
- Ein deutsches Requiem, Opus 45 (“A German Requiem”)
February 23, 2010
Donald Runnicles, Conductor
James Ehnes, violin

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
- Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Opus 21
ERICH KORNGOLD
- Violin Concerto in D major, Opus 35
RICHARD STRAUSS
- Also sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30
February 16, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor

Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Angel Lam, narrator
- Celena Shafer, soprano, The Nightingale
- Jessica Rivera, soprano, The Cook
- Vinson Cole, tenor, The Fisherman
- Denis Sedov, bass, The Chanberlain
- Jason Grant, bass, The Bonze
- Kostas Smoriginas, baritone, The Emperor of China
- Irina Tchistjakova, mezzo-soprano, Death
ASO Chamber Chorus
- Norman Mackenzie, Director of Choruses
ANGEL LAM:
- Awakening from a Disappearing Garden [World Premiere] (for solo cello and orchestra with narration)
IGOR STRAVINSKY:
- Le Rossignol (“The Nightingale”) [ASO Premiere]
February 9, 2010
Dejan Lazic, piano

ADAM SCHOENBERG

JOHANNES BRAHMS (arr. Dejan Lazic)
- Concerto in D major, Opus 77 [World Premiere on Piano]
MODEST MUSSORGSKY:
- Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Maurice Ravel)
February 2, 2010
Robert Spano, Conductor Garrick Ohlsson, piano

JOHN STAFFORD SMITH: (arr. Walter Damrosch)
- The Star-Spangled Banner
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
- Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Opus 74 (“Pathétique”)
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Opus 30
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Tuesdays at 9:00pm on WABE 90.1fm and WABE.org Classical

Join 90.1FM WABE's Lois Reitzes and Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sarah Zaslaw as they discuss the 2010-2011 Season with Robert Spano, Donald Runnicles, and ASO musicians.