The upcoming 2019-20 Nashville Symphony Classical Series will highlight the talent of featured soloists like Garrick Ohlsson, Bomsori Kim and the symphony's own Jun Iwasaki, while the series closes with a performance from celebrated pianist Daniil Trifonov.
Audiences can look forward to seeing a familiar face in May of next year: conductor and former Nashville Symphony music adviser Leonard Slatkin will step on the podium again to lead a program of sea-themed works.
The series will also feature a handful of live recordings, including of works written by Gabriela Lena Frank, whose collaboration with Nashville's ALIAS Chamber Ensemble was nominated for a Grammy in 2011, and Tennessee native Jennifer Higdon, whose recorded album All Things Majestic earned the Nashville Symphony a Grammy just last year.
Also of note is the pairing of Schostakovich's Symphony No. 4 with Beyond the Score, a program aiming to give audiences a deeper look at the work, its context and history, and ultimately ask the question: "Is music dangerous?"
See full details for the series below:
TCHAIKOVSKY'S FIFTH Sept. 12-14, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano
- Adolphus Hailstork — An American Port of Call
- Barber — Piano Concerto
- Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5
BEYOND THE SCORE: SHOSTAKOVICH'S FOURTH Sept. 27 & 28, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
- Beyond the Score — Is Music Dangerous?
- Shostakovich — Symphony No. 4
BRAHMS' VIOLIN CONCERTO Oct. 25-27, 2019
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
SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE Nov. 7-9, 2019
Thierry Fischer, conductor; Stephen Hough, piano
- Andrew Norman — Spiral
- Mendelssohn — Piano Concerto No. 1
- Berlioz — Symphonie Fantastique
RACHMANINOFF'S THE BELLS Nov. 21-23, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Paul Jacobs, organ; Nashville Symphony Chorus
- Vaughan Williams — Serenade to Music
- Parker — Organ Concerto in E-flat minor (Live Recording)
- Rachmaninoff — The Bells
PROKOFIEV'S ROMEO AND JULIET Jan. 10-12, 2020
JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
- Ravel — La Valse
- Liszt — Piano Concerto No. 1
- Prokofiev — Suite from Romeo and Juliet
ROMANTIC RHAPSODIES Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2020
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
BEETHOVEN'S BIRTHDAY BASH Feb. 20-23, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
- Beethoven — Leonore Overture No. 3
- Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 1
- Beethoven — Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
APPALACHIAN SPRING March 6 & 7, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Jeffrey Bailey, cornet; Paul Jenkins, trombone; Derek Hawkes, trombone; Steven Brown, bass trombone; Gilbert Long, tuba
- Hovhaness — Symphony No. 2, "Mysterious Mountain"
- Brad Warnaar — Cornet Concerto Live Recording
- Jennifer Higdon — Low Brass Concerto Live Recording
- Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
BEETHOVEN'S PASTORAL SYMPHONY March 19-21, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Andrew Garland; baritone; Nashville Symphony Chorus; Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
- Beethoven — Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"
- Gabriela Lena Frank — Conquest Requiem Live Recording
MAHLER'S TENTH April 9-11, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
- Mahler | Cooke — Symphony No. 10
MOZART & ELGAR May 1 & 2, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Bomsori Kim, violin
- Augusta Read Thomas — Brio
- Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 1
- Elgar — Symphony No. 1
Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert
SLATKIN, THE SORCERER & THE SEA May 15-17, 2020
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
- Haydn — Symphony No. 70
- Various — Yet Another Set of Variations on Paganini
- Dukas — The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Debussy — La Mer
GUERRERO CONDUCTS BRUCKER, FEATURING MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR DANIIL TRIFONOV May 29 & 30, 2020
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano
- Mosolov — Piano Concerto
- Brucker — Symphony No. 9
In addition to the Classical Series, 91Classical listeners might also be interested in these upcoming events:
GUERRERO CONDUCTS HANDEL'S MESSIAH WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY & CHORUS December 19-22, 2019
GUERRERO CONDUCTS NFM WROCLAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA January 21, 2020
