Tammy Hawk, 404.733.4842, tammy.hawk@atlantasymphony.org
Elizabeth Daniell, 404.733.4845, elizabeth.daniell@atlantasymphony.org
ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENTS A REPRISE OF
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS’ CREATION/CREATOR IN MARCH
ATLANTA SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO HOLD TWO
PERFORMANCES IN SYMPHONY HALL
ATLANTA – The Grammy® Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) will appear on local and national stages during the month of March, including a prestigious end-of-month performance at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Music Director Robert Spano will lead the ASO premiere of Christopher Theofandis’ Dreamtime Ancestors and violin virtuoso Benjamin Beilman performing Sibelius’ Violin Concerto on three consecutive evenings. The March 2 and 4 performances at Atlanta Symphony Hall bookend an evening featuring the same program at the University of Georgia’s Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall in Athens, Ga., on March 3.
On March 9 and 11, Conductor Michael Stern will lead a weekend of Russian masters featuring pianist Marc-André Hamelin performing the ASO premiere of Medtner’s Second Piano Concerto with Shostakovich’s Festive Overture and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4. The Casual Friday series will continue on March 10 with an hour long performance featuring the Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky pieces.
The Family Concert Series will present Peter & the Wolf and Friends Michael Palmer conducting the Prokofiev favorite as well as Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee and more on March 12 at 3 p.m. The program will be presented at an encore matinee at Kennesaw State University’s Bailey Performance Center on March 25.
Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski will lead a festive St. Patrick’s Day program on March 17 and 18 with a special performance by the Grammy®-nominated Irish-American group Cherish the Ladies, one of the world’s top Celtic bands.
On March 19 the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra (ASYO) will present its Crescendo Concert with ASYO Music Director Joseph Young conducting Mussorgsky/Ravel’s Pictures at an Exhibition. March 29 will feature both the ASO and ASYO for the Side-by-Side Concert lead by Young, providing student musicians the opportunity to sit with and learn from ASO musicians leading up to the concert.
The Orchestra wraps up March with an all-star reprise of Christopher Theofanidis’ Creation/Creator in Atlanta Symphony Hall lead by Spano and featuring soprano Jessica Rivera, mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke, tenor Thomas Cooley, baritone Nmon Ford, bass Evan Boyer and narrators Shannon Eubanks and Steven Cole, as well as the ASO Chorus on March 23 and March 25. Special scenography will be designed by the Woodruff Arts Center’s 2016-17 Phil Kent Creative Fellow Daniel Arsham and stage direction will be provided by James Alexander. The same ensemble will perform Creation/Creator at the 2017 SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on March 31.
Additional details, including event times, for each March 2017 performance include:
Robert Spano Leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' Dreamtime Ancestors; Violin Virtuoso Benjamin Beilman Performs Sibelius - Delta Classical Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, March 2, 2017, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 4, 2017, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors ‡
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
ADAMS: Harmonielehre
Robert Spano Leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Premiere of Christopher Theofanidis' Dreamtime Ancestors; Violin Virtuoso Benjamin Beilman Performs Sibelius at UGA
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia – Athens, Ga.
Friday, March 3, 2017, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Benjamin Beilman, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Dreamtime Ancestors ‡
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
ADAMS: Harmonielehre
Conductor Michael Stern Leads a Weekend Of Russian Masters Featuring Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Performing The Atlanta Symphony Premiere of Medtner’s Second Piano Concerto - Delta Classical Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 11, 2017, 8 p.m.
Michael Stern, conductor
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
MEDTNER: Piano Concerto No. 2 ‡
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
CASUAL FRIDAYS WITH THE ASO
Conductor Michael Stern Leads a Weekend of Russian Masters - Delta Classical Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Friday, March 10, 2017, 6:30 p.m.
Michael Stern, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
SHOSTAKOVICH: Festive Overture
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4
Peter & the Wolf and Friends - Family Concert Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, March 12, 2017, 3 p.m.
Michael Palmer, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee
SAINT-SAËNS: "Elephant" from Carnival of the Animals (arr. Kurth)
COPLAND: “I Bought Me a Cat”
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the ASO and Cherish The Ladies - Delta POPS! Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Friday, March 17, 2017, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 18, 2017, 2 p.m. (75-minute performance)
Saturday, March 18, 2017, 8 p.m.
Cherish The Ladies, vocals
Michael Krajewski, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra Crescendo Concert
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Sunday, March 19, 2017, 3 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition
Peter & the Wolf and Friends - Family Concert Series
Bailey Performance Center, Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw, GA
Sunday, March 25, 2017, 2 p.m.
Michael Palmer, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee
SAINT-SAËNS: "Elephant" from Carnival of the Animals (arr. Kurth)
COPLAND: “I Bought Me a Cat”
PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf
Robert Spano Leads Christopher Theofanidis’ Creation/Creator with an All-Star Cast -Delta Classical Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, March 23, 2017, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 25, 2017, 8 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano *
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Nmon Ford, baritone
Evan Boyer, bass
Steven Cole, narrator
Shannon Eubanks, narrator
Daniel Arsham, scenography
James Alexander, stage direction
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Creation/Creator
Side-By-Side Concert Featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 8 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano Leads Christopher Theofanidis' Creation/Creator with an All-Star Cast at the 2017 SHIFT Festival
SHIFT Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C.
Friday, March 31, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Robert Spano, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Sasha Cook, mezzo-soprano
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Nmon Ford, baritone
Evan Boyer, bass
Steven Cole, narrator
Daniel Arsham, scenography
James Alexander, stage direction
Shannon Eubanks, narrator
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
CHRISTOPHER THEOFANIDIS: Creation/Creator
* denotes Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut
‡ denotes Atlanta Symphony Orchestra premiere
Tickets to all Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances at Atlanta Symphony Hall are available online at AtlantaSymphony.org or by calling 404-733-5000. Tickets may also be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office, located in the Woodruff Arts Center at 15th and Peachtree Streets. Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday noon to 6 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.
About the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Celebrating its 72nd season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra continues to affirm its position as one of America’s leading orchestras with excellent live performances, renowned guest artist features and engaging education initiatives. As a cornerstone for artistic development in the Southeast, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs a full schedule of more than 150 concerts, including educational and community concerts, each year for a combined audience of more than half a million. more
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