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 September
26/27/28, 2002 @ 8pm
GOLIJOV: Last Rounds
RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
Robert Spano, conductor
Vardan Mamikonian, piano
The highly
gifted Armenian pianist Vardan Mamikonian performs the first
offering in the ASO's Rachmaninov mini-series, which showcases
all his works for piano and orchestra; Robert Spano's boundless
admiration for Sibelius fuels the Symphony No. 2, a craggy
masterpiece from the wind-swept north.
October
31 November 1/2, 2002 @ 8pm
MENDELSSOHN: Elijah
John Nelson, conductor
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
John Mark Ainsley, tenor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
An all-star
cast led by the remarkable Barbara Bonney is joined by the
mighty ASO Chorus for a much-anticipated performance of Elijah,
Mendelssohn's towering masterwork based on episodes from the
life of the biblical prophet.
 November
21/22/23, 2002 @ 8pm
PRZYTULSKI: Blitz
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin concerto
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5
Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin
In his
Classical Season debut, Mr. Mickelthwate leads Prokofiev's
Symphony No. 5, a triumphant statement of the human will to
survive in times of crisis. Ms. Josefowicz, "a peerless
performer" (Boston Globe), performs the poignant and
acutely resonant Tchaikovsky.
 January
30/31/ February 1, 2003 @ 8pm
BEETHOVEN: Overture to Fidelio
BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1
MAHLER: Symphony No. 1
Robert Spano, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
Beethoven's
stirring overture and Mahler's brilliant first symphony, filled
with forest rustlings, hunting horns, and stormy triumph,
bookend an incisive reading of Bruch by Georgia's own artistic
"treasure" (San Francisco Chronicle), Mr. McDuffie.
 March
27/28/29, 2003 @ 8pm
MESSIAEN: Les Offrandes oubliées
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7
Donald Runnicles, conductor
A Runnicles
tour de force as he engages two of the composers he is most
fond of: Bruckner, the great Austrian symphonist known for
his unmistakably rich, expansive "sound," in his
most widely known achievement - a triumph at its first hearing
in Vienna; and Messiaen's vivid, brief "Forgotten Offerings,"
an enduring work. A Runnicles Special Week.
May
15/16/17, 2003 @ 8pm
FRANCK: Symphonic Variations
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 14, K449
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
Robert Spano, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
Two extraordinary
works for piano and orchestra by Mozart and Franck - two revelatory
interpreters in Emanuel Ax and Robert Spano. Mr. Ax, who last
awed us at the 2000-2001 season-opening concert, always performs
with pulse-raising immediacy and detail.
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