Other programs feature works by Mozart, Ravel and Beethoven, Russian masters including Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Shostakovich, and even Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie, which will spotlight guest appearances from Jean-Yves Thibaudet on piano and Cynthia Millar on the ondes Martenot (a fascinating early 20th century electronic instrument). There’s even a Mahler piece that Mahler champion Guerrero hasn’t conducted before: Das Lied von der Erde, or Song of the Earth, which features songs for two voices adapted from Chinese poems.
There's also the pops series, with appearances by Kristin Chenoweth, The Mavericks and Martina McBride. The jazz series includes a solo evening with Jon Batiste (who's put his considerable chops to work leading the house band for Stephen Colbert on The Late Show) as well as a show from the Branford Marsalis Quartet. And there's more. See the full season below, and check nashvillesymphony.org for tickets.
Featuring the Nashville Symphony
Concerts at 7 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
BERNSTEIN CENTENNIAL OPENING NIGHT
Sept. 8, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Bernstein, On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Bernstein,On the WaterfrontSymphonic Suite
Bernstein, Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”
Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
AX PLAYS BRAHMS
Sept. 13-15, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Emanuel Ax, piano
John Corigliano, Symphony No. 1
Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 2
MIDORI PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Oct. 4-6, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Midori, violin
Beethoven, Violin Concerto
John Adams, Harmonielehre(live recording)
HAYDN’S LONDON SYMPHONY
Oct. 11-12, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schubert, Unfinished Symphony
F. Martin, Concerto for 7 Winds, Percussion and Strings
Haydn, Symphony No. 104 “London”
RUSSIAN MASTERS
(Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert)
Nov. 2-3, 2018
Victor Yampolsky, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
Mussorgsky, Dawn on Moscow River from Khovanshchina
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8
STRAVINSKY, RAVEL AND STRAUSS
Nov. 16-17, 2018
Hans Graf, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
R. Strauss, Serenade, Op. 7
Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms
Ravel, Daphnis et Chloé
COSMOS: AN HD ODYSSEY
Jan. 11-12, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Smetana, The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Roger Sessions, Violin Concerto
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
MOZART, MENDELSSOHN AND SCHUMANN
Feb. 1-2, 2019
Markus Stenz, conductor
Juho Pohjonen, piano
Mendelssohn, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488
Schumann, Symphony No. 2
BEETHOVEN’S SEVENTH
February 21-23, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Alban Gerhardt, cello
Aaron Jay Kernis, Symphony No. 4 (Nashville Symphony co-commission with the New England Conservatory, live recording)
Barber, Cello Concerto
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7
MAHLER’S DAS LIED
March 8-9, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Michelle DeYoung, alto
Anthony Dean Griffey, tenor
Tobias Picker, narrator
Tobias Picker, The Encantadas(live recording)
Mahler, Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth)
SPANISH NIGHTS
March 21-23, 2019
Jesús López-Cobos, conductor
Chee Yun, violin
Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio espagnol
Lalo, Symphonie espagnole
Turina, Danzas fantásticas
Falla, El sombrero de tres picos (Three-Cornered Hat), Suites 1 and 2
GUERRERO CONDUCTS BERNSTEIN
April 5-6, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Blair Children’s Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, director
Jun Iwasaki, violin
Marthe Keller, speaker
(plus soprano to be announced)
Torke, Adjustable Wrench
Kurt Weill, Violin Concerto
Bernstein, Symphony No. 3 “Kaddish”
TCHAIKOVSKY’S FOURTH
April 11-13, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Christopher Rouse, Supplica(live recording)
Christopher Rouse, Concerto for Orchestra (live recording)
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4
RACH THREE AND SIBELIUS FIVE
May 2-4, 2019
Robert Spano, conductor
Simon Trpčeski, piano
Michael Gandolfi, Excerpts from The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Sibelius, Symphony No. 5
Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 3
THIBAUDET PLAYS TURANGALÎLA
May 17-18, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot
Messiaen, Turangalîla-symphonie
Concerts at 3 p.m. Sundays
MIDORI PLAYS BEETHOVEN
Oct. 7, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Midori, violin
Beethoven, Violin Concerto
John Adams, Harmonielehre(live recording)
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Dec. 16, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
(plus soloists to be announced)
COSMOS: AN HD ODYSSEY
Jan. 13, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
Smetana, The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Roger Sessions, Violin Concerto
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
IGUDESMAN AND JOO WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY
Feb. 17, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Aleksey Igudesman, featured performer
Hyung-ki Joo, featured performer
CARMINA BURANA
June 2, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Nashville Ballet
Paul Vasterling, artistic director
Blair Children’s Chorus
Mary Biddlecombe, artistic director
Duncan Copp, film producer and director
Orff, Carmina Burana
Concerts at 10:30 a.m. Fridays, with free coffee and pastries before the show
HAYDN’S LONDON SYMPHONY
Oct. 12, 2018
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Schubert, Unfinished Symphony
Haydn, Symphony No. 104 “London”
COSMOS: AN HD ODYSSEY
Jan. 11, 2019
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Smetana, The Moldau from Ma Vlast
Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
SPANISH NIGHTS
March 22, 2019
Jesús López-Cobos, conductor
Chee Yun, violin
Lalo, Symphonie espagnole
Falla, El sombrero de tres picos (Three-Cornered Hat), Suites 1 and 2
Concerts at 7 p.m. Thursdays and 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
* Sept. 27-29, 2018:Kristen Chenoweth
* Nov. 8-10, 2018:The Mavericks
* Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2018:Martina McBride: The Joy of Christmas
* Jan. 17-19, 2019:Chicagoin Concert
* Feb. 7-9, 2019:The Music of John Williams
* March 28-30, 2019:Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx
* April 18-20, 2019:Under the Streetlamp
* May 9-11, 2019:Abba the Concert
Concerts at 8 p.m. Fridays
* Oct. 19, 2018:Jon Batiste
* Nov. 25, 2018:Brubeck Brothers Quartet
* March 1, 2019:Pink Martini With the Nashville Symphony
* April 26, 2019:Branford Marsalis Quartet
Concerts at 11 a.m. Saturdays, with pre-concert activities beginning at 10 a.m. All Family Series concerts are sensory friendly — see nashvillesymphony.org/sensoryfriendly for more information.
Sept. 29, 2018:Pirates! The Quest for Blackbeard’s Treasure
Dec. 1, 2018:The Grinchand Christmas Sing-Along
Feb. 9, 2019:Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Melody
April 20, 2019:Once Upon a Time … A Symphonic Fairytale
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Friday and Sunday, Oct. 26, 2018, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at 3 p.m.
HOME ALONE
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 5-6, 2018
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Dec. 14-15, 2018, at 8 p.m.
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Plus soloists to be announced
VALENTINE’S WITH CHRIS BOTTI
Feb. 14-15, 2019, times TBA
STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Thursday-Saturday, March 14-16, 2019, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 17, 2019, at 3 p.m.
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Thursday-Saturday, May 23-25, 2019, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 3 p.m.
CARMINA BURANA
Friday-Saturday, May 31-June 1, 2019, at 8 p.m., and Monday, June 3, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus
Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director
Nashville Ballet, Paul Vasterling, artistic director
Duncan Copp, film producer and director
Blair Children’s Chorus, Mary Biddlecombe, artistic director
HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.
BÉLA FLECK, EDGAR MEYER AND ZAKIR HUSSAIN
Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at 3 p.m.
OAK RIDGE BOYS CHRISTMAS
Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at 7:30 p.m.
