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2019-20 Season Press Release
AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES EXPANDED 2019–20 SEASON WITH CONCERTS AT CARNEGIE HALL, ALICE TULLY HALL, AND SYMPHONY SPACE OCTOBER 31, 2019 – MARCH 12, 2020 Music Director Leon Botstein to Conduct Four Concerts Including Tributes to Duke Ellington, Beethoven’s 250th Birthday, and J.S. Bach’s Four Sons ASO Renews Successful Series at Symphony Space Soloists Include:…
Read MoreDuke Ellington + Marcus Roberts Trio
Out of respect for our audience and in light of the circumstances involving COVID-19, the ASO postponed its presentation of Duke Ellington + Marcus Roberts Trio originally scheduled for March 12, 2020. The performance will be rescheduled for a later date with the same cast and artists. Details of the rescheduled performance will be posted as soon…
Read MoreBeethoven’s Symphony No. 5
Treat yourself to a drink at the bar, then get a fascinating, “behind the music” tour of Beethoven’s famous Fifth: understand the cultural context of this history-changing work – even when the ink was still drying – and peek inside the musical architecture through explorations of its key themes, featuring musical demonstrations played by the…
Read MoreBeyond Beethoven
There are many tributes to Beethoven’s 250th – now here’s one unlike anything else. Piano phenom, Lucas Debargue, makes his Carnegie Hall Debut BEYOND BEETHOVEN. Beethoven’s 250th has inspired celebrations the world over – now, the ASO unearths four “hidden gems” for a fascinating illumination of his legacy. ROMANTIC RETELLINGS. The lushness of Franz Liszt,…
Read MoreSons of Bach
Discover the music of four fellows who followed in the footsteps of their famous father. These rarely-performed works by W.F. Bach, J.C.F. Bach, J.C. Bach, and C.P.E. Bach showcase the compositional mastery they learned from Johann Sebastian, while also revealing how they each were able to develop their own unique style. Leon Botstein shares the…
Read MoreThe Kingdom
Following on the success of our 2017 performance of The Apostles, the ASO opened its 58th season with Edward Elgar’s oratorio The Kingdom. Picking up where The Apostles left off, this massive choral work focuses on the apostle Peter and the beginnings of the Christian Church in Jerusalem. Leon Botstein shares the stories behind the…
Read MoreMartinů and Julietta
The career of Bohuslav Martinů mirrors the decisive and tragic character of the century in which he lived. Martinů was born in 1890 and came of age as a citizen of a multinational dynastic empire, only to find himself, in his twenties, a patriot of a newly minted national unit: Czechoslovakia. The triumphant nationalism of…
Read MoreJulietta, or Symphonic Music is a Sometime Thing
Born December 8, 1890, in Polička, Czechoslovakia Died August 28, 1959, in Liestal, Switzerland Composed in 1936–37 Premiered on March 16, 1938, in Prague, at the National Theatre, conducted by Václav Talich Performance Time: Approximately 3 hours including intermission Introductions and Possible Bright Futures On March 16, 1938, inside the hallowed walls of Prague’s National…
Read MoreComposers, Teachers, and New York
This concert is exemplary of the original and ongoing mission of the ASO. The four composers on the program are all American, and they represent a thirty-year period, from Pearl Harbor to the Vietnam War, that witnessed unprecedented growth in the concert and classical music world of this country. These composers enjoyed enormous recognition and…
Read MoreRobert Mann, Fantasy for Orchestra
Born July 19, 1920, in Portland, Oregon Died January 1, 2018, in New York City Composed in 1957 Premiered on February 23, 1957 at Carnegie Hall, with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos Performance Time: Approximately 13 minutes A celebrated violinist who died last year at 97, Robert Mann was an outsize figure…
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