2012-2013

05/02/2013 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 The Jewish population of Hungary suffered a deep loss during the latter years of the Second World War. Many of its youngest composers met a tragic end, with their promising careers and…

Wagner’s Preludes 04/21/2013 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $35 From a vision of the Holy Grail to the longing for and redemption of love, Leon Botstein and the orchestra examine the themes behind some of Wagner’s most…

03/17/2013 at 02:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 In the summer of 1816, a group including Lord Byron and Percy & Mary Shelley kept themselves entertained through a storm by creating stories for each other, a contest which produced “Frankenstein”…

02/24/2013 at 04:00 PM – Peter Norton Symphony Space Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $35 From the thunderous opening theme to the immense scherzo and militant fanfares of the finale, Leon Botstein and the orchestra explain it all, and then let you enjoy this awe-inspiring…

02/10/2013 at 02:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 After the devastation of the First World War, Strauss chose to write a delightful escapist ballet, filled with dancing candy and whipped cream. Hartmann, on the other hand, responded to his experience…

01/25/2013 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 To mark his 20th year with the ASO, Music Director Leon Botstein offers a signature program, questioning why some works are regarded as masterpieces, while others are overlooked. Brahms’ beloved Symphony No.…

12/13/2012 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie Hall Build a package with two or more concerts and save up to 15%! Single tickets $25/$35/$50 At a concert in 1949, legendary American composer John Cage heard a piece by Anton Webern that moved him so much he had to leave the hall. On the way out, he…

11/04/2012 at 03:00 PM – State Theatre in New Brunswick, NJ $28, $38, $52, $62 The ASO heads out on the road for its 50th Anniversary. This captivating program opens with Brahms’ Serenade No. 1, Op. 11 in D major and also features Beethoven’s bold and heroic Eroica Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 in E-flat…

11/02/2012 at 08:00 PM – George Mason University’s Center for the Arts in Fairfax, VA $30, $52, $60 The ASO heads out on the road for its 50th Anniversary. This captivating program opens with Brahms’ Serenade No. 1, Op. 11 in D major and also features Beethoven’s bold and heroic Eroica Symphony No. 3, Op.…

10/26/2012 at 08:00 PM – Carnegie Hall 1962 Prices! $1.50/$3/$4/$5/$6/$7 ASO celebrates its Golden Jubilee with a concert of its “greatest hits,” starting with the first piece the orchestra ever played, Stokowski’s arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner. You’ll also hear Mahler’s massive 8th Symphony, which received great acclaim at the 2002 Bard Music Festival, and…