8 Concert Series
 
Summer 2008 - Celebrate Our Inaugural Season!
Hear Classical favorites at Atlanta's Newest Venue - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta!

Summer Series concerts are available through Ticketmaster.


GRAND OPENING!

Saturday, May 10, 8pm

 

Robert Spano, conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio
Christine Brewer, soprano  
Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano
Vinson Cole, tenor
Gordon Hawkins, baritone
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra
Alpharetta and Milton High Marching Bands

BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candice
COPLAND: Appalachian Spring
GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 - finale
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture

 


BEETHOVEN'S BEST

Ludwig van Beethoven – the most popular composer of all time – is celebrated in this glorious evening.  Robert Spano conducts his famed 5th Symphony and the astounding Dejan Lazic will enthrall you in the thrilling “Emperor” Piano Concerto.

Saturday, June 28, 2008, 8pm

Robert Spano, conductor
Dejan Lazic, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
BEETHOVEN: "Emperor" Piano Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

 


ALL-AMERICAN CELEBRATION

Robert Spano and the Orchestra honor the Fourth with these beloved works and more:  Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man and Lincoln Portrait, plus Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Sousa’s Stars and Stripes.

Friday, July 4, 2008, 8pm

Ropert Spano, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait
BERNSTEIN: West Side Story Dances
THEOFANIDAS: Rainbow Body
TCHAIKOVSKY: 1812 Overture
SOUSA: Stars and Stripes



ALL TCHAIKOVSKY

Robert McDuffie performs Tchaikovsky’s thrilling violin concerto.  Robert Spano leads the ASO in the composers famed Symphony No. 5 and masterful Romeo and Juliet.

Saturday, July 12, 2007, 8pm

Robert Spano, conductor
Robert McDuffie, violin
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo & Juliet
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

 


PUCCINI'S La bohéme

If you missed it as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra opened their season last September,  here’s your second chance. Featuring the complete cast from the Atlanta Sympony Orchestra’s 2008 stellar season opening live recording – Music Director, Robert Spano, the Orchestra, and Chorus pull out all the stops again on opera’s greatest love story. 

Saturday, July 26, 2008, 8pm

Ropert Spano, conductor
James Alexander, stage director
Gwinnett Young Singers
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

 


JULIE ANDREWS - "The Gift of Music"

A special Atlanta Symphony Orchestra event, presenting new musical delights and celebrating timeless treasures. Julie Andrews hosts a magical evening of musical gifts, old and new.  Performed by five guest vocalists with Ms. Andrews narrating, the first half of the program takes audience members on a musical journey illuminating the glorious gifts that Rodgers and Hammerstein gave to the world. The second half of the evening features a new work, Simeon’s Gift, adapted from Ms. Andrews’ best-selling children’s book, co-authored with her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton. An unforgettable night for the entire family.

Saturday, August 2, 2008, 8pm

Ian Fraser , conductor
Julie Andrews, host
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

 

 


AN EVENING OF ROMANCE

Pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs Rachmaninoff’s moving 3rd piano concerto and Music Director, Robert Spano leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Rimsky-Korsakov’s stirring Scheherazade.

Friday, August 8, 2008, 8pm

Ropert Spano, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade
RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3

 


TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES with host ROBERT OSBORNE

Robert Osborne, the popular and enlightening host of Turner Classic Movies, provides back stories and color to Gone With The Wind, Dr. Zhivago and 2001: A Space Odyssey, and more of the most famous movies ever made – complete with glorious film clips and the multiple Grammy-winning ASO performing the dazzling scores. 

Saturday, August 16, 2008, 8pm

Richard Kaufman , conductor
Robert Osborne, host
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

CLASSIC FILM SCORES FROM:
2001: A Space Odyssey,
Singin' in the Rain,
Doctor Zhivago,
Gone with the Wind,
Citizen Kane,
North by Northwest,
King Kong