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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Live
Since its birth in the late 1930s, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has earned its place as one of the most renowned orchestras in the nation. With over 150 live shows annually, each performance delivers depth and mastery brought forth by the ASO's renowned Maestros and award-winning guest artists. The 2022-2023 season marks the 78th for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and guests can expect a historic and exciting year for classical music in Atlanta. In 2022, the Symphony welcomed its fifth-ever Music Director, Nathalie Stutzmann. Described as "a consummate rock star on the podium" by ArtsATL, Maestro Stutzmann is expected to usher in a new era of musical culture for the ASO and Atlanta as a whole. Stutzmann began her first season featuring 13 living composers, including Hilary Purrington, Tyshawn Sorey and Joel Thompson. In her first season, Stutzmann is also leading eight programs featuring the classical masters, including Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony," Brahms' "Third Symphony" and a two-week Bach celebration culminating in Bach's "St. Matthew Passion." For fans of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's returning and pop culture series, you won't want to miss highlights like the hit program Star Wars and More: The Music of John Williams or performances of Nobuo Uematsu's Final Fantasy soundtrack with a unique HD video multimedia experience.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Concert
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was originally founded by Anne Grace O'Callaghan in 1939 as the In-and-About High School Atlanta Symphony. As Supervisor of Music for Atlanta high schools, O'Callaghan started the passion project by recruiting the best high school players across the region. By 1943, Chicago Conductor Henry Sopkin had joined the ranks to lead the young musicians. The talented group's performances quickly drew the interest of patrons and investors, and by 1945 the Atlanta Music Club had offered Sopkin an eight-month contract to develop the Atlanta Youth Symphony. Finally, in 1947, the Youth Symphony dropped the "Youth" moniker and played their first concert as the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra -- the start of decades to come as a world-renowned institution of classical music. Since then, ASO has traveled nationwide and internationally, been hosted by U.S. Presidents and won 27 Grammy Awards as of 2022 in Best Classical Album, Best Orchestral Performance, Best Choral Performance, and Best Opera Performance categories.
We always love the ASO and try to go 2-4 times a year. This concert was advertised as Gershwin/rhapsody in blue. I enjoyed 50% if the concert but half was just terrible music. Nothing like Gershwin. We almost left.
This piece of music was our father‘s favorite so we grew up with it and I’ve seen it performed many times, in many cities and by many artists. THIS PERFORMANCE WITH THE ASO AND THE PIANIST CEDRIC TIBERGJIEN was SPECTACULAR, and the best I have ever heard, bar none.
One of my favorite "semi-classical"pieces is Rapsody in Blue. When I saw it on the season schedule, I ran to get a ticket! Couldn't wipe the smile off my face during the performance.
Rhapsody in Blue was amazing! Gershwin is an American treasure.
To come together with a room full of strangers and have an almost sacred experience… that’s what the Schumann, Beethoven and Mendelssohn concert meant to me. I had important decisions on my mind and the Atlanta Symphony helped to bring me some comfort and joy!!!
We are long time ASO patrons and enjoyed Saturday night’s performance. Pires was excellent playing Beethoven on the piano. The symphony under Stutzmans’ leadership makes every note count. The Schumann selection was appropriate for the evening. It’s a rare night to have two German composers featured.
Nathalie Stolzmann is a wonder. The combination with Pires was a revelation.
The applause between movements completely overshadowed the beauty of the orchestra and chorus and destroyed the continuity with which concertos and cantatas are intended to be performed. I was an ASO subscriber for a few years but have not had the opportunity to attend in the past two years. I don't remember there ever being inappropriate applause until this concert, although one of my friends in the ASO Chorus said that it has become increasingly problematic for the past few months. With the declining emphasis on classical music education in our schools, it stands to reason that this generation of attendees will simply not know the standard protocols of live classical performance that have been in place for generations. Understanding this, however, does not make us seasoned attendees - who, by the way, contribute the lion's share of the orchestra's revenue - any less offended that our experience is being sullied by the behavior of the uninformed. If the ASO is to continue its position as a respected symphony orchestra, the audience must become aware of the traditions and protocols that set live classical music performance apart from other genres. A simple way to do this would be to include it with the "please silence your phone"announcement at the beginning of each concert.
The concert was SUPERB, and thoroughly enjoyed. The orchestra, chorus, soloists and conductor were all top notch. Our seats were fantastic too.
The orchestra sounded wonderful and they were tight! The conductor kept them in perfect order. The singers were delightful. The facility was clean and I felt safe. Having heard Carmina Burana around the country many times I really enjoyed this performance.
