Fanfares for an Uncommon Partnership
Amid the fanfare of the 10th-anniversary season of Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Music Director Robert Spano and Principal Guest Conductor Donald Runnicles are the 10 fanfares written in honor of the …
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'From the heart – may it return to the heart'
ASO Insider Ken Meltzer sets the stage: “When Beethoven, struggling with health issues as well as the loss of hearing, learned of the rumors of his imminent demise, he said …
Read MoreGood cheer, great music
This holiday season, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s first-ever Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski has cooked up a very special gift for the audience: A holiday pops concert featuring Broadway singer Capathia …
Read More'I can't imagine a day without music'
Widely recognized as a humorous and easygoing entertainer and the go-to conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s SuperPOPS! series, there is more to the life of the seemingly happy-go-lucky conductor …
Read MoreRobert Spano's decade of triumphs with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
In the late 1990s, when Robert Spano was in charge of the adventure-prone Brooklyn Philharmonic, he often was touted as the next big catch for a major orchestra – a …
Read More‘Growing up, the Atlanta Symphony was my orchestra …’
The Orchestra is proud to introduce Stanley E. Romanstein, Ph.D., as its new president. Previously the President and CEO of the Minnesota Humanities Center in St. Paul, Dr. Romanstein officially …
Read MoreBroadly and freely in a state of bliss
When Boston Symphony Hall opened in 1900, music critic Philip Hale proposed the following sign be affixed over its doors: “Exit in Case of Brahms.” Another person with a like …
Read MoreJoy to Your World
Holiday affirmations find meaning at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s annual December concerts. Seeking spiritual renewal? The ASO delivers as only the ASO can in Handel’s Messiah, Christmas with the ASO …
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“Sunrise” from Also sprach Zarathustra, Opus 30 (1896) Richard Strauss was born in Munich, Germany, on June 11, 1864, and died in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on September 8, 1949. The first …
Read MoreEncore, encore!
Let the bravos begin now for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s seven-concert second season at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta. Close to the Orchestra’s burgeoning North Georgia audience …
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