An hour before Thursday’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concert, The New York Times ran the headline “As Russia Strikes Ukraine, Putin Tries to Cast Fight in Historic Terms.” Since Russia launched its brutal invasion last spring, concerts celebrating the glory of Russian culture — so much great music, so central to the orchestral repertoire — have…
The thing about hearing Donald Runnicles conduct the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Johannes Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem — at least for local audiences — is that we don’t measure these forces against some venerable European ensemble with a 19th-century connection that goes back to the composer himself. No, we consider the ASO and…
For the first time this season, Donald Runnicles is back in town with two hefty Atlanta Symphony Orchestra shows. Thursday evening, it was a Mozart piano concerto and Bruckner’s massive Symphony No. 8 — an unmissable program that repeats Saturday at 8 p.m. Next week, Brahms’ A German Requiem is the centerpiece. Sir Donald, as…
Sometimes described as America’s finest string quartet, the Dover Quartet returned Sunday afternoon to the crystalline warmth of Spivey Hall, sporting a compelling program and a brand-new member. The acclaimed original foursome — Joel Link and Bryan Lee on violins, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt on viola, Camden Shaw on cello — met as students at…
A pianist’s strong debut, a conductor’s notable return and a concert-hall rarity trying to make up for lost time: Thursday’s Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performance was satisfying on many levels, starting with the opening work. French composer and pianist Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) is among the many women of acclaimed talent and sophisticated training — and even…
Weird times at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Nathalie Stutzmann returned to her Symphony Hall podium Thursday for a light-classics holiday program, her third appearance in her debut season as music director. Like her two earlier visits, this one held moments of compelling insight and charm but was, by the ASO’s high standards, a mess. Stutzmann…
Soon after the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra announced its current season, many months ago, the concert listed for this week received a red circle on the calendar, not to be missed. There were just two pieces on what looked like an exceptional program: a harrowing depiction of an artist’s tormented life in the Soviet Union, led…
Finnish conductor John Storgårds led the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in what should have been the most compelling program this season. Performed Thursday in Symphony Hall, the concert held many of the facets of why we attend concerts: a bracing new work, a crowd-pleasing concerto with a brilliant soloist, a fascinating rediscovery and, to cap the…
Across the country, performing arts groups report sluggish ticket sales since reopening after pandemic lockdowns. For the audience, it’s understandable: a sketchy mix of local outbreaks, new work-from-home routines, restaurant inflation and all the other uncertainties that make public entertainment a questionable activity in our not-yet post-Covid lives. Week after week, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts…
Friday night in Symphony Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra offered storytelling tone poems in a mixed-media format, where visuals complemented the musical narrative. These performances, of César Franck’s “The Accursed Huntsman” and Arnold Schoenberg’s “Transfigured Night,” were a revelation — as engaging and musically complete as anything music director Nathalie Stutzmann has yet offered. This…
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