Now Announcing our CSO 2023-2024 Concert Season!
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
For any questions about our upcoming season, please email [email protected] or call 706.256.3640
Saturday, October 7, 2023
7:30 PM | Bill Heard Theatre
Enjoy a first-class ticket on a musical journey which features the music of Atlantan Carlos Simon and the great Englishman Ralph Vaughan Williams. Sibelius’ brooding Violin Concerto provides an interesting side trip. Violinist SooBeen Lee has been praised by The Washington Post for her “poised presence, a luxurious sound, spot-on intonation, and a bow arm that surely will be the envy of her peers”.
Repertoire:
Carlos Simon | Fate Now Conquers
Jean Sibelius | Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47
Ralph Vaughan Williams | Symphony No. 2 in G Major, "A London Symphony"
Open Rehearsal | 12:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
Saturday, November 18, 2023
7:30 PM | Bill Heard Theatre
From larks and swans to the story of Mother Goose, this concert features birdsong with the orchestra. Rautavaara’s Concerto Arcticus is a unique composition, which will linger in your ear. Fairy tale Ravel and an exquisite Mozart Symphony complete the program.
Repertoire:
Maurice Ravel | Mother Goose Suite, Cinq pièces enfantines
Einojuhani Rautavaara | Cantus arcticus: Concerto for Birds & Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 “Prague”
Open Rehearsal | 12:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
Saturday, January 20, 2024
7:30 PM | Bill Heard Theatre
The mysticism of Hovhaness, and the witty satire of Shostakovich are delightfully set against the pastoral beauty of Brahms’ D Major symphony. Dominic Cheli returns to perform Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 2. His playing has been described by Symphony Magazine as “spontaneous yet perfect, the best of how a young person can play.”
Repertoire:
Alan Hovhaness | Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40a
Dmitri Shostakovich | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102
Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Open Rehearsal | 12:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
Saturday, February 10, 2024
7:30 PM | Bill Heard Theatre
Gabriela Lena Frank is an American composer of Lithuanian, Peruvian, and Chinese heritage. Coqueteos is a flirtatious Andean love song. Rodrigo’s concerto is an expression of old-world Spanish charm. And the Beethoven symphony represents the quintessential expression of mankind’s struggle with Fate. Grammy-winning classical guitarist Jason Vieaux is praised for his performances of the beloved Rodrigo. His musical skills are described by Gramophone as “among the elite of today’s guitarists.”
Repertoire:
Gabriela Lena Frank | “Coqueteos” from Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Joaquin Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67
Open Rehearsal | 12:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
Saturday, March 23, 2024
7:30 PM | Legacy Hall
Although born in Halle (a part of Prussia), Handel spent most of his creative life in the city of London, which was the creative center of the musical world at the time. In addition to Handel, the presence of composers like Purcell, Geminiani, and Eccles made the city a musical Mecca.
Repertoire:
George Frederick Handel | Concerto Grosso in A Minor, Op. 6, No. 4, HWV 322
Henry Purcell | Chacony in G Minor, Z. 730
Pieter Hellendaal | Grand Concerto in F Major, Op. 3, No. 6
Francesco Geminiani | Concerto Grosso in E Minor, Op. 3, No. 3
John Eccles | Chaconne (Aire) in F Minor from “The Mad Lover”
George Frederick Handel | Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6, HWV 324
Open Rehearsal | 2:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 20, 2024
7:30 PM | Bill Heard Theatre
Tchaikovsky’s triumphant symphony and Borodin’s evocative tone poem bookend the masterful Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev performed by Canadian pianist Katherine Chi. With her energy, character, and spunk, her previous performances have been described as “... the most sensational but, better, the most unfailingly cogent and compelling Prokofiev’s Third I have heard in years.”
Repertoire:
Alexander Borodin | In the Steppes of Central Asia
Sergei Prokofiev | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26
Piotr Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Open Rehearsal | 12:30 PM
Know the Score | 6:30 PM
