The Grammy® Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra begins the Month of December with a special concerto for mandolin featuring the talented Avi Avital. Guest conductor, and former Atlanta Symphony Orchestra conducting fellow, Laura Jackson, leads a program of lushly romantic music, including Tchaikovsky's celebrated Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique," plus an Italian pairing of Respighi and Vivaldi.
Director of Choruses Norman Mackenzie will lead three classic Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances on Dec. 9 and 10. The program will feature the Morehouse College Glee Club, Gwinnett Young Singers, Chorus and Orchestra performing Christmas carols and hymns.
Mackenzie will also lead the Orchestra and Chamber Chorus in Handel’s Messiah, Part 1 in Symphony Hall on Dec. 15 and again on Dec. 18 at the University of Georgia.
A Family Holiday Special led by Joseph Young will include popular sing-along music and a visit from Santa Claus on Dec. 15 at Kennesaw State University.
A Very Merry Holiday POPS!, Dec. 16 and 17, will feature vocalists Hugh Panaro and Nikki Renée Daniels in a holiday celebration for the entire family including pieces like “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” On Dec. 20 and 21 Cirque de la Symphonie will be led by Assistant Conductor Joseph Young as acrobats, jugglers, contortionists, strong men and high flying aerialists work their magic on stage while the Orchestra and Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell perform holiday favorites.
To close out the month, and the year, the Orchestra will travel to Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall at the University of Georgia for a New Year’s Eve performance led by Assistant Conductor Joseph Young on Dec. 31.
For those planning to give the gift of music this holiday season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will participate in the annual Black Friday sale this year. Visit www.aso.org between 12:01 a.m. on November 25 and 11:59 p.m. on November 26, to purchase tickets for most of the remaining concerts for the season, including Thanksgiving weekend with Byron Stripling, for only $35 using promo code FRIDAY35.
Additional details for each performance:
Avi Avital Performs the ASO Premiere of Vivaldi’s Concerto for Mandolin Under the Baton of Guest Conductor Laura Jackson - Delta Classical Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 3, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Laura Jackson, conductor
Avi Avital, mandolin *
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
RESPIGHI: Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 1 **
VIVALDI: Concerto in C major ‡
AVNER DORMAN: Concerto for Mandolin and Strings ‡
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”
Holidays with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Madison
Madison Morgan Cultural Center -- Madison, GA
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Friday, December 9, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Norman Mackenzie, conductor
Morehouse College Glee Club
Gwinnett Young Singers
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Holidays with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta
1328 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, GA
For group reservations, contact lisa@napc.org
Tuesday, December 13, 11:45 a.m.
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Rings in the Holidays with Handel's Messiah, Part I
Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Thursday, December 15, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Norman Mackenzie, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Cullen Gandy, tenor*
Gerard Sundberg, baritone
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
VIVALDI:Gloria
HANDEL: Messiah, Part I
A Family Holiday Special
Bailey Performance Center, Kennesaw State University – Kennesaw, GA
Thursday, December 15, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
A Very Merry Holiday POPS!
Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts - Delta POPS! Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Friday, December 16, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 17, 2016, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
David Charles Abell, conductor
Hugh Panaro, vocals
Nikki Renée Daniels, vocals
All-City High School Chorus
Our Lady of Lourdes Gospel Choir
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Rings in The Holidays with Handel’s Messiah, Part I
Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia – Athens, GA
Sunday, December 18, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Norman Mackenzie, conductor
Jessica Rivera, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Cullen Gandy, tenor
Gerard Sundberg, baritone
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
VIVALDI: Gloria
HANDEL: Messiah, Part I
Cirque de la Symphonie Holiday Spectacular Returns to Symphony Hall
Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts - Delta POPS! Series
Atlanta Symphony Hall, Memorial Arts Building, Woodruff Arts Center
Tuesday, December 20, 2016, 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016, vocals
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
New Year’s Eve with the ASO at UGA
Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall, University of Georgia – Athens, GA
Saturday, December 31, 7:00 p.m.
Joseph Young, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
* denotes Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut
** denotes Atlanta Symphony Orchestra subscription debut
Tickets to all Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performances at Atlanta Symphony Hall are available online at AtlantaSymphony.org or by calling 404-733-5000. Tickets may also be purchased at the Woodruff Arts Center Box Office, located in the Woodruff Arts Center at 15th and Peachtree Streets. Box office hours are Tuesday through Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5:00 p.m.
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