The upcoming 2019-20 Nashville Symphony Classical Series will highlight the talent of featured soloists like Garrick Ohlsson, Bomsori Kim and the symphony’s own Jun Iwasaki, while the series closes with a performance from celebrated pianist Daniil Trifonov.

Audiences can look forward to seeing a familiar face in May of next year: conductor and former Nashville Symphony music adviser Leonard Slatkin will step on the podium again to lead a program of sea-themed works.

The series will also feature a handful of live recordings, including of works written by Gabriela Lena Frank, whose collaboration with Nashville’s ALIAS Chamber Ensemble was nominated for a Grammy in 2011, and Tennessee native Jennifer Higdon, whose recorded album
All Things Majestic earned the Nashville Symphony a Grammy just last year.

Also of note is the pairing of Schostakovich’s Symphony No. 4 with
Beyond the Score, a program aiming to give audiences a deeper look at the work, its context and history, and ultimately ask the question: “Is music dangerous?”

See full details for the series below:

TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIFTH  Sept. 12-14, 2019

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Garrick Ohlsson, piano

• Adolphus Hailstork — An American Port of Call
• Barber — Piano Concerto
• Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 5

BEYOND THE SCORE: SHOSTAKOVICH’S FOURTH  Sept. 27 & 28, 2019

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

• Beyond the Score — Is Music Dangerous?
• Shostakovich — Symphony No. 4

BRAHMS’ VIOLIN CONCERTO  Oct. 25-27, 2019

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Karen Gomyo, violin

JoAnn Falletta, conductor; Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

• Ravel — La Valse
• Liszt — Piano Concerto No. 1
• Prokofiev — Suite from Romeo and Juliet

ROMANTIC RHAPSODIES  Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2020

Lawrence Foster, conductor; Jun Iwasaki, violin

• Brahms — Symphony No. 3
• Bartók — Rhapsody No. 1
• Enescu — Romanian Rhapsody No. 2
• Bartók — Rhapsody No. 2
• Enescu — Romanian Rhapsody No. 1

BEETHOVEN’S BIRTHDAY BASH  Feb. 20-23, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

• Beethoven — Leonore Overture No. 3
• Beethoven — Piano Concerto No. 1
• Beethoven — Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”

APPALACHIAN SPRING  March 6 & 7, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Jeffrey Bailey, cornet; Paul Jenkins, trombone; Derek Hawkes, trombone; Steven Brown, bass trombone; Gilbert Long, tuba

• Hovhaness — Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain”
• Brad Warnaar — Cornet Concerto (Live Recording)
• Jennifer Higdon — Low Brass Concerto (Live Recording)
• Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite

BEETHOVEN’S PASTORAL SYMPHONY  March 19-21, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Jessica Rivera, soprano; Andrew Garland; baritone; Nashville Symphony Chorus; Tucker Biddlecombe, chorus director

• Beethoven — Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
• Gabriela Lena Frank — Conquest Requiem (Live Recording)

MAHLER’S TENTH  April 9-11, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

• Mahler | Cooke — Symphony No. 10

MOZART & ELGAR  May 1 & 2, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Bomsori Kim, violin

• Augusta Read Thomas — Brio
• Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 1
• Elgar — Symphony No. 1

Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert 

SLATKIN, THE SORCERER & THE SEA  May 15-17, 2020

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

• Haydn — Symphony No. 70
• Various — Yet Another Set of Variations on Paganini
• Dukas — The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Debussy — La Mer

GUERRERO CONDUCTS BRUCKER, FEATURING MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR DANIIL TRIFONOV  May 29 & 30, 2020

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Daniil Trifonov, piano

• Mosolov — Piano Concerto
• Brucker — Symphony No. 9

In addition to the Classical Series, 91Classical listeners might also be interested in these upcoming events:

GUERRERO CONDUCTS HANDEL’S MESSIAH WITH THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY & CHORUS December 19-22, 2019

GUERRERO CONDUCTS NFM WROCLAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA January 21, 2020