Nashville Symphony Concert Announcement
Rocketman In Concert with the Nashville Symphony – June 11-12, 2020
The Music of Pink Floyd with the Nashville Symphony – June 13, 2020, at Ascend Amphitheater
NAS with the Nashville Symphony – June 20, 2020, at Ascend Amphitheater
Beethoven’s Ninth & Beethoven’s Fifth with the Nashville Symphony – September 5, 2020, at Ascend Amphitheater
The following concerts have been added to the Nashville Symphony concert calendar. Now available for season ticket holders, donors of $500 or more and groups of 12 or more, tickets will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 20.
Special Event
Rocketman in Concert with the Nashville Symphony
7 p.m. Thursday & Friday, June 11-12, 2020
Experience Taron Egerton’s standout performance as Elton John in a whole new way, as this Oscar- and Golden Globe-winning film is screened in HD while your Nashville Symphony and a rock band perform the score live. Featuring these favorites and many more:
Rocket Man | Tiny Dancer | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Crocodile Rock | Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting) | Your Song
Symphony Under the Stars at Ascend Amphitheater
The Music of Pink Floyd with the Nashville Symphony
8 p.m. Saturday, June 13, 2020
In this musical and visual spectacle, a rock band joins your Nashville Symphony to celebrate one of the greatest rock bands of all time, complete with a dazzling light show under the stars. This two-hour-plus concert will highlight Pink Floyd’s iconic songs, with the orchestra capturing their distinctive, ethereal sound as never before. Enjoy favorites like:
Money | Time | Us and Them | Wish You Were Here | Another Brick in the Wall | Comfortably Numb | and many more
Symphony Under the Stars at Ascend Amphitheater
NAS with the Nashville Symphony
8 p.m. Saturday, June 20, 2020
It’s a history-making evening as legendary rapper Nas joins your Nashville Symphony for one night only at Ascend Amphitheater. Starting with 1994’s Illmatic, this gifted poet, political firebrand and tongue-twisting genius has released a string of classic albums, cementing his status as one of the most important artists of his generation. Be there as he performs fan favorites accompanied by the epic sound of the full orchestra. Hits include:
If I Ruled the World | N.Y. State of Mind | The Message | The World Is Yours | Nas Is Like
Symphony Under the Stars at Ascend Amphitheater
Beethoven’s Ninth & Beethoven’s Fifth with the Nashville Symphony
8 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 2020
Bring the family and get ready for a spectacular night of music under the stars as Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero and your Nashville Symphony perform some of most awe-inspiring music ever written. Now 200 years old, these symphonic masterpieces continue to inspire us today with their messages of resilience, hope and humanity. This very special performance at Ascend Amphitheater will feature more than 200 singers from the Nashville Symphony Chorus, Vanderbilt Chorale and Tennessee State University Meistersingers lifting their voices together on the exultant “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Ninth.
The GRAMMY® Award-winning Nashville Symphony has earned an international reputation for its innovative programming and its commitment to performing, recording and commissioning works by America’s leading composers. The Nashville Symphony has released more than 30 recordings on Naxos, which have received 25 GRAMMY® nominations and 13 GRAMMY® Awards, making it one of the most active recording orchestras in the country. The orchestra has also released recordings on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and New West Records, among other labels. With more than 140 performances annually, the orchestra offers a broad range of classical, pops and jazz, and children’s concerts, while its extensive education and community engagement programs reached 45,000 children and adults during the 2018/19 season.
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