November Media Updates & Concert Schedule
Notable News
Ø The Nashville Symphony will perform two free community concerts in October, including the orchestra’s first-ever visit to Plaza Mariachi. Details for each are as follows; click on concert name for more information:
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Plaza Mariachi, 3955 Nolensville Pike, Nashville
Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez and the Nashville Symphony take a musical tour of Spain and Latin America, including Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Costa Rica, with music by Astor Piazzolla, Ernesto Lecuona and more.
7 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2019
The Renaissance Center, 855 Hwy. 46 South, Dickson
Newly appointed assistant conductor Nathan Aspinall makes his first public appearance leading the orchestra in some of classical music’s greatest selections, including works by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Dvořák, John Williams and much more.
Ø Tickets for the Nashville Symphony’s first free Chamber Music Series concert of the season, Variations for Strings, will be available starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, October 7. The concert takes place 2 p.m. Sunday, October 20, at the Schermerhorn. Tickets can be reserved at NashvilleSymphony.org/CMS or via phone at 615.687.6400. Seating is limited to two seats per household.
Ø Members of the Nashville Symphony will perform during the Opening Ceremony for Habitat for Humanity’s Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Project Week this Sunday, October 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Ryman Auditorium. For media inquiries and questions regarding the Opening Ceremony, please contact Sherry Stinson at sstinson@habitatnashville.org.
November Concert Schedule
HOW TO BUY
Online: NashvilleSymphony.org
Phone: 615.687.6400
In Person: 1 Symphony Place, Nashville, TN 37201
(Click on concert name for more information)
Chamber Music Series – FREE
The Elliston Trio Plays Beethoven & Tower
6 p.m. Wednesday, November 6, 2019
10:30 a.m. Friday, November 8, 2019
Nashville’s acclaimed piano trio returns to the Chamber Music Series, with a powerful program contrasting Beethoven’s classic “Ghost” trio with work from Joan Tower, one of America’s leading contemporary composers.
Reservations available beginning October 21
Classical Series
7 p.m. Thursday, November 7, 2019
8 p.m. Friday & Saturday, November 8 & 9, 2019
Hector Berlioz’s explosive Symphonie Fantastique – described by Leonard Bernstein as the first musical expedition into psychedelia – headlines a program that also includes guest soloist Stephen Hough on Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto and Pulitzer Prize finalist Andrew Norman’s Unstuck.
Special Event
India.Arie with the Nashville Symphony
7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 14, 2019
8 p.m. Friday, November 15, 2019
Soulful singer-songwriter India.Arie makes her Music City orchestral debut as she joins the Nashville Symphony to perform selections from her remarkable career, from early favorites to new material from her latest critically acclaimed release, Worthy.
Special Event
Johnny Mathis with the Nashville Symphony
8 p.m. Saturday, November 16, 2019
The legendary Johnny Mathis brings his unmistakable voice back to the Schermerhorn, joining the Nashville Symphony for an evening of romantic favorites from his brilliant career.
Classical Series
7 p.m. Thursday, November 21, 2019
8 p.m. Friday & Saturday, November 22 & 23, 2019
Paul Jacobs joins the orchestra as the featured soloist on Horatio Parker’s Organ Concerto, before the Nashville Symphony and Chorus team up to perform Rachmaninoff’s secular masterpiece, which draws on Edgar Allen Poe’s poem of the same name.
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 29 recordings on Naxos, which have received 24 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 reach 60,000 children and adults each year.
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