“The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s new season, the second under the baton of music director Nathalie Stutzmann, offers stellar soloists, new sounds and a strong series of 19th century Romantics, with two weekends celebrating the 200th birthday of … Anton Bruckner,” writes Bo Emerson in Wednesday’s (3/15) Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription required). “Stutzmann … will focus on literature from the Romantic composers, including an all-Strauss program featuring eminent soprano Renée Fleming … Stutzmann is a world-class contralto who began her career as a vocalist. She will conduct the ASO Chorus in evenings of Brahms and Rachmaninov … and Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ … Grammy-winning composer Carlos Simon curates concerts in February to celebrate Black History Month, featuring the glee clubs of Morehouse College and Spelman College, as well as poet and spoken-word performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph…. Robert Spano, who directed the symphony for two decades, will return … to conduct Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with … Garrick Ohlsson … Spano also conducts Stravinsky’s ‘The Rite of Spring’ … alongside the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s ‘Sacrifice of Isaac.’… The ASO is focused on broadening its musical sources and this fall will offer performances featuring the sarod, a stringed instrument from the Indian subcontinent … ‘Samaagam,’ a concerto for orchestra and sarod by Amjad Ali Khan, will be performed by the composer.”
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