Program Listings 18-19

Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony

unwined

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 6pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Ottorino Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian” 

Opening Masterworks: Don Juan & Concerto for Orchestra

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, October 19 & Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Stephen Buck, piano
  • Vanessa Perez, piano
    • Richard Strauss: Don Juan
    • Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D Minor
    • Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

Philip Glass' Symphony No. 3

unwined

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 6pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Martin Kennedy: Forest Dark and Stars Above (Sound Investment World Premiere)
    • Philip Glass: Symphony No. 3

Coffee Concert - Schumann's Piano Concerto

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, November 16, 2018 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Shai Wosner, piano
    • Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter)
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor

Schumann's Piano Concerto

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, November 16 & Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Shai Wosner, piano
  • ASO Chorus under the direction of Dr. Philip Copeland
    • Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny)
    • Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter)
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor

Handel's Water Music

unwined

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 6pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • George Frideric Handel: Water Music

The Beginning: Carlos Conducts Beethoven's First Symphony

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, January 11 & Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
    • Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9, "The Great"

Carmina Burana & The Rite of Spring

Special Event 

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, January 18 & Saturday, January 19, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, Conductor
  • ASO Chorus under the direction of Dr. Philip Copeland
    • Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
    • Carl Orff: Carmina Burana

Coffee Concert - Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, February 1 , 2019 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Joyce Yang, piano
    • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, February 1  & Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Joyce Yang, piano
    • Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz Overture
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
    • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

Copland's Billy the Kid

unwined

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Thursday, February 7, 2019 at 6pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Daniel Szasz, violin
    • Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture
    • Mark O’Connor: Strings & Threads Suite
    • Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid Suite

Coffee Concert - Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, February 15, 2019 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite

Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, February 15 & Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Winston Choi, piano
    • Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde Prelude & Liebestod
    • Martin Kennedy: Piano Concerto
    • Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suite

Coffee Concert - The Revolutionary: Beethoven's Third Symphony

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, March 1, 2019 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, Conductor
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"

The Revolutionary: Beethoven's Third Symphony

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, March 1  & Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: The Creatures of Prometheus Overture and Finale
    • Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 100, "Military"
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"

Appalachian Spring

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, March 22 & Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 7pm
  • Christopher Confessore, conductor
    • William Grant Still: Darker America
    • Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite
    • Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 6

The Icon: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, April 5 & Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • William Grant Still: Serenade
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 

Coffee Concert - The Pastoral: Beethoven's Sixth Symphony

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"

Vivaldi's Four Seasons Recomposed

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, April 19 & Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Francisco Fullana, violin
    • Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral"

The Dance: Beethoven's Seventh Symphony

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, May 10 & Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • Paul Huang, violin
    • Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture
    • Max Bruch: Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

Coffee Concert - Carlos Conducts Brahms & Schumann

Coffee

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11am
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
    • Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"

Carlos Conducts Brahms, Beethoven, & Schumann

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
    • Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8
    • Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish"

The Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Ninth

Masterworks

  • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center
  • Friday, May 31 & Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 7pm
  • Carlos Izcaray, conductor
  • ASO Chorus under the direction of Dr. Philip Copeland
  • Diana Newman, soprano
  • Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano
  • Roderick George, tenor
  • Andrew Gangestad, bass
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Great Fugue
    • Johannes Brahms: Haydn Variations
    • Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9