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