STRAVINSKY’S FIREBIRD & André Watts September 14 to 16, 2017 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor André Watts, piano Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of the Faun MacDowell – Piano Concerto No. 2 C.F. Kip Winger – Conversations with Nijinsky Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite (1919 version) BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH October 5 to 7, 2017 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor James Ehnes, violin Christopher Rouse – Symphony No. 5 Live Recording Britten – Violin Concerto No. 1 Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 BRONFMAN PLAYS BEETHOVEN October 27 & 28, 2017 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Wagner – Overture and Venusburg music from Tannhäuser Tobias Picker – Opera Without Words Live Recording Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 HAYDN’S CREATION November 3 & 4, 2017 Nicholas McGegan, conductor Nashville Symphony Chorus Ashley Valentine, soprano Isaiah Bell, tenor Anthony Reed, bass Haydn – The Creation GUERRERO CONDUCTS MENDELSSOHN November 17 & 18, 2017 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Shostakovich – Violin Concerto No. 1 Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 “Scottish” THE EARTH – AN HD ODYSSEY Featuring Also sprach Zarathustra January 12 & 13, 2018 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Ingrid Fliter, piano Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 The Earth – An HD Odyssey, featuring: John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine R. Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra RACHMANINOFF & TCHAIKOVSKY Featuring Joyce Yang February 1 to 3, 2018 Lawrence Foster, conductor Joyce Yang, piano B. Mantovani – Finale Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 1 “Winter Dreams” BEETHOVEN’S SECOND PIANO CONCERTO February 23 & 24, 2018 Michael Francis, conductor Benjamin Grosvenor, piano Panufnik – Sinfonia Sacra Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 Vaughan-Williams – Symphony No. 6 Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert MAHLER’S FIFTH March 8 to 10, 2018 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor Jennifer Koh, violin Esa-Pekka Salonen – Violin Concerto Mahler – Symphony No. 5 CLASSICAL SERIES Featuring Your Nashville Symphony Concerts at 7 pm Thursdays 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays 1 of 2