~ more ~ Press Release February 10, 2020 Download Photos here National Symphony Orchestra Announces Classical Programming for 2020–2021, Its 90th Anniversary Season The Season Features: Music Director Gianandrea Noseda Leading Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, Plus Return to Carnegie Hall in March 2021 Launch of Prism, a New Annual NSO Artist Residency Program, Featuring Composer, Conductor, and Innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen in its First Season Pivotal Moments, Powerful Voices—a season-long series of five new works by living composers demonstrating how music can reflect broader social and historical relevance Four World Premieres, Two U.S. and D.C. Premieres, and 17 Works Performed for the First Time NSO Debuts by 20 Distinguished Guest Artists (WASHINGTON)—The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), led by Music Director Gianandrea Noseda and Executive Director Gary Ginstling, announces classical programming for the 2020–2021 season, the Orchestra’s 90th anniversary, and its fourth season under the artistic leadership of Gianandrea Noseda.
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Press Release
February 10, 2020 Download Photos here
National Symphony Orchestra Announces Classical Programming for 2020–2021, Its 90th Anniversary Season
The Season Features:
Music Director Gianandrea Noseda Leading Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, and Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, Plus Return to Carnegie Hall in March 2021
Launch of Prism, a New Annual NSO Artist Residency Program, Featuring Composer, Conductor, and Innovator Esa-Pekka Salonen in its First Season
Pivotal Moments, Powerful Voices—a season-long series of five new works by living composers demonstrating how music can reflect broader social and historical relevance
Four World Premieres, Two U.S. and D.C. Premieres, and 17 Works Performed for the First Time
NSO Debuts by 20 Distinguished Guest Artists
(WASHINGTON)—The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), led by Music Director
Gianandrea Noseda and Executive Director Gary Ginstling, announces classical programming for
the 2020–2021 season, the Orchestra’s 90th anniversary, and its fourth season under the artistic
Patrons can mix and match seven concerts from any series to create a custom series. Many
concerts feature ForeWords pre-concert discussions, AfterWords® post-concert Q&A’s with the
artists, or post-concert Organ Postludes; all are free to ticket holders.
In addition, subscribers may purchase non-subscription performances as add-ons, including the
season-opening NSO gala on September 26 and Handel’s Messiah, December 17–20.
FIRST PERFORMANCES BY THE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
2020–2021 Season
Bernstein Excerpts from A Quiet Place March 2021
L. Boulanger D’un soir triste October 2020
P. Boyer Balance of Power (World Premiere) May 2021
A. Casella Symphony No. 3 March 2021
M. Daugherty The Mystery of Flight (World Premiere) March 2021
Kilar Krzesany January 2021
Korngold Suite from The Sea Hawk March 2021
G. Ligeti Violin Concerto April 2021
J. Montgomery New Work (World Premiere) January 2021
J. Montgomery Because (World premiere, NSO commission) April 2021
Prokofiev Orchestral excerpts from War and Peace March 2021
Ravel/orch. Tortelier Piano Trio October 2020
E.-P. Salonen FOG (World Premiere of orchestration, November 2020
NSO co-commission)
E.-P. Salonen Karawane November 2020
Stravinksy Perséphone November 2020
Galina Ustvolskaya Symphonic Poem No. 2 May 2021
J. Wolfe Her Story (D.C. Premiere) March 2021
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NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA DEBUTS
2020–2021 Season
Conductors Fabio Biondi December 2020 Michail Jurowski May 2021 Michael Sanderling November 2020 Dalia Stasevska January 2021 Singers
Benjamin Bruns, tenor October 2020 Marianne Crebassa, mezzo-soprano November 2020 Neal Davies, bass December 2020 Paul Groves, tenor November 2020 Genia Kühmeier, soprano October 2020 Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano October 2020 Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano December 2020 Lorelei Ensemble March 2021 John Matthew Myers, tenor December 2020 Liv Redpath, soprano December 2020
Instrumentalists
Christina & Michelle Naughton, pianos October 2020 Bertrand Chamayou, piano January 2021 Conrad Tao, piano May 2021 Anna Vinnitskaya, piano November 2020
Director Peter Sellars November 2020
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
RETURNING ARTISTS
2020–2021 Season
Conductors Sir Mark Elder April 2021 James Gaffigan March 2021 Gianandrea Noseda September, October,
December, 2020; February, March, May, June 2021
Esa-Pekka Salonen November 2020 John Storgårds April 2021 Nathalie Stutzmann January 2021 Yan Pascal Tortelier November 2020 Krzysztof Urbański January 2021 Thomas Wilkins May 2021
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Singers Marie-Nicole Lemieux, mezzo-soprano June 2021 Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone October 2020 The Choral Arts Society of Washington,
Scott Tucker, artistic director October, November 2020 The Washington Chorus,
Christopher Bell, artistic director November 2020, June 2021 University of Maryland Concert Choir,
Edward Maclary, director December 2020, May 2021 Children’s Chorus of Washington,
Margaret Nomura Clark, artistic director November 2020 Instrumentalists Leif Ove Andsnes, piano June 2021 Emanuel Ax, piano February 2021 Seong-Jin Cho, piano March 2021 James Ehnes, violin October 2020 William Gerlach, trumpet* March 2021 Benjamin Grosvenor, piano April 2021 Hilary Hahn, violin January 2021 Leila Josefowicz, violin April 2021 Leonidas Kavakos, violin February 2021 Anne Akiko Meyers, violin March 2021 Truls Mørk, cello January 2021 Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, violin May 2021 Daniil Trifonov, piano December 2020 *NSO Principal
FUNDING CREDITS
The NSO Music Director Chair is generously endowed by Roger and Victoria Sant. The Blue Series is sponsored by United Technologies Corporation. The Centene Charitable Foundation is the Presenting Sponsor of the NSO Season Opening Gala.
NSO In Your Neighborhood is presented as part of
The Irene Pollin Audience Development and Community Engagement Initiatives.
Major support for NSO In Your Neighborhood is provided by The Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, Linda and Tobia Mercuro, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, and Tina and Albert Small, Jr. Additional support is provided by Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather and Melanie and Larry Nussdorf. Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor of Performances for Young Audiences.
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Additional support for the NSO Family Concerts is provided by A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Anne and Chris Reyes; an endowment from the Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Foundation; the U.S. Department of Education; and the Volunteer Council of the National Symphony Orchestra. Major support for educational programs at the Kennedy Center is provided by David M. Rubenstein through the Rubenstein Arts Access Program. The Fortas Chamber Music Concerts are supported by generous contributors to the Abe Fortas Memorial
Fund, and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.
For more information about the NSO, visit nationalsymphony.org.
For more information about the Kennedy Center, visit kennedy-center.org. Patrons 18–30, students, and active-duty members of the armed services are invited to join the Kennedy Center’s MyTix program for special discount offers and chances to win free tickets. For more information, visit kennedy-center.org/mytix