2014–2015
Season At A Glance FIRST TENNESSEE MASTERWORKS OPENING WEEKEND:
TCHAIKOVSKY’S FIRST PIANO CONCERTO
Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Mei-Ann Chen, conductor | Jon Kimura Parker, piano
SYMPHONIC FIREWORKS:
RIDE OF THE VALKYRIES!
Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Sphinx awards winner Adé Williams, violin
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR Danse nègre TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 DVORAK Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”
Sponsored by Roadshow BMW and Mei-Ann’s Circle of Friends
Jon Kimura Parker
R STRAUSS Don Juan RAVEL Tzigane J STRAUSS Thunder and Lightning Polka TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italian WAGNER Ride of the Valkyries Adé Williams
MOZART, GERSHWIN & RACHMANINOFF
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 GERSHWIN “I Got Rhythm” Variations RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Mei-Ann Chen, conductor | Orion Weiss, piano Orion Weiss
STORM LARGE SINGS KURT WEILL
Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Robert Moody, conductor | Storm Large, vocalist
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH
SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 WEILL The Seven Deadly Sins
Sponsored by Baker Donelson
Storm Large
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9
Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Mei-Ann Chen, conductor | Adé Williams, violin John-Henry Crawford, cello | Victor Asuncion, piano Mary Wilson, soprano | Angela Horn-Barrett, mezzo soprano Robert Breault, tenor | Thomas Barrett, baritone Memphis Symphony Chorus | Rhodes MasterSingers
Mei-Ann Chen
Guest artist, time, date, location and program subject to change without notice.
POPS H O M E FO R T HE
HOLIDAYS
Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts
Tis the season to be merry! The Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s Home for the Holidays concert returns with two chances to hear all of your yuletide favorite carols. This holiday tradition is sure to remind you of the reason for the season.
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Hold on to your Blue Suede shoes for a thrilling evening of music celebrating the birthday of one of the greatest musical icons – Elvis Presley. The Memphis Symphony Orchestra will perform chart-topping hits that remind you why Elvis is and always will be the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
©EPE Reg. US Pat. & Tm. Off.
RENEWAL DEADLINE: Friday, August 29, 2014
MEMPHIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 585 S. Mendenhall Road Memphis, TN 38117
Box Office: 901.537.2525 MemphisSymphony.org
Box Office Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday - Friday MEI-ANN CHEN