2015–2016 Season At A Glance Guest artist, time, date, location and program subject to change without notice.
FIRST TENNESSEE MASTERWORKS OPENING WEEKEND:
WILLIAM TELL & THE FIREBIRD! Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
THE PLANETS
ROSSINI William Tell Overture WALTON The Wise Virgins Suite RACHMANINOFF Corelli Variations STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite Mei-Ann Chen
IVES Variations on “America”
ELGAR Cello Concerto Saturday, November 7, 2015 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts HOLST The Planets Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Mei-Ann Chen, conductor | Sujari Britt, cello Women from Memphis Symphony Chorus, Dr. Lawrence Edwards, director
RAVISHING RACHMANINOFF
Saturday, January 16, 2016 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, January 17, 2016 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Chelsea Tipton, guest conductor | Terrence Wilson, piano
BOLERO!
Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Memphis Symphony Chorus, Dr. Lawrence Edwards, director
MAHLER’S FIRST
Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 7:30pm Cannon Center for the Performing Arts Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2:30pm Germantown Performing Arts Center Mei-Ann Chen, conductor Memphis Symphony Chorus, Dr. Lawrence Edwards, director Box Office Hours: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday - Friday Box Office: 901.537.2525 • MemphisSymphony.org
Sujari Britt
DVOŘÁK Carnival Overture GANDOLFI Fourth Chickasaw Variations RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
Terrence Wilson
BIZET Carmen Suite TCHIAKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet WAGNER Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod RAVEL Bolero Tchaikovsky
BEETHOVEN Grosse Fuge MOZART Requiem: choral movements MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition
Mozart
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS Concerto Grosso for Strings BORODIN Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances MAHLER Symphony No. 1 Titan Mei-Ann Chen