Breaking Ranks With Many Major American Orchestras, Nashville Symphony Orchestra Will Attempt To Nurture New American Symphonic Repertoire

"As we [at the Nashville Symphony Orchestra] begin our Inaugural 2006/07 Season there are many new offerings in addition to our new hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center. One that we are quite excited about and hope will become a tradition is our American Encores program. On nearly all of the programs in our Classical subscription series, we will feature one work by an American composer that been performed either only once before – at its premiere – or rarely played since. We will perform it for a second time – the "encore!"

Some composers will be well-established figures, like Philip Glass, while others may be entirely new to you, like Stephen Dankner. Ultimately we are doing this to foster a wider appreciation of the wonderful, prolific and imaginative composing that is going on in America today. Look below to see the offerings for each Classical concert. Closer to the concert dates you can view program notes about the piece being performed online."

September 14, 15 & 16, 2006
John Barnes Chance - Elegy
Schermerhorn - Jubilee: A Tennessee Quilting Party for Orchestra

September 28, 29 & 30, 2006
Augusta Read Thomas- Tangle

October 19, 20 & 21, 2006
Joan Tower - Chamber Dance

November 2, 3 & 4, 2006
Stephen Paulus - Sea Portraits

November 16, 17 & 18, 2006
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - Fantasy for Orchestra

January 18, 19 & 20, 2007
Gabriela Lena Frank - Manchay Tiempo (Time of Fear)

February 15, 16 & 17 2007
Philip Glass - The Passion of Ramakrisna *
* Co-commissioned by the Nashville Symphony and the Orange County's Pacific Symphony

March 1, 2 & 3, 2007
Adolphus Hailstork - Symphony No. 3, 3rd Movement

March 15, 16 & 17, 2007
Ned Rorem - Fantasy and Polka

March 29, 30 & 31, 2007
Avner Dorman - Variations Without a Theme

April 19, 20 & 21, 2007
Stephen Dankner - The World of Yesterday (Evenings With My Grandfather)

May 17, 18 & 19, 2007
Kevin Puts - "... this noble company" (Processional for Orchestra)

May 31, June 1 & 2, 2007
Michael Daugherty - Concerto for Piano *
* Co-commissioned by the Nashville Symphony and the Charlotte Symphony

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