Mahler-SYMPHONY #2 in C minor, "Resurrection": Talise Trevigne, Rihab Chaieb/Atlanta Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Nathalie Stutzmann, cond. (June 6, 2026) As the music of Gustav Mahler has gotten easier for even community orchestras to perform, a certain patina of routine has set into place. Performances of Mahler are now so commonplace that they have lost much of the 'event' status they held 50 or 60 years ago. In my experience of live Mahler, his "Resurrection" symphony has

Theonfanidis-ON THE BRIDGE OF THE ETERNAL; Bernstein-SYMPHONY #1, "Jeremiah"*; Rachmaninoff-PIANO CONCERTO #3 in D minor**: Kelley O'Connor*; Sir Stephen Hough*/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Robert Spano, cond.; May 2, 2026 Atlanta Symphony subscribers gave a warm welcome to Music Director Emeritus Robert Spano (above) but turned a cold shoulder to the first work on his return program with the ASO. Christopher Theofanidis' On the Bridge of the Eternal is a 17-minute symphonic mo

Kodaly-DANCES OF GALANTA; Bartok-VIOLIN CONCERTO #2*; Mussorgsky/Ravel-PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION: Isabelle Faust*/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Kevin John Edusei, cond.; March 21 Orchestral technicians are almost a dime a dozen nowadays. Great interpreters are fewer. At first hearing, German-born maestro Kevin John Edusei can clearly handle an orchestra. The jury, however, is still out on his interpretive posture. The Atlanta Symphony played impressively for the newcomer, aided