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The Music of Pink Floyd with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra
TheBJCC 2100 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL, United StatesSee all the hits from Pink Floyd played by the incredible Alabama Symphony Orchestra.
Brahms’ Birthday Celebration
Samford University’s Brock Recital Hall 880 Montague Dr, Birmingham, ALWhat: Celebrate 190 years of Johannes Brahms with an evening of songs and chamber music! Lester and Daniel Seigel join ASO Concertmaster Daniel Szasz, Principal Viola Christopher Lowry, and Music Director Carlos Izcaray to pay tribute to the legendary composer. When: Tuesday, May 7 | 7:30PM Cost: $29 | $12.50 for students Details
Saint-Saëns – Coffee Concert
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesDescribed by Shostakovich himself as “festive or celebrative in spirit,” The Festive Overture begins with a brass fanfare which later reappears before the work’s coda. The concert concludes with Saint – Saëns Organ Symphony No. 3. It is popularly known as the Organ Symphony, since, unusually for a late-Romantic symphony, two of the fourContinue Reading ...
Barber + Saint-Saëns
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesMusic Director Carlos Izcaray opens the 2024/25 season with Shostakovich’s Festive Overture. Described by Shostakovich as “festive or celebrative in spirit,” It begins with a brass fanfare which later reappears. Amaryn Olmeda joins Maestro Izcaray and ASO for a performance of Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto. The evening concludes with Saint – Saëns Organ SymphonyContinue Reading ...
Symphony in the Gardens
Birmingham Botanical Gardens 2612 Lane Park Road, Birmingham, AL, United StatesThis year marks the 26th Annual Symphony Picnic at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. The concert is free and picnic meals are sold to raise funds to benefit the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. Join us on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens for one of Birmingham’s favorite fall family events!
oung People’s Concert: Shaheed and D.J. Supreme & the ASO- Rhythm, Rhyme, and Flow! (Grades 3-12)
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesJoin the Alabama Symphony Orchestra for a Hip Hop fusion show with local Birmingham talent Shaheed and D.J. Supreme! Perfect for all ages, this Young People’s Concert will fuse the orchestral artform with turntables, empowering messaging, and sick beats! Knowledge is power with the incorporation of STEAM components and a teacher guide for gradesContinue Reading ...
Explorer Concert: Peter & the Wolf with Birmingham Children’s Theatre (Grades K-3)
BJCC Theatre 1001 19th Street North, Birmingham, AL, USJoin the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Children’s Theatre in the story of a young boy’s adventure with his grandfather and animal friends! Peter and the Wolf, a “symphonic tale for children” was written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 to introduce young audiences to the instruments of the orchestra. This reimagined musical adventure is perfect for our youngest audiences,Continue Reading ...
Back to the ’80s
BJCC Concert Hall 2100 Richard Arrington Blvd N, Birmingham, AL, United StatesThe ASO takes you to the neon-lit era of leg warmers and hair spray. Back to the ’80s! The ASO brings to life classic hits that defined a generation with artists like Elton John, Madonna, Billy Joel, Steve Winwood, Cyndi Lauper, and much more. This show will have you singing along like you’re withContinue Reading ...
Izcaray: 10 Years Remembered – Coffee Concert
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesThe orchestra will perform The Symphonie fantastique, a piece of music that tells the story of a gifted artist who, in the depths of hopelessness and despair because of his unrequited love for a woman, has poisoned himself with opium. The piece tells the story of the artist’s drug-fueled hallucinations, beginning with a ballContinue Reading ...
Izcaray: 10 Years Remembered
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesIn celebration of Carlos Izcaray’s 10 years as Music Director of the ASO, the orchestra will perform an anniversary program featuring works Maestro Izcaray conducted at his opening concert in 2013. La Péri, written in 1911, and was Dukas’ last published work is not as well known as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, this ballet hasContinue Reading ...
Alabama Symphony Orchestra presents: Inspired by Alabama
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United States(Alabama Symphony Orchestra) Attend the live concert + public recording of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's Inspired by Alabama. The concert will include prominent names + scores, including: Carlos Izcaray, conductor Amerigo Marino: Stars Fell on Alabama Brian Raphael Nabors: Letters from Birmingham William Levi Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
Young People’s Concert 2024: The Great Orchestra Experiment (Grades 3-6)
Samford University Wright CenterThe Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Chris Confessore join Dr. Susie Sonata in this engaging, full STEAM ahead Great Orchestra Experiment! This interactive concert is sure to engage all the senses as students experience the orchestra through the lens of science, technology, engineering, and math! Commissioned by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and written byContinue Reading ...
Viennese Kaleidoscope (Trios)
Samford University’s Brock Recital Hall 880 Montague Dr, Birmingham, ALArtists Daniel Szasz, violin Warren Samples, cello Yakov Kasman, piano Program to Include Haydn: Trio in G major No. 39 Hob. XV/25 (15’) Mozart: Trio in G major KV 564 (17’) Beethoven: Trio No. 5 in D major (Op. 70 No. 1) “Ghost” (30’)
Bartók – Coffee Concert
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesThe orchestra will play Bartok’s Concerto for orchestra. Bartók makes extensive use of classical elements in the work; for instance, the first and fifth movements are in sonata-allegro form. The work combines elements of Western art music and eastern European folk music, especially that of Hungary, and it departs from traditional tonality, often usingContinue Reading ...
Beethoven + Bartók
Alys Stephens Center, Jemison Concert Hall 1200 10th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL, United StatesBeethoven began work on the Eighth in the summer of 1812, immediately after the completion of his Seventh Symphony. Martin Geck describes the Eighth as containing “all the relevant hallmarks, including motivic and thematic writing notable for its advanced planning, defiant counterpoint, furious cross-rhythms, sudden shifts from piano to forte, and idyllic and evenContinue Reading ...
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