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Elizabeth Koch Tiscione Performs the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto
January 25, 2020 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Elizabeth Koch Tiscione Performs
the Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto
2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the Beethoven, a composer who upset conventions and exploded the realm of musical expression. This week, guest conductor James Gaffigan leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in an exuberant piece at the cusp of the Romantic era: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1.
Also on the program, ASO Principal Oboe Elizabeth Koch Tiscione journeys into the soulful sounds of English folksong in the 1944 Oboe Concerto by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Bringing the mashup of popular and classical music into the present, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra plays Jessie Montgomery’s stylishly energetic Starburst.
Thursday evening includes a pre-concert chamber music recital at 6:45 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall. Free for all ticket holders of the Jan. 23 and 25, 2020 concerts.
Thursday Evening Post-Concert Talk With Conductor James Gaffigan
Ticket holders are invited to attend a conversation with conductor James Gaffigan in Center Space immediately following the concert on Thursday, January 23.
Saturday Pre-Concert Talk
Join host Ken Meltzer, ASO Program Annotator and Music Consultant, 1 hour before each evening and matinee Delta Classical concert in Symphony Hall (unless otherwise noted) for FREE Pre-Concert Talks by composers, conductors, educators, and musical experts. Pre-Concert Talks are free and open to all concert tickets holders. Speakers and locations are subject to change.
