America @ 250: Spano Conducts Bernstein + Berlioz

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America @ 250: Spano Conducts Bernstein + Berlioz

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Date
May 7 - 9, 2026
Venue
Atlanta Symphony Hall
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May 7, 2026
Thursday at 8:00PM

May 9, 2026
Saturday at 8:00PM

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Two wartime poets expressed disillusionment; two composers spun their poems into evocative musical scores. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Principal Violist Zhenwei Shi stands in for Childe Harold in Berlioz's picturesque Harold in Italy. Robert Spano presents the "fearless" piano virtuoso Conrad Tao in Bernstein's plaintive and sassy symphony "The Age of Anxiety," inspired by W.H. Auden's Pulitzer Prize-winning poem.

Program

BerliozHarold in Italy
Bernstein Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"

Featured Artists

Music Director Laureate

Principal Viola

Conrad Tao (credit Brantley Gutierrez)

Composer & Pianist

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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