A once-in-a-lifetime concert with Brian Raphael Nabors’ Letters from Birmingham (2022), William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony (1934), and Stars Fell on Alabama (1934), arranged by ASO’s fourth music director Amerigo Marino. Join the ASO as we record this concert to preserve the Alabama legacy as never done before.

Inspired by Alabama

University of Alabama at Birmingham

An HSO favorite, Sirena Huang, returns to the Belding Stage to perform the famous Sibelius violin concerto. We’re thrilled to have her back for our Valentine’s weekend concerts. It makes sense to play something romantic, of course, so Don Juan comes to mind.  There’s no need to take a trip to experience something exotic; come to the Hartford Symphony and let the music take you away.

Sirena Plays Sibelius

Belding Theater

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Hope and Honor

East Tennessee State University

The NSO brings you William Dawson’s stirring Negro Folk Symphony—a work one New York critic called “the most distinctive and promising American symphonic proclamation which has so far been achieved.” Joshua Weilerstein completes the program with Bernstein’s ever-popular Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Gershwin’s jazz-infused Rhapsody in Blue.

William Dawson

Events

Upcoming events

14 - 16 Feb, 2025

Sirena Plays Sibelius · Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Feb 15, 2025

Hope and Honor · Johnson City Symphony Orchestra

29 - 31 May, 2025

Joshua Weilerstein conducts Bernstein & Dawson | John Kimura Parker plays Gershwin · National Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Oct 30, 2024

Inspired by Alabama · Alabama Symphony Orchestra

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