We end our season with Orff’s Carmina burana, in all its magnificent, carnal beauty. Giancarlo Guerrero programmed it — in its original form — to showcase the powerful forces of the Nashville Symphony and Chorus. On the first half of the program, our soloists in the Orff treat us to Alban Berg’s Seven Early Songs and the autobiographical Songs of the Wayfarer of Mahler, who compared his own life to “a traveling journeyman…wandering on in solitude.”

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Carmina Burana

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Experience all the mystery and fun of their unforgettable adventure in the beloved movie that captivated audiences around the world, complete with John Williams’ Academy Award®-winning score performed live by a full symphony orchestra in sync to the film projected on a huge HD screen!

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in Concert

Bassist, composer, improviser, and educator Miller’s compositions and improvisations have been described by the New York Times as “convincing and confident, evolved in touch and tone...”, and the Detroit Free Press has said, “Marcus Miller represents next generation of jazz”.

Marcus Miller with the Nashville Symphony

Though the venerable composer Gustav Mahler completed only sketches of his Symphony No. 10 before his death in 1911, composers and musicologists spent much of the 20th century reconstructing it and filling in the gaps. Giancarlo Guerrero enlightens us with a fascinating exploration of this process before conducting Mahler’s final opus, considered by many to have been his greatest symphonic work.

Mahler’s Monumental Opus

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The Unicorn’s Birthday™ is a gentle, fantasy-and-fun-filled symphony experience. Join the family-friendly birthday celebration brimming with music, narration, fun sounds, captivating on-stage activity, animation, and audience participation. There’s even a visit from the Birthday Unicorn!

The Unicorn’s Birthday

You’ve got to love someone who taught grade school, bartended and then — with talent and determination — went on to produce top selling albums and national tours. That someone is Amos Lee, whose popular blend of folk, rock, and soul have made him a favorite here in Nashville, and across the country. It’s been worth the wait and now you can hear him in a “back by popular demand” performance with the Nashville Symphony.

Amos Lee with the Nashville Symphony

Gil Shaham’s virtuosity, warmth, and audience connection make him a favorite guest in Nashville, and to hear him perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is a rare opportunity. Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony uses the sheer force of the orchestra, fortified by extra winds, brass, and percussion, including cowbells plus a giant wind machine that depicts a huge storm.

Beethoven Violin Concerto

In the epic finale to the Harry Potter Film Concert Series the battle between good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2 in Concert brings the final chapter to the big screen as your Nashville Symphony performs every note of the epic score from Alexandre Desplat. The stakes have never been higher! 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Gershwin’s orchestral music defined the American sound, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins us for our centennial celebration of Rhapsody in Blue plus his Piano Concerto in F. Gershwin is complemented by Florence Price and William Dawson, whose compositions stemmed from the Black American Experience. At its 1934 Carnegie Hall premiere, Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, based on spirituals and emphatically symphonic, brought audiences to their feet. And Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes is drawn from Black folk songs and dances of the 1920s and ‘30s.

Dawson, Price, and Gershwin's America

Zuill Bailey, a longtime friend of the Nashville Symphony, flawlessly navigates the virtuosic pyrotechnics of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 — specifically chosen for this concert by Giancarlo Guerrero. Two of Beethoven’s even-numbered symphonies surround the concerto, and though they are less-often performed in concert, they remain two of his most poignant and profound works.

Beethoven & Shostakovich

Imagine spending your birthday at the museum! Join Mason and his friends for a musical and scientific scavenger hunt through the many exhibits that make any museum special in this Nashville Symphony concert with music and story by Karen LeFrak based on her book of the same name.

Sleepover at the Museum

If you’ve visited Las Vegas, chances are you’ve seen entertainer extraordinaire Frankie Moreno’s face on a billboard. Growing up in Santa Cruz, Moreno moved to Nashville to polish his craft and then on to Vegas and top selling albums and hit singles — and was voted Las Vegas’ Headliner of the Year five times running. Who better to perform Elvis’ music and pay tribute the great one than the incredible Frankie Moreno?

Music of Elvis with Frankie Moreno and the Nashville Symphony

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Encanto tells the tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family living in a magical house in the mountains of Colombia.

Encanto in Concert

Anthony Kearns, Ronan Tynan and Declan Kelly are synonymous with Irish music. The Irish Tenors have performed all over the world, and have blazed the trail from coast to coast in America, stopping in nearly every city; thrilling audiences at every single stop with their enchanting Irish repertoire and sweeping secular selections. Join these kings of Celtic music as they perform at the Schermerhorn with the Nashville Symphony. Just of few of many Tenors’ beloved hits include “Danny Boy,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Fields of Athenry,” “My Heart Will Go On,” “Fairytale of New York,” and “South of The Border.” 

The Irish Tenors with the Nashville Symphony

Each season, we showcase the Schermerhorn’s world-renowned pipe organ in a symphonic concert. Enter the versatile Wayne Marshall, leading from the console as soloist in the Poulenc Organ Concerto and from the piano for Gershwin’s Second Rhapsody. On the podium, he conducts Harlem and the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, by American icons whose mixing of jazz and classical idioms captured the spirit of 1950s and 1960s New York City.

West Side Story and Harlem

This season the Duke Ellington Orchestra celebrates its 100th anniversary. First formed as the Washingtonians, the band later moved to New York and took up residence at the famed Cotton Club and the rest, from “Satin Doll” to “It Don't Mean a Thing,” is history.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra

It's hard to think of anyone more universally beloved than Yo-Yo Ma, both for his passion and virtuosity, but also for his heartfelt humanity. It's been a few years, and we're thrilled to have Yo-Yo return to the stage of the Schermerhorn for a special one-night-only performance with the Nashville Symphony.

Yo-Yo Ma with the Nashville Symphony

Hailed by NPR as “one of the most brilliant artists of her generation,” Jennifer Koh joins Giancarlo Guerrero for Barber’s exquisite Violin Concerto. Tania León’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Stride, reflecting her Cuban American heritage, was part of a project celebrating the 19th Amendment. Anchoring the program is a repertoire staple, the Enigma Variations, a musical portrait gallery of the composer’s friends with an autobiographical look at himself.

Elgar's Enigma

R&B legend and “Godmother of Soul” Patti LaBelle has enjoyed one of the longest careers in contemporary music. Patti LaBelle has done it all, from girl group pop and gutsy soul to space-age funk and hard-hitting disco. Get ready to be rocked when Patti hits the stage with the Nashville Symphony, just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Patti LaBelle with the Nashville Symphony

The fabulous Tituss Burgess -- who brought us the unforgettable "Pinot Noir" in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt -- returns to the Nashville Symphony for an evening of favorite melodies from Broadway and film.

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Carmina Burana

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The Unicorn’s Birthday

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Beethoven Violin Concerto...

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Harry Potter and the Deat...

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Dawson, Price, and Gershw...

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Beethoven & Shostakovich

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Sleepover at the Museum

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Music of Elvis with Frank...

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Encanto in Concert

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The Irish Tenors with the...

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West Side Story and Harle...

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The Duke Ellington Orches...

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Yo-Yo Ma with the Nashvil...

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Elgar's Enigma

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Patti LaBelle with the Na...

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An Evening with Tituss Bu...

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