Stravinsky’s complete opera The Nightingale unfolds with playful, shining music that tells the story of a beautiful fable. Yo-Yo Ma begins the evening with a new cello concerto by Angel Lam, a young composer whose work sounds both Chinese and Western, contemporary but also timeless.
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, Music Director and Conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Angel Lam, Narrator
Celena Shafer, Soprano (Nightingale)
Jessica Rivera, Soprano (Cook)
Irina Tchistjakova, Mezzo-Soprano (Death)
Vinson Cole, Tenor (Fisherman)
Kostas Smoriginas, Bass-Baritone (Emperor)
Jason Grant, Bass (Bonze)
Denis Sedov, Bass (Chamberlain)
Sean Mayer, Tenor (Japanese Envoy)
Stephen Ozcomert, Bass (Japanese Envoy)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
Norman Mackenzie, Director
ANGEL LAM
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Awakening from a Disappearing Garden for Cello and Orchestra (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall through the generosity of Henry R. Kravis in honor of his wife Marie-Josée)
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STRAVINSKY
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Le Rossignol
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Program is approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes, including one intermission
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