ASO Subscriptions for the 2020-2021 Season Now on Sale
Posted Apr 14, 2020 | ASO News, Press Releases,
Alexandria, VA—The Alexandria Symphony Orchestra announces its 2020-2021 Season led by Music Director James Ross. The season offers familiar masterworks and multiple collaborations with local arts organizations.
The season launches with a joyful noise on October 3 and 4, 2020 with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 featuring vocalists from the Alexandria Choral Society. Saturday’s performance premieres Tribute, an original work by Brian Prechtl featuring students from ASO’s award-winning education program, Sympatico. Tribute was commissioned by Classical Movement’s Eric Daniel Helms New Music Program. Sunday’s performance welcomes members from the National Symphony Orchestra’s horn section performing Robert Schumann’s Konzertstück.
In partnership with the Alexandria Film Festival the ASO presents Homegrown: Stories in Music and Film on November 7 and 8, 2020. Original film works submitted by local artists will accompany music from the Americana tradition including Aaron Copland’s Our Town and John Henry, Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ Clouds and William Grant Still’s Manhattan Skyline. The program culminates with Mussorgsky’s well-loved Pictures at an Exhibition.
On December 18 and 20, 2020, the ASO brings you a holiday concert like none other. ASO will accompany dancers from BalletNova with selections from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker. Alexandria Choral Society joins the ASO for choruses from Händel’s Messiah as well as leads the audience in popular holiday carols.
Renowned pianist Sara Daneshpour headlines on February 20 and 21, 2021 with Rachmaninov’s stirring Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. A native of Washington, D.C., Ms. Daneshpour has garnered awards internationally and received acclaim as a sought-after touring artist. Strings take center stage with Beethoven’s last string quartet, expanded for orchestra by Maestro Ross. The program also features George Walker’s Lyric for Strings and Sibelius’ epic tone poem, Finlandia.
ASO’s season finale on April 17 and 18, 2021 sparks joy with Dylana Jenson and her rendition of Barber’s Violin Concerto. Ms. Jenson was the youngest and first American woman to win a medal in the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition. Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 in C minor reflects youthful optimism paired with Guido López-Gavilán’s Mojito con saoco, commissioned for the Cuban American Youth Orchestra.
The 2020-2021 Season is generously supported by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Alexandria Commission for the Arts. Subscription packages are now on sale and start at $90.
