September

Saturday
September 8, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

First Tennessee Special Event
Gala Organ Celebration

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Andrew Risinger, organ

Bach/Stokowski -  Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Maurice Duruflé -  Prelude and Fugue on the Name ALAIN
Barber -  Toccata Festiva
Saint-Saens -  Symphony No. 3 in C minor "Organ"

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Sunday
September 9, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

First Tennessee Special Event
Elvis Costello!

Albert-George Schram, conductor
Elvis Costello

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Thursday
September 13, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
September 14, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
September 15, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Midori Plays Tchaikovsky

Mario Venzago, conductor
Midori, violin

Claude Baker -  Aus Schwanengesang for Orchestra
Tchaikovsky  -  Concerto for Violin in D major
Ravel -  Daphnis et Chloé Suites No. 1 & 2

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Thursday
September 20, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
September 21, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
September 22, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
LeAnn Rimes

Albert-George Schram, conductor
LeAnn Rimes

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Thursday
September 27, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
September 28, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
September 29, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Beethoven's Fifth

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

William Schuman  -  Credendum - Article of Faith
Tchaikovsky -  Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Beethoven -  Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

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Friday
October 5, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Adams and Reese Jazz Series
Jazz At The Symphony: George Benson

George Benson
Concert Presented Without Orchestra

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Regions Special Event
Regions Free Day Of Music!

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Sunday
October 14, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Sunday
October 14, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
A Light For The City: The Nashville Choir

John E. Coates, music director
The Nashville Choir

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Thursday
October 18, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
October 19, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
October 20, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Beethoven & Tchaikovsky

Albert George Schram, conductor
Olga Kern, piano

Russell Peck -  Gabriel
Beethoven -  Concerto for Piano No. 5 in E-flat major "Emperor"
Tchaikovsky -  Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique"

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Saturday
October 27, 2007, 11:00 a.m.

Series: Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper
Phantoms of the Orchestra

Kelly Corcoran, conductor
Magic Circle Mime Company

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Thursday
November 1, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
November 2, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
November 3, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Bronfman Plays Prokofiev

Alastair Willis, conductor
Yefim Bronfman, piano

Patrick Clark -  Wet Crimson on Chiricahua
Prokofiev -  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Elgar -  Enigma Variations, Op. 36

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Thursday
November 8, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
November 9, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
November 10, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
Tribute to America's Heroes

Albert-George Schram, conductor
U.S. Naval Academy Men's Glee Club

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Sunday
November 11, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
Voices of Thanksgiving

Nashville Symphony Chamber Chorus
George Mabry

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Thursday
November 15, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
November 16, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
November 17, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Musical Storms

Stefan Sanderling, conductor
Jaime Laredo, violin
Sharon Robinson, cello

Mendelssohn -  The Hebrides, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Richard Danielpour -  A Child's Reliquary
Brahms -  Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

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Thursday
November 29, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
November 30, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
December 1, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Poetry In Music

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Sir Thomas Allen, baritone
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director

John Corigliano -  A Dylan Thomas Trilogy

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Friday
December 14, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
December 15, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Comdata Special Event
Christmas Special With José Feliciano

Albert-George Schram, conductor
José Feliciano

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Saturday
December 15, 2007, 11:00 a.m.

Series: Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper
Happy Holidays!

Kelly Corcoran, conductor

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Sunday
December 16, 2007, 7:30 p.m.

Special Event
John Prine

John Prine
Concert presented without orchestra

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Thursday
December 20, 2007, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
December 21, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
December 22, 2007, 8:00 p.m.

Comdata Special Event
Handel's Messiah

George Mabry, conductor
Nashville Symphony Chorus

Handel -  Messiah

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Friday
January 11, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
January 12, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Schumann In Love

Arild Remmereit, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

John Adams -  Lollapalooza
Schumann -  Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Dvorák -  Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

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Thursday
January 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
January 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
January 19, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
The Sinatra Decades

Matt Catingub, conductor
Steve Tyrell

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Sunday
January 20, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
Let Freedom Sing!

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Friday
February 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Adams and Reese Jazz Series
Jazz At The Symphony: Jane Monheit

Matt Catingub, conductor
Jane Monheit

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Thursday
February 7, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
February 8, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
February 9, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Yundi Li Meets Ravel

Carlos Kalmar, conductor
Yundi Li, piano

Haydn -  Symphony No. 26 in D minor "Lamentatione"
Creston -  Symphony No. 2, Op. 35
Ravel -  Concerto for Piano in G major
Richard Strauss -  Suite from Der Rosenkavalier

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Thursday
February 14, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
February 15, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Special Event
Valentine's Day with Michael Franks

Albert-George Schram, conductor
Michael Franks

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Sunday
February 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
Gil and Orli Shaham In Recital

Gil Shaham, violin
Orli Shaham, piano
Concert presented without orchestra

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Thursday
February 21, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
February 22, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
February 23, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
Broadway Tonight

Albert George Schram, conductor
Craig Schulman, vocals
Tamra Hayden, vocals
<strong>Philip Hernandez, vocals

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Thursday
February 28, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
February 29, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
March 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
The Art of Percussion

David Alan Miller, conductor
Evelyn Glennie, percussion

John Corigliano -  Concerto for Percussion
Shostakovich -  Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93

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Tuesday
March 4, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
The Chieftains

The Chieftains
Concert performed without orchestra

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Thursday
March 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
March 14, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
March 15, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Beethoven Takes A Stroll

Joel Levine, conductor
Ji-Yong, piano

Roberto Sierra -  Fandangos for Orchestra
Beethoven -  Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Grieg -  Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16

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Thursday
March 20, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
March 21, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
March 22, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
Natalie MacMaster - A Celtic Celebration

Albert-George Schram, conductor
Natalie MacMaster

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Saturday
March 22, 2008, 11:00 a.m.

Series: Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper
Spring Has Sprung

Kelly Corcoran, conductor

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Thursday
March 27, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
March 28, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
March 29, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Rachmaninoff's Greatest Hit

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano

Shostakovich -  Festive Overture, Op. 96
Rachmaninoff -  Concerto for Piano No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Michael Torke -  Jasper
Roy Harris -  Symphony No. 3 in One Movement

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Thursday
April 3, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
April 4, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
April 5, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
An Evening With Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch, conductor/performer

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Sunday
April 6, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Special Event
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Murray Perahia, conductor and piano
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Concert presented without the Nashville Symphony

Mozart -  Symphony No. 31 in D major,"Paris"
Mozart -  Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
Bach -  Piano Concerto in D major, BWV 1054
Haydn -  Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London"

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Thursday
April 17, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
April 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
April 19, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Against All Odds

John Mauceri, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Hudson Shad, vocal ensemble

Hindemith -  Prelude from "When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom'd"
Weill -  The Seven Deadly Sins
Korngold -  Symphony in F-sharp, Op. 40

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Friday
April 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Adams and Reese Jazz Series
Jazz at the Symphony: Patti Austin with the Count Basie Big Band

Patti Austin
Count Basie Big Band
Concert presented without orchestra

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Thursday
May 1, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
May 2, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
May 3, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
A Tribute to Louis Armstrong

Albert-George Schram, conductor
Byron Stripling, trumpet

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Saturday
May 3, 2008, 11:00 a.m.

Series: Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust Pied Piper
Celebrate America

Kelly Corcoran, conductor

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Thursday
May 8, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
May 9, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
May 10, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Guerrero Unveils Verdi

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor
Michele Capalbo, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Roy Cornelius Smith, tenor
Morris D. Robinson, bass
Nashville Symphony Chorus
George Mabry, chorus director

Verdi -  Messa da Requiem

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Thursday
May 22, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
May 23, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
May 24, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: Bank of America Pops
Maureen McGovern

Albert-George Schram, conductor
Maureen McGovern

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Thursday
May 29, 2008, 7:00 p.m.

Friday
May 30, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday
May 31, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

Series: SunTrust Classical
Fantastique!

Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Joseph Kalichstein, piano

Copland/D. Wilson Ochoa -  Emblems
Mozart -  Concerto for Piano No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595
Berlioz -  Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14