2012-2013 Masterworks Concerts
All Masterworks concerts take place in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Saturdays at 8:00 pm.
MW1 • September 15, 2012Opening Night: Symphonie fantastique
Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
Glazunov - Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique
Interactive Program Notes
MW2 • October 13, 2012Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2
Takemitsu – Funeral Music from Black Rain
Strauss – Death and Transfiguration
Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Valentina Lisitsa, piano)
Interactive Program Notes
MW3 • November 17, 2012Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Variations
with Van Cliburn Medalist Joyce Yang
Bizet – L’Artésienne Suite No. 1
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Joyce Yang, piano)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4
Interactive Program Notes
MW4 • February 9, 2013Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto
with Tchaikovsky Competition Winner Daniil Trifonov
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Franck – Psyché
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 (Daniil Trifonov, piano)
Interactive Program Notes
MW5 • March 16, 2013The American Four Seasons
Handel – Water Music Suite No. 2 in D Major
Glass – Violin Concerto No. 2, “The American Four Seasons” (Tim Fain, violin)
Copland – Three Latin American Sketches
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F
Interactive Program Notes
MW6 • April 20, 2013Mozart’s Requiem
Pårt – Cantus in Memoriam, Benjamin Britten
Vaughn Williams – Flos Campi (Kara Poorbaugh, viola)
Mozart – Requiem, Asheville Symphony Chorus (Michael Lancaster, director), WCU Concert Choir (Michael Lancaster, director)
Interactive Program Notes
MW7 • May 11, 2013Rite of Spring
Fauré – Pavane
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 (Joshua Roman, cello)
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Interactive Program NotesOther 2012-2013 Concerts
May 20, 2012Asheville Symphony Chorus – May 20th, 2012
Stephen Paulus’ Heritage Songs
Asheville Symphony Chorus
conducted by: Dewitt Tipton
November 3, 2012Asheville Symphony Chorus
Durufle’s Requiem and Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna.
Oragan accompaniment by Vance Reese | Michael Lancaster, director
December 16, 2012A Classical Christmas
featuring Händel's Messiah
A new Asheville symphonic Christmas tradition begins with the most beautiful music of the season.
Music Director Daniel Meyer | Asheville Symphony Chorus




