2012-2013 Masterworks Concerts

All Masterworks concerts take place in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Saturdays at 8:00 pm.

Chee YunMW1  •  September 15, 2012

Opening Night: Symphonie fantastique

Falla – Ritual Fire Dance

Glazunov -  Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique

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Valentina LisitsaMW2  •  October 13, 2012

Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2

Takemitsu – Funeral Music from Black Rain

Strauss – Death and Transfiguration

Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 (Valentina Lisitsa, piano)

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Joyce YangMW3  •  November 17, 2012

Rachmaninoff’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

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Daniil TrifonovMW4  •  February 9, 2013

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto

with Tchaikovsky Competition Winner Daniil Trifonov

Barber – Adagio for Strings

Franck – Psyché

Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 (Daniil Trifonov, piano)

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Tim FainMW5  •  March 16, 2013

The 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

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Kara PoorbaughMW6  •  April 20, 2013

Mozart’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)

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Joshua RomanMW7  •  May 11, 2013

Rite of Spring

Fauré – Pavane

Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 (Joshua Roman, cello)

Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring

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Other 2012-2013 Concerts

dewittTiptonMay 20, 2012

Asheville Symphony Chorus – May 20th, 2012

Stephen Paulus’ Heritage Songs
Asheville Symphony Chorus
conducted by: Dewitt Tipton

asheville-symphony-chorusNovember 3, 2012

Asheville Symphony Chorus

Durufle’s Requiem and Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna.
Oragan accompaniment by Vance Reese | Michael Lancaster, director

Georg_Friedrich_HändelDecember 16, 2012

A 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