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CLASSIC CONCERTS

POPS CONCERTS

A trIbute tO ellA februArY 9, 2019 - 8pm

Vocal powerhouse Capathia Jenkins and Broadway veteran Aisha de Haas return to the Atwood stage in this tribute to 13-time Grammy Award winner Ella Fitzgerald who enchanted audiences for over five decades with her

playful exuberance, impeccable technique, and inimitable style. These talented vocalists join Maestro Fleischer and your Anchorage Symphony for an evening of swinging and scatting to Ella’s biggest hits including Summertime,

Get Happy, Blue Skies, It Don’t Mean a Thing, and many more!

tHe muSIC Of JOHN WIllIAmS OCtOber 6, 2018 - 8pm Best known for his iconic film scores and celebrated music, John Williams is one of the most popular and

successful American orchestral composers of the modern age. From adventure to romance to tragedy, Williams has worked his magic for 60 years, setting the tone to countless movies and television shows. His scores have

influenced generations of musicians and music-lovers. Relive the iconic soundtracks from Star Wars, Harry Potter, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Superman, and many more!

SIleNt fIlm NIGHt: buSter KeAtON’S the frOzen nOrth AND the BOat CHArlIe CHAplIN’S shOulder arms JANuArY 12, 2019 - 8pm

It’s an evening of Silent Film giants! Buster Keaton plays a bumbling villain who ends up in The Frozen North. From the frozen snow to the rising water, Keaton’s The Boat finds him and his family on a voyage in his

homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another. In Charlie Chaplin’s Shoulder Arms, it’s WWI, and Chaplin is recruited to the army’s “awkward squad”.

After two “hysterical weeks” in Havana, Gershwin wrote his Cuban Overture to share the musical colors of Cuba he loved with American audiences. Michael Daugherty’s Grammy award-winning piece, Tales of

Hemingway, based on the writings of Ernest Hemingway, features cellist Zuill Bailey, who won a Grammy for his recording of the piece. Tan Dun’s, Secret of Wind and Birds, was inspired by new and old,

natural and manmade, ancient and modern. Bird songs depicted by traditional Chinese instruments are played on smartphones of musicians

and audience members.

In celebration of his 20th season as ASO Music Director, we perform Randall Craig Fleischer’s Echoes. A piece he calls “one of the highlights

of my tenure (and my life).” This multicultural piece features indigenous music and dances from Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts. In this quick “Randy tour” of his ASO tenure, we also showcase

his love of Russian music and the connection to his mentor Mstislav Rostropovich. Two other works are revisited that Randy conducted at his

audition concert 20 years earlier in November 1998.

Barber’s first piece for full orchestra, Overture to The School for Scandal, was inspired by the play of the same name that pokes fun at

English high society. Grammy award-winning film composer, Mateo Messina makes his ASO debut performing two multi-media works and premieres

a new piece commissioned by ASO commissioning club, Musica Nova. Brahms’ Symphony No. 2, subtitled “Romantic”, shows off his

lighter side with lush, warm melodies.

Grammy award-winning piece, Made in America, by Joan Tower, based on the musical themes of America the Beautiful. Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, thought to be the most technically challenging piano concerto, performed by Van Cliburn medalist, Daniel Hsu. The romantic second symphony by Howard Hanson, commissioned to

celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Symphony.

An evening of iconic movie music, including: Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront Orchestral

Suite derived from the only score he ever composed specifically for a film. Selections from Mozart’s epic Requiem heard in the

award-winning film Amadeus. John Williams’ stirring Hymn to the Fallen from the

critically acclaimed WWII film, Saving Private Ryan. A cantata arranged from the film score for the historical

drama Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev.