Shi/Tao/Spano/ASO: Berlioz/Bernstein

America @ 250: Spano Conducts Bernstein + Berlioz

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• Date

  May 7 - 9, 2026

• Venue

  Atlanta Symphony Hall

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About

Two wartime poets expressed disillusionment; two composers spun their poems into evocative musical scores. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Principal Violist Zhenwei Shi stands in for Childe Harold in Berlioz's picturesque Harold in Italy. Robert Spano presents the "fearless" piano virtuoso Conrad Tao in Bernstein's plaintive and sassy symphony "The Age of Anxiety," inspired by W.H. Auden's Pulitzer Prize-winning poem.

Program

• BerliozHarold in Italy
• BernsteinSymphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"

Featured Artists

Robert Spano

Music Director Laureate

Zhenwei Shi

Principal Viola

Conrad Tao

Composer & Pianist

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra