Arts Agenda: Classical music – October/November 2024

Each week, ArtsATL delivers a critic’s short list of the shows, exhibitions, concerts and events we recommend for the coming weeks within one discipline in the kaleidoscope of Atlanta arts and culture. Every week, we’ll present a different art form.

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October 11,12

Atlanta Master Chorale at Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. The first concert of the season. Tickets: $42; students $10.

October 13

Daniil Trifonov at Spivey Hall. This fast-rising piano star of the classical world will perform Tchaikovsky, Chopin and more. Tickets: $45-$80.

October 15

The Georgian Chamber Players at Eddie’s Attic. Stalwarts of the chamber music scene bring classical to the venue better known for rock and blues. Tickets: $30.

October 24-26

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor Roderick Cox. The Georgia native conducts Barber and Rachmaninoff. Tickets: $29-$135.

October 27

Flutist Adam Sadberry at Spivey Hall. This program is built around stories of Sadberry’s journalist grandfather’s experience during the Civil Rights movement. Tickets: $25-$55.

November 1

Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta — Bach’s Lunch at First Presbyterian. Italy-born violist Ettore Causa plays Brahms, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and more with William Ransom on piano. Free.

November 2-10

The Atlanta Opera’s The Magic Flute. Mozart’s whimsical tale of sorcerers, heroes and enchanted musical instruments at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Tickets: $55-$182.

November 7-10

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Mozart. This show includes symphony No. 40, as well as the mass in C minor performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus: Tickets: $44-$175.

November 14-16

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra — Nathalie Stutzmann conducts Bruckner. Program includes Bruckner’s symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”) and Christina Smith performing C.P.E. Bach’s flute concerto in D minor. Tickets: $29-$140.

November 16

Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens’ American Railroad at Schwartz Center for Performing Arts. Founded by YoYo Ma and now led by Rhiannon Giddens, Silkroad Ensemble combines Western classical music with Chinese, African American, Celtic and other musical traditions. Tickets: $70; students $10.

November 19

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor Michael Dauterman at Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church. Program includes Copland, Barber and Mozart, plus Emily Brebach performs Donizetti’s English horn concertino. Tickets: $10-$42.

Pairs well with…

Other events you might also enjoy.

The 1933 classic The Invisible Man at the Tara is just in time for Halloween (October 11) … The Crux Collective brings circus arts into the contemporary age (October 10-October 12) … The Casspir Project, a South African art project consisting of intricately beaded military equipment, arrives at the Emma Darnell Aviation Museum (October 18-November 15) … María Irene Fornés’ Mud, about a woman living in extreme poverty, closes at Schwartz Center for Performing Arts (through October 12).

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