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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Celebrates the 2026 Holiday Season at Symphony Hall
The GRAMMY Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra has unveiled its 2026 holiday season at Atlanta Symphony Hall, a lineup of concerts spanning classical favorites, Broadway, film scores and family programming under the leadership of Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann.
The season centerpiece is Christmas with the ASO (December 10, 12 and 13), conducted by Norman Mackenzie and featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, the Morehouse College Glee Club and the Spivey Hall Children’s Choir in a program of beloved carols, hymns and festive favorites. Another Atlanta tradition returns December 17 with Handel’s Messiah, pairing Part I of Handel’s masterpiece with Bach’s Cantata No. 140.
Film fans get Elf in Concert on November 28 and 29, with Jacob Joyce conducting John Debney’s score live as the film plays on a 40-foot HD screen. Families can start the season with the Winter Wonderland family concert on December 6, featuring selections from The Nutcracker, the Polar Express suite and a Holly and Jolly Sing-Along.
The holiday lineup also welcomes Celtic Woman with the ASO on the Silver Bells Christmas Tour (December 19 and 20), Tony and GRAMMY Award winner Leslie Odom, Jr. on his Christmas Tour (December 21 and 22), and Sounds of the Season on December 23. The celebration rolls into the new year with Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons on January 7 and 10, 2027, led by Concertmaster David Coucheron.
The Coca-Cola Holiday Concerts are presented by The Coca-Cola Company. Tickets and full calendar details are available at aso.org.
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WQXR and Carnegie Hall have announced the lineup for the 2026–27 season of Carnegie Hall Live, the broadcast series that brings performances from the legendary New York venue to audiences nationwide and around the world. Now in its 16th season, the series airs live on WQXR-FM and streams at WQXR.org and CarnegieHall.org, with broadcasts also distributed to public radio stations across the country.
The season opened on October 9 with the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Kirill Petrenko, joined by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in a program of Brahms and Strauss — part of the orchestra’s four-concert Carnegie Hall residency that launched the Hall’s 2026–27 season.
Among the season’s highlights, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs an all-Berlioz program on November 5, 2026, led by Louis Langrée and starring tenor Benjamin Bernheim in a rare New York appearance, pairing Les nuits d’été with the Symphonie fantastique. On January 19, 2027, Franz Welser-Möst conducts The Cleveland Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, with soloists Golda Schultz, Taylor Raven, Julian Prégardien, and Anthony Robin Schneider.
The series also carries performances by the Vienna Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of Carnegie Hall’s season-long Mahler symphony cycle led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, alongside chamber music programs spotlighting Beethoven and Brahms.
Carnegie Hall Live is hosted by WNYC and WQXR’s John Schaefer, with guest hosts Elliott Forrest and Paul Cavalconte. The series is produced by WQXR in partnership with Carnegie Hall and American Public Media. For the full broadcast schedule, visit carnegiehall.org.
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