Chattanooga Symphony & Opera 2016/2017 Season: Full Schedule, Highlights & Subscriptions
The 2016/2017 season of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera delivers an extraordinary lineup through the Barnett & Company Masterworks Series, featuring timeless and contemporary works—including compositions by four living composers. The Luken Holdings Pops Series captivates with Latin jazz masters the Mambo Kings, the annual Home for the Holidays and Big Band Fever! concerts, Irish fiddle virtuoso Eileen Ivers, and beloved scores from sci-fi and superhero films and shows.
The Chamber Series returns in full force with four intimate concerts, showcasing favorites by Mozart, Prokofiev, Bottesini, and Mendelssohn, plus the world premiere of local composer Doug Hedwig’s String Quintet.
Season highlights include a fully staged, two-night production of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and the family-friendly spectacle Cirque de la Symphonie.
Subscriptions start at just $90. Purchase online at www.chattanoogasymphony.org, visit the CSO box office at 701 Broad Street, or call 423.267.8583. Benefits include reserved Tivoli series seating, free exchanges, no preservation fees, flexible 3-payment plans, extra ticket discounts, and priority access to special events. Click here for full 2016/2017 series packages and subscriber details.
Click here to download the 2016/2017 brochure.
2016/2017 Season Concert Schedule:
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Strauss & Rachmaninoff
September 22, 2016 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Joan Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #2
Strauss: Don Juan
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2
Chamber Series
Musical Passport
October 2, 2016 at 3:00pm
Read House Silver Ballroom
Luken Holdings Pops Series
Mambo Kings
October 8, 2016 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Beethoven Choral Fantasy
October 20, 2016 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
D’Ercole: Wie die Blätter des Herbstes herabfallen – World Premiere
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Special Event
Cirque de la Symphonie
October 28, 2016 at 7:30pm
Memorial Auditorium
Chamber Series
Haydn Symphony No. 31
November 6, 2016 at 3:00pm
Read House Silver Ballroom
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
November 17, 2016 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Luken Holdings Pops Series
Home for the Holidays
December 17, 2016 at 7:30pm & December 18, 2016 at 3:00pm
Tivoli Theatre
Chamber Series
Prokofiev & Mendelssohn
January 15, 2017 at 3:00pm
Read House Silver Ballroom
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Dvorak Symphony No. 7
January 26, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Schubert: Rosamunde Overture
Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7
Luken Holdings Pops Series
Big Band Fever
February 10 & 11, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Chamber Series
Gems from the CSO Principals
February 19, 2017 at 3:00pm
Read House Silver Ballroom
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
March 2, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Stephenson: Violin Concerto, “Tributes”
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
Special Event
Madame Butterfly
March 23 & 25, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Luken Holdings Pops Series
Eileen Ivers
April 1, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
Mozart & Mahler
April 6, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Mozart: Don Giovanni Overture
Mozart: Exsultate jubilate
Mahler: Symphony No. 4
Luken Holdings Pops Series
Sci-Fi and Superheroes
April 22, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Barnett & Company Masterworks Series
La Mer
April 27, 2017 at 7:30pm
Tivoli Theatre
Joan Tower: Fanfare for Uncommon Woman No.1
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Gjeilo: Dreamweaver
Debussy: La mer
