The Symphony Orchestra opens its 2018-19 season with renowned piano soloist Awadagin Pratt in the following program: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto Awadagin Pratt, piano

Nir Kabaretti, conductor Awadagin Pratt, piano Dohnányi: American Rhapsody Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Schumann: Symphony No. 3

Among his generation, pianist Awadagin Pratt is acclaimed for his musical insight and intensely involving performances in recital and with symphony orchestras. His recent recordings are the Brahms Sonatas for Cello and Piano with Zuill Bailey and the music of Judith Lang Zaimont with the Harlem Quartet. He is also the Artistic Director of the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati as well as the Artistic Director of the Art of the Piano Festival.

Performances take place in Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Walla Walla, Washington. Guest artist Awadagin Pratt, piano; Benjamin Breen, violin; Martin Sher, viola; Zuill Bailey, cello. Additional details to be announced.

Location:Cannon Center for the Performing Arts | 255 N. Main St., Memphis, TN 38103 map Description: Robert Moody, conductor Awadagin Pratt, piano Mozart Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2

Program Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 (arr. Kurtag) Bach Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (arr. Busoni) Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (arr. Busoni) Bach Concerto in C minor for Two Pianos, BWV 1060 Dan Tepfer Algorithmic Improvisation on B.A.C.H. Bach Concerto in C major for Two Pianos, BWV 1061 Bach Concerto in F minor for Piano, BWV 1056 Bach Concerto in D minor for Three Pianos, BWV 1063 Philip Lasser/Bach…