Week of Events
A Breath of Music from Around the Globe
Constantinople, an ensemble whose slogan is “Itinerant music, myriad encounters,” will perform on July 22 at Toronto Summer Music. The program is entitled Breathings, and it’s described as a concert that places the breath at the center of the musical act and a celebration of our intimate relationship with nature. Instrumentation includes Mi’kmaq drums, ney […]
Rouvali Leads Prokovief in Vail Debut
Finnish guest conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali makes his Bravo! Vail debut, leading the Philharmonic in Rossini’s Semiramide Overture, Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, and Shostakovich’s virtuosic Violin Concerto No. 1, performed by Augustin Hadelich. (July 23) https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/new-york-philharmonic-2/augustin-hadelich-plays-shostakovich/
Haitian-Inspired Premiere in Chicago
Haitian-American composer Nathalie Joachim loves to use the musical concepts from her heritage to inform her works. The world premiere of her latest composition is sure to bring fresh energy to the Grant Park Festival on July 24. Eric Jacobsen also conducts Grieg Holberg Suite and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/music/2024-season-1/beethovens-fifth-symphony
Coleman and León Headline Contemporary Music Festival
July 25 is opening night of Tanglewood’s Festival of Contemporary Music. The program includes Leila Adu-Gilmore’s United Underdog, Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Josephine, and Tania León’s Indigena, along with works by Miya Masaoka, Trevor Weston, Nathalie Joachim, and Steven Mackey. https://www.bso.org/events/tmc-fcm-july-25-2024
Ottawa: (String) Quartet of New Commissions
The July 26 program at Ottawa ChamberFest will feature four new commissions written for avant-garde string quartet Brooklyn Rider and soprano Ariadne Greif. Those five musicians will perform those new works by Clarice Assad, Gabriel Kahane, Giovanni Solima, and Tyshawn Sorey, as well as Schoenberg’s Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 10 and Colin Jacobsen’s Suite […]
NASA Lands at Ravinia
A space-themed concert complete with visuals and interviews with NASA specialists and world-leading experts continues the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's 2024 season at Ravinia. On July 26, chief conductor Marin Alsop leads the orchestra in Holst's The Planets followed by Amanda Lee Falkenberg's The Moons, a symphonic suite with visuals. Audiences will see science come alive to the sounds […]
