Gianandrea Noseda leads the National Symphony and oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk in the U.S. premiere of Alexander Raskatov’s Oboe Concerto, Time’s River, on Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Prokofiev’s Summer Night opens the program, which ends with Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Pathétique Symphony No. 6. https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2024-2025/noseda-ogrintchouk/
Conductor Bernard Labadie will make his debut with the San Diego Symphony on Nov. 9-10. The program includes two Mozart works—the overtures to The Magic Flute and La clemenza di Tito—as well as Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Jonathan Biss) and Haydn’s Drum Roll Symphony No. 103. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/biss-plays-beethoven/
Leonard Slatkin conducts his first concert as Artistic Consultant of the Las Vegas Philharmonic on Nov. 9, leading vocalists Storm Large and the Hudson Shad Quartet in Weill/Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins. Also on the program are Hovhaness’ Symphony No. 2, The Mysterious Mountain, and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. https://lvphil.org/events/slatkin-conducts-gershwin/
Violinist Paul Huang makes his Toledo Symphony debut performing Mozart's dazzling fourth violin concerto. Conducted byAlain Trudel, this Nov. 9 prgram opens with Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture and concludes with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, Romantic. https://www.artstoledo.com/masterworks-24-25
Madison Symphony welcomes the debut of conductor Michael Stern on Nov. 15-17, when Garrick Ohlsson solos in Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor. The program opens with Jonathan Leshnoff’s Rush and concludes with Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony. https://madisonsymphony.org/event/momentum/
Bass Kenneth Kellogg makes his Lyric Opera of Chicago debut in Blue, by Jeanine Tesori and co-commissioned by the Lyric. The cast also includes mezzo-soprano Zoie Reams and baritone Norman Garrett in this production directed by Tazewell Thompson. (Nov. 16-Dec. 1) https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2024-25/blue/
Pianist and composer Stephen Hough makes his debut with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on Nov. 24. The program combines Liszt’s virtuosic sonata with works by Chopin and Cécile Chaminade. Hough is joined by the enthralling Viano Quartet for the world premiere of his Piano Quintet. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/an-evening-with-sir-stephen-hough/
