The world premiere of Jessica Mays’ A Shoreline Willow will be performed at Caramoor as part of a concert by the Abeo Quartet on June 27. The Abeo, which has been in residence at Caramoor throughout the season, will also play an intriguing variety of works for quartet by Joaquin Turina, Erwin Schulhoff, Rhiannon Giddens, […]
Created by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, Elizabeth Cree is a highly suspenseful and theatrical opera taking place in 1880s London. The new production at Glimmerglass is directed by Alison Moritz and stars Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught. (July 28-Aug. 16) https://glimmerglass.org/events/elizabeth-cree/
At their June 28 opening concert, the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus and Period Orchestra explore the universal human experiences of grief, healing, acceptance, and joy. Conductor John Butt leads Bach’s Cantata BWV 21 and the Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11. https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/bach_ascension_oratorio
Bravo! Vail has commissioned a new work by Anna Clyne. Her ATLAS for piano and orchestra will be premiered at the festival by the Dallas Symphony with Jeremy Denk as soloist. Fabio Luisi also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony on this June 29 program. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/dallas-symphony-orchestra-2/luisi-conducts-tchaikovskys-fifth/
To open its 75th anniversary season, the Aspen Music Festival has co-commissioned a new work by Alan Fletcher, called Three American Songs. The soloist will be soprano Renée Fleming, who will also sing three songs by Richard Strauss, a nod to the first work of the evening, Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra. Respighi’s Pines of Rome […]
A world premiere by Annie Nikunen will be included on the June 30 program that opens an all-day String Quartet Marathon at Tanglewood. Also on the bill are works by Detlev Glanert, Nick DiBerardino, Steve Reich, plus a reach back into the late 16th century with some Canzonas by Giovanni Gabrieli. https://www.bso.org/events/tmc-chamber-music
Tanglewood’s Fellows will present a new work by Composition Fellow Gala Flagello at the July 7 program, which also includes four works by Charles Ives. Strauss’ Serenade, Op. 7, completes the lineup. https://www.bso.org/events/tmc-chamber-july-7-2024
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Oregon Bach Festival’s Organi Institute, alum Greg Zelek will give a solo organ recital on July 8. Repertoire includes works of Bach, Florence Price, and Léon Boëllmann. https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/greg_zelek_organ_recital
The Akropolis Reed Quintet makes its Bravo! Vail debut on July 9. Their program includes works by two American composers: Marc Mellits’ Splinter and Jeff Scott’s Homage to Paradise Valley. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/community-concerts/communityconcerts-2/akropolis-reed-quintet/
The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, will play the Bravo! Vail Festival premiere of Mason Bates’ explosive Nomad Concerto, featuring violinist Gil Shaham. The July 11 program continues with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2. https://www.bravovail.org/performances/orchestral-series/the-philadelphia-orchestra-2/nezet-seguin-conducts-rachmaninoff/
Owls are an exciting new quartet collective that shatters all expectations and throws labels out the window with their unmissable, lively, and deeply personal performances. Their July 11 program at Caramoor spans centuries and styles, from François Couperin to Terry Riley, and from Franghiz Ali-Zadeh to Chick Corea. https://caramoor.org/event/owls-summer-2024/
A new production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen opens the 2024 Toronto Summer Music on July 11. William Christie and Paul Agnew share the job of music director while Mourad Merzuki choreographs. With the Orchestre des Arts Florissants in the pit, the company features eight Baroque vocal specialists. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/opening-night-the-fairy-queen/
Billed as “a comedic romp through Hades,” Opera North’s July 11-14 production of Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld will be sung in French but include English dialogue. The work is presented as part of Summerfest 2024 at Blow-Me-Down Farm in Cornish, NH. https://lebanonoperahouse.org/events/orpheus/
While the main draw on July 12-13 may be Stewart Goodyear playing Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto under Giancarlo Guerrero at the Grant Park Festival, the world-premiere opener by Chicago-based composer Jim Stephenson will be worth showing up for too. And stay for Duruflé’s powerful Requiem sung by the Grant Park Chorus. https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/music/2024-season-1/beethoven-emperor-concerto
The world premiere of The Righteous will take place July 13-Aug. 13 at Santa Fe Opera. The opera, composed by Gregory Spears with a libretto by Tracy K. Smith, follows a Texas man on his journey from preacher to governor, with all its moral development and decay. The cast will include baritone Michael Mayes, soprano […]
2024 is the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death, and the Ravinia Festival will mark the occasion with a chamber-music tribute on July 13. This program matches Fauré’s timelessly serene Piano Quintet No. 2 to Ravel’s arrangement of Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, as well as the Venezuelan-born Reynaldo Hahn’s own Piano Quintet (featuring […]
Carlos Simon’s Warmth from Other Sons and two works by Duke Ellington will book-end Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 at Tanglewood on July 13. Yuja Wang is the piano soloist, while Andres Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony. https://www.bso.org/events/bso-yuja-wang-program-tba
As part of the Immersive Experience series at Bravo! Vail, pianist Anne-Marie McDermott and the Dalí Quartet are joined by soprano Susanna Phillips and others to celebrate compositions from the final year of Schubert’s life. The July 16 program includes Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, the Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, and the Cello Quintet […]
Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly and pianist Joseph Middleton will give the Canadian premiere of Night Thoughts by Errolyn Wallen on July 16 at Toronto Summer Music. The recital also includes songs by Barber, Schoenberg, Berg, and Weill. https://torontosummermusic.com/event/connolly-middleton/
Renowned for his fusion of classical influence and contemporary innovation, French-Algerian director and choreographer Mourad Merzouki has staged a new production of Henry Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, with William Christie’s Les Arts Florissants. The July 20 performance at Caramoor features soloists from Les Jardins des Voix. https://caramoor.org/event/purcells-the-fairy-queen-summer-2024/
