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Colorado Symphony Chorus Turns 40 with Verdi

On Oct. 18-20, the Colorado Symphony under conductor Alexander Shelley celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. They have chosen a fitting showpiece, Verdi’s Requiem, which the chorus first performed during its debut on October 25, 1984. The soloists will be Raquel González, Kelley O'Connor, John Matthew Myers, and Ryan McKinny. https://tickets.coloradosymphony.org/7011?_gl=1*1uk2wiv*_gcl_au*MTU2MjYzNDA3NC4xNzE4ODkzNjIz*_ga*MTk0ODY4MjQ2My4xNzE4ODkzNjIz*_ga_V099ZPM1LL*MTcxOTQxMTY3OS4yLjEuMTcxOTQxMTgxMC4yLjAuMA

Calgary Celebrates Bruckner at 200

To celebrate Bruckner’s 200 birthday, the Calgary Philharmonic will play his Symphony No. 8 on Oct. 18-19, under the baton of Rune Bergmann. For the first half of the program, violinist solos in Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade. https://calgaryphil.com/events/bernsteins-serenade-with-karen-gomyo-2024-10-18-730-pm/

SLSO Says ‘Happy 80th’ to Slatkin

Leonard Slatkin will be both conductor and honoree for the Oct. 25 St. Louis Symphony program, “Slatkin’s Legacy,” celebrating his 80th birthday. The lineup includes Slatkin’s arrangement of D. Scarlatti’s Five Sonatas for orchestral wind ensemble, the U.S. premiere of Voyager 130 by the conductor’s song, Daniel Slatkin, Cindy McTee’s Timepiece, and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. […]

Concerto Premiere Marks Conductor’s 10th Year in Alabama

To celebrate his 10th anniversary as music director of the Alabama Symphony, Carlos Izcaray will lead a program that opens with two works by Dukas (including the beloved The Sorcerer’s Apprentice). Conor Hanick will give the world premiere of Izcaray’s own Piano Concerto, and the Oct. 25-26 program closes with Berlioz’s wild Symphonie fantastique. https://alabamasymphony.org/events/izcaray-10-years-remembered/

Bruckner at 200 in Cincinnati

Guest conductor Marek Janowski will help the Cincinnati Symphony bid Anton Bruckner a happy 200th birthday when he leads the orchestra in Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony. The Nov. 8-9 program also features Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E flat. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2425-cso-season/mozart--bruckner/

JACK Quartet Celebrates 20 Years in NYC

On Nov. 10, JACK Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a program at the 92nd St. Y with the world premiere of a new work by Anthony Cheung. The bill includes works by Eduardo Aguilar, Seare Farhat, and Juri Seo. This concert will also be livestreamed. https://www.92ny.org/event/jack-quartet

Indy Opera Marks 50 Years

To mark its 50th anniversary season, Indianapolis Opera will present The Barber of Seville Nov. 15-17. Jessica Burton directs this production, which will be conducted by Casey Robards, an IO Young Artists mentee. https://www.indyopera.org/barberofseville.html

Alabama Symphony Takes On Bartók

For the first time in its history, the Alabama Symphony will play Bartók’s seminal Concerto for Orchestra on Nov. 22-23 under music director Carlos Izcaray. The first half of the program will be Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8. https://alabamasymphony.org/events/beethoven-bartok/

Phoenix Celebrates ‘Rhapsody’ Centenary

The Phoenix Symphony will celebrate with 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on Nov. 22-24. Pianist Conor Hanick is the soloist, and Christian Reif will conduct. Also on the program are Honegger’s Pacific 231, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 7, and Respighi’s Pines of Rome. There will also be a “Mystery Piece,” something that Phoenix offers […]

Chicago: Berlin’s Bruckner Birthday

On its North American tour, the Berlin Philharmonic will stop at Chicago’s Symphony Center on Nov. 26 to mark the 200th anniversary of Anton Bruckner’s birth. Kirill Petrenko will conduct one of the composer’s grandest works, his Fifth Symphony. https://cso.org/performances/24-25/scp-featured-concerts/berliner-philharmoniker/

Bach Cantatas for Christmas in Worcester

Worcester Chamber Music will present J.S. Bach’s “Christmas Cantata” (BWVs 32, 151, 132) on Dec. 6. The program is a collaboration with Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach, an 11-year project to present all of J.S. Bach’s music in advance of his 350th birthday. https://worcesterchambermusic.org/bach-christmas-cantatas/

Nelsons Begins Beethoven Cycle in Boston

To mark his 10th anniversary as music director of the Boston Symphony, Andris Nelsons will lead the orchestra in all nine of Beethoven’s symphonies. The cycle starts Jan. 9-11 in a program that includes Symphonies Nos. 1-3, works in which the early influence of Haydn and Mozart is still clearly heard. https://www.bso.org/events/beethoven-symphonies-1-2-3?performance=2025-01-09-19:30  

Houston Says Happy 200th, Bruckner!

Envision yourself on an epic quest as the Houston Symphony performs Bruckner’s sweeping and expansive Symphony No. 4, Romantic. Christoph Eschenbach leads this Jan. 11-12 program in celebration of Bruckner’s 200th birthday. https://houstonsymphony.org/tickets/concerts/bruckners-romantic-symphony/

World Premiere Welcomes Year Of The Snake To Baltimore

To celebrate the Lunar New Year—the Year of the Snake, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will play the world premiere of a new work by Vietnamese-American composer Viet Cuong. Music director Jonathon Heyward conducts this Jan. 22 program, the third such Lunar New Year program given by the orchestra, making it an anticipated annual tradition. https://my.bsomusic.org/19151/19157

Calgary Phil Celebrates Two Musical Birthdays

It’s double the party on Jan. 25 when the Calgary Philharmonic celebrates the birthdays of both Mozart and music director Rune Bergmann (who will conduct). The music for this fête will be Mozart’s Mass in C major, featuring Mireille Asselin, Lillian Brooks, John Tessier, and Stephen Hegedus, along with the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus. https://calgaryphil.com/events/mozarts-birthday-party-2025-01-25-730-pm/

Baltimore Wishes Ravel a Happy 150th

On Feb. 1-2, the Baltimore Symphony will celebrate Maurice Ravel’s 150th birthday in a program conducted by Robert Treviño. The Ravel selections include Alborada del gracioso, Rapsodie espagnole, Pavane pour une infante défunte and La Valse, which the composer described as a “choreographic poem for orchestra.”  Karen Gomyo will be the soloist for Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto […]

Opera Carolina Turns 75

Opera Carolina will open its 75th season with Carmen on Feb. 6-9. This is also the 25th year of James Meenan’s role as artistic director. https://www.carolinatix.org/events/detail/opera-carolina-carmen

A Birthday Tribute and Boston Premieres

The New England Philharmonic plays two Boston premieres to celebrate composer Yehudi Wyner’s 95th birthday on March 2: Chaya Czernowin’s Once I Blinked Nothing Was the Same and Bobby Ge’s Remember to Have Fun. Wyner’s own Prologue and Narrative is also on the program, along with works by Keeril Makan and Marti Epstein. https://nephilharmonic.org/concerts/new-music-new-england-2025  

To mark its 40th season, the Saskatoon Symphony, under the baton of Evan Mitchell, will feature its concertmaster, Michael Swan, as soloist in Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The March 8 concert also includes The Lost Birds, a moving work by Christopher Tin for choir and orchestra, featuring the SSO Chorus. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/the-lost-birds/

Celebrating Ravel’s Chamber Music in SE Massachusetts

In honor of Ravel’s 150th birthday, South Coast Chamber Music (in Southeastern Massachusetts) will perform his String Quartet in F Major. Also on the March 29-30 program are works by two living female composers: Victoria Bond’s Dancing on Glass and Betsy Jolas’ Scion. https://nbsymphony.org/chamber-series-2024-2025/

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