Nikolaj SzepsZnaider conducts the world premiere of a new work for cello by Thomas Larcher on April 3-5, with Alisa Weilerstein as soloist. The program also includes Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/weilerstein-larcher/
The world premere of a work by Roydon Tse, a commission through the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music, will have its world premiere with members of the Annapolis Symphony April 4-5. The chamber-music program also includes Sonia Morales-Matos’ Fiesta No. 2 and Suites 1 and 2 from Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. https://annapolissymphony.org/events/fiesta/
Matthias Pintscher will lead the Kansas City Symphony in the world premiere of a new work by Catalan composer Jan Magrané Figuera. This April 5-6 program also features Jean-Yves Thibaudet playing Saint-Saëns’ Fifth Piano Concerto plus Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, Pathétique. https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/22172/22214
The world premiere of Reinaldo Moya’s Home, Run Away from Me, commissioned by Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Greek poetry and the plight of refugees, will be performed by ICO on April 5, conducted by Matthew Kraemer. Then audiences will land in sunny California with Martinu’s Sinfonietta La Jolla. The program concludes with Haydn’s Mass […]
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has commissioned a new work for chorus and orchestra by Reinaldo Moya. Home, Run Away From Me will receive its world premiere April 5 with the ICO. Matthew Kraemer, marking his 10th year as music director, will also conduct Haydn’s Mass in the Time of War, plus works by Martinů and Ukrainian […]
Canadian composer Kevin Lau’s Kimiko’s Pearl takes inspiration from a powerful ballet about hope, resilience, and transformation. It will receive its world premiere April 9-11 with the Toronto Symphony. Gustavo Gimeno conducts this program, which also includes Takemitsu’s Requiem for Strings, Saint-Saëns’s First Cello Concerto (featuring Kian Soltani), and Ravel’s balletic Daphnis et Chloé. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/romantic-treasures/
As part of the New York Philharmonic’s Project 19 commissioning effort to support women composers, the orchestra will give the world premiere of a new work by Jessie Montgomery on April 9-11. Jakub Hrůša conducts this program, which features Patricia Kopatchinskaja playing Stravinsky’s Violin Concerto and concludes with Brahms’ First Symphony. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/hrusa-montgomery/
On April 9 the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, along with Les Violons du Roy and a group of pow wow singers and Native drummers, will present the world premiere of a new work by Katia Makdissi-Warren. Her piece is inspired by the spirit of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which will also be performed, with soloists Kirsten […]
Ontario’s Opera Atelier will present the North American premiere of the 1688 opera David and Jonathan by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. The staging and choreography, originally produced in Versailles in 2022, was created by co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg. (April 9-13) https://www.operaatelier.com/shows/david-and-jonathan/
Jörgen van Rijen is the soloist for the U.S. premiere of Andrew Norman’s Concerto for Trombone with the Dallas Symphony under Aziz Shokhakimov on April 10-12. The second half of the program is Stravinsky’s complete ballet score, The Rite of Spring. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/stravinksys-the-rite-of-spring/
The Dallas Symphony, under Fabio Luisi, will give the world premiere of Sean Shepherd’s Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, with principals from the orchestra as soloists. Also on the April 17-19 program is Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, evoking the ruins and moors of Scotland. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/mendelssohns-scottish-symphony/
Astronomer Jeffrey Hull will present cosmic projections while the Anchorage Symphony plays Holst’s The Planets in the season finale April 19. Anchorage Symphony. The program will include the world premiere of ASO cellist Brett Lindsay’s Of Sunlight & Solace as well as Nina Shekhar’s Lumina and an orchestral arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de lune. https://www.anchoragesymphony.org/concerts-events/2025seasonfinale
On April 25-27, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra will present the world premiere of a work by Nathaniel Heyder, commissioned by the SFCO. The program opens with Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and concludes with Bartók’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, featuring Pearl de la Motte. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mainstage-concert-presentation-rising-stars-tickets-995625892847
The world premiere of Jennifier Higdon’s Woman with Eyes Closed will take place at Pittsburgh Opera on April 26-May 4. The opera, with a libretto by Jerre Dye, tells the story of an art heist. https://pittsburghopera.org/season/woman-with-eyes-closed
Cellist Joshua Roman will join the Baltimore Symphony for the world premiere of James Lee III’s Cello Concerto on May 1-4, part of a season exploring the works of Baltimore native Lee. The program, under the direction of Jonathan Heyward, also includes Elgar’s Froissart and Brahms’ lush and rhythmically complex Symphony No. 1. https://my.bsomusic.org/18937/18994
May 2 marks the world premiere of Gulli Björnsson’s ljósíd (light), performed by members of the Seattle Symphony, featuring JIJI on electroacoustic guitar & electronics with visuals by Björnsson. This performance is part of the SSO’s Octave 9 series. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24octave5
