It’s an ornithology-centered program as the St Paul Chamber Orchestra performs two world premieres on Jan. 30-Feb. 1. The first is Gabriela Lena Frank’s new work inspired by naturalist John James Audubon. That’s followed by Eric Stokes’ arrangement of Robert Schumann’s Prophet Bird. Opening the program is Honneger’s Pastorale d’été. https://content.thespco.org/events/franks-sandbox-premiere/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 2 events,Lyric Opera of Orange County travels to New York’s Carnegie Hall to present the world premiere of The Yellow Wallpaper, a chamber opera by composer Brooke deRosa and librettist Diana Farrell. The opera, based on the haunting 1876 novella by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is scored for three voices and six instruments. (Jan. 31) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-yellow-wallpaper/ Swedish composer Lisa Streich’s new concerto will receive its world premiere with the Kansas City Symphony on Jan. 31-Feb. 1. The other two works are by Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Tamara Stefanovich, soloist) and Symphony No. 4, under the baton of Matthias Pintscher. https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/beethoven/23639 | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Opera Philadelphia presents the world premiere of Complications in Sue, with a libretto by Michael R. Jackson based on an idea by Justin Vivian Bond. In the centuries-old pastiche tradition, the opera combines musical sections by a host of composers: Andy Akiho, Alistair Coleman, Nathalie Joachim, Missy Mazzoli, Nico Muhly, Rene Orth, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kamala […] | 1 event,French hornist David Byrd-Marrow and pianist Cory Smythe will perform two world premieres in their recital Feb. 5 for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. One is by Byrd-Marrow, and the other by Smythe. Also on the program are works by Alec Wilder, Jörg Widmann, Billy Strayhorn, and Olivier Messiaen. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/25-26/david-byrd-marrow-and-cory-smythe/ | 1 event,The Milwaukee Symphony will play the world premiere of The Landscape Wakes by Edmund Finnis on Feb. 6-7. Music director Ken-David Masur conducts Beethoven’s Leonora Overture No. 3, Barber’s Toccata Festiva, and Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, Organ, featuring Paul Jacobs. https://www.mso.org/concerts/saint-saens-organ-symphony/65848/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The Dallas Symphony’s Feb. 12-15 world premiere of Sophia Jani’s Violin Concerto will feature soloist Melissa White. Jani is the DSO composer-in-residence. Guest conductor Tabita Berglund also leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture and Rchmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/tchaikovsky-rachmaninoff/ | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The National Symphony will play the world premiere of Peter Boyer and Joseph Sohm’s American Mosaic on Feb. 19-22 as part of the orchestra’s season theme: The Promise of US: Our Nation at 250. In this program conducted by Thomas Wilkins, banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck will solo in his own arrangement to Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. […] | 1 event,On Feb. 20 the Oakland Symphony will play the world premiere of Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)’s America, To US, along with recent music by Chen Yi and Reena Esmail, plus the Adagio from Mahler’s 10th Symphony. Kedrick Armstrong conducts. https://www.oaklandsymphony.org/25-26-season-subscription/ | 1 event,Members of the Tulsa Symphony will play the world premiere of Nathan Daughtrey's Edge of the World on Feb. 21. This work for percussion ensemble was inspired by Brian Andreas’ poem “True Things” and conveys two individuals starting their lives together and looking to the future. https://www.tulsasymphony.org/calendar/101-unplugged-4 | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Reena Esmail’s new double concerto (featuring violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Orli Shaham) will receive its world premiere Feb. 26-28 with the National Symphony under David Robertson. The program opens with Nielsen’s Helios Overture and closes with the Sibelius Fifth Symphony. https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2025-2026/robertson-shaham/ | 1 event,The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra will give the world premiere of Jens Ibsen’s “metal-inspired” Scene Symphony, a work commissioned by the SFCO. The Feb. 27-March 1 program, conducted by Jory Fankuchen, also includes Philip Glass’ Concerto for Harpsichord (featuring Jory Vinikour) and Haydn’s Symphony No. 49. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mainstage-3-seeing-double-tickets-1425938142369?aff=oddtdtcreator | 1 event,Pittsburgh Opera will perform the world premiere of Time to Act, a new opera with music by Laura Kaminsky and a libretto by Crystal Manich. The plot: A group of high school students prepares for a production of Sophocles’ Antigone, joined by a new student, Alona, who comes with a formidable secret. (Feb. 28-March 8) https://pittsburghopera.org/season/time-to-act | 0 events, |
