Stratford Summer Music 2024 comes to an exciting conclusion on Aug. 11 when soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee performs Zombie Blizzard. In this new song cycle, poems by Margaret Atwood have been set to music by Aaron Davis. Brueggergosman-Lee will be joined by members of the Hannaford St. Silver Band, who commissioned the work. https://stratfordsummermusic.ca/event/zombie-blizzard/
To inaugurate the Project Pipeline initiative at Glimmerglass, the opera-in-progress The House on Mango Street will have its first public performance on Aug. 12. The Pipeline’s purpose is to help composers—in this case, composer Derek Bermel and librettist Sandra Cisneros—develop new works while allowing opera-lovers to witness the process. https://glimmerglass.org/events/pipeline-preview-the-house-on-mango-street/
Sept. 18-19 will see the world premiere of Canadian composer Michael Oesterle’s new Orchestre symphonique de Montréal commission. The program, conducted by Rafael Payare, also features Daniil Trifonov playing Schumann’s A minor Piano Concerto, plus Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/berliozs-symphonie-fantastique
Music director Andris Nelsons leads the Boston Symphony in an all-American program opening with a world premiere by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Tania León and closing with Wake Up: A Concerto for Orchestra by BSO Composer Chair Carlos Simon. BSO principal clarinet William R. Hudgins is the soloist in Aaron Copland’s delightful Clarinet Concerto, contrasting with […]
On Sept. 27, members of the Seattle Symphony present the world premiere of Majel Connery’s Elderflora, a profound life portrait of an ancient tree, as part of the Octave 9 series. The composer will appear on voice and synthesizers, joined by electric cellist Felix Fan. The performance will also feature photos by Noah Kalina. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2024-2025/24octave1
Esa-Pekka Salonen is joined by pianist Alexandre Tharaud in his San Francisco Symphony debut Sept. 27–28, performing the world premiere of Nico Muhly’s Baroque-inspired Piano Concerto. The program features three additional works that draw inspiration from an earlier time: Paul Hindemith’s raucous Ragtime (Well-Tempered), Edward Elgar’s transcription of Bach’s Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV […]
On Sept. 27-28 the Grand Rapids Symphony will present the world premiere of a new orchestration of Clara Schumann’s Three Romances for Violin and Piano. Music director Marcelo Lehninger conducts this program, which opens with the Brahms Violin Concerto (featuring Alexandra Soumm) and closes with Robert Schumann’s Fourth Symphony. https://www.grsymphony.org/brahms
The world premiere of a new cello concerto by composer-in-residence Andy Akiho will be given Oct. 5-7 by Jeffrey Zeigler soloing with the Oregon Symphony. David Danzmayr also conducts Brahm’ Symphony No. 2. https://www.orsymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2425/brahms-second-symphony-moments-in-light-and-darkness/?performanceId=5838
During its season opener on Oct. 19, the Albany Symphony will perform the world premiere of Tania León’s Pregón. Pianist Yuval Chen makes his debut with the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. David Alan Miller conducts the program, which concludes with Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable. https://www.albanysymphony.com/upcomingconcerts/2024/10/19/opening-night-tania-len-tchaikovskys-first-concerto
New England will present the world premiere of a Flute Concerto by Eric Nathan on Oct. 20, featuring flutist Alejandro Escuer. The program also includes the Boston premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Antropolis and Stravinky’s The Rite of Spring. https://nephilharmonic.org/concerts/ancient-cultures-new-musics
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/
In its Oct. 30 Carnegie Hall appearance called The New Virtuoso: Borders, American Composers Orchestra presents world premieres by rising composers Paul Novak and Kebra-Seyoun Charles plus New York premieres by Michael Abels and Victoria Poleva. Featured soloists are cellist Inbal Segev, guitarist Mak Grgic, and violinist Curtis Stewart; Mei-Ann Chen conducts. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/10/30/American-Composers-Orchestra-0730PM
On Oct. 30, the American Composers Orchestra will present two world premieres at Carnegie Hall: a new work by Kebra-Seyoun Charles (part of the EarShot CoLABoratory project in support of Black composers) and Forest Migrations by Paul Novak. The program, conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, also includes pieces by Michael Abels, Curtis Stewart, and Victoria Polevá. https://www.americancomposers.org/performances-events/new-virtuoso-borders […]
The world premiere of a new work by Stephanie Orlando, commissioned through the Maria Anna Mozart Award, will be presented by Symphony Nova Scotia on Oct. 31. Santiago Cañón Valencia will be on hand to play Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, and the program, conducted by Holly Mathieson, will conclude with Copland’s Appalachian Spring. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/shostakovich-coplands-appalachian-spring/
Laura Karpman’s new work will receive its world premiere at the Nov. 2-3 program by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Jeff Beal’s Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Kelly Hall-Tomkins, will also be performed on the West Coast for the first time. The program includes two symphonies under the baton of Jaime Martín: […]
Renegade Opera in Portland, OR will premiere two short operas Nov. 9-10. Little Ones, by composer Danielle Jagelski and librettist Rhiana Yazzie, explores the life of Indigenous students at Native American Residential Schools in the 1980’s, a topic close to the hearts of these two Indigenous creatives. The Raven is a setting of Poe’s famous […]
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
Join Barn Opera in Vermont on Nov 15 for an evening in three parts: 1) A lecture about Truman Capote given by a notable writer. 2) An introduction to the graphic novel genre, and the creation of Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks. 3) The world premiere of the chamber opera by William Zeffiro, Truman […]
The world premiere of Valerie Coleman’s Concerto for Orchestra is one of many intriguing items in the Nov. 15-16 Louisville Orchestra program. Teddy Abrams also conducts works by Baldwin Giang, Brittany Green, Samuel Barber (the Violin Concerto, featuring Ray Chen), and Oswald Húynh. https://my.louisvilleorchestra.org/ray-chen-plays-barber/coffee
Bring your appetite to Nashville Opera for the world premiere of Shawn E. Okpebholo and Mark Campbell’s The Cook-Off. As an appetizer, the company will open with Lee Hoiby’s Bon Appétit (The Julia Child Opera). Dean Williamson conducts the Nashville Opera Orchestra. (Nov. 15-17) https://www.nashvilleopera.org/performances/the-cook-off
