Soprano Angel Blue makes her debut with the Annapolis Symphony in a Jan. 30-Feb. 1 program of songs and arias. Bookending Blue’s appearance will be two orchestral works: Strauss’ Don Juan and Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid. https://annapolissymphony.org/events/legends/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events, The American Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday with an evening of rarities called “Forging an American Musical Identity” on Jan. 30 at Carnegie Hall. Conductor Leon Botstein and the Bard Festival Chorale join forces to perform George Bristow’s Niagara Symphony plus works by Dudley Buck and Harry Burleigh. https://americansymphony.org/2025-2026/forging-an-american-musical-identity/ Experimental early-music ensemble Ruckus pairs with singer Davóne Tines at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 30. The program includes New York premieres of arrangements of a wide range of songs, plus new commissioned works by Tines and Ruckus leader Doug Balliett. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/01/30/Ruckus-and-Davone-Tines-0730PM | 1 event, 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/ | 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, Manfred Honeck will conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony debut of cellist Gautier Capuçon in the Dvořák Cello Concerto on Feb. 6-8. George Walker’s Lyric for Strings opens the program, followed by Brahms’ Third Symphony. https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/99013/brahms-third | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event, Two New York premieres will be featured in the Dover Quartet’s Feb. 10 Carnegie Hall appearance: Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate’s new orchestration of Pura Fé’s Rattle Songs and Tate’s Abokkoli' Taloowa' (Woodland Songs). Dvořák’s “American” Quartet, written shortly after his “New World” Symphony, completes the program, which opens with Mendelssohn’s Op. 80 Quartet. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/02/10/Dover-Quartet-0730PM | 0 events, | 1 event, Under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, the Boston Symphony will give the U.S. premiere of Salonen’s Horn Concerto, featuring Stefan Dohr. The other work on this Feb. 12-14 program is Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, Romantic. https://www.bso.org/events/feb-12-14-salonen-bruckner?performance=2026-02-12-19:30 | 1 event, Music Before 1800 creator/director Bill Barclay teams up for a second collaboration with The Gesualdo Six to celebrate their namesake composer, Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613). Will Tuckett choreographs this compilation of Gesualdo works, a U.S. premiere, on Feb. 13. https://mb1800.org/concert/death-of-gesualdo/ | 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. […] | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 1 event, Swedish composer Hannah Helgegren’s The Nordic Seasons will receive its New York premiere at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 23, played by the Camerata Nordica Octet. Chamber works by Shostakovich and Mendelssohn are also on the program. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/02/23/Camerata-Nordica-Octet-0800PM | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, 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/ Featuring a Spring theme, the Baltimore Symphony’s Feb. 26 – March 1 program begins the orchestra’s EARTH/Songs Festival. Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Boulanger's Of a Spring Morning explore the vernal theme. BSO Principal Percussionist Edouard Beyens will solo in Tan Dun's The Tears of Nature, while Jonathon Heyward conducts. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19603 | 0 events, | 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, |

























