Composer Jake Heggie’s new work for string quartet will receive its New York premiere May 2 at the hands of the Miró Quartet as part of the Sonic Spectrum series at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hornist David Byrd-Marrow will also be on hand to join the Miró for quintets by Dai Fujikura and […]
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) broke with operatic tradition with his ballet-opera Les Fêtes de Thalie, daring to include contemporary characters in the story rather than only historical or mythological ones. Opera Lafayette will present the modern premiere of this opera on May 4 in Washington, D.C., and on May 5 in New York. With music direction […]
On May 5 at Carnegie Hall, Simon Rattle will conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of a new work by Thomas Adès. The program also includes the Prelude and “Liebestod” from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde as well as Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, Pastoral. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2024/05/03/bavarian-radio-symphony-orchestra-0800pm
Conductor Daniele Rustioni, music director of the Ulster Orchestra, makes his National Symphony debut May 9-11, conducting the East Coast premiere of Bryce Dessner’s Mari, an NSO co-commission inspired by a forest goddess in Basque mythology. Benjamin Grosvenor will play Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 before the orchestra follows Berlioz’s autobiographical journey through love and […]
Violinist Pekka Kuusisto has collaborated with singer/pianist Gabriel Kahane on a new work which will have its New York Premiere on May 11 at the 92nd St. Y. The program also offers works by Bach. Both in-person and streaming tickets are available. https://www.92ny.org/event/pekka-kuusisto-and-gabriel-kahane
Since 2008, Carnegie Hall has co-sponsored a two-year fellowship for young musicians called Ensemble Connect. In 2012, a group of those fellows formed Decoda – Carnegie’s first-ever affiliate ensemble. Decoda will give the New York premiere of a new work by Adam Schoenberg on May 14. The intriguing program also includes Hannah Kendall’s Vera, Hanns […]
The world premiere of a new orchestration for violin and chamber orchestra by Michi Wiancko of Jessie Montgomery’s Rhapsody No. 2 will open the Knights’ May 16 appearance at Carnegie Hall. Gabriel Kahan’s Heirloom and Anna Clyne’s Shorthand for cello and orchestra will also receive their New York premieres on a program that includes Mozart’s […]
On May 17-19, guest conductor Markus Stenz will lead the New Jersey Symphony in the East Coast premiere of their co-commission from Anna Clyne, her new piano concerto called ATLAS. Jeremy Denk will be the soloist. The program opens with Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and concludes with Beethoven’s Third Symphony, the Eroica. https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/jeremy-denk-anna-clyne-beethovens-eroica
Renowned composer Tan Dun will grace the podium for a May 18-19 program, leading the Baltimore Symphony in his own music plus two works by Stravinsky: Fireworks and Song of the Nightingale. Besides Tan Dun’s Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds, the composer/conductor will present the U.S. premiere of his Five Muses of Dunhuang. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/18302
Inspired by John Dowell’s photographs of workers in the cotton fields, COTTON is a song cycle for two voices and piano, setting new texts by eight poets. The work will receive its New York premiere on April 18 at the 92nd St Y, with mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, baritone Justin Austin, and pianist Laura Ward. https://www.92ny.org/event/denyce-graves-and-justin-austin
Working with the U.K.-based collective Distractfold, pianist Conrad Tao will play the world premiere of Andrew Greenwald’s A Thing Made Whole VIII. Also on this May 23 program at Kaufman Music Center are recent works by Jürg Frey, Hanna Hartman, and Mauricio Pauly. https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/distractfold-with-conrad-tao/
Mitsuko Uchida will play Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major with the Philadelphia Orchestra May 30-June 2, 2024, in a program closing with Debussy’s La mer. Sandwiched between these French classics is a world premiere by an American: Valerie Coleman’s Concerto for Orchestra. This is the fourth commission by the Philadelphia Orchestra from this composer. […]
