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/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, At their Carnegie Hall recital on April 3, violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Lambert Orkis will present the world premiere of Likoo by Iranian composer Aftab Darvishi. Otherwise, the program is classical and romantic repertoire: Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, and Respighi. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/04/03/AnneSophie-Mutter-Violin-Lambert-Orkis-Piano-0800PM | 1 event, 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/ | 0 events, | 1 event, In its April 6 Carnegie Hall concert spanning the entire Baroque era, from Monteverdi through Handel, the New England Symphonic Ensemble will also include some works from this century. Climate Mass by Loretta K. Notareschi will receive its world premiere, followed by Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/04/06/New-England-Symphonic-Ensemble-0100PM |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, 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/ | 0 events, | 2 events, As part of the Boston Symphony’s Shostakovich cycle, music director Andris Nelsons will lead Yo-Yo Ma in the composer’s politically fraught Cello Concerto on April 11. The second half of the program is Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11, written in 1957. It was subtitled The Year 1905, in reference to the so-called First Russian Revolution. https://www.bso.org/events/andris-nelsons-conducts-shostakovich-with-yoyo-ma?performance=2025-04-11-20:00 Eric Jacobsen leads the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in John Adams’ Harmonium and Anna Clyne’s This Moment on April 11. The program concludes with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. https://virginiasymphony.org/concert/symphonie-fantastique-2/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, Stéphane Denève welcomes cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in his New World Symphony debut, performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1. The April 19 program begins with John Williams' Suite from The Book Thief and concludes with Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2024-2025/deneve-symphonie-fantastique/ | 0 events, |
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, 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 Two pieces by Gabriela Ortiz will bookend a program at Carnegie Hall on May 1 by the Attacca Quartet: the U.S. premiere of her new work for string quartet and her Altar de muertos, celebrating Mexico’s Day of the Dead. Between them, the Attacca will play Paul Wiancko’s Haydn-like LIFT. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/05/01/Attacca-Quartet-0730PM | 0 events, | 1 event, On May 3, Benjamin Britten’s Noah’s Flood will be performed by Boston Lyric Opera in collaboration with Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston String Academy, Back Bay Ringers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and more. Conductor David Angus will rally the forces in what promises to be an epic experience for the whole family. https://blo.org/noahs-flood/ | 1 event, Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto is the next opera to be performed in concert by Harry Bicket and The English Concert at Carnegie Hall on May 4. The cast includes Christophe Dumaux as Giulio Cesare and Louise Alder as Cleopatra. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2025/05/04/The-English-Concert-0200PM |

























