The Oct. 7 program Magnificent Madrigals: Monteverdi's Greatest Choral Music is part of Merkin Hall’s "What Makes It Great?" series. Rob Kapilow and the celebrated 12-singer vocal group Fourth Wall Ensemble explore the life and career of Claudio Monteverdi – the key transition figure from Renaissance to Baroque music – through his dazzling madrigals. https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/magnificent-madrigals-monteverdis-greatest-choral-music/
The U.S. premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Neharot, a tribute to those who suffered in the pandemic, will occur on Oct. 10-13, with Pintscher himself conducting the New York Philharmonic. Gil Shaham will play Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and the program concludes with Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/pintscher-shaham/
Portraits of the Past, Visions for the Future is the title of the Sphinx Virtuosi’s Carnegie Hall program on Oct. 16. Hear several works by Joplin, Derrick Skye’s multifaceted and optimistic American Mirror, Part One, and a New York premiere by renowned violinist-composer Curtis Stewart. Violinist Njioma Chinyere Grievous takes a solo turn in Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s […]
Caroline Shaw and Sō Percussion return to the 92nd St. Y with an all-new collaborative soundscape, featuring gospel and jazz singer Alicia Olatuja. Details on this Oct. 23 program to be announced. https://www.92ny.org/event/caroline-shaw-and-so-percussion
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 […]
