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/
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, 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, | 0 events, | 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/ | 0 events, | 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, | 0 events, | 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, |
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| 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, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |

























