The lushness of the score did not deter Dan Schlosberg from creating a new 10-musician arrangement of Strauss' Salome, which will have its premiere at Heartbeat Opera on Feb. 4-16. There's also a revised libretto by Jacob Ashworth and Elizabeth Dinkova, an approach described as "radical." https://www.heartbeatopera.org/salome
Theatre of Voices’ Feb. 11 program at Carnegie Hall features two U.S. premieres: a new work by Julia Wolfe and A Brief Descent into Deep Time by John Luther Adams. Michael Gordon’s A Western opens this program conducted by Theatre of Voices founder Paul Hillier. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2025/02/11/theatre-of-voices-0730pm
Allison Loggins-Hull’s Can You See?, originally a chamber work, will receive a performance of its new version for full orchestra by the New Jersey Symphony on Feb. 20-23. Christoph König conducts pianist Tony Siqi Yun in Chopin’s Concerto No. 1, and the program concludes with Brahms’ dramatic First Symphony. https://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/brahms-and-chopin
On Feb. 20 at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, pianist Juho Pohjonen will give the world premiere of Jyrki Linjama’s Prélude oublié. Other works in this recital include two sonatas by Scriabin, Liszt’s Après une Lecture du Dante, and Beethoven’s Sonata Op. 27, No. 1. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/juho-pohjonen/
As part of their annual Carnegie Hall season, The Knights will collaborate with singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan. The Feb. 20 program includes an arrangement of O’Donovan’s America, Come as well as Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, to be followed by Colin Jacobsen playing Scottish fiddle tunes with the orchestra. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2025/02/20/the-knights-0730pm
In its third installment of the Sonic Spectrum series this season, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center will present the world premiere of a new work for flute, piano, and percussion by Philadelphia-based composer Elise Arancio. Other composers on the Feb. 27 bill are Liza Lim, Tonia Ko, Elaine Lillios, and more. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/24-25/sonic-spectrum-iii-2425/
Every work on Third Coast Percussion’s Feb. 27 Carnegie Hall program will be a New York City premiere. These include pieces by Tigran Hamasyan, Jessie Montgomery, and Zakir Hussain; a master on Indian tablas, Hussain will be on hand to solo in his composition. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2025/02/27/third-coast-percussion-0730pm
