The Knights Go Celtic at Carnegie

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 […]

NYC: An Evening of Percussion Premieres

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 […]

Miami: Denève Explores ‘Augmented Orchestra’

In “Music in (Techni)Color” on March 1-2, New World Symphony and conductor Stéphane Denève will present the East Coast premiere of composer Anna Clyne’s PALETTE, the latest in her and sound […]

Alsop Leads NY Phil’s Muhly Premiere

Nico Muhly’s new work for violin and orchestra will receive its world premiere on March 6-8 by the New York Philharmonic under Marin Alsop. Renaud Capuçon is the soloist. This […]

New Orchestration of Tines’ ‘MASS’ in Miami

Stéphane Denève will lead the New World Symphony in the world premiere performance of a new orchestrated version of Davóne Tines’ Recital No. 1 MASS. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and […]

Old Vivaldi for New Opera in Boston

Pairing The Four Season with other arias and instrumental movements by Vivaldi, a new opera called The Seasons will receive its world premiere at Boston Lyric Opera on March 12-16. […]

Double Bass Gets Spotlight in NJ Premiere

Two works for double bass and orchestra by Xavier Foley—including a world premiere—will be presented by the New Jersey Symphony on March 13-16, with the composer as soloist. Xian Zhang […]

Frank’s ‘Hummingbird’ Alights in Philadelphia

On March 13-15, the Philadelphia Orchestra will play the world premiere of Gabriela Lena Frank’s Picaflor, inspired by a Peruvian myth about a hummingbird. Marin Alsop will also conduct Randall Goosby in the […]

Wild Up Brings ‘Darkness Sounding’ Fest to New York

On March 21-23, Los Angeles-based music collective Wild Up presents the New York premiere of their acclaimed Darkness Sounding festival. The festival of concerts, conversations, and workshops convening around themes of mindfulness […]

ASO Debuts at Geffen in 1920s Program

On March 23, the American Symphony orchestra will perform at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the first time. The program focuses on music of composers who came of […]

Wilmington: Brahms to Test Music Director Finalist

The last of four candidates for Delaware Symphony music director, Michelle De Russo will conduct the Brahms Fourth Symphony on March 28. Janice Carissa joins as soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano […]

New York: Weilerstein Premieres Larcher Concerto

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 […]

Virginia Symphony Plays Adams’ ‘Harmonium’

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/

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