Mary Kay Fink is the Cleveland Orchestra’s principal piccolo. The orchestra commissioned a piece to show off her skills as a soloist, Oded Zehavi’s Aurora, which will receive its world premiere on March 7-9 under the baton of Fabio Luisi. The program opens with the overture to Weber’s opera Oberon and concludes with Brahms’ lush […]
Conrad Tao will be the guest artist with the Cincinnati Symphony for the world premiere of a new piano concerto by inti figgis-vizueta, a New York-based composer known for taking inspiration from her blended background of Black, Irish, and Andean cultures. The March 8-10 concert also includes Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring and Schumann’s Symphony […]
Music director Stéphane Denève leads the St. Louis Symphony on March 16-17 in an evening of dance music, some of which will, in fact, be danced to. With Copland’s Appalachian Spring Suite and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suite as familiar bookends, the program’s focus is a new work by Adam Schoenberg, which will feature movement […]
Indianapolis Opera blends jazz into the genre with Charlie Parker’s Yardbird on March 16. Telling a dramatic New York scene from the life story one of the greatest saxophone players of all time, Daniel Schnyder and Bridgette A. Wimberly’s work will feature Martin Bakari as “Bird” and Angela Brown as his mother. https://www.indyopera.org/yardbird.html
The St. Louis Symphony co-commissioned Julia Wolfe’s Pretty, a work that has been described as “raucous and raw,” making the listener consider what the word “pretty” really means. On March 22-23, SLSO will have its chance to play the piece under music director Stéphane Denève. The program opens with Berlioz’s Overture to Beatrice and Benedict. […]
As part of its Bach Fest, the Milwaukee Symphony welcomes two renowned Baroque artists: Mahan Esfahani will play the Harpsichord Concerto in A major, and Rachell Ellen Wong will play the Violin Concerto in A minor. Ken-David Masur conducts this March 23-24 program that also includes the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and the Magnificat, featuring […]
Pianist Yuja Wang debuts with the Minnesota Orchestra on March 29-30, playing Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto. The program, conducted by Hannu Lintu opens with Saariaho’s Ciel d’hiver and closes with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/classical/yuja-wang-plays-bartok/
