In 2022 Michelle Cann won the Sphinx Medal of Excellence. The brilliant pianist will make her Indianapolis Symphony debut on April 4, playing Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto. ISO assistant conductor Su-Han Yang conducts Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3. https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/event/tchaikovsky-1st-piano-concerto/
In 2022, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott premiered Chris Rogerson’s Samaa’. SPCO and McDermott will reconvene April 5-7 to give the world premiere of Rogerson’s new expansion of that work. McDermott will also join members of the orchestra for chamber works by Chausson and Poulenc. https://content.thespco.org/events/anne-marie-mcdermott-plays-chausson-poulenc-and-rogerson/
What would you do for love if it meant turning against all that you know? Based on the film by Lars von Triers, composer Missy Mizzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek have created a modern masterpiece in their opera Breaking the Waves. This production stars Kiera Duffy and Benjamin Taylor. (April 6-14) https://detroitopera.org/season-schedule/breaking-the-waves/
On April 11-13, the Minnesota Orchestra presents the U.S. premiere of Rise Up, O Sun! by Jamaican composer Eleanor Alberga. Concertmaster Erin Keefe is soloist for the Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, and Thomas Søndergård leads the Minnesota Chorale in Brahms’ Schicksalslied. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/classical/sondergard-keefe-and-brahms/
The chance to hear the Pittsburgh Symphony, under Manfred Honeck, play Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the 200th anniversary of the work’s first performance is reason enough to head to Heinz Hall. But on the April 25-28 program, audiences will also be treated to a world premiere, a new work by Canadian composer Samy Moussa, whose […]
The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson will be performed by Pittsburgh Opera April 27-May 5, marking the first time it’s been done in the main character’s native city. This play by Sandra Seaton tells the story of visionary impresaria Dawson, who founded the National Negro Opera Company. The score includes excerpts from Carmen and new […]
Composer Bryce Dessner will be in the spotlight for two weekends at the Cincinnati Symphony, the second featuring the U.S. premiere of his new piano concerto, with Alice Sara Ott as soloist. Dessner’s short work, Mari, opens the May 3-4 program, which concludes with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony under the baton of Louis Langrée. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2324-cso-season/beethoven-symphony-no.-7--dessner-premieres/
