In a program entitled Darkness to Light on June 7-9, 2024, the Pittsburgh Symphony will open with Jessie Montgomery’s 2017 piece Coincident Dances, celebrating the diversity and energy of New York City. The orchestra commissioned a new work by Michael Daugherty, Double Concerto for Oboe and Horn, which will receive its world premiere featuring oboist […]
With music by Philip Glass and a libretto by Mary Zimmerman, Galileo Galilei celebrates the power of intellectual curiosity. Opera Theatre of St. Louis will offer the work June 15-29 with Paul Groves in the title role in a production directed by James Robinson and conducted by Kwamé Ryan. https://opera-stl.org/whats-on/galileo-galilei/
Pianist Jonathan Biss returns to Ravinia with works classic and new. He opens the program with two Franz Schubert's Impromptus, following with For Anthony Braxton, a new work that former MacArthur Fellow Tyshawn Sorey wrote to honor his mentor. Schubert's Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major bookends the performance on June 20. https://ravinia.org/Online/Article/062024-JonathanBiss
The Grant Park Festival Orchestra, under the baton of guest conductor Ludovic Morlot, will present the world premiere of Water Nymphs by the eclectic Brazilian-American composer Clarice Assad. Two tried-and-true orchestral works follow on this June 26 program: Strauss’ Suite from Der Rosenkavalier and Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, London. https://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com/music/2024-season-1/haydn-london-symphony
To open its 75th anniversary season, the Aspen Music Festival has co-commissioned a new work by Alan Fletcher, called Three American Songs. The soloist will be soprano Renée Fleming, who will also sing three songs by Richard Strauss, a nod to the first work of the evening, Strauss’ Also Sprach Zarathustra. Respighi’s Pines of Rome […]
