Radiohead Meets Brahms in Detroit

On Jan. 8, the Detroit Symphony explores the potential symphonic grandeur of Radiohead’s 1997 album OK Computer with an orchestration of those celebrated tracks. With Steve Hackman at the podium, […]

Minneapolis Awash in Nordic Sounds

As part of its Nordic Soundscapes Festival, the Minnesota Orchestra will play works by Iceland’s Daníel Bjarnason and Denmark’s Bent Sørensen, alongside an overture from the last century by Sweden’s […]

Grand Rapids Premieres López Commission

A new work by Marina López, commissioned by the League of American Orchestras, will receive its world premiere on Jan. 10-11 with the Grand Rapids Symphony under the direction of […]

‘Celestial Waters’ Flow Through Detroit

As part of its Fanfare for Uncommon Women series, the Detroit Symphony will present Camille Pépin’s Les Eaux célestes, a work inspired by an ancient legend and summoning cosmic sounds. […]

Märkl Initiates Directorship in Indy

Jun Märkl will make his first official appearance as the music director of the Indianapolis Symphony on Jan. 17-18. The program includes two crowd-pleasers: Johann Strauss II’s Emperor Waltz and […]

Cincinnati: Fairy Tales Inspire New Bellido Work

On Jan. 24-25 the Cincinnati Symphony will play a new CSO commission by Jimmy López Bellido. The work was inspired by guest conductor Christian Reif’s boundless love for his son Lukas and […]

Black Composers from Two Centuries in Arkansas

Two orchestral works by Black composers will be the focus of the Arkansas Symphony’s Jan. 25-26 program, conducted by Joseph Young. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor opens the program, […]

Shostakovich Celebrated in Harrisburg

The Harrisburg Symphony will present a “Shostakovich Celebration” Jan. 25-26. Music director Stuart Malina will conduct the composer’s Festive Overture as well as his Symphony No. 7, Leningrad. https://harrisburg-symphony-orchestra.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0S6T0000170vYgUAI

Kansas City: World Premiere by Conrad Tao

The Kansas City Symphony presents the world premiere of a new work by (and featuring) pianist Conrad Tao, who will also play Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. The Jan. 25-26 program, […]

Louisville Undertakes Rare Opera

Viktor Ullmann’s rarely performed opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis is a powerful allegory exploring the themes of power, mortality, and the human spirit. Teddy Abrams conducts the Louisville Orchestra in a […]

Three New Short Operas in St. Louis

Opera Theatre of St. Louis presents its New Works Collective, a trio of new short operas: Black Coffee, by Concert Black and Alicia Revé Like, deals with building a life […]

Candillari Makes Kansas City Podium Debut

Daniela Candillari makes her conducting debut with the Kansas City Symphony on Feb. 7-9, leading the orchestra in Ellen Reid’s Floodplain and the Shostakovich 10th Symphony. Karen Gomyo will solo […]

Toledo Premieres Goodyear’s Tribute to Mom

Toledo Symphony will play the U.S. premiere of Steward Goodyear’s Life, Life, Life, a tribute to his mother, on Feb. 7-8. Goodyear will also be the piano soloist for Rachmaninoff’s […]

Chen Debuts on Des Moines Podium

The Des Moines Symphony welcomes the debut of conductor Mei-Ann Chen on Feb. 8-9 in a wide-ranging program. The concert opens with Florence Price’s Dance of the Canebrakes, a lively […]

Minnesota Expands Repertoire South of Border

It’s rare that an orchestra concert includes multiple works that are new to the ensemble. But that is the case in the Minnesota Orchestra’s Feb. 14-15 program, when Paolo Bortolameolli […]

Clyne’s ‘PALETTE’ Premieres in St. Louis

PALETTE, a new work by Anna Clyne, will receive its world premiere by the St. Louis Symphony under conductor Stéphane Denève. Nikolai Lugansky will solo in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. […]

St. Paul: Recent Works for Cello and Percussion

Cellist Abel Selaocoe will be the special guest artist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchstra’s Feb. 14-16 program, which Selaocoe will also conduct. Pieces include Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks and two […]

‘Acis and Galatea’ in Milwaukee

What a way to celebrate Valentine's Day! Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera will perform Handel’s Acis & Galatea Feb. 14-16. Francesco Milioto conducts members of the Milwaukee Symphony in this production directed […]

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