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, […]
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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 […]
St. Louis Pairs New Work with ‘New World’ Symphony
Hanzhi Wang will be the soloist for the world premiere of Nina Shekhar’s Accordion Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony Jan. 10. Daniela Candillari conducts this program, which opens with […]
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 […]
World Premiere in Pittsburgh, Plus Ax’s Mozart
The world premiere of a new work by Hannah Ishizaki will be played by the Pittsburgh Symphony Feb. 21-23. In this program conducted by Manfred Honeck, Emanuel Ax will be […]
