Fannie Lou Hamer-Inspired Opera in Kentucky
With music by Chandler Carter and a libretto by Diana Solomon-Glover, This Little Light of Mine is inspired by the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a former Mississippi sharecropper’s daughter […]
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St. Paul: Chamber Version of Award-Winning Opera
On Feb. 23, Turtle Island String Quartet will appear as a guest of St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, which does not perform on the program. The evening features a chamber-concert verson […]
Viet Cuong Premiere and Early Baroque in Pittsburgh
On Feb. 24 at Chamber Music Pittsburgh, Grammy-nominated vocalist Nicholas Phan and early music ensemble Les Délices weave together Baroque masterpieces with the world premiere of a new work by […]
Detroit: Pratt Plays Jessie Montgomery
Na’Zir McFadden conducts the world premiere of a new work by (and featuring) DSO trumpeter Kris Johnson. The Feb. 28-March 1 program, called Classical Roots, also features two pieces by […]
Peleggi Makes Indianapolis Debut
Italian conductor Valentina Peleggi makes her debut with the Indianapolis Symphony Feb. 28-March 1. Joyce Yang will be the soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Anna Clyne's Masquerade opens […]
Beethoven’s Revision for Pianist’s Debut in Milwaukee
Pianist Claire Huangci makes her Milwaukee Symphony debut with a rare treat: Beethoven’s reimagining of his Violin Concerto for solo piano and orchestra. This March 7-9 program, conducted by David […]
Haydn for Cellist’s First Des Moines Appearance
Performing Haydn’s elegant Cello Concerto in D major, Sterling Elliot makes his Des Moines Symphony debut March 8-9. The program, conducted by Joseph Giunta, also includes Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha and […]
New Piano Concerto in Toledo
Lūcija Garūta’s Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor with be given its U.S. premiere by Élisabeth Pion and the Toledo Symphony under Alain Trudel, who will also be the piano soloist. […]
New Lindberg Concerto Part of SLSO Nordic Focus
Lawrence Power will be on hand to solo in the U.S. premiere of Magnus Lindberg’s Viola Concerto with the St. Louis Symphony on March 14. Kaija Saariaho’s atmospheric Ciel d'hiver opens the program, which […]
Eight Is Just Enough Timpani for Grand Rapids Program
One doesn’t often get to hear the powerful rumble of 8 timpani, but lucky listeners will get that chance March 21-22 when the Grand Rapids Symphony plays the Symphony with […]
Emerging Composers Showcased in Chicago Area
The world premiere of new works from the Illinois Philharmonic’s two emerging-composer initiatives will open the March 22 program, under the baton of Stilian Kirov. Principat clarinet Trevor O’Riordan will […]
CSO’s MusicNOW Promises Eclectic Fusion
In its spring edition of the MusicNOW series on March 23, the Chicago Symphony orchestra will provide players to perform works chosen by composer/curator Jimmy López Bellido. These include Boulez’s […]
Harada Leads Cincy in ‘Sheherazade’
Keitaro Harada, former Cincinnati Symphony associate conductor, makes his CSO subscription debut with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers joins the program for Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, a work commissioned by Meyers. The March 28-29 […]
Milwaukee: Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto
The Milwaukee Symphony welcomes Ji Su Jung, the first percussion player to win an Avery Fisher Career Grant, to debut with Kevin Puts’ Marimba Concerto on April 4-5. MSO assistant […]
Indianapolis: Greek Poetry Links to Modern Refugee Crisis
The world premiere of Reinaldo Moya’s Home, Run Away from Me, commissioned by Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and inspired by Greek poetry and the plight of refugees, will be performed by […]
Indianapolis: Commissioned Choral Work to Premiere
The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra has commissioned a new work for chorus and orchestra by Reinaldo Moya. Home, Run Away From Me will receive its world premiere April 5 with the […]
Flutist Makes St. Paul Chamber Debut
Flutist Jasmine Choi makes her debut with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra on April 24-27, playing Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 2. The program also includes two works by Prokofiev: Sonata […]
Peer Gynt Onstage in St. Louis
While Grieg’s Peer Gynt is an orchestral standard, staging the work is a novel idea. This production, written and directed by Bill Barclay adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen, […]
All-Gershwin Finale for Madison
The Madison Symphony closes its season May 9-11 with an all-Gershwin program under the baton of John DeMain. The Cuban Overture gets things off to an energetic start, followed by […]
