Two works by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St-Georges, will be on the Jan. 19-20 program by the Indianapolis Symphony. In an arrangement by Derek Bermel, clarinetist Anthony McGill will play the Chevalier’s Violin Concerto, and soprano Sonya Headlam will sing an aria from L’amant anonyme. With Jeannette Sorrell conducting, the program also includes several works […]
On Jan. 19, the Washington National Opera’s American Opera Initiative will perform the world premieres of three 20-minute operas by paired teams of young composers and librettists and performed by young artists in this mentorship program’s 11th year. A chamber orchestra made up of musicians from the WNO Orchestra will accompany. https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2023-2024/aoi-20-minute-operas/
As a special production on Jan. 20, Piedmont Opera will offer a program called Girls of Yellow Diamonds. This song recital, hosted and largely composed by Alice Chung and Helen Huang, celebrates Asian-American women. https://www.piedmontopera.org/calendar
During the 20th century, jazz and classical music were blended into some exceptional creations. Several of those will be on display from the St. Louis Symphony and conductor Leonard Slatkin on Jan. 21. The program opens with Paul Turok’s tribute to a pioneer of jazz/classical crossover, A Joplin Overture. Then jazz piano master Aaron Diehl […]
The 92nd St. Y presents the New York premiere of The Garden of Good and Evil on Jan. 25, a musical compilation by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, music director Richard Egarr, and countertenor/dramaturg Reginald Mobley. The work is an exploration of the Biblical creation story, pairing Handel arias with modern movements for Baroque forces by Errollyn […]
Enchanted Woods: Shakespeare & Song, Feb. 2-11 at Portland Opera, is an evening of story and song inspired by 20th-century adaptations of Shakespeare’s enduring works. It will feature poetry and music by a variety of composers and literary figures, collected in homage to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio. https://www.portlandopera.org/
