In “Music in (Techni)Color” on March 1-2, New World Symphony and conductor Stéphane Denève will present the East Coast premiere of composer Anna Clyne’s PALETTE, the latest in her and sound designer Jody Elff’s revolutionary interactive sonic experiences for Augmented Orchestra (AO). Also on the program is Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. […]
The Atlanta Symphony is paying tribute to one of the greats in their 2024-25 season with a Beethoven Project featuring all of his symphonies. On March 6-9, music director Nathalie Stutzmann opens with Symphony No. 4, which Hector Berlioz admired for its contrasts between a "lively, alert, and joyful" spirit and a "heavenly gentleness." After […]
Arcis Saxophon Quartett closes the Mobile Chamber Music season with a kaleidoscopic tribute to J.S. Bach. Works on the March 16 concert include excerpts from Nikolai Kapustin’s 24 Preludes and Fugues, Shostakovich’s Preludes and Fugues, and Leonhard Kuhn’s Fugue & Loops. https://www.mobilechambermusic.org/crnt_season.php
On March 21-23, Los Angeles-based music collective Wild Up presents the New York premiere of their acclaimed Darkness Sounding festival. The festival of concerts, conversations, and workshops convening around themes of mindfulness and nature explores how sound and music shape our understanding of the world. Christopher Rountree, artistic director. https://www.92ny.org/event/wild-up-1
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 Domaines, Quinn Mason’s Weapon Wheel, Adam Schoenberg’s Reflecting Light, and two compositions by López Bellido. https://cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-musicnow/inner-dialogues/
The last of four candidates for Delaware Symphony music director, Michelle De Russo will conduct the Brahms Fourth Symphony on March 28. Janice Carissa joins as soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. https://www.delawaresymphony.org/dso_events/di-russo-conducts-brahms-wilmington/
Diana Farrell will direct the Lyric Opera of Orange County’s production of The Mighty Casey, a baseball-themed opera by William Schuman. LOOC hints that their version will be presented “with a twist, for Women’s Month.” (March 28-30) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-mighty-casey/
On April 5-6, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra presents a feast of pièces des résistances thoughtfully curated by Margaret Batjer. The works include Louise Farrenc’s masterful Nonet, virtuosic string quartets by Caroline Shaw and Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, and an innovative trio by Nokuthula Ngwenyama. https://www.laco.org/events/farrencs-nonet/
