Under director Teodor Currentzis, the SWR Symphonieorchester will premiere a new work by Cremean composer Alexey Retinsky on Dec. 12 at the Elbphilharmonie. The program also includes recent works by Philippe Manoury, Mark Andre, and Jay Schwartz, closing with the Adagio from Mahler’s 10th Symphony. https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/whats-on/swr-symphonieorchester-teodor-currentzis/20223

Japanese pianist Yu Kosuge will play the world premiere of a new piano sonata by Dai Fujikura, a composer whose work she has championed in the past. The performance at Wigmore Hall on Dec. 19 will open with Mendelssohn’s Fantasy in F sharp minor Op. 28, called the Sonate ecossaise, and close with Beethoven’s Waldstein […]