On Oct. 1-4, the Atlanta Symphony opens a season spotlighting the music of Brahms. Music Director Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the composer’s Violin Concerto (featuring up-and-comer Johan Dalene) and the First Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/opening-weekend-with-nathalie-stutzmann-1
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events,The Chicago Symphony’s music director designate, Klaus Mäkelä, will treat concertgoers to a powerful dose of Gustav Mahler on Oct. 1-4. The program consists of the composer’s last completed symphony, the Ninth. https://cso.org/performances/26-27/cso/makela-conducts-mahler-9/ Austin Opera has commissioned its first opera: Ofrenda, composed by Jorge Sosa with a libretto by John de los Santos, is “a celebration of family, cultural memory, and Día de los Muertos traditions.” Kristin Bilodeau and Mitch Jones star, with Timothy Myers on the podium. (Oct. 1-4) https://austinopera.org/shows-events/2026-2027-season/ofrenda/ | 3 events,The Dallas Symphony premiere of Kevin Puts’ triple conerto, Contact, will be performed Oct. 2-4, with Nicolas “Nick” Kendall and Charles Yang on violin and Ranaan Meyer double bass. Kevin John Edusei also conducts Symphony No. 2 in E minor of Rachmaninoff. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoff-time-for-three/ The Cincinnati Symphony co-commissioned Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No. 5, Liberty (2026), and will give its first CSO performance Oct. 2. In this program conducted by Cristian Mӑcelaru, Nicola Benedetti will be the soloist for Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2627-cso-season/marsalis-premiere--bruchs-violin-concerto/ The Houston Symphony opens a two-program Rachmaninoff Festival on Oct. 2-4 with a program featuring baritone Aleksey Bogdanov, who will sing the cantata Spring. Juraj Valčuha will also conduct the Isle of the Dead and the Second Symphony. https://houstonsymphony.org/performance/rachmaninoff-festival-rachmaninoffs-second-symphony/ | 1 event,Bridgetower Project, on Oct. 3 at Carnegie Hall, celebrates the remarkable story of George Bridgetower, the Afro-European violin virtuoso for whom Beethoven originally wrote his Violin Sonata No. 9, long known as the “Kreutzer.” The Beethoven will be played by violinist Ilya Kaler. Also on the program is the world premiere of Paquito D’Rivera’s new […] | 1 event,In 1701 Peru, Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco’s La Púrpura de la Rosa became the first opera ever performed in the Americas. The libretto, written by a renowned Spanish poet Pedro Calderón de la Barca, recounts the tragic love story of Venus and Adonis. Music Before 1800 will present the ensemble Relic performing an instrumental […] |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The U.S. premiere of Francisco Coll’s Piano Concerto (featuring Kirill Gerstein) will be given by the Boston Symphony on Oct. 8-10. Also on this program conducted by Andris Nelsons are two works by Beethoven: the Coriolan Overture and the Seventh Symphony. https://www.bso.org/events/oct-8-10-coll-beethoven?performance=2026-10-08-19%3A30 | 1 event,The Detroit Symphony will present an all-American program on Oct. 9-11. Peter Oundjian conducts music by Joan Tower, Aaron Copland, and John Adams. Peter Huang plays the violin solo part in Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato's Symposium). https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/26-27-fall/bernstein-and-appalachian-spring | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event,On Oct. 13, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center presents an All-American season opener, covering a range of styles. Works include William Bolcom’s Three Rags for String Quartet, Amy Beach’s Quintet, Op. 67, Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho: A Narrative, and Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring. https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/our-concerts/at-lincoln-center/events/26-27/coplands-appalachian-spring | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events,Kristiina Poska makes her St. Louis Symphony debut Oct. 16-17 conducting the orchestra in the U.S. premiere of fellow Estonian Ülo Krigul’s Proteus Pulse. Marie-Ange Nguci plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, and the program ends with Schumann’s Symphony No. 3, Rhenish. https://slso.org/event/mozart-and-schumann-scenes-from-the-rhine/ Members of the Seattle Symphony and percussionist Mari Yoshinaga will give the U.S. premiere of Samuel Adams’ Devotions for String Quartet and Percussion on Oct. 16. Adams’ Etudes for Piano opens the program. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2026-2027/26octave1 | 1 event,Pittsburgh Symphony’s PSO360 series puts the audience right onstage with the musicians. On Oct. 17 the series opens with cellist Alisa Weilerstein, joined by a chamber ensemble of Pittsburgh Symphony musicians. Repertoire TBA. https://pittsburghsymphony.org/production/108382/pso360-alisa-weilerstein | 1 event,“The Baroque + Neo-Baroque” is the title of the Oct. 18 New World Symphony program. It features a somewhat rare instrument, the basset clarinet, played by Miles Haskins. The program considers 18th-century music (Neukomm, Weckmann, CPE Bach) and the later works it inspired (Bloch, Berg, Adès). https://nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2026-2027/the-baroque-plus-neo-baroque/ |
1 event,A new production of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s Lincoln in the Bardo will be presented by the Metropolitan Opera. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an ensemble cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, soprano Christine Goerke, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in this supernatural tale. (Oct. 19 – Nov. 14) https://www.metopera.org/season/2026-27-season/lincoln-in-the-bardo/ | 1 event,On Oct. 20, Chamber Music Houston presents a rarity, Louis Vierne’s Piano Quintet in C minor. In writing this memorial to his son who fell in World War II, Vierne uses his piano quintet to convey deep mourning and powerful defiance. The program will be performed by Quartuor Modigliani plus pianist Fabio Bidini. https://chambermusichouston.org/concerts/2026-10-20-quatuor-modigliani/ | 0 events, | 4 events,Just as autumn really starts getting chilly, the Seattle Symphony will offer a hopeful, Spring-themed program Oct. 22-24. Ludovic Morlot conducts Frank Bridge’s Enter Spring, Samuel Adams’ No Such Spring, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 1, nicknamed Spring (and composed in the middle of winter). https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2026-2027/26sub2 Opera Philadelphia will give the City of Brotherly Love’s first production of Suddenly Last Summer, with music by Courtney Bryan and libretto by Gideon Lester and Daniel Fish based on the play by Tennessee Williams. Directed by Fish, starring Mikaela Bennett, and conducted by Nathan Koci. (Oct. 22-25) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2627-season/suddenly-last-summer/ Tenor Daniel McGrew makes his Canadian debut in the Opera Atelier (Ontario) season opener October 22–25. He will play the title role in a fully staged production of Marc Antoine Charpentier’s The Descent of Orpheus. https://www.operaatelier.com/shows/the-descent-of-orpheus/ There are two new works on the Oct. 22-24 Boston Symphony program: The world premiere of Tod Machover’s already and not yet (which incorporates a live AI system to emphasize the individuality of each BSO musician) and the U.S. premiere of Alex Nante’s Ein feste Burg. Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Fifth Symphony, Reformation, bookend this […] | 2 events,Pianist/composer Conrad Tao has written a work called The Hand, meant has a companion to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Tao will play both works in the Indianapolis Symphony’s Oct. 23-24 program, conducted by Richard Egarr and concluding with Mozart’s 39th Symphony. https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/event/tao-beethoven-and-mozart/ Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Omar will get its Lyric Opera of Chicago premiere in a production by Kaneza Schaal. Issachah Savage sings the title role in this biographical tale about 19th-century Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said. (Oct. 23-28) https://www.lyricopera.org/shows/upcoming/2026-27/Omar/ | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,Dallas Opera will bring Barrie Kosky’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen to North America for the first time, with soprano Mirjam Mesak making her American opera debut. (Oct. 30-Nov. 7) https://dallasopera.org/performance/the-cunning-little-vixen/ | 1 event,When the goddess of Death is cast down to Earth to live as a mortal named Laila Starr, the boundaries between the divine and the human begin to blur. That’s the setting for The Many Deaths of Laila Starr, a new opera by composer Kamala Sankaram and librettist Minita Gandhi. The Minnesota Opera presents the world […] | 0 events, |
