Under the baton on Kent Nagano, the Montreal Symphony will perform Brahms’ A German Requiem as it was presented in 1868 in Bremen, Germany. This historic recreation includes excerpts from Baroque masterpieces such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and Handel’s Messiah, which offer insight into Brahms’ artistic heritage and underscore his profound connection to the rich German musical […]
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| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, | 1 event,Grammy-winning composer, singer, and instrumentalist Caroline Shaw comes to San Antonio on April 4 to join innovative chamber ensemble Agarita for a show at Stable Hall that features her acclaimed works. Featuring Suliman Tekalli, violin. https://www.tixr.com/groups/stablehall/events/agarita-ft-caroline-shaw-179724 | 0 events, |
2 events,Led by Marin Alsop, the Juilliard Orchestra performs a world premiere by Joan Tower on April 6 at Carnegie Hall. The rest of the program, part of the America250 celebration, is still to be announced. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/06/Juilliard-at-Zankel-Hall-0730PM Kaija Saariaho’s final opera, Innocence, gets a new production at the Metropolitan Opera, directed by Simon Stone. The cast is anchored by mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Finnish ethno-pop singer Vilma Jää as a grieving mother and the daughter she lost in a school shooting. (April 6-29) https://www.metopera.org/season/2025-26-season/innocence/ | 0 events, | 1 event,A new work by George Lewis for two pianos and percussion will receive its world premiere on April 8-10 with the New York Philharmonic under Kwamé Ryan. The program also includes Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915, featuring Golda Schultz, and Ives’ The Unanswered Question. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2526/golda-schultz-sings-barber-and-stravinsky/ | 2 events,The world premiere of a new work by jazz-inspired composer Nicky Sohn will open the Atlanta Symphony’s April 9-10 program. Jerry Hou conducts a lineup the continues with Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto No. 1, featuring Jennifer Koh, and concludes with Rachmaninoff’s First Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/rachmaninoffs-first-symphony Opening the Detroit Symphony’s 2025 Northern Lights Festival with music of Finland and Norway on April 9-11, Christian Tetzlaff will play Sibelius’ Violin Concerto. Principal guest conductor Tabita Berglund starts the program with a birdsong-inspired work by Einojuhani Rautavaara and ends with movements from Grieg’s Peer Gynt suite. https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/25-26-spring/northern-lights-festival-tetzlaff-plays-sibelius | 3 events,California transplants are the focus of the San Diego Symphony’s April 10-11 program. Robert Spano conducts Adam Schoenberg’s Cool Cat and longtime Golden State resident Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 3, and pianist Conrad Tao will be the soloist for John Adams’ Century Rolls. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/journeys-to-california/?performance=9680 Two mighty works make up the April 10-11 collaboration between the North Carolina Symphony and North Carolina Master Chorale: Rautavaara’s Symphony No. 7, Angel of Light, and Mozart’s “Great” Mass in C Minor. Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts. https://ncsymphony.org/events/mozart-great-mass-04-10-26-8pm/ Fort Worth Opera celebrates its 80th season with a production of Madama Butterfly, with the Fort Worth Symphony in the pit. (April 10-12) https://www.fwopera.org/madamabutterfly-2026 | 3 events,On April 11, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra will mark the 25th anniversary of their Sound Investment new-works commissioning project. The progrem inlcudes premieres of works by Eric Whitacre and Juhi Bansal as well as well-loved repertoire by Vaughen Williams, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev. Jaime Martín conducts violin soloist Anne Akiko Meyers. https://www.laco.org/events/martin-bansal-shostakovich/ Matthias Pintscher conducts the Kansas City Symphony in the U.S. premiere of Toshio Hosokawa’s Trumpet Concerto, Im Nebel, on April 11-12; the soloist is Julian Kaplan. Also on the program are Rachmaninoff’s Spring (with baritone Evan Hughes) and Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. https://tickets.kcsymphony.org/midsummer-nights-dream/23649 Calgary Pro Musica will present the Formosa Quartet on April 11. The group won at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition and is Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Houston’s Moores School of Music. Program details TBD. https://calgarypromusica.ca/horizons-series-3/ | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 3 events,Ana María Patiño-Osorio conducts the world premiere of Jonathan Leshnoff’s Four Scenes from Childhood with the Dallas Symphony and viola soloist Meredith Kufchak on April 16-19. Julian Steckel is the soloist for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, and the program concludes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 (Italian). https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/mendelssohns-italian-symphony/ Susanna Mälkki will conduct the world premiere of a new work by Andrew Norman for two pianos and orchestra. Piano duo Lucas and Arthur Jussen join the Boston Symphony for this program April 16-18. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances completes the bill. https://www.bso.org/events/apr-16-18-ravel-norman-rachmaninoff?performance=2026-04-16-19:30 The East Coast premiere of Australian composer Brett Dean's Fire Music will be played during the Baltimore Symphony’s EARTH/Songs Festival on April 16-19. Marin Alsop conducts Copland's Suite from Appalachian Spring and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, Pastoral. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/19606 | 4 events,The Danish String Quartet and the Danish National Girls’ Choir for an eclectic program on April 17 at Carnegie Hall. The program includes the U.S. premiere of a work by Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, the New York premiere of a work by David Lang, and pieces by Caroline Shaw. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/17/Danish-String-Quartet-Danish-National-Girls-Choir-0730PM Denyce Graves makes her directorial debut in Opera Carolina’s production of Menotti’s The Medium. Graves will also star in the production of this opera filled with psychological tension and supernatural intrigue. (April 17-19) https://operacarolina.org/ The world premiere of safronia, with score and libretto by Chicago’s poet laureate, avery r. young, will be given by the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Triumph and tragedy converge in this universal yet personal story of the Great Migration, marrying folklore, poetry, and history, with music inspired by gospel, blues, funk, and soul. (April 17-18) […] The Indianapolis Symphony seems to be proud of its players: The April 17-18 program shines a spotlight on several new section principals, with solo turns by harpist Claire Thai, flutist Austin Brown, violinist Bryson Karrer, and a principal clarinetist yet to be named. Jun Märkl conducts Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, and Saint-Saëns. https://www.indianapolissymphony.org/event/french-images/ | 2 events,Soprano Othalie Graham leads the cast of soloists in Verdi’s mighty Requiem with the Harrisburg Symphony April 18-19. Three regional choirs will join forces to make upt he choir: The Susquehanna Choral, and the Concert Choir and Choral Arts Society of Messiah University. Conducted by Stuart Malina. https://harrisburg-symphony-orchestra.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/#/events/a0SUd000004VRo1MAG John Adams will take the podium April 18-19 to lead the Houston Symphony in two of his own works: Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? (featuring pianist Víkingur Ólafsson) and The Rock You Stand On. Also on the program are Ives’ The Unanswered Question and Copland’s Appalachian Spring. https://houstonsymphony.org/performance/adams-conducts-adams-appalachian-spring/ | 2 events,In his recital for Chamber Music SF on April 19, violinist Nathan Meltzer will play a mix of old and recent music. First the French: Poulenc and Fauré. Representing the 21st century is FastLowHighSlow by Sky Macklay; Schubert’s Fantasy in C Major, D. 934, completes the program. https://chambermusicsf.org/ On April 9-11, the Seattle Symphony under Peter Oundjian will give the West Coast premiere of a Double Concerto from American composer Christopher Theofanidis for percussionist Svet Stoyanov and concertmaster Noah Geller. Joan Tower’s exciting Concerto for Orchestra Suite opens the program, which closes with Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25sub15 |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event,The world premiere of Sleepers Awake, a new opera by Gregory Spears, will be presented by Philadelphia Opera. “In this opera, the chorus has the starring role.” Spears creates a dream-like rendering of the fairytale “Sleeping Beauty,” inspired by modernist writer Robert Walser. Corrado Rovaris conducts. (April 22-26) https://www.operaphila.org/whats-on/2526-season/sleepers-awake/ | 2 events,Toronto Symphony affiliate composer Liam Ritz’s latest orchestral work will have its world premiere April 23-26. Elina Vähälä will play Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2, and music director Gustav Gimeno concludes the program with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/tchaikovskys-fifth It’s relatively rare to hear Strauss’ Oboe Concerto, but oboist Nathan Hughes will play it April 23-24 with the Minnesota Orchestra. Under the baton of Kristiina Poska, the program also features Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/classical/brahms-symphony-no-4 | 4 events,St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will perform a rarity April 24-26: Pan for Piccolo and String Quartet by Mauricio Kagel, featuring soloist Alicia McQuerrey. Flutist Julia Bogorad-Kogan will play Debussy’s famous Syrinx, followed by works by Gubaidulina, Mozart, and Prokofiev. https://content.thespco.org/events/gubaidulina-prokofiev-and-mozart/ The Fort Worth Symphony will blend visuals art with their music on April 24-26 in a program of Spanish or Spanish-inspired works. The Kimbell Art Museum will provide projections of exquisite Spanish masterpieces while the orchestra plays de Falla’s The Three-Cornered Hat, Ravel’s Rapsodie espagnole, and Peter Lieberson’s Neruda Songs (featuring mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor. Robert Spano conducts. […] On April 24-25, the Omaha Symphony will collaborate with Omaha Opera to present a semi-staged version of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, led by conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and featuring baritone Ryan McKinny and soprano Michelle DeYoung. The program opens with Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.omahasymphony.org/concerts/bluebeards-castle-2 Seattle Symphony’s principal oboe, Mary Lynch VanderKolk, leads the second part of a program featuring works written for and with her as part of Through Her Window, an ongoing commissioning and performance project that brings together female-identifying composers. This program will feature world premieres curated by composer, flutist and founder of Imani Winds, Valerie Coleman. (April 24) https://www.seattlesymphony.org/en/concerttickets/calendar/2025-2026/25octave5 | 1 event,Soprano Katie van Kooten will make her role debut as Ariadne in the Pacific Northwest Opera’s production of Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Alex Boyer sings Bacchus; Jonathan Khuner conducts a production by Mitchell Kahn. (April 25-May 3) https://pnopera.org/ | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event,On April 28 at Carnegie Hall, violinist Lisa Batiashvili and pianist Giorgi Gigashvili will play the U.S. premiere of a new work by Josef Bardanashvili. The recital will also include sonatas by Beethoven, Bartók, and Franck. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2026/04/28/Lisa-Batiashvili-Violin-Giorgi-Gigashvili-Piano-0730PM | 0 events, | 1 event,The Opera Lafayette Orchestra, featuring soprano Lauren Snouffer, will give performances of the solo show New Woman in Washington, DC and New York. Snouffer will sing arias by 18th-century opera composers Marianna Martines and Maria Antonia Walpurgis as well as music by Gluck and J.C. Bach. (April 30-May 2) https://operalafayette.org/new-woman/ | 1 event,John Adams’ Harmonium, using texts by John Donne and Emily Dickinson, will be paired with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony on the April 30-May 3 Boston Symphony program. Soloists include Andrea Carroll, Zoie Reams, Andrew Haji, and Morris Robinson. Dima Slobodeniouk conducts. https://www.bso.org/events/apr-30-may-3-adams-beethoven?performance=2026-04-30-19:30 | 1 event,Camerata Chicago will be joined on May 2 by Van Cliburn Competition winner Evren Ozel to play the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20. The second half of the program will be Mozart's Prague Symphony No. 38. This concert takes place at Union Church in Hinsdale. https://cameratachicago.ticketspice.com/20260502-hinsdale | 0 events, |
