Week of Events
Italian Renaissance in the Synagogue
The Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players celebrates the 400th anniversary of Salamone Rossi’s Songs of Solomon on Dec. 4. Hosted by Jewish-music scholar Francesco Spagnolo, the program will feature Richard Egarr on harpsichord and the Philharmonia Chorale Octet. https://philharmonia.org/2023-24-season/jews-music-songs-of-solomon/
Tianyi Lu Leads London Phil in Debut
Making her London Philharmonic debut on Dec. 6, conductor Tianyi Lu, winner of the 2020 Sir Georg Solti Conductors’ Competition, takes on a classic: Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherezade. Pianist Tom Borrow will be on hand to play Beethoven’s Fifth Piano Concerto, the Emperor. https://lpo.org.uk/event/scheherazade/
Podium Debut in Berlin for Robin Ticciati
Robin Ticciati, chief conductor of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, makes his conducting debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Dec. 7-9, tackling Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with soprano Elsa Benoit. The program opens with Dvořák’s The Noon Witch followed by Ondřej Adámek’s Sinuous Voices. https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/concerts/calendar/details/55039/
Quechua Culture Honored in New Work
According to composer Estaban Benzecry, muyu is a Quechua word of native people of the Andes referring both to the circle of life and death and to disease that disrupts the circle’s balance. On Dec. 7, 9, and 10, the Philadelphia Orchestra presents the world premiere of Benzecy’s MUYUY, The circle of life, along with […]
SoundBox Features Adès And More
Throughout the 2023-34 season, the San Francisco Symphony will present its SoundBox series, curated by four musicians on each of four weekends. The small Soundbox space is designed to allow for multi-sensory, interactive experiences. Expect the unexpected. Get ready to see musical experiments in action. The details of the SoundBox programs remain under wraps, but […]
