Week of Events
Persian Culture Celebrated in San Diego
In a special program called The Wonders We Carry Inside, Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz will curate a collection of music for the spring equinox, honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present. Razaz will be joined by members of the San Diego Symphony for […]
US Premiere At Quartet’s Carnegie Debut
Quatuor Van Kuijk, from France, makes their Carnegie Hall debut on March 21 with the U.S. premiere of the jazz-inspired Ces messieurs by fellow Frenchman Baptiste Trotignon. The concert opens intensely, with Beethoven’s late quartet, Op. 131 in C-sharp minor. Several works by Fauré and Satie are also on the program. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2024/03/21/quatuor-van-kuijk-0730pm
New Music Director At Baltimore
The 2023-24 season marks the inaugural year of Jonathon Heyward as music director of the Baltimore Symphony. One of the promising highlights of his debut season is the programming of Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 on March 21-24. There are few works that so thoroughly test what a conductor is made of. https://my.bsomusic.org/overview/18298
Tan Dun’s New Trombone Concerto
The New York Philharmonic has commissioned a new work by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson. The world premiere, conducted by music director Jaap van Zweden, will take place March 21-24. Tan Dun’s Trombone Concerto, subtitled Three Muses in Video Game and inspired by three ancient Chinese instruments, will receive its New York premiere with soloist Joseph […]
New Organ Concerto In Philadelphia
French composer Guillaum Connesson has named his new organ concerto Concerto da Requiem, and it will receive its American premiere on March 21-23. Organist Christian Schmitt will present the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton on Paavo Järvi. The program opens with Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and concludes with […]
‘Gurre-Lieder’ Centenary
On March 22, Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the world premiere of Arnold Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder by performing the cantata at Carnegie Hall. The ASO has a special connection to this work because its founder, Leopold Stokowski, conducted the American premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra. https://americansymphony.org/concerts/schoenberg-gurre-lieder/
Lorca’s ‘Don Perlimpín’s Love’ In Frankfurt
When Federico García Lorca wrote the play Don Perlimplín's Love for Belisa in His Garden, he composed the incidental music for the 1933 premiere himself. Many composers since then have attempted to turn the play into an opera; Oper Frankfurt is presenting Wolfgang Fortner’s version from 1962. The new production—the first time the work has […]
Esfahani And Wong Play Bach
As part of its Bach Fest, the Milwaukee Symphony welcomes two renowned Baroque artists: Mahan Esfahani will play the Harpsichord Concerto in A major, and Rachell Ellen Wong will play the Violin Concerto in A minor. Ken-David Masur conducts this March 23-24 program that also includes the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and the Magnificat, featuring […]
Denève Leads Wolfe’s ‘Pretty’
Denève Leads Wolfe’s ‘Pretty’
The St. Louis Symphony co-commissioned Julia Wolfe’s Pretty, a work that has been described as “raucous and raw,” making the listener consider what the word “pretty” really means. On March 22-23, SLSO will have its chance to play the piece under music director Stéphane Denève. The program opens with Berlioz’s Overture to Beatrice and Benedict. […]
Cartoonists take on ‘The Planets’
Cartoonists take on ‘The Planets’
In an unusual collaboration of live music and visual art on March 24, musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will premiere a new instrumentation of Holst’s The Planets for organ, brass, and percussion under the baton of Thomas Le Duc-Moreau. Taking inspiration from the music being played, five cartoonists will draw extemporaneously, marking the […]
