Week of Events
Hildegard, Hildur, Missy, and Sarah
Enargeia is a work for voice and orchestra, a compilation of songs by Hildegard von Bingen, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Missy Mazzoli, and Sarah Kirkland Snider as arranged by Jarkko Riihimäki. The piece will receive its North American premiere by the Toronto Symphony May 1-2, with mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo. Under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno, the program […]
Miró Plays New Heggie Quartet
Composer Jake Heggie’s new work for string quartet will receive its New York premiere May 2 at the hands of the Miró Quartet as part of the Sonic Spectrum series at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Hornist David Byrd-Marrow will also be on hand to join the Miró for quintets by Dai Fujikura and […]
Ott Solos In New Dessner Concerto
Composer Bryce Dessner will be in the spotlight for two weekends at the Cincinnati Symphony, the second featuring the U.S. premiere of his new piano concerto, with Alice Sara Ott as soloist. Dessner’s short work, Mari, opens the May 3-4 program, which concludes with Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony under the baton of Louis Langrée. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2324-cso-season/beethoven-symphony-no.-7--dessner-premieres/
A Baroque Opera’s Modern Premiere
Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) broke with operatic tradition with his ballet-opera Les Fêtes de Thalie, daring to include contemporary characters in the story rather than only historical or mythological ones. Opera Lafayette will present the modern premiere of this opera on May 4 in Washington, D.C., and on May 5 in New York. With music direction […]
Rattle Conducts New Adès Work
On May 5 at Carnegie Hall, Simon Rattle will conduct the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in the U.S. premiere of a new work by Thomas Adès. The program also includes the Prelude and “Liebestod” from Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde as well as Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, Pastoral. https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2024/05/03/bavarian-radio-symphony-orchestra-0800pm
