Week of Events
New Canadian Work Joins Schumann and Berlioz
Sept. 18-19 will see the world premiere of Canadian composer Michael Oesterle’s new Orchestre symphonique de Montréal commission. The program, conducted by Rafael Payare, also features Daniil Trifonov playing Schumann’s A minor Piano Concerto, plus Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/berliozs-symphonie-fantastique
Delaware Puts Director Finalist on Podium
The first of four finalists for the position of music director of the Delaware Symphony will lead the orchestra on Sept. 20. Mélisse Brunet will conduct Anna Clyne’s This Midnight Hour, Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 1 (featuring Melissa White), and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. https://www.delawaresymphony.org/dso_events/brunet-conducts-tchaikovsky/
Madison Takes Coleman’s ‘Umoja’ for a Spin
The Madison Symphony’s season opener Sept. 20-22 will include the orchestra performing Valerie Coleman’s Umoja: Anthem of Unity for the first time. John DeMain leads cellist Tommy Mesa in Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme. The program also includes Joseph Jongen’s Symphonie Concertante and de Falla’s Suite No. 2 from The Three-Cornered Hat. https://madisonsymphony.org/event/reunion/
Three Generations of Austrians in St. Paul
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will play Mahler’s chamber-orchestra arrangement of Beethoven’s Serioso String Quartet on Sept. 20-21. The program, curated by SPCO violinist Eunae Koh, also includes Haydn’s Violin Concerto (with Koh as soloist), Mozart’s Haffner Symphony, and Mabel Daniels’ Deep Forest. https://content.thespco.org/events/mozarts-haffner-symphony-2425/
Tulsa Starts ‘101 Unplugged’ Chamber Series
Tulsa Symphony’s new chamber music series, 101 Unplugged, opens Sept. 20 with the orchestra’s string quartet playing Schubert’s Death and the Maiden Quartet No. 14 in D minor and other selections. Light bites and a drink ticket will be provided. https://www.tulsasymphony.org/calendar/unplugged-1
Two Brothers Meet Beethoven
The Virginia Symphony’s music director, Eric Jacobsen, will conduct his own brother, Colin Jacobsen, in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on Sept. 20. The all-Beethoven program also includes the Coriolan Overture and the Fourth Symphony. https://virginiasymphony.org/concert/beethovens-violin-concerto-with-eric-colin-jacobsen-2/
St. Paul Shines Light on Forgotten Composer
The works of New England composer Mabel Daniels are not often performed, but the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is remedying this by programming Daniels’ Deep Forest, which was first performed at Carnegie Hall in 1939. Violinist Eunae Koh will solo in Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The Sept. 20-21 program also includes an arrangement of […]
Women Dominate Austin Chamber Program
It’s a female-led program for the Austin Chamber Music Center season opener Sept. 20-21. ACMC artistic director Sandy Yamamoto has curated an evening of piano trios, three by women (Jessie Montgomery, Amy Beach, Fanny Mendelssohn) plus one by Paul Schoenfeld. https://austinchambermusic.org/event/zeitgeist/
Illinois Phil to Play Three American Symphonies
On Sept 21, the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra presents the Midwest premiere of David Diamond’s Symphony No. 2, written in 1943 and influenced by the Second World War. Stilian Kirov conducts this all-American program, which also includes symphonies by John Vincent and William Grant Still. https://ipomusic.org/2024-25-season/
Pianist Buechner Makes Saskatoon Debut
The Saskatoon Symphony opens its classical season Sept. 21 with the debut of Sara Davis Buechner playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Tania Miller conducts this program, which also includes Elgar’s Enigma Variations. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/enigma/
