Week of Events
Gropius Quartet Opens Vancouver Series
The Germany-based Gropius Quartet makes its debut with Friends of Chamber Music (Vancouver) on Oct. 15. They will play Haydn’s Op. 33, No. 2 (the Joke), Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 8, and Mendelssohn’s Quartet No. 6. https://friendsofchambermusic.ca/concert/gropius-quartet/
Sphinx Presents Curtis Stewart Premiere at Carnegie
Portraits of the Past, Visions for the Future is the title of the Sphinx Virtuosi’s Carnegie Hall program on Oct. 16. Hear several works by Joplin, Derrick Skye’s multifaceted and optimistic American Mirror, Part One, and a New York premiere by renowned violinist-composer Curtis Stewart. Violinist Njioma Chinyere Grievous takes a solo turn in Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s […]
Handel and Mozart on Michigan Ave.
Conductor Nicholas Kraemer and four preeminent singers, including soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, will present a selection of Handel’s vocal works with the Chicago Symphony on Oct. 17-19. Plus, enjoy music fit for a king with Handel’s Water Music, and Mozart’s grand Coronation Mass, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus. https://cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/mozart-coronation-mass/
Philharmonia Baroque Spans Hildegard to Shaw
In a wide-ranging program Oct. 17-19 conducted by Grete Pedersen, the Philharmonia Baroque will play works spanning more than a millenium, from Hildegard of Bingen to Caroline Shaw. Thomas Carroll, specialist in basset clarinet, will solo in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. https://philharmonia.org/2024-25-season/dreams-passions/
Detroit Premieres Clyne Concerto
Anna Clyne’s Time and Tides will receive its U.S. premiere on Oct. 18-20 with the Detroit Symphony under Tabita Berglund, who joins the orchestra this season as principal guest conductor. This new concerto will feature violinist Pekka Kuusisto. The program also includes Britten’s Four Sea Interludes and Sibelius’ Lemminkäinen Suite. https://www.dso.org/events-and-tickets/events/24-25-fall/sea-scenes-sibelius-and-britten
Colorado Symphony Chorus Turns 40 with Verdi
On Oct. 18-20, the Colorado Symphony under conductor Alexander Shelley celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Colorado Symphony Chorus. They have chosen a fitting showpiece, Verdi’s Requiem, which the chorus first performed during its debut on October 25, 1984. The soloists will be Raquel González, Kelley O'Connor, John Matthew Myers, and Ryan McKinny. https://tickets.coloradosymphony.org/7011?_gl=1*1uk2wiv*_gcl_au*MTU2MjYzNDA3NC4xNzE4ODkzNjIz*_ga*MTk0ODY4MjQ2My4xNzE4ODkzNjIz*_ga_V099ZPM1LL*MTcxOTQxMTY3OS4yLjEuMTcxOTQxMTgxMC4yLjAuMA
Calgary Celebrates Bruckner at 200
To celebrate Bruckner’s 200 birthday, the Calgary Philharmonic will play his Symphony No. 8 on Oct. 18-19, under the baton of Rune Bergmann. For the first half of the program, violinist solos in Leonard Bernstein’s Serenade. https://calgaryphil.com/events/bernsteins-serenade-with-karen-gomyo-2024-10-18-730-pm/
Selaocoe Curates Cello-Focused SPCO Program
Cellist and composer Abel Selaocoe is the special guest at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Oct. 18-20 program, which will include Selaocoe’s own Hlokomela (Take Care) and his arrangement of Marin Marais’s Les Voix Humaines. Selaocoe will then solo in Giovanni Benedetto Platti’s Cello Concerto in D, and duet with another cellist, Richard Belcher on […]
‘Bohème’ Opens Baltimore Season
Opera Baltimore opens its season Oct. 18-20 with La Bohème. Edward Graves sings Rodolfo and Toni Marie Palmertree is Mimì in this production conducted by Domenico Boyagian. https://www.operabaltimore.org/la-boheme
Hawai’i: Dark Comic Opera on Immigrant Experience
Hawai’i Opera will perform Stuck Elevator, by composer Byron Au Yong and librettist Aaron Jafferis. This “opera musical theater hybrid” tells the story of a Chinese food deliveryman struggling for freedom from debt, human smugglers, loud-mouth coworkers, and the temptations of General Tso. Based on the true story of an undocumented immigrant who survived 81 […]
New León Work Opens Albany Season
During its season opener on Oct. 19, the Albany Symphony will perform the world premiere of Tania León’s Pregón. Pianist Yuval Chen makes his debut with the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. David Alan Miller conducts the program, which concludes with Carl Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4, The Inextinguishable. https://www.albanysymphony.com/upcomingconcerts/2024/10/19/opening-night-tania-len-tchaikovskys-first-concerto
World Premiere Flute Concerto at New England Phil
New England will present the world premiere of a Flute Concerto by Eric Nathan on Oct. 20, featuring flutist Alejandro Escuer. The program also includes the Boston premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s Antropolis and Stravinky’s The Rite of Spring. https://nephilharmonic.org/concerts/ancient-cultures-new-musics
