Week of Events
ACO Premieres at Carnegie Focus on Borders
In its Oct. 30 Carnegie Hall appearance called The New Virtuoso: Borders, American Composers Orchestra presents world premieres by rising composers Paul Novak and Kebra-Seyoun Charles plus New York premieres by Michael Abels and Victoria Poleva. Featured soloists are cellist Inbal Segev, guitarist Mak Grgic, and violinist Curtis Stewart; Mei-Ann Chen conducts. https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2024/10/30/American-Composers-Orchestra-0730PM
ACO Premieres EarShot Work
On Oct. 30, the American Composers Orchestra will present two world premieres at Carnegie Hall: a new work by Kebra-Seyoun Charles (part of the EarShot CoLABoratory project in support of Black composers) and Forest Migrations by Paul Novak. The program, conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, also includes pieces by Michael Abels, Curtis Stewart, and Victoria Polevá. https://www.americancomposers.org/performances-events/new-virtuoso-borders […]
‘Time’s River’ Brings Debut Oboist to National Symphony
Gianandrea Noseda leads the National Symphony and oboist Alexei Ogrintchouk in the U.S. premiere of Alexander Raskatov’s Oboe Concerto, Time’s River, on Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Prokofiev’s Summer Night opens the program, which ends with Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Pathétique Symphony No. 6. https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2024-2025/noseda-ogrintchouk/
Muti Returns to Chicago, Bearing Beethoven
Former music director Riccardo Muti returns to the Chicago Symphony for an all-Beethoven concert on Oct. 31-Nov. 3. Mitsuko Uchida will be the soloist for the Emperor Piano Concerto, and the program closes with Symphony No. 3, Eroica. https://cso.org/performances/24-25/cso-classical/muti-uchida-emperor-and-eroica/
Award Funds New Work for Symphony Nova Scotia
The world premiere of a new work by Stephanie Orlando, commissioned through the Maria Anna Mozart Award, will be presented by Symphony Nova Scotia on Oct. 31. Santiago Cañón Valencia will be on hand to play Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1, and the program, conducted by Holly Mathieson, will conclude with Copland’s Appalachian Spring. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/shostakovich-coplands-appalachian-spring/
Dallas Celebrates Women in Music
As a lead-up to the Dallas Symphony’s sixth annual Women in Classical Music Symposium, the orchestra will play a program centering two women: Alisson Kruusmaa and Amy Beach. Anne-Maria McDermott will solo in Beach’s Piano Concerto. The Nov. 1-3 program, conducted by Anu Tali, will conclude with Elgar’s Enigma Variations. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/elgars-enigma-variations/
Two Premieres Complement Early Haydn and Beethoven
Laura Karpman’s new work will receive its world premiere at the Nov. 2-3 program by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Jeff Beal’s Body in Motion for Violin and Orchestra, featuring Kelly Hall-Tomkins, will also be performed on the West Coast for the first time. The program includes two symphonies under the baton of Jaime Martín: […]
Meditations on Nature in Anchorage Program
The Nov. 2 program by the Anchorage Symphony will open with two meditative works. The first is “Athabaskan Prayer Song” from Echoes by former ASO music director Randall Craig Fleischer, inspired by Native American indigenous music. Then John Luther Adams’ An Atlas of Deep Time paints a mesmerizing sonic landscape. The program concludes with Beethoven’s […]
Pacific Opera Brings Back Italian Slapstick
Antonio Cagnoni’s Don Bucefalo will be performed for the first time in the U.S. since 1867 when Pacific Opera Project presents this slapstick comedy at the Garibaldina Society, one of LA’s hottest retro spots. This production will offer an optional Italian dinner add-on complete with pasta, salad, and wine! Kyle Naig conducts, with Josh Shaw […]
