Week of Events
Huang, Asalov Explore Viola Repertoire in Vancouver
The Vancouver Chamber Music Society will host a recital program by violist Hung-Wei Huang and pianist Aslan Aslanov on Nov. 4-6. The duo will play Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70, Alan Shulman’s Theme and Variations, and Brahms’ Viola Sonata No. 2. https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/hungweihuangaslanalsanov
John Adams Brings ‘Frenzy’ to Toronto
John Adams’ Frenzy will receive its Canadian premiere by the Toronto Symphony on Nov. 6-9 under the composer’s baton. Two other Adams works are also on the program: his orchestral arrangement of Debussy’s Le Livre de Baudelaire and the aria “This is prophetic!” from Nixon in China, featuring soprano Anna Prohaska. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/john-adams-returns/
Discover the Music of Johanna Müller-Hermann
The Nov. 6-7 chamber concert by members of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will feature the String Quintet in A minor by composer Johanna Müller-Hermann, paired with Verklärte Nacht by her much better-known contemporary, Arnold Schoenberg. https://www.osm.ca/en/concert/transfigured-romanticism
Stutzmann Conducts All-Mozart Program in Atlanta
On Nov. 7-10 music director Nathalie Stutzmann leads the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Mozart’s mysterious and otherworldly Mass in C minor. Ukrainian soprano Olga Kulchynska, Mezzo-soprano Julia Lezhneva, tenor Lunga Eric Hallam, and bass Harold Wilson join as soloists in a program that opens with Mozart’s 40th Symphony. https://www.aso.org/events/detail/all-mozart-with-stutzmann-chorus
Bruckner at 200 in Cincinnati
Guest conductor Marek Janowski will help the Cincinnati Symphony bid Anton Bruckner a happy 200th birthday when he leads the orchestra in Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony. The Nov. 8-9 program also features Mozart’s Symphony No. 39 in E flat. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2425-cso-season/mozart--bruckner/
Labadie Takes San Diego Podium for First Time
Conductor Bernard Labadie will make his debut with the San Diego Symphony on Nov. 9-10. The program includes two Mozart works—the overtures to The Magic Flute and La clemenza di Tito—as well as Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with Jonathan Biss) and Haydn’s Drum Roll Symphony No. 103. https://www.sandiegosymphony.org/performances/biss-plays-beethoven/
In New Las Vegas Role, Slatkin Conducts Weill, Gershwin
Leonard Slatkin conducts his first concert as Artistic Consultant of the Las Vegas Philharmonic on Nov. 9, leading vocalists Storm Large and the Hudson Shad Quartet in Weill/Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins. Also on the program are Hovhaness’ Symphony No. 2, The Mysterious Mountain, and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. https://lvphil.org/events/slatkin-conducts-gershwin/
Huang Debuts in Toledo with Mozart
Violinist Paul Huang makes his Toledo Symphony debut performing Mozart's dazzling fourth violin concerto. Conducted byAlain Trudel, this Nov. 9 prgram opens with Schubert’s Rosamunde Overture and concludes with Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4, Romantic. https://www.artstoledo.com/masterworks-24-25
West Virginia Goes All-American
The West Virginia Symphony’s Nov. 9 program is All-American, with Bernstein’s Candide Overture, Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia, and Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring Robert Turizziani. Music director Maurice Cohn also leads the orchestra in Ellington’s Harlem and Gershwin’s An American in Paris. https://wvsymphony.org/season-calendar/americanvoices2425
Austin: Political Opera Coincides With Election
It’s surely no accident that Austin Opera programmed Kevin Puts and Mark Campbell’s opera The Manchurian Candidate, based on the political thriller, for the weekend after the U.S. presidential election. The opera debuted in Austin in 2016. (Runs Nov. 9-10) https://my.austinopera.org/overview/manchurian-candidate
Portland’s Renegade Premieres Two Operas
Renegade Opera in Portland, OR will premiere two short operas Nov. 9-10. Little Ones, by composer Danielle Jagelski and librettist Rhiana Yazzie, explores the life of Indigenous students at Native American Residential Schools in the 1980’s, a topic close to the hearts of these two Indigenous creatives. The Raven is a setting of Poe’s famous […]
JACK Quartet Celebrates 20 Years in NYC
On Nov. 10, JACK Quartet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a program at the 92nd St. Y with the world premiere of a new work by Anthony Cheung. The bill includes works by Eduardo Aguilar, Seare Farhat, and Juri Seo. This concert will also be livestreamed. https://www.92ny.org/event/jack-quartet
