Week of Events
A Whirling Dervish Answers Strauss in Quebec
On Dec. 4-5, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec will perform both Strauss’ Thus Spoke Zarathustra and a work created in answer to it, Katia Makdissi-Warren’s Thus Sang Simorgh, which will feature three Turkish musicians/dancers in the Sufi tradition. In this program conducted by Clemens Schuldt, Vadim Gluzman plays the Tchaikovsky violin Concerto, and the orchestra […]
Bach Reimagined by Minnesota Orchestra
The Minnesota Orchestra’s Dec. 5-6 program focuses on transcriptions of the music of J.S. Bach. Mandolinist Avi Avital will perform versions of two Bach concertos, and Jordan De Souza will conduct a selection of orchestrated organ works and cantata movements. To show Bach’s influence, the program includes homages to that master by Mahler, Pärt, and […]
Honeck Leads and Arranges Fauré in Pittsburgh
Three Pittsburgh Symphony premieres will be performed on Dec. 6-8 when music director Manfred Honeck leads his own arrangement of Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, Reena Esmail’s RE|Member, and Adolphus Hailstork’s Lachrymosa. The second half of the program is Fauré’s Requiem with Jeanine De Bique, Joshua Hopkins, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh. https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/production/92952/sparks-fly-voices-soar-brahms-and-faure
Heggie Premiere at Fort Worth
The Fort Worth Symphony presents the world premiere of Jake Heggie’s Earth 2.0 on Dec. 6-8, under the baton of music director Robert Spano. The work uses a libretto by Anita Amirrezvani and features countertenor Key’mon Murrah with dancers from New York-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica, completes the program. […]
Bach Cantatas for Christmas in Worcester
Worcester Chamber Music will present J.S. Bach’s “Christmas Cantata” (BWVs 32, 151, 132) on Dec. 6. The program is a collaboration with Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach, an 11-year project to present all of J.S. Bach’s music in advance of his 350th birthday. https://worcesterchambermusic.org/bach-christmas-cantatas/
Reich’s ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Arrives in Canada
Steve Reich’s Jacob’s Ladder will receive its Canadian Premiere on Dec. 6 with the Vancouver Symphony, conducted by music director Otto Tausk and featuring Synergy Vocals. The program includes works by two important Reich colleagues: John Adams’ Gnarly Buttons and Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 11. A Canadian composer, Linda Catlin Smith, opens the concert with […]
