Week of Events
Vancouver: Arpeggione Transcribed for Harp
The harp-and-piano duo Couloir will perform in the Vancouver Chamber Music Society series on Feb. 10-12. Besides a transcription of a classic—Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata—harpist Heidi Krutzen and pianist Ariel Barnes will play works by two living composers, Caroline Lizotte and Jeffrey Ryan. https://www.vancouverchambermusic.com/couloir
Escher Premieres Chamber Work in Houston
The Escher Quartet with Jordan Bak, viola, will play the world premiere of a new Viola Quintet by Chris Rogerson, presented by Chamber Music Houston, which commissioned the work. Also on the Feb. 11 program are Mendelssohn’s Quartet in F minor and Brahms’ Viola Quintet No. 2. https://chambermusichouston.org/concerts/2025-02-11-escher/
Pianist Gheorghiu Debuts in Nova Scotia
Pianist Teo Gheorghiu makes his Symphony Nova Scotia debut playing Schumann’s Piano Concerto under conductor Andrei Feher. The Feb. 13 program, which will also be livestreamed, opens with Anna Clyne’s Stride and closes with Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, Pastoral. https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/rebecca-cohn-auditorium/beethovens-pastoral-symphony/
Minnesota Expands Repertoire South of Border
It’s rare that an orchestra concert includes multiple works that are new to the ensemble. But that is the case in the Minnesota Orchestra’s Feb. 14-15 program, when Paolo Bortolameolli will conduct Miguel Farías’ evocative Retratos Australes, Gabriela Ortiz’s blazing Violin Concerto (with Susie Park), and Silvestre Revueltas’ La noche de los mayas. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/tickets/calendar/classical/susie-park-plays-ortiz/
Clyne’s ‘PALETTE’ Premieres in St. Louis
PALETTE, a new work by Anna Clyne, will receive its world premiere by the St. Louis Symphony under conductor Stéphane Denève. Nikolai Lugansky will solo in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and the program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy (appropriate for the Feb. 14 concert). https://shop.slso.org/8095
St. Paul: Recent Works for Cello and Percussion
Cellist Abel Selaocoe will be the special guest artist with the St. Paul Chamber Orchstra’s Feb. 14-16 program, which Selaocoe will also conduct. Pieces include Stravinsky’s Dumbarton Oaks and two works by Selaocoe, both featuring percussionist Bernhard Schimpelsberger. https://content.thespco.org/events/four-spirits-with-abel-selaocoe/
‘Acis and Galatea’ in Milwaukee
What a way to celebrate Valentine's Day! Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera will perform Handel’s Acis & Galatea Feb. 14-16. Francesco Milioto conducts members of the Milwaukee Symphony in this production directed by E. Loren Meeker. https://www.florentineopera.org/season-events/acis-galatea-24-25
Hough Premieres ‘World of Yesterday’ in Burlington
Joining the Vermont Symphony on Feb. 15, Stephen Hough will play his own first piano concerto (The World of Yesterday, an East Coast premiere) as well as that of Mendelssohn. The program also includes a symphonic poem by Wojciech Kilar and a piece by Anna Clyne. Music director Andrew Crust conducts. https://www.vso.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Feb-1.png
