Week of Events
Whelan Conducts ‘Alceste’ in Bay Area
Philharmonia Baroque will perform a concert version of Handel’s opera Alceste on March 5-8. Conducted by Peter Whelan, the cast inlcudes soprano Lauren Snouffer and tenor Aaron Sheehan. https://philharmonia.org/2024-25-season/handels-alceste/
Symphonies Are Focus Of Atlanta’s Beethoven Project
The Atlanta Symphony is paying tribute to one of the greats in their 2024-25 season with a Beethoven Project featuring all of his symphonies. On March 6-9, music director Nathalie Stutzmann opens with Symphony No. 4, which Hector Berlioz admired for its contrasts between a "lively, alert, and joyful" spirit and a "heavenly gentleness." After […]
Two Premieres by Women for Dallas Symphony
On March 6-9, the Dallas Symphony will give the world premiere of a new work by Sophia Jani as well as the U.S. premiere of Arlene Sierra’s Kiskadee. Nelson Goerner plays Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, and the program ends with Strauss’ Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks. Fabio Luisi conducts. https://www.dallassymphony.org/productions/rachmaninoffs-piano-concerto-no-3/
Nothing But World Premieres for ACO’s Spring Show
For its spring Carnegie Hall appearance on March 6, the American Composers Orchestra will perform four world premieres under the baton of Tito Muñoz. Clarice Assad will sing and play electronics in her Evolution of AI. As part of the EarShot CoLABoratory initiative, Edmar Castañeda will solo as harpist in his new work. Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda’s Going […]
Alsop Leads NY Phil’s Muhly Premiere
Nico Muhly’s new work for violin and orchestra will receive its world premiere on March 6-8 by the New York Philharmonic under Marin Alsop. Renaud Capuçon is the soloist. This inventive concert is bookended by Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, with Brahms’ Variations on a Theme by Haydn included as well. https://www.nyphil.org/concerts-tickets/2425/alsop-muhly/
Beethoven’s Revision for Pianist’s Debut in Milwaukee
Pianist Claire Huangci makes her Milwaukee Symphony debut with a rare treat: Beethoven’s reimagining of his Violin Concerto for solo piano and orchestra. This March 7-9 program, conducted by David Danzmayr, concludes with Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish. https://www.mso.org/concerts/mendelssohns-third-symphony/62542/
New Opera: Magical Realism in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Opera Parallèle will present the world premiere of The Pigeon Keeper by David Hanlon and Stephanie Fleischmann. This magical-realism story revolves around a young woman named Orsia, who endeavors to find a new home for a refugee boy. (March 7-9) https://operaparallele.org/24-25/
New Orchestration of Tines’ ‘MASS’ in Miami
Stéphane Denève will lead the New World Symphony in the world premiere performance of a new orchestrated version of Davóne Tines’ Recital No. 1 MASS. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 and Michael Abels’ Delights and Dances complete the March 8-9 program. https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2024-2025/deneve-davone-tines-mass/
Haydn for Cellist’s First Des Moines Appearance
Performing Haydn’s elegant Cello Concerto in D major, Sterling Elliot makes his Des Moines Symphony debut March 8-9. The program, conducted by Joseph Giunta, also includes Coleridge-Taylor’s The Song of Hiawatha and Dvořák’s New World Symphony. https://www.dmsymphony.org/concerts-events/from-the-new-world/
Oregon: Composer Foley Plays Own New Bass Concerto
The Oregon Symphony will present a new bass concerto by artist-in-residence Xavier Foley on March 8-10, with the composer soloing and Hannu Lintu on the podium. The program also includes Copland’s Suite from Appalachian Spring and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5. https://www.orsymphony.org/concerts-tickets/2425/copland-sibelius-sounds-of-spring/?performanceId=5896
To mark its 40th season, the Saskatoon Symphony, under the baton of Evan Mitchell, will feature its concertmaster, Michael Swan, as soloist in Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 1. The March 8 concert also includes The Lost Birds, a moving work by Christopher Tin for choir and orchestra, featuring the SSO Chorus. https://saskatoonsymphony.org/event/the-lost-birds/
New Piano Concerto in Toledo
Lūcija Garūta’s Piano Concerto in F-Sharp Minor with be given its U.S. premiere by Élisabeth Pion and the Toledo Symphony under Alain Trudel, who will also be the piano soloist. This March 8 program includes Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. https://www.artstoledo.com/masterworks-24-25
