Week of Events
In Toronto, Gardolińska Takes Podium
Marta Gardolińska will make her podium debut with the Toronto Symphony on March 26-29, conducting Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony No. 3. Angela Hewitt solos in Mozart’s dramatic yet charming Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467. https://www.tso.ca/concerts-and-events/events/angela-hewitt-plays-mozart/
Harada Leads Cincy in ‘Sheherazade’
Keitaro Harada, former Cincinnati Symphony associate conductor, makes his CSO subscription debut with Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers joins the program for Arturo Márquez’s Fandango, a work commissioned by Meyers. The March 28-29 program opens with Yuzo Toyama’s Rhapsody, which centers on folk songs from his native Japan. https://www.cincinnatisymphony.org/tickets-and-events/buy-tickets/cso/2425-cso-season/sheherazade/
Wilmington: Brahms to Test Music Director Finalist
The last of four candidates for Delaware Symphony music director, Michelle De Russo will conduct the Brahms Fourth Symphony on March 28. Janice Carissa joins as soloist in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3. https://www.delawaresymphony.org/dso_events/di-russo-conducts-brahms-wilmington/
Women Load the Bases at Lyric Opera of Orange Co.
Diana Farrell will direct the Lyric Opera of Orange County’s production of The Mighty Casey, a baseball-themed opera by William Schuman. LOOC hints that their version will be presented “with a twist, for Women’s Month.” (March 28-30) https://lyricoperaoc.org/shows/the-mighty-casey/
A New Rusalka for Pacific Northwest Opera
Soprano Bryn Holdsworth will make her Pacific Northwest Opera debut in the title role of Dvořák’s Rusalka. Sung in Czech, the production will be directed by Mitchell Kahn and conducted by Jonathan Khuner. (March 28-April 6) https://purchase.mcintyrehall.org/EventAvailability?EventId=5001
Celebrating Ravel’s Chamber Music in SE Massachusetts
In honor of Ravel’s 150th birthday, South Coast Chamber Music (in Southeastern Massachusetts) will perform his String Quartet in F Major. Also on the March 29-30 program are works by two living female composers: Victoria Bond’s Dancing on Glass and Betsy Jolas’ Scion. https://nbsymphony.org/chamber-series-2024-2025/
