The Orchestral Now begins its winter season in New York City with a return to Peter Norton Symphony Space in a free concert led by resident conductor Zachary Schwartzman. The program features upcoming young soloist Yangxin Song, a winner of the 2022 Bard Conservatory Concerto Competition, in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, and includes Mendelssohn's Ruy Blas Overture and Sibelius' Symphony No. 1 (February 18).
The Orchestra Now performs the final concert in its Carnegie Hall season on Thursday, May 12 at 7 pm, offering seldom-heard masterpieces from the late 1930s.
Richard Strauss’s
Der Rosenkavalier. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Barrie Kosky’s new staging with Marlis Petersen (Die Marschallin), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharina Konradi (Sophie), Christof Fischesser (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Herr von Faninal). The new production will be performed in the arrangement by Eberhard Kloke which transcribes the score to match the orchestration of Strauss’s opera
Ariadne auf Naxos. View here.
12 pm ET: IDAGIO Global Concert Hall presents
Ex Cathedra: Baroque Passion. Jeffrey Skidmore and his choir Ex Cathedra present a program of passionate Lenten music by Kuhnau, Lotti, Monteverdi, and Purcell. It’s poignant music that yearns for resolution heart-rending as Mary weeps at the foot of the cross in Scarlatti’s
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Kaatsbaan Teases Spring Season Highlights The 153-acre Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli will kick off its outdoor spring festival in May. The more than 20 presentations scheduled to hit Kaatsbaan s two outdoor stages include performances by the American Ballet Theatre, the Mark Morris Dance Group, Yannick Lebrun from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Maria Kowroski, Ask la Cour, and Gonzalo Garcia from the New York City Ballet; pianist Hunter Noack, punk legend Patti Smith; and many more. The multi-disciplinary festival will also feature dance performances, concerts, and panel discussions with poets, authors, and world-renowned culinary artists.
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