PREVIEW: March's Classical Music in NYC
92NY
Castilian String Quartet with pianist Stephen Hough. Hough’s String Quartet No. 1.
Takács Quartet. New York premiere of 92NY co-commission by Nokuthula Nwengyama.
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American Classical Orchestra
Thu Mar 7 at 7:30 at Alice Tully Hall
Bach’s B Minor Mass. “One of the most celebrated choral works ever written.”
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American Symphony Orchestra
Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder. “The apotheosis of late Romanticism.”
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Brooklyn Art Song Society
Fri Mar 1 at 7:30pm at First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn
Their series Circles continues with part VI, “The February House,” Britten’s setting of Auden, On This Island.
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Carnegie Hall
Fri Mar 1, Sat Mar 2, and Sun Mar 3.
Vienna Philharmonic and Franz Welser-Möst in 3 different programs.
Rotterdam Philharmonic plays Pärt and Prokofiev. Daniil Trifonov joins for Mozart.
American Composers Orchestra. America in Weimar: On the Margins.
National Youth Orchestra-USA “All-Stars,” “landmark” concert featuring Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Daniil Trifonov. Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Shostakovich’s Seventh.
Orchestre de Paris under Klaus Mäkelä. Stravinsky’s The Firebird and The Rite of Spring.
Max Raabe and his Palast Orchester big band in “German cabaret and swing with a cool, contemporary twist.”
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Schumann Quartet plays Beethoven Berg, and Smetana.
Quartetto di Cremona. Shostakovich Quartet No. 8.
Instrumental Array. Duos, a trio and a septet in interesting repertoire.
An Evening with Michael Stephen Brown.
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The Crypt Sessions
Colors, an evening of chamber music by Daniel Temkin.
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Harlem Chamber Players
Sat Mar 9 at 7:30pm at Theatre at St. Jean
Arctic Explorations. New Amsterdam Singers. World premiere of one-act folk opera by composer Michael Dellaira.
Mon Mar 25 at 6pm. FREE at The Forum at Columbia University.
3rd Annual Women of the Movements Concert
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Merkin Concert Hall
Time For Three, 2023 Grammy winners, fusing strings and voice in music that transcends styles and traditions.
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New York Festival of Song
Eros & Co., featuring Caramoor’s 2024 Schwab Vocal Rising Stars and Steven Blier. Songs by Saint-Saëns, Granados, Cole Porter, Sam Cooke, etc.
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New York Philharmonic
Cellist Sol Gabetta, conductor Elim Chan, and Scheherazade.
Conrad Tao plays Mozart. Jaap van Zweden conducts Beethoven’s Fifth, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture.
Van Zweden leads Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, a World Premiere by Joel Thompson, and Tan Dun’s Trombone Concerto.
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Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle conducts a celebratory concert featuring Mahler 2 and Beethoven 9.
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Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Thu Mar 7 - Thu Mar 21, NYC Five Borough Tour, various venues including Flushing Town Hall
Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Josephine, a wind quintet dedicated to Josephine Baker.
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People’s Symphony Concerts
Sun Mar 10 at 4pm at Town Hall
