May 17 & 18: Argento Chamber Ensemble performs world premiere of Bernhard Lang’s Monadologie XVIII: Moving Architecture
Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC
May 26: Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
An exciting program: Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
followed by Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 5
Hanover, New Hampshire
June 1 & 3: New Jersey Choral Society: Symphony of Voices
Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, ”Organ” and
Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
West Side Presbyterian Church, Ridgewood, NJ (6/1)
Naugatuck Valley Community College Performing Arts Center, Waterbury, CT (6/3)
June 2: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Foxwoods Theater, NYC
June 29 & 30: New York Philharmonic performs Gruppen, for three Orchestras
Stockhausen’s masterpiece of “surround-sound serialism” will be performed in the vast space
of the Park Avenue Armory, along with spatial music by composers from Mozart to Boulez.
Park Avenue Armory, NYC
Ensemble ACJW performs two operas at Lincoln Center Festival
July 19, 21, 22: Émilie by Kaija Saariaho
A tour de force chamber opera for solo soprano, musicians and a vast array
of multimedia, this work explores the life of French Enlightenment thinker Émilie du Châtelet.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
July 26, 27, 28: Feng Yi Ting by Guo Wenjing
The historic account of Diao Chan, a legendarily beautiful woman who was the central
figure in a dangerous rivalry. This opera features the composer’s characteristic mix of
Western and Chinese instruments, simultaneously evoking the contemporary and the ancient.
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC
August 5: Mostly Mozart Festival: ICE at Rose Theater
A program of sonic images and seascapes, including Messiaen’s
whimsical bird-song exploration, Oiseaux exotiques.
Rose Theater, NYC