BEETHOVEN CLASSICAL MUSIC COVERAGE

The Church of the Transfiguration to Present BACHFEST: CANTATA 147, 6/7

The Church of the Transfiguration ('The Little Church Around the Corner'), 1 East 29th Street in Manhattan, presents Bachfest: Cantata 147 ('Hertz und Mund und tat und Leben') and Brandenburg Concerto... (more...)

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts Announces 2013-14 Season

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary with its 2013-14 season. (more...)

Sphinx Virtuosi, Ballet Preljocaj and More Highlight Harris Theater's 10th Season

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance announced today the exciting performances that will celebrate its first decade. The Theater's inaugural performance was held on November 8, 2003. Today, nearly 1... (more...)

Pacific Symphony Announces THE RITE OF SPRING Events, Now thru 6/8

Aaron Copland once characterized 'The Rite of Spring' as the foremost orchestral achievement of the 20th century, and The New York Times proclaimed the significance of the work to be 'to the 20th cent... (more...)

The Phoenix Symphony Announces 2013-14 Season

The Phoenix Symphony announces their 2013/14 season, which promises to bring some of the biggest music and names of the orchestral world to Symphony Hall and beyond. This season marks The Phoenix Symp... (more...)

Patti LuPone, Bebel Gilberto, Paul Taylor Dance, BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T MUSICAL and More Set for Scottsdale Center's 2013-14 Season

Tickets for Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts' new 2013-14 season will go on sale to the public on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. Among the offerings are 75 awe-inspiring live performances of da... (more...)

Dvorak and Brahms to Conclude Utah Symphony's 2012-13 Season, 5/24-25

Utah Symphony Associate Conductor Vladimir Kulenovic brings the Utah Symphony's 2012-13 Masterwork Series to a spectacular close by conducting two master composers' stunning works. (more...)

Maestro Hans Graf to Bid Farewell to Houston Symphony, 5/17-18

Maestro Hans Graf will conduct the Houston Symphony in his final concerts as Music Director on May 17 and 18. Ending his 12-year tenure, Graf will celebrate with the orchestra, staff and patrons in a ... (more...)

Regional Orchestra of the Week: Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, NY

The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony brings quality classical symphonic concerts to audiences in New York City, performing music across four centuries--from Bach through Twenty First Century Composers inc... (more...)

Spectrum Welcomes Pianist Beth Levin Today

Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin today, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin, a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and works b... (more...)

Handel and Haydn Society Present HANDEL JEPHTHA, 5/3 & 5

Handel and Haydn Society Presents Handel Jephtha, conducted by Artistic Director Harry Christophers, in celebration of the 2015 Bicentennial. The piece premiered in the US by H&H in 1855. Performances... (more...)

World and West Coast Premieres, Masterworks and More Highlight LACO's 2013-14 Season

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), considered one of the nation's premier orchestras as well as a leader in presenting wide-ranging repertoire and adventurous commissions, announces its 2013-14 sea... (more...)

Pianist Inon Barnatan Performs Beethoven with the ASO, Now thru 5/5

Pianist Inon Barnatan will replace the previously scheduled Marc-Andre Hamelin for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts tonight, May 2 and 4, at 8:00 p.m. and May 5, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Atlanta S... (more...)

Mahler's 5th Symphony, JEANNE D'ARC AU BUCHER and More Set for OSM's 79th Season

Back from its seven-concert tour in South America, the Orchestre symphonique de Montreal will be playing Mahler's Fifth Symphony in May under the direction of conductor David Zinman. For the Mahler co... (more...)

Spectrum to Welcome Pianist Beth Levin, 5/5

Spectrum presents an afternoon recital with virtuoso pianist Beth Levin on Sunday, May 5th at 3. The program features a world premiere by Andrew Rudin, a New York premiere by David Del Tredici and wor... (more...)

Pianist Beth Levin Showcases Beethoven Sonatas on A SINGLE BREATH

PARMA Recordings presents A Single Breath, New York based pianist Beth Levin's magnificent live performance recording of the final three Beethoven Sonatas, Op. 109-111. Recorded on April 20, 2012 at F... (more...)

Inon Barnatan Replaces Marc-André Hamelin as Guest Pianist with ASO, 5/2-5

Pianist Inon Barnatan will replace the previously scheduled Marc-Andre Hamelin for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra concerts May 2 and 4, at 8:00 p.m. and May 5, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony H... (more...)

Baroque and Romantic Classics, PARABLES OF ZION Premiere and More Set for Rush Hour Concerts, 6/4-8/27

Rush Hour Concerts presents its 14th annual Summer Concert Series featuring free concerts of 'great music for busy lives' at River North's historic St. James Cathedral, 65 E. Huron Street, June 4 - Au... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Soprano Nina Stemme Leaves Audience 'In the Dark' with Swedish Chamber Orchestra

Anyone expecting vocal fireworks from soprano Nina Stemme's appearance last night at Alice Tully Hall with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, under Thomas Dausgaard, was woefully disappointed. Count me as... (more...)

Houston Symphony to Perform Beethoven's EROICA; Janina Fialkowska to Play Chopin, 5/9-12

On May 9, 11 and 12, Maestro Hans Graf will conduct the Houston Symphony in a moving program beginning with Weber's Overture to Euryanthe and ending with Beethoven's epic Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Graf'... (more...)

Kathleen Turner to Appear with New York Choral Society at Carnegie Hall, Today

The New York Choral Society (NYCS) announced today that award-winning stage and screen star Kathleen Turner will introduce Ralph Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony at Carnegie Hall on April 25 with a r... (more...)

Beethoven 4 & 5 Set for Mercury's 2012-13 Season Finale, 5/10

On Friday, May 10, 2013 at 8:00 pm, Mercury - The Orchestra Redefined - will present its 2012-2013 Season Finale, Beethoven 4 & 5, at the Wortham Center, Cullen Theater. (more...)

Salon/Sanctuary Concerts Presents PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS Tonight

Tonight, April 21st, 2013 at 6 p.m., Salon/Sanctuary Concerts will present PLUM BLOSSOM AND FLEUR-DE-LYS, War and Peace in the Forbidden City and Versailles, performed by Four Nations Ensemble and Mus... (more...)

LA Chamber Orchestra Presents Andrew Norman's MUSIC IN CIRCLES III World Premiere, 4/20-21

The highly anticipated world premiere of Music in Circles III, a new piece by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) Composer-in-Residence Andrew Norman, is the centerpiece of LACO's 'Concertos: Handel ... (more...)

Christian Thielemann Leads Staatskapelle Dresden in Two Concerts at Carnegie Hall, 4/17 & 19

Carnegie Hall presents conductor Christian Thielemann leading the venerable Staatskapelle Dresden in two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage this April. Tonight, April 17 at 8:00 p.m., Maest... (more...)