Black composers – Upcoming Concerts
Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra 6th Annual Food Bank Concert
Monday, May 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eastridge Church – Issaquah Campus, Issaquah, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — The Bamboula, Op. 75
Elfrida Andrée — Concert Overture in D major
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — The Bamboula, Op. 75
Elfrida Andrée — Concert Overture in D major
Free
Carnegie Hall presents Decoda: Reverberations
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
Aaron Copland
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Midday Thoughts for Solo Piano
Hannah Kendall — Vera (for violin, viola, cello, & clarinet)
Hanns Eisler — Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations on American Children's Songs) (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, & string quartet)
Billy Bragg — Eisler on the Go
Danni Lee Parpan / Caroline Shaw — Every Stone in Cambridge Reminds Me of You (world premiere)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
Hannah Kendall — Vera (for violin, viola, cello, & clarinet)
Hanns Eisler — Septet No. 1, Op. 92a (Variations on American Children's Songs) (for flute, clarinet, bassoon, & string quartet)
Billy Bragg — Eisler on the Go
Danni Lee Parpan / Caroline Shaw — Every Stone in Cambridge Reminds Me of You (world premiere)
Aaron Copland — Appalachian Spring Suite
$41-$47
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography I
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Modest Mussorgsky
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
$40-$218
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Lighting the Fire – In Celebration of Courageous Young People
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Igor Stravinsky
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The Firebird Suite
Jessie Montgomery — Soul Force
William Walton — Viola Concerto ("I. Andante comodo" & "II. Scherzo and trio"; Bryce Burgess, viola)
Jessie Montgomery — Soul Force
William Walton — Viola Concerto ("I. Andante comodo" & "II. Scherzo and trio"; Bryce Burgess, viola)
$20 ($15 senior, $10 student ages 19 & over; ages 18 & under free)
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography II
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Ted Hearne
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Law of Mosaics
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
$40-$218
The Met Orchestra Chamber Ensemble: Walker & Schubert
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
George Walker
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String Quartet No. 1
Franz Schubert — Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166
Franz Schubert — Octet in F major for Winds and Strings, D. 803, Op. 166
$84
NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne
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This Moment
(NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
$19-$100
MATA Festival 2024 Evening 2: Changing Voices
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Fotografiska Museum New York City, New York, NY, United States
Danae Venson – Atlas
Vasiliki Krimitza’s – Streichquartett No. 1 [World Premiere]
Giuseppe Gallo-Balma – Ornitomaquia
Angela Elizabeth Slater …
$45
Carnegie Hall presents The Knights
Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall), New York, NY, United States
Jessie Montgomery
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Rhapsody No. 2
(arr. Michi Wiancko for violin & chamber orchestra; world premiere of arrangement)
Gabriel Kahane — Heirloom (NY premiere)
Gabriel Kahane — Where Are the Arms (arr. for orchestra, voice, & guitar)
Anna Clyne — Shorthand (NY premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a "Paris"
Gabriel Kahane — Heirloom (NY premiere)
Gabriel Kahane — Where Are the Arms (arr. for orchestra, voice, & guitar)
Anna Clyne — Shorthand (NY premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297/300a "Paris"
$74-$84
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Out of This World (Open Rehearsal)
Friday, May 17, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32
Free (RSVP required)
MATA Festival 2024 Closing Night: Open Waters
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Fotografiska Museum New York City, New York, NY, United States
Anthony R. Green
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Connections
Wenbin Lyu — Duke's Fantasy I
Mariel Teran — Manos de Tierra
Philip Glass — Águas da Amazônia (arr. Olivier Glissant / world premiere)
Wenbin Lyu — Duke's Fantasy I
Mariel Teran — Manos de Tierra
Philip Glass — Águas da Amazônia (arr. Olivier Glissant / world premiere)
$45
NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne
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This Moment
(NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
$19-$112
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography I
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Modest Mussorgsky
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Pictures at an Exhibition
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Richard Einhorn — Maxwell's Demon (part of 'Red Angels')
Solange Knowles — Villanelle for Times (part of 'Play Time')
Philip Glass — Glassworks ("Rubric" & "Façades"; part of 'Glass Pieces')
Philip Glass — Akhnaten (selections; part of 'Glass Pieces')
$40-$218
Seattle Mandolin Orchestra: More Than This – Visions of a Better Place
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein
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Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
The Beatles — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
The Beatles — Selected works
Free
[SOLD OUT] Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Out of This World
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32
Jessie Montgomery — Starburst
Josef Strauss — Music of the Spheres, Op. 235
Henri Duparc — Aux étoiles
Gustav Holst — "IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity" from The Planets, Op. 32
SOLD OUT
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: The Bellevue Spirit of Music Past, Present, & Future
Saturday, May 18, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Pärt Uusberg,
Kyle Pederson,
André J. Thomas,
Elaine Hagenberg,
Traditional,
Marianne Forman,
Josef Rheinberger,
Alice Parker,
Franz Joseph Haydn,
Eric William Barnum,
Shawn Kirchner, and
Frank Ticheli.
$20 ($15 senior, $10 student ages 13 & over, $5 ages 12 & under)
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreography II
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (EDT)
David H Koch Theater, New York, NY, United States
Ted Hearne
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Law of Mosaics
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
Clyde Otis — This Bitter Earth (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Max Richter — On the Nature of Daylight (part of 'This Bitter Earth')
Thom Willems — Just Ducky (part of 'Herman Schmerman (Pas de Deux)')
James Blake — Selected works (part of 'Love Letter (on shuffle)')
$40-$218
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra: Rare Romance
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Kraushaar Auditorium at Goucher College, Towson, MD, United States
Adolphus Hailstork
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Two Romances for Viola and Chamber Orchestra
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich — Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60
$39
NSO: Randall Goosby plays Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto | Thomas Wilkins conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Anna Clyne
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This Moment
(NSO premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
Felix Mendelssohn — Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor — African Suite, Op. 35 (No. 4: Danse nègre)
Edward Elgar — Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma Variations"
$19-$112 ($15-$100 wheelchair/companion)
Heritage Signature Chorale & Cathedral Choral Society: Duke Ellington's Sacred Concert
Sunday, May 19, 2024 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Free (RSVP required for either in-person or livestream attendance)
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