'JFK: The Last Speech' with Phylicia Rashad | Kevin John Edusei conducts Adams, Ellington, & Hailstork

Saturday, October 28, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)

$19–$112 (student, military, young professional discounts available)

'JFK: The Last Speech' with Phylicia Rashad | Kevin John Edusei conducts Adams, Ellington, & Hailstork

Thursday, October 26, 2023 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)

$15–$100 (student, military, young professional discounts available)

UMBC: Pianorama

Thursday, February 9, 2023 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EST)
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall at UMBC, Baltimore, MD, United States
Aaron Copland — Selected works
George Walker — Selected works
John Adams — Selected works
Samuel Barber — Selected works
Witold Lutosławski — Selected works

$15 ($10 senior, $5 student; UMBC music major/faculty/staff free)

Shriver Hall Concert Series: Danish String Quartet

Wednesday, April 20, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Shriver Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Online and in-person

$44 ($10 student)

What the Future Sounds Like: The Oregon Symphony 125th Anniversary Gala Concert

Saturday, April 9, 2022 @ 9:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Leonard BernsteinOverture to Candide
Samuel BarberViolin Concerto, Op. 14 ("III. Presto in moto perpetuo"; performed on mandolin)
John AdamsShort Ride in a Fast Machine
Chris ThileJulep (arr. Gabriel Kahane)

Free

92Y: Conrad Tao, piano, plays Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Tao, & more

92Y
Saturday, December 18, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
92Y, New York, NY, United States
Online and in-person

Online: $20 | In person: $25-$45 ($20 XYZ members)

Celebrity Series of Boston: Conrad Tao, piano

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Online and in-person
Conrad Tao & John Adams – Improvisation / China Gates
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

Online: $18-$20 | In person: $10 obstructed view

The Philadelphia Orchestra: Fire, Hope, & Truth

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Online event
John Adams – "Shake the heavens” from El Niño
Davóne Tines & Igee Dieudonné, arr. Matthew Aucoin – Vigil
Anthony Davis  – “You Want the Truth, but You Don’t Want to Know” from X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183

$20 (subscriptions available)

From Adams To Zappa: Music of Today

Friday, July 23, 2021 @ 9:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Works for mixed instrumental quartets, to solo piano, & 7-piece ensemble by Frank Zappa, John Adams, Kirsten Volness, & Joseph Koykkar. Plus, new music cellist Craig Hultrgren performs works for electric cello & electronics.

Free

Met Opera: John Adams’s Nixon in China (on-demand until 7/3/2021)

Friday, July 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Starring Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly, Robert Brubaker, Russell Braun, James Maddalena, & Richard Paul Fink, conducted by John Adams. Production by Peter Sellars. From February 12, 2011.

Free

Met Opera: John Adams’s Doctor Atomic (on-demand until 6/30/2021)

Tuesday, June 29, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Starring Sasha Cooke, Thomas Glenn, Gerald Finley, & Richard Paul Fink, conducted by Alan Gilbert. Production by Penny Woolcock. From November 8, 2008.

Free

ACO Listening Party with Derek Bermel & special guests John Adams, Laurie Anderson, Hannibal Lokumbe, Eugene Moye, & Melinda Wagner

Thursday, June 24, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Listening party of live archival recordings made from ACO performances in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium from 1985-2012. Includes works by Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa, Phillip Glass, & more.

Free (Free (RSVP required))

Philharmonic Society of Orange County: Augustin Hadelich & Orion Weiss (on-demand until 6/27/2021)

Monday, June 14, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Claude Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor, L. 140
Franz Schubert, arr. Franz Liszt – Gretchen am Spinnrade ("Gretchen at the spinning wheel"), D. 118
Francisco Tárrega, arr. Ruggiero Ricci – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Pablo de Sarasate – Spanish Dances, Op. 22, No. 1" “Romanza Andaluza”
John Adams – Road Movies
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"

$20

Signature Recital Series: Julia Bullock, soprano (on-demand until 7/1/2021)

Friday, April 23, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Songs by Hugo Wolf, Robert Schumann, & Kurt Weill; works by John Adams, Margaret Bonds, & William Grant Still; & beloved tunes from The Sound of Music.

Free ($45 ($30 LA Opera subscribers))

Pacific Northwest Ballet: Rep 4 (on-demand until 4/5/2021)

Thursday, April 1, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (EDT)
Online event
World-premiere works created and produced just for the digital stage by resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo and Doris Duke Artist award winner Donald Byrd.

$29 / $39 / $190

SFCM: Lynn Park, Senior Percussion Recital [LIVE]

Tuesday, March 16, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 11:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Stuart Smith – Songs I-IX
Dave Hollinden – Cold Pressed
Korean Traditional – Seol Janggu
Mark Applebaum – Aphasia
Maurice Ravel, arr. Lynn Park – "II. Assez vif. Très rythmé" from String Quartet in F major
John Adams – 1st Movement from Hallelujah Junction

Free

Civic Orchestra of Chicago Episode 1: Montgomery, Akiho, Sorey, & Adams (on-demand until 2/20/2021)

Thursday, January 21, 2021 @ 8:00am – 7:59am (EST)
Online event
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Andy Akiho – LIgNEouS 1 for marimba and string quartet
Tyshawn Sorey – Sentimental Shards
John Adams – Short Ride in a Fast Machine

Free

Cal Performances At Home: Julia Bullock, soprano & Laura Poe, piano (broadcast on-demand until 4/14/2021)

Thursday, January 14, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 12:00am (EST)
Online event
Soprano Julia Bullock presents a characteristically diverse & thoughtfully curated program, with music by Hugo Wolf, Margaret Bonds, John Adams, & more. Recorded in Bleibach, Germany.

$15-$68 ($5 UCB student)