Concert Season
Philadelphia Orchestra (Philadelphia, PA)
Paulo Szot, Baritone
ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir (Miriam Davidson, Artistic Director)
Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus (Joseph J. Buches, Artistic Director)
Philadelphia Voices of Pride (Daniel Schwartz, Artistic Director)
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Karpman: The Marvels Suite (world premiere)
Simon: “Let the River Run,” from "Working Girl"
Brunner: “Phoenix Song”
Various: "Firework"
Lady Gaga and Laursen: “Born This Way”
Higdon: Fourth movement from Concerto for Orchestra
Barber: Adagio for Strings
Bizet: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre," from "Carmen"
Rodgers: "Some Enchanted Evening," from "South Pacific"
Schönberg: "Stars," from "Les Miserables"
Tchaikovsky: Fourth movement from Symphony No. 4
Benaroya Hall (Seattle, WA)
Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
Prokofiev: Suite from Romeo and Juliet
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (College Park, MD)
Wang Jie: The Winter that United Us
Clarice Assad: Nhanderú Overture for Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (College Park, MD)
Open Rehearsal with NOI Philharmonic
Selections to be announced from the stage
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (College Park, MD)
In this unique concert experience hosted by NOI+F Music Director Marin Alsop, conducting fellows take the lead in works by NOI+F composition fellows. Program TBA.
TicketsClarice Smith Performing Arts Center (College Park, MD)
Marin Alsop, conductor
Julia Cruz, conductor
Alana Wiesing, percussion
Svet Stoyanov, percussion
NOI Philharmonic
Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Higdon: Duo Duel
Brahms: Symphony No.1
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Marin Alsop, Ravinia Chief Conductor
Jonathan Rush, Lead Seminario Conductor
Final Concert of the inaugural National Seminario Ravinia. Program TBA.
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Janai Brugger, soprano
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano
Paul Appleby, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone
Adrian Dunn Singers
Ayodele Drum & Dance
Jim Gailloreto Trio
Senn High School Choir
Esmail: See Me
Beethoven (text by Tracy K. Smith): Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy"
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Miriam Fried, violin
Ran: "Chicago Skyline"
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony 5
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Heather Headley, vocalist
Singers from the Ravinia Lawndale Family Music School and Trinity UCC Choir
Program TBA
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
G. Mahler: "Blumine," originally written for Symphony No. 1
A. Mahler (orch. by David and Colin Matthews): Three Songs for Mezzo and Orchestra
G. Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Marin Alsop, conductor
Valentina Peleggi, conductor
Gabriela Montero, piano
Ortiz: "Antrópolis"
Montero: Latin Piano Concerto
Panufnik: "Across the Line of Dreams"
Villa Lobos: Chôros No. 10
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater (Vail, CO)
Yunchan Lim, piano
Edward J. Blieszner, special guest conductor
Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Suite
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Pamina)
Matthew Polenzani, tenor (Tamino)
Joshua Hopkins, baritone (Papageno)
Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Queen of the Night)
David Leigh, bass (Sarastro)
Christian Sanders, tenor (Monostatos)
Tiffany Choe, soprano (First Lady)
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano (Second Lady)
Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano (Third Lady)
Diana Newman, soprano (Papagena)
Adam Lau, bass (Speaker)
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Evan Boyer, bass (Second Armored Man)
James Robinson, stage director
Irene Delgado-Jiménez, assistant conductor/voice coach
Laura Muñoz Martínez de Arenzana, assistant/voice coach/rehearsal pianist
Dan Sokalski, stage manager
Rachel Garoon, assistant stage manager
Mozart: "The Magic Flute"
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Yunchan Lim, piano
Thomas: "Sun Dance"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica"
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Ravinia Festival (Highland Park, IL)
Janai Brugger, soprano (Pamina)
Matthew Polenzani, tenor (Tamino)
Joshua Hopkins, baritone (Papageno)
Kathryn Lewek, soprano (Queen of the Night)
David Leigh, bass (Sarastro)
Christian Sanders, tenor (Monostatos)
Tiffany Choe, soprano (First Lady)
Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano (Second Lady)
Taylor Raven, mezzo-soprano (Third Lady)
Diana Newman, soprano (Papagena)
Adam Lau, bass (Speaker)
Apollo Chorus of Chicago
Evan Boyer, bass (Second Armored Man)
James Robinson, stage director
Irene Delgado-Jiménez, assistant conductor/voice coach
Laura Muñoz Martínez de Arenzana, assistant/voice coach/rehearsal pianist
Dan Sokalski, stage manager
Rachel Garoon, assistant stage manager
Mozart: "The Magic Flute"
Royal Albert Hall (London, UK)
Lise Davidsen, soprano
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
Strauss: Don Juan
Colerdige-Taylor: Deep River
Bruch: Kol nidrei, Op. 47
Wilson: 1922 (BBC commission: world premiere)
Wagner: Tannhäuser – ‘Dich, teure Halle’
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Easter Hymn
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo
Verdi: Macbeth – ‘Vieni! t’affretta!’
Kálmán: The Gypsy Princess – ‘Heia, heia, in den Bergen ist mein Heimatland’
Trad.: Fantasia on British Sea Songs (arr. Wood)
Arne: Rule, Britannia! (arr. Sargent)
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, ‘Land of Hope and Glory’
Parry: Jerusalem (orch. Elgar)
Unknown: The National Anthem (arr. Britten)
Trad.: Auld Lang Syne (arr. Paul Campbell)
Royal Festival Hall (London, UK)
Marcus Roberts Trio:
Marcus Roberts, piano
Jason Marsalis, drums
Martin Jaffe, bass
Johnson: Drums – A Symphonic Poem
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town"
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Sala São Paolo (São Paolo, Brazil)
Inbal Segev, cello
Simon: "Amen!"
Clyne: "Dance"
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Sala São Paolo (São Paolo, Brazil)
Inbal Segev, cello
Simon: "Amen!"
Clyne: "Dance"
Prokofiev: Excerpts from "Romeo and Juliet"
Sala São Paolo (São Paolo, Brazil)
Inbal Segev, cello
Simon: "Amen!"
Clyne: "Dance"
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Sala São Paolo (São Paolo, Brazil)
Inbal Segev, cello
Simon: "Amen!"
Clyne: "Dance"
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Sala São Paolo (São Paolo, Brazil)
Inbal Segev, cello
Clyne: "Dance"
Prokofiev: Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet
Royal Albert Hall (London, England)
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Adventist Chorale
Zwakele Tshabalala, vocalist
Vanessa Haynes, vocalist
Adapted from Handel (with arrangements by Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson): The Gospel Messiah
Music Center at Strathmore (North Bethesda, MD)
Time For Three, string trio
Haydn: Symphony No. 59 ‘Fire’
Puts: "Contact"
R. Strauss: "Don Juan"
Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé" Suite 2
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Time For Three, string trio
Haydn: Symphony No. 59 ‘Fire’
Puts: "Contact"
R. Strauss: "Don Juan"
Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloé" Suite 2
Boettcher Concert Hall (Denver, CO)
Inbal Segev, cello
Colorado Symphony Chorus
Duain Wolfe, director
Clyne: "Dance" for cello and orchestra
Esmail: "See Me"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Metropolitan Opera (New York, NY)
Julia Bullock, soprano (all dates)
J'Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano (Apr 23, 27; May 8, 11, & 17)
Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano (May 1 & 4)
Davóne Tines, baritone (all dates)
Key'mon W. Murrah, countertenor (all dates)
Siman Chung, countertenor (all dates)
Eric Jurenas, countertenor (all dates)
Adams: El Niño
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Yunchan Lim, piano
Simon: "AMEN!"
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Music Center at Strathmore (Bethesda, MD)
Yunchan Lim, piano
Simon: "AMEN!"
Ives: Symphony No. 2
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg, Germany)
NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra
Jess Gillam, saxophone
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
MacMillan: Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra
Prokofjew: Suites from the ballet »Romeo and Juliet«, Op. 64
Maison de la Radio et de la Musique (Paris, France)
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Montgomery: "Strum"
Gershwin: Piano Concerto
Bartók: Concerto for orchestra