Felix Mendelssohn News

Under the talented direction of T. Herbert Dimmock, the Bach in Baltimore Orchestra performs an instrumental concert to warm the soul during midwinter on February 2, 2020 at 4 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, located at 3604 Chatham Road in Ellicott City.

Noted conductor Jason Tramm will lead the Long Island Concert Orchestra and Guest Soloist, the acclaimed Korean violinist and rising star, Kyoung-Joo Sung in the Midatlantic Artistic Productions concert 'Beethoven at 250' at Merkin Concert Hall, Saturday March 21 at 8PM.

The eventual pairing of happy lovers in Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM proves that all's well that ends well. So it is no coincidence that another happy pairing of two of Buffalo's artistic jewels have collaborated to bring the Bard's comedy to the stage of Kleinhans Music Hall. The Irish Classical Theatre Company and the Buffalo Philharmonic are presenting a cohesive treat for the mind and ears that helped take a chill of a brisk January night.

On Saturday afternoon January 11, 2020, Pittance Chamber Music presented a concert of infrequently heard music at the Pasadena Conservatory of Music. Pittance is made up of members of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra. Soloists included soprano Liv Redpath, pianist Paul Floyd, and Principal Clarinetist Stuart Clark.

Verb Ballets, Northeast Ohio's premiere contemporary ballet company, presents an evening performance titled 4X4: Four Works by Female Choreographers on February 8, 2020 at the Breen Center for the Performing Arts. This performance features the works of four female choreographers, each bringing their distinctive style to this diverse repertory program. It includes a company premiere by sought-after dancemaker Stephanie Martinez titled Wandering On, a classical variation favorite by Agrippa Vaganova, a new work by company dancer Kate Webb, and the return of Mendelssohn Italian Symphony by Kay Eichman.

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra is pleased to announce the winners of BSO's 2020 Young Artist Concerto Competition. Yvette Kraft (violin) is the 2020 Winner of the Senior Division and Daniel Stein (cello) is the 2020 Winner of the Junior Division. Both winners will join the BSO for their spring concert on May 30 & 31 to perform the works that garnered their winning placement in the 2020 competition. Yvette will perform Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 (1st movement), and Daniel will perform Edouard Lalo's Cello Concerto in D minor (1st movement).

Carnegie Hall celebrates the holiday season with a variety of festive concerts this December. On Friday, December 20 at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 21 at 8:00 p.m., jazz star Tony DeSare and Broadway star Capathia Jenkins join The New York Pops' annual holiday celebration, ringing in the most wonderful time of the year. Hear such favorites as a?oeHave Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,a?? Jenkins reprising Ella Fitzgerald's classic take on a?oeSanta Claus Is Comin' to Town,a?? DeSare revisiting Frank Sinatra's beloved arrangement of a?oeO Come, All Ye Faithful,a?? a rock shuffle duet of a?oeLet it Snow,a?? a?oeJingle Bell Rock,a?? a?oeWinter Wonderland,a?? the New York City premiere of a?oeEight Days of Lifea?? in celebration of Hanukkah, and more.

On Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 8:00pm at Kaufmann Concert Hall, 92nd Street Y presents Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and German violinist Carolin Widmann in her New York debut. Widmann takes the lead in Kurt Weill's showstopping Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12, which combines the composer's classical European pedigree with hints of the swinging Broadway style he would later adopt in full. Works for winds by Mozart bookend the Weill Concerto: a transcription of the Overture to The Marriage of Figaro and the substantial, operatic Serenade No. 10 in B-flat Major, K. 361 'Gran Partita,' notably used in the popular film Amadeus.

This November, Chicago Philharmonic celebrates the orchestra's history and bright future with a concert dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring a special reunion with David Perry, a favorite Philharmonic son.

Música barroca, romántica y contemporánea, de compositores como Johann Sebastian Bach, Heinrich Schütz, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Claudio Monteverdi, Felix Mendelssohn y Eric Whitacre, entre otros, además del estreno de Il Mago, forman parte del repertorio que interpretará el Coro del Teatro de Bellas Artes durante el concierto Plegarias de un día, bajo la dirección musical de Stefano Ragusini. Esta única función se llevará a cabo el viernes 25 de octubre, a las 20:00 horas, en la Sala Principal del Palacio de Bellas Artes.

A Baroque composer, albeit the most important of his time (or of all time, as many are of the opinion) on the same program as a Romantic composer, one of the plethora of musical innovators of the 19th century? How could such music possibly be of interest?

El maestro Ludwig Carrasco hará su debut como director artístico de la Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes (OCBA) con un concierto en el que participará la fagotista mexicana Rocío Yllescas como solista invitada. Las sesiones se llevarán a cabo el jueves 17 de octubre a las 20:00 horas en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes y el domingo 20 al mediodía en el Conservatorio Nacional de Música.

To celebrate its landmark 40th anniversary season, The Company Theatre is bringing its inaugural show back to the stage. A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare's enchanting comedy of love and errors, marked the birth of The Company Theatre in 1978 and is returning in spectacular fashion with a revival that captures the whimsy of Shakespeare's work.

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) and its Principal Conductor Bernard Labadie usher in its 33rd annual orchestra series presented by Carnegie Hall. Over the course of three programs, Maestro Labadie will bring his singular artistic vision and historically informed performance practice to New York audiences with works by Mendelssohn and Bach, Handel and Vivaldi

This fall, composer, conductor, and clarinetist Jörg Widmann begins his season-long residency as holder of the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair, which showcases his musical versatility and imaginative vision. The residency kicks off on Friday, October 4 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage with Franz Welser-Möst leading The Cleveland Orchestra, joined by pianist Yefim Bronfman as soloist, in a program that features Widmann's Trauermarsch.

In his second season as principal conductor, Bernard Labadie leads Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) in its 33rd concert series in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The series begins with Italian pianist Beatrice Rana joining OSL for two Bach keyboard concertos on Thursday, October 17 at 8:00 p.m. The program is bookended by two works by Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture and a?oeScottisha?? Symphony.

The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (CSO) announces the annual series of chamber concerts for the 2019-2020 season. The CSO Chamber Players series performances are held at Music Hall's Corbett Tower and features an array of Orchestra members. CSO musicians curate these programs showcasing their artistry, creativity and virtuosity. This season, the series includes four unique programs starting November 15. Subsequent programs are January 24, March 27 and April 24. 

Internationally renowned pianist Lucy Parham celebrates the bicentenary of Clara Schumann's birth on Friday 13th September with a Composer Portrait concert 'I, Clara:Clara Schumann a?" A Life in Music', touring nationally.

The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, an octet drawn from the musician leaders of one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, makes its Musco Center debut Tuesday, October 15 with works by Johannes Brahms, Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Felix Mendelssohn, plus a new piece by St. Martin in the Fields composer-in-residence Sally Beamish.

The nation's most diverse orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta is thrilled to present the standout 2019-2020 season opening concert, Forces + Fates: The Beauty and Volatility of Planet Earth, a performance centered on awe, imperfection and disorder found on Earth and how the future may rest in the hands of the human race. Forces + Fates looks not only to push boundaries, but also help raise awareness and spread knowledge on this critically timely topic through music.