Amid the current situation with COVID-19, Pennsylvania Ballet will postpone the remainder of the 2019-20 season, including April's production of Suspended in Time at the Merriam Theater and May's Breathtaking Balanchine at the Academy of Music. The postponement of these ballets will alter the programming for the 2020-21 season.
The program for today's live stream of the Bayerische Staatsorchester's 5th Academy Concert at 8 pm on STAATSOPER.TV had to be changed at short notice: 'In these times, the well-being of our employees is most important to us.
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine's Great Music in a Great Space concert series continues with a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion on Tuesday, March 31st at 7:30pm at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue (at 112th Street), Manhattan.
State Theatre New Jersey presents Complexions Contemporary Ballet in Bach to Bowie on Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 8pm. The works featured in this program include Bach 25 and StarDust. Tickets range from $19-$49.
The Spreckels Organ Society will present an All Bach Celebration concert in honor of Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday (1685-1750). Celebrate with San Diego Civic Organist Raúl Prieto Ramírez on Sunday, March 22 at 2 p.m. at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
The Handel and Haydn Society will perform one of the greatest works in Western classical music, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, on Friday, April 3 and Sunday, April 5 at Boston's Symphony Hall. Under the direction of Artistic Director Harry Christophers, the H+H Orchestra, Chorus, and Youth Choruses will deliver a moving and spiritual musical experience.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents The Wallis debut of award-winning pianist Angela Hewitt, celebrated worldwide for her performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, on Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7 pm, in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater. The Bach Odyssey program features Hewitt on Bach's Recital XI; Four Duets, BWV 802-805; Eighteen Little Preludes, BWV 924-928, 930, 933-938, 939-943, 999; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; and French Overture in B minor, BWV 831. A pre-concert Preludes @ The Wallis conversation with Hewitt, moderated by Classical KUSC's Brian Lauritzen will take place at 6 pm.
The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents The Wallis debut of award-winning pianist Angela Hewitt, celebrated worldwide for her performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, on Sunday, February 23, 2020, 7 pm,in The Wallis' Bram Goldsmith Theater. The Bach Odyssey program features Hewitt on Bach's Recital XI; Four Duets, BWV 802-805; Eighteen Little Preludes, BWV 924-928, 930, 933-938, 939-943, 999; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor, BWV 944; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; and French Overture in B minor, BWV 831. A pre-concert Preludes @ The Wallis conversation with Hewitt, moderated by Classical KUSC's Brian Lauritzen will take place at 6 pm.
Usually known for presenting the work of Bach and his contemporaries, Bach in Baltimore is thrilled to announce that Maestro T. Herbert Dimmock will lead the Bach in Baltimore Choir, Orchestra, and honored guests in a concert homage to the Classical composer Joseph Haydn. The performance set for March 1 at 4pm, at the Towson United Methodist Church, located at 501 Hampton Lane in Towson, will feature celebrated works: Heiligmesse, the Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida in B-flat major and Symphony No. 94 in G major.
Boston Baroque returns to Vivaldi's masterworks, The Four Seasons and Gloria in D, along with Monteverdi's Beatus Vir this March, featuring Concertmaster Christina Day Martinson and conducted by Music Director Martin Pearlman. Two performances of this program will take place at NEC's Jordan Halla?"the first, on Friday, March 27 at 8pm, and the second on Sunday, March 29 at 3pm. Pre-concert speaker Laury Gutiérrez, founding director of La Donna Musicale, will give a talk before both performances at 7pm and 2pm.
On January 18, the fourth Youth Music Culture Guangdong presented a unique Bach Marathon Concert at the Xinghai Concert Hall performed by all the young musicians of the 2020 YMCG Orchestra, lead by YMCG Artistic Director Yo-Yo Ma, Music Director Michael Stern and the YMCG faculty. The concert displayed its four core elements surrounding its moniker youth, music, culture, and Guangdong including open-mindedness, tolerance, communication, and development.
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.
2018 Honens Prize Laureate Nicolas Namoradze gives his Konzerthaus Berlin debut in the Kleiner Saal on Sunday, January 26 at 8:00 PM followed by his London recital debut at Wigmore Hall on Sunday, February 16 at 7:30 PM. Both programs include Namoradze's own set of Etudes - receiving their United Kingdom premiere at Wigmore Hall - which American composer John Corigliano describes as 'some of the most innovative and dynamic works of this century.'
Johann Sebastian Bach, when he was appointed music director for the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen in 1717, had a pretty sweet gig. The pay was good, he had creative freedom, and his boss was an amateur musician.
Diablo Ballet presents the second program of their 26th season, Balanchine & Beyond, Feb 7 a?" 8 at the Del Valle Theatre in Walnut Creek. The programs features selections from five ballets including George Balanchine's, Who Cares? set to the music of Gershwin; the choreographic debut of company dancer Michael Wells; the bravura Esmerelda; and the celebration of female choreographers with works by Sally Streets and Penny Saunders.
NYU Skirball will present the North American premiere of Belgium choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Mitten Wir Im Leben Sind/Bach6Cellosuiten (In the Midst of Life/Bach's Cello Suites), Thursday, February 13 a?" Saturday, February 15 at NYU Skirball. The dance piece is set to Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites, performed by world-renowned cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and five dancers, including De Keersmaeker herself.
Newton's New Philharmonia presents a special night of musical delights with A Musical Tapestry: A Silver Salon Evening. Led by Associate Conductor Jorge Soto, the performance will take place Saturday, February 1st, at 7:30 PM in the unique and intimate setting of Gregorian Rug, 2284 Washington St., Newton. Tickets are $35.
The Music Conservatory of Westchester, a revered music school celebrating its 90th anniversary, is launching its Collegiate Orchestra Institute, a new opportunity and training ground to prepare serious collegiate music students for professional careers.
The Santa Barbara Symphony kicks off the second half of its 2019-2020 season with Beethoven's a?oeEroicaa?? on January 18th and 19th at the Granada Theatre. The evening begins with Michael Torke's Ash, followed by world-renowned Israeli pianists Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg performing a unique arrangement for piano four-hands and strings based on Johannes Brahms' G minor Piano Quartet, Op. 25. The program will close with Beethoven's revolutionary a?oeEroicaa?? Symphony, conducted by Music & Artistic Director, Nir Kabaretti. The program has been made possible by the generosity of selection sponsors JoAnne Ando, Hans Koellner and Karin Jacobson, and Dr. Robert W. Weinman.