Alive with musical exchange, 18th-century Vienna was known as a city where composers, performers and patrons moved within the same close-knit circles, sharing ideas as readily as they shared the stage.

Vienna and Beyond

The Queen's Hall

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Program Nine • Friends, Family, and Students

Fisher Center at Bard

Elegance, History, and a kapuziner. Step into the salons of Vienna, where composers shaped generations of music. The afternoon begins with a hidden gem: Marianna Martines’ Sinfonia in C. A friend of Haydns and an extremely prolific composer in her time, Martines was one of the few women to compose symphonies in 18th-century Vienna—and her music bursts with elegance, vitality, and charm. Next comes a piece woven into CSO’s own history: Schubert’s “Unfinished” Symphony, the very first symphony performed by the orchestra in 1934. Mysterious, lyrical, and open-ended, it invites reflection—not just on what’s left unsaid, but on where we’ve come from.

Bohemian Viennese: Mozart's "Prague" Symphony

Hotel Chalet

Passion and poise intertwine with Music Director Jonathon Heyward's fresh take on two symphonic masters. Joseph Haydn's clarity, elegance, and wit epitomize Classical brilliance. Brahms' Violin Concerto, performed by Simone Lamsma, channels unrestrained passion through soaring virtuosity and poignant melodies–the essence of Romantic sensibility.

Brahms & Haydn with Heyward

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The earth is sweating, the poles are melting—and somewhere, a penguin is sitting on packed suitcases. Thousands of animals from all over the world are competing for a ticket on the luxury liner "Arche Boa." Twelve animal finalists will present their stories in a spectacular show. The audience decides: Which animal will be saved, will receive the last QuarTIER on board, and thus be saved from extinction?

1.  Children's concert Arche Boa

Theater Lübeck

MSM Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mei-Ann Chen featuring Koshiro Takeuchi

Manhattan School of Music

Celebrate our Season Finale with a vibrant program that highlights rarely heard gems and captivating sounds. We begin with the spirited Overture in C by Marianna Martines, an 18th-century composer whose lively and sophisticated style shines in this delightful work, rediscovered and re-embraced by modern audiences. 

34th Season Finale

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

To open the Mozart Festival in the baroque splendor of the Würzburg Residence, the Ensemble Resonanz with Riccardo Minasi will be performing Mozart's Symphony No. 35 "Haffner" as well as "Trame Lunari", a new work by Manfred Trojahn.

Mozart Festival Würzburg

Würzburg Residence

Classical Collaborations brings together the central genres of the Viennese classical “school”—concerto, sonata, symphony, and variations—while foregrounding the contributions of women to this fabled musical culture. Featured works include Marianna Martines’s Concerto in G Major for Fortepiano and Orchestra, Mozart’s “Auernhammer” Sonata in F Major (K. 376), Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 48 (“Maria Theresia”), and Josepha Auernhammer’s “Papageno Variations.”

Classical Collaborations

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

»This Mozart is rock ’n’ roll«, said the NDR about the recording of the last three Mozart symphonies by Ensemble Resonanz under its Principal Guest Conductor Riccardo Minasi. Symphony No. 35 »Haffner« is now on the programme with this level of energy.

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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Splendor? Gloria! It couldn't be more festive and magnificent in sound: with concentrated trumpet power, we're getting in the mood for Christmas this year in opulent baroque style. The Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and its trumpeters, together with trumpet superstar Reinhold Friedrich and an ensemble of master students of the sought-after university professor, form an impressive trumpet septet. Big names of composers are on the program, but also those that are mainly familiar to early music fans, such as Heinrich Ignaz, Franz Biber and Johann Samuel Endler. At the podium: the young conductor Valentin Egel, GMD at the Croatian National Theater Rijeka since 2021. A Christmas concert with drums and trumpets, splendor and glory!

Christmas Glory With 7 Trumpets

Meistersingerhalle

Join the Baton Rouge Symphony for a delightful evening of music with conductor Adam Johnson, featuring your principle horn, Angela Bagnetto Finley.

A Night In Vienna: Orchestral Series

River Center Theatre

Don’t miss out on guest conductor, 3-time Grammy winner, and vocalist Michelle DeYoung conducting the PSO during the first half. Maestro George Stelluto will lead the PSO during the second half as Michelle delights us with Gustav Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder. Enjoy an evening of live music featuring pieces by Grazyna Bacewicz, Marianna Martinez, Wolfgang Mozart, Gustav Mahler, Anna Clyne, and Lili Boulanger.

New Horizons Concert

Grace Presbyterian Church

Early music expert Nicholas McGegan conducts a program highlighting 18th-century music. Featuring guest violinist Julian Rhee performing Mozart's "Turkish" Symphony.

Internationally renowned conductor and early music expert Nicholas McGegan leads the Eugene Symphony for the first time in a program of music from the 18th century. You’ll hear two revered works by the incomparable genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including his “Turkish” Violin Concerto played by rising star Julian Rhee and his joyful “Jupiter” Symphony. We also feature music by classical period Austrian composer Marianna Martines and a largely forgotten gem by Haydn.

Join us at 6:30 pm in the Studio at the Hult Center for our Guild Pre-Concert Talk. ESA Executive Director Scott Freck will moderate a conversation with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan and guest violinist Julian Rhee. Arrive early! This event tends to fill up.

Mozart's Jupiter

Hult Center for the Performing Arts

Cosette Justo Valdés has led orchestras in her home country of Cuba, in Europe, and now, lucky for us, in Canada. Her unique style and contagious amounts of energy bring new and refreshing interpretations to every performance. She leads the SSO and Chorus in the Canadian premiere of Marianna Martines’s Dixit Dominus.

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The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist

Lifelong friends Joseph Haydn and Marianne Martines helped each other realize their respective dreams: he was her first music teacher, and she later connected him with influential figures in Viennese society. This program explores this famous friendship with a Classical era sampler that includes a symphony, a concerto, a cantata, and selected songs. Ars Lyrica is delighted to welcome back fortepianist Patricia Garcia Gil and countertenor Key’mon Murrah, two Ars Lyrica audience favorites from recent seasons.

Viennese Dreamers

Fanny Hensel's Overture in C major —by Felix's sister, too long overlooked—displays a finely chiseled classical energy and striking melodic freshness. Robert Schumann, a close friend of the Mendelssohn family, responds with his Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52 , a rare and sparkling score that plays with contrasts with freedom and exuberance. Next comes Gabriel Fauré's tender and celebrated Pavane , whose melancholic line has never ceased to enchant us. As a grand finale, Marianne de Martines's Sinfonia —by the 18th - century Viennese composer, harpsichordist, and muse , a pupil of Haydn, Hasse, and Porpora—surprises with its modernity and dramatic vigor.

Marianna Martines

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 15, 2027

Viennese Dreamers · Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Mar 25, 2027

Eclipses (Coffee Break) · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

Past events

Sep 27, 2026

Vienna and Beyond · The Queen's Hall

Aug 15, 2026

Program Nine • Friends, Family, and Students · Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College

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