Composer

A wicked sultan, a courageous princess, and a thousand and one nights of pleasure: there’s no doubt that Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade is one of classical music’s most sensuous treats. Today, with the dynamic young conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh, it’s the climax of a concert packed with musical fairytales – from Glinka’s swashbuckling overture to the real-life marvel that is violinist Ning Feng. ‘The more you listen, the more you want to listen’, wrote one critic, and his performance of Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto is the warm heart of a concert filled with wonders. Hearing is believing ...

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London Philharmonic Orchestra: Scheherazade

Congress Theatre

A wicked sultan, a courageous princess, and a thousand and one nights of pleasure: there’s no doubt that Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade is one of classical music’s most sensuous treats. Today, with the dynamic young conductor Tom Fetherstonhaugh, it’s the climax of a concert packed with musical fairytales – from Glinka’s swashbuckling overture to the real-life marvel that is violinist Ning Feng. ‘The more you listen, the more you want to listen’, wrote one critic, and his performance of Tchaikovsky’s thrilling Violin Concerto is the warm heart of a concert filled with wonders. Hearing is believing …

Scheherazade

Monday Lunchtimes 2026

Royal Northern College of Music

Newly appointed Music Director Designate Paolo Bortolameolli opens the 2026-27 season and a new era in the Phoenix Symphony’s history with Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5, a triumph of power, lyricism and irony. Premiered war-torn Soviet Union in 1945 with victory over Nazi Germany within reach, Prokofiev’s popular symphony is famous for its sweeping melodies, rhythmic drive and rich orchestration. The curtain rises with Mikhail Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla, a dazzling opening to the new season. Featured prominently in the 1996 film “Shine,” Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is one of the most technically challenging works in the repertoire. Russian pianist Olga Kern, Gold Medalist of the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, who performed all of Rachmaninoff’s piano concertos in 2012 for the Phoenix Symphony’s Rachmaninoff Festival, is soloist in the concerto that’s respected and even feared by pianists.

Paolo Conducts Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev

Phoenix Convention Center

Fueled by passion and intensity, the season opens with an exhilarating overture, the return of Ilya Yakushev in Tchaikovsky’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 1, and Brahms’ monumental 1st Symphony - a powerful journey from embers to full orchestral blaze.

The Fire Within

Five Flags Center

One-of-a-kind cellist, singer, and improviser Abel Selaocoe plays a new cello concerto written just for him by Jessie Montgomery, whose irrepressible vitality and imagination make her a star amongst today’s composers. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 represents the very essence of Russian music with its shifting moods, high-flung lyricism, and torrential emotions. Plus, experience an exhilarating sleigh ride, Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla.

Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

South Salem High School

Frizza/Kavakos

San Carlo Theatre

Hong Kong Sinfonietta in Portugal Marvão International Music Festival

Marvão Castle

Ammaia Archaeological Site

Since its inception, the RCM Junior Department has offered advanced training at the highest level to young musicians aged 8–18, nurturing its students with individually tailored programmes of one-to-one instrumental, voice and composition lessons, supported by chamber music, orchestral, choral and musicianship classes.

Many former RCMJD students are now leading and influential figures in the music industry.

RCM Junior Dept Chamber & Symphony Orchestras

Cadogan Hall

The Civic’s 2025-26 season concludes with a spectacular showcase of the 2026 Rotary Calgary Concerto Competition winners!

Rising Stars

Arts Commons

Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

The Texas Medical Center Orchestra concludes its 2025-2026 season with a concert filled with exploration, innovation, and the joy of music.

Russian Fireworks

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

The MSO’s final Classics concert of the season will have us all celebrating! This program will celebrate the MSO’s 95th season, the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra’s 45th season, and the Modesto Symphony Orchestra Chorus’s 25th season. This finale showcases one of the most well-known pieces of the 20th century, Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. This bombastic epic combines powerful brass, rich harmonies, and the full force of the MSO Chorus.

Carmina Burana

Gallo Center for the Arts

Modesto Symphony Orchestra - Carmina Burana

What better way to close the season than with a dramatic program of symphonic luminosity? Concertmaster Jesús Linárez delivers Brahms’ breathtaking Violin Concerto, showcasing the instrument’s full range, from tender lyricism to fiendish virtuosity. Then lose yourself in the sumptuous rumble of the Barton Theatre Organ, as your WMS takes on Saint-Saëns’ magnum opus.

All-Star Finale

Frauenthal Center

Music Director Luisi will step into Stravinsky’s shoes as he conducts a replica of the 1946 concert, when the great composer led the DSO in these very works — an inspired program of quintessentially Russian music. To that point, we have a clue in the nickname of Tchaikovsky’s Second Symphony, with the final movement spinning colorful variations on “The Crane,” a lively folk song on everyone’s lips at the time. The Firebird’s exotic scenario is the stuff of fairytales: a prince, 13 princesses, the Firebird’s magic feather and an ogre. Its bold orchestral colors glitter and pulse, creating fantastic effects — from primitive to luminous — leading to a spectacular, shimmering climax.

Stravinsky’s The Firebird

Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center

Bard College Community Orchestra

Fisher Center at Bard

Glinka's second opera, Ruslan and Lyudmila, had a rather long and troubled gestation, also caused by some difficulties that arose in drafting the libretto, in which as many as five people participated. The subject, suggested by the director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, who had staged the opera A Life for the Tsar to great acclaim in 1836 , was based on the epic poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, who was unable to work on the libretto due to his premature death on February 10, 1837, following complications from an abdominal wound suffered in a duel. The opera's writing was therefore rather long and troubled, occupying a full five years, from 1837 to 1842, of the composer's life. However, at its premiere, which took place on December 9, 1842, it failed to achieve the same success as his previous opera. Now one of the most popular operas in Russia, Ruslan and Lyudmila , whose plot revolves around the knight Ruslan who, after overcoming several trials, manages to free his fiancée, Princess Lyudmila, previously kidnapped by a sorcerer, draws its musical material from Russian, Finnish, Tatar, and Persian folk repertoire. Extremely concise and far removed from Italianate patterns, the overture , in sonata form, is based on two themes, the first of which, joyful and thunderous, is, as the composer himself testified, most likely inspired by a strange noise made by cutlery during a wedding dinner: “I was outside on the balcony, and the clatter of knives, forks, and plates made such an impression on me that I had the idea of ​​imitating them in the prelude to Ruslan. I later did so with extraordinary success.”

Glinka/Babadžanjan /Chačaturjan

Teatro Politeama Garibaldi

Opening

Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Only the original instrumentation – and not one of many arrangements. That was the strict requirement of the three musical adventurers, Daniel Ottensamer, Stephan Koncz, and Christoph Traxler. The result is a complete anthology for clarinet trio, from which three pieces were chosen for an exciting journey. It begins with the healing power of bel canto sounds. For after a breakdown in Italy, Vincenzo Bellini enthusiast Mikhail Glinka essentially healed himself with the composition of his Trio pathétique. John Ireland then takes us to Britain's coast, complete with a sea shanty, before we reach the summit with the trio titan Beethoven.

Theclarinet Trio Anthology

Das MuTh

The show-stopping energy of Glinka, Borodin, and Rimsky-Korsakov set the stage for the sheer delight of melody and drama in this program featuring the distinct sound of Russian Romantic composers. Rochester Symphony audience favorite, Andrew Staupe, returns to the stage to perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, a monumental work of passion and emotion.

The Last Romantics

Mayo Civic Center

1st Prize Winner of the 2018 Geneva International Music Competition and 2nd Prize Winner of the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition, pianist Dmitry Shishkin is without a doubt a force to be reckoned with among the young stars of today, highly acclaimed for the wit and poetry in his interpretations. Prokofiev’s brilliant Piano Concerto No 3 sets the perfect stage for Shishkin to showcase his impressive pianism in his Hong Kong début alongside Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Stanislav Kochanovsky, Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie. The programme also includes the rich Russian colours of Glinka’s beloved Russlan and Ludmilla Overture, as well as Tchaikovsky’s charismatic, folk-inspired Symphony No 2, “Little Russian”.

Great Piano Concertos: Dmitry Shishkin Plays Prokofiev No 3

Hong Kong City Hall

This is going to be exciting! In 2021, Anna Clyne created a concerto featuring the saxophone as an unusual solo instrument, transporting us to mythical realms: "'Glasslands' conjures an imaginary world with three realms ruled by the banshee," says Clyne, "a female spirit who, in Irish folklore, announces the death of a family member by howling, shrieking, or wailing, usually in the stillness of the night." The soloist is Asya Fateyeva, a German saxophonist of Ukrainian descent. And Tchaikovsky's Fifth, one of his most popular symphonies, also features predestined events: "Total resignation to fate, or, what amounts to the same thing, to the inscrutable decree of providence," he wrote, referring to the first movement.

Glasslands

Stadthalle Göttingen

DSO March 2026 Concert

First Baptist Church of Decatur

Perfect for a romantic evening out, this concert highlights musical couples, from the sweeping passion of Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture to the joyous sparkle of Glinka’s Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture. Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber, a colorful orchestral tour de force written shortly after he immigrated to America, references the story of Turandot and Prince Calaf. Mozart’s deeply expressive Sinfonia Concertante features a real-life couple as soloists, violinist Qing Hou and violist Lawrence Neuman, bringing an extra layer of connection to the performance.

Couples Therapy

Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall

The secret sauce to what makes Dvořák’s G-major String Quintet so delectable is its incorporation of warm, hearty Bohemian folk elements as well as a rich and mighty double bass. While bass with string quartet is a less common chamber music combo, it’s certainly a satisfying choice for this work, giving it a greater, more robust range.

Dvořák & Shostakovich

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mikhail Glinka is considered the first composer to strive to make uniquely Russian music. However, the overture to his most well-known opera Ruslan and Ludmila owes much to Western European tradition. It thus anticipates the works of Tchaikovsky, who was often derided in Russia as a "Westerner". After his 5th Symphony was performed in the last season, his 6th, "Pathétique," is now in the programme. His last work sounds at many points like an alternatingly angry and melancholic goodbye to the world. Prokofiev's violin concerto also seeks out a "new simplicity," much like all his earlier works, and a reconciliation of modernity and musical tradition.

Tschai­kow­sky – Pro­kof­jew - Glinka

Meistersingerhalle

Romanticism is the 19th century; it is the magic of nature and great emotion, it is the deaths of love and the bliss of redemption. But this era was also filled with the passionate energy of dances and lavish celebrations.

Epiphany Concert 2026: Salzburg Wind Philharmonic | "Music of the Romantic Period"

Great Festival House

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) celebrated her as a "sensation for the music world" – award-winning saxophonist Asya Fateyeva captivates with her multifaceted playing and unique sound. Originally invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840, the saxophone is often associated with jazz. But Fateyeva demonstrates that it can do much more: sometimes powerful, sometimes gentle, and reminiscent of the human voice...

Golden Swing & Silver Strings

Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen

Guest Concert

Tourist, Congress and Saalbau GmbH

The Worms Theatre

Sold out in 2024 and seen by over 60,000 people. Experience the thunderous power of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana like never before, as 400 voices unite in majestic harmony at the Royal Albert Hall.

Royal Albert Hall

In the mid-19th century, Russia emerged as an independent culture on the musical map of Europe. Mikhail Glinka, the "Father of Russian Music," made a decisive contribution to this through his operas and instrumental works – his overture to Ruslan and Ludmila is one of the outstanding examples of brilliant orchestral music. Decades later, the country's leading symphonist was Pyotr Tchaikovsky, whose emotionally profound Symphony No. 5 of 1888 is arguably one of the most significant achievements in the field of orchestral music. A certain symphonic character is also inherent in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1, a work of both concentrated and effective composition from his virtuoso period around 1800.

Symphony Concert II

Bebelplatz

My Homeland

Neumann University

Russian pianist Anna Geniushene brings powerful sound, technical precision, emotional depth, and a notably carefree ease to the most difficult musical masterworks. Her fresh, multi-layered, interpretations defined her participation at the 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, where she won the silver medal and the adoration of fans around the globe. Accolades ensued: Musical America named her Young Artist of the Month in July 2022, Pianist magazine featured her on the cover in June 2023, and international concert invitations soon followed. She has developed a diverse and versatile worldwide career as a solo artist, with performances in major venues throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia.

Anna Geniushene

Sunset Center

Based in the United States, the Hermitage Piano Trio has solidified its place as one of the world’s leading piano trios, garnering multiple Grammy-Award nominations and receiving audience and press accolades for their performances.

Subtle Connections Across the World - Hermitage Piano Trio

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Join the MSO and conductor Leonard Weiss for an unforgettable evening filled with timeless masterpieces from Glinka, Saint-Saëns and Brahms.

An Evening with the MSO

Riverlinks Eastbank

Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre

The Opera Workshop is a compact seminar in which participants learn all the key aspects of an opera production. It typically takes place on Friday evenings (usually from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) and the following Saturday in a six-hour block with appropriate breaks. Conception and implementation by Volker Wacker.

Opera Workshop

Staatsoper Hamburg

The soundscapes of the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra's chamber concerts are as diverse as the personalities of the musicians who perform in them. The demands of the orchestra pit are often determined by the scale and diversity of voices. Chamber music, on the other hand, reduces this dimension to smaller ensembles and allows for intimate musical interaction. As in a dialogue, diverse opinions collide, new ideas emerge and develop during performance, thus opening up a creative space for spontaneous development.

Chamber Concert / Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Pictures at an Exhibition

River Center Theatre

Elegance, lightness and tonal refinement – this programme captures the unmistakable spirit of French music. Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy and Ernest Chausson can be heard between subtle melody and dance-like drive – finely orchestrated, full of esprit and sensuality. From the delicate combination of harp and violin to Chausson’s large-scale concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, an evening of French charm and tonal finesse unfolds.

International Mendelssohn Festival

The chamber concerts are a unique opportunity to experience the most intimate moments of classical music – and get closer to the members of the symphony orchestra. The concerts are composed for the occasion by the musicians

Four Trios

Aarhus Music Hall

In this concert featuring three timeless tales of love, Glinka’s thrilling overture precedes an opera about two lovers kept apart by sorcery and magic but reunited in the end.

Love Stories

Auckland Town Hall

Concert "ST. PETERSBURG"

Schloss Moritzburg

CMS’s summer tradition returns for its tenth anniversary. Get this year’s hottest ticket, featuring beloved chamber music works in the cool atmosphere of Alice Tully Hall. Stay after the performance and get to know the artists in the lobby with a complimentary glass of wine.

Summer Evenings V

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Experience the virtuosity of Interlochen Arts Camp’s youngest students! Enjoy a selection of concerti, sonatas, and other classical works by junior string and piano students.

Junior Honors Recital

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Join the Plano Symphony Orchestra for us for a thrilling concert featuring iconic works from across the classical repertoire. Experience the grandeur of Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, setting the stage with its vibrant energy. Let the rhythmic pulse of Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 sweep you away, followed by the sweeping beauty of Smetana’s Ma Vlast, a masterpiece that captures the spirit of Bohemia. Feel the intensity of Ginastera’s Malambo, a high-energy dance that will leave you breathless. Finally, end the evening with Tchaikovsky’s March Slave, a powerful, patriotic celebration. This diverse program will take you on an unforgettable musical journey that spans cultures, emotions, and histories.

Orchestral Fireworks

Robinson Fine Arts Center

Chamber concert

Lübeck City Library, Scharbau Hall

Chamber music with works by Brahms, Glinka, Kim and Shostakovich: The Elphier Quartet, together with double bassist Benedikt Kany and pianist Haiou Zhang, invites you to the Recital Hall of the Elbphilharmonie on June 10th.

Chamber music: Elphier Quartet with Shostakovich and Brahms

The Toledo Symphony’s 81st season closes with a bang! Styled after the British Proms, this one-night-only concert shines the spotlight on TSO musicians and colorful orchestral favorites. From the thrilling rush of Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla and the elegance of Ravel’s Pavane to the playful dialogue of Mendelssohn’s Konzertstück for two clarinets, this concert combines celebratory miniatures into a beautiful symphonic mosaic.

Season Finale – Featuring Soloists of the TSO

Toledo Museum of Art

6th Chamber Concert: Polyphony from Five Centuries

Allerheiligen Hofkirche

I have played "Death and the Maiden" with my siblings since childhood, naively and full of joy. Today with the certainty and knowledge that Schubert's music reflects everything without words: despair, fear, gentleness and consolation.

5th Chamber Concert

The premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring in 1913 was a seismic event in music history. A composition of revolutionary brilliance and stunning imagination, The Rite of Spring calls for an enormous orchestra. Hearing this inspired work live is a bucket-list wish for many music lovers. An in-depth introduction to The Rite will be presented by Maestro Alltop and CUSO musicians. Complementing Stravinsky’s masterpiece, the concert will open with a lively overture by Glinka. CUSO is pleased to welcome the talented young musicians of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra for a side-by-side performance of Mussorgsky’s thrilling orchestral poem, Night on the Bare Mountain.

The Rite Of Spring

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

### Event Description: Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: The Rite of Spring

**Date and Time:** Saturday, April 12, 2025, at 7:30 PM CT  
**Location:** Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

**Event Overview:**
Join the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra (CUSO) for an unforgettable evening as they present Igor Stravinsky's groundbreaking composition, "The Rite of Spring." This performance, under the direction of Maestro Stephen Alltop, promises to be a monumental event for music lovers. The premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 was a pivotal moment in music history, known for its revolutionary brilliance and imaginative orchestration. Experiencing this masterpiece live is a bucket-list wish for many.

**Program:**
- **Mikhail Glinka:** Overture to Russlan und Ludmilla
- **Modest Mussorgsky:** A Night on Bare Mountain (original version)
- **Igor Stravinsky:** The Rite of Spring

**Special Features:**
- An in-depth introduction to "The Rite of Spring" will be presented by Maestro Alltop and CUSO musicians.
- The concert will open with a lively overture by Glinka.
- The talented young musicians of the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Kelly, will join CUSO for a side-by-side performance of Mussorgsky’s thrilling orchestral poem, "Night on the Bare Mountain."

**Ticket Information:**
- Tickets go on sale on June 2, 2024, exclusively through the CUSO office.
- Season ticket subscribers receive a 10% discount and the best concert seats.
- For more details, visit [cusymphony.org](http://cusymphony.org) or call the CUSO office at 217-351-9139.

**Additional Information:**
- The event will take place at the Foellinger Great Hall, a premier venue known for its excellent acoustics and seating.
- This concert is part of the CUSO's ongoing commitment to bringing world-class classical music to the Champaign-Urbana community.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness one of the most influential works in the history of music performed live by the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra. Mark your calendars and secure your tickets early!

Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra: The Rite of Spring

Who doesn’t love Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart? It is cheerful, amusing, and exhilarating! It’s all in vain, though, fatigue comes over us, our eyes close, we are falling asleep… What can we experience in the mysterious night hours, when we do not even know we are asleep – and yet awake? You see your dreams at night, then you wake in the daylight. The melodies that lure us into dreamland remain in the back of our minds.

E3 Wandering in Dreamland

Dvořák Hall Rudolfinum

D3 Wandering in Dreamland

As TV-bingers know, mid-season always brings the drama… and SSO is no different;  the rumors are true, SSO is splitting up!

The strings will take on Dvorak’s amazing Serendade and the winds wll play the rousing Holst Suite. Our immensely talented concertmaster, McKenna Glorioso, then steps into the spotlight for Barber’s divine violin concerto.

Strings, Winds and Fire. A Symphony of Sections

Beachwood High School

Shostakovich composed his two cello concertos for his friend, the cellist and conductor Rostropovich. The virtuoso 1st and the introverted 2nd Rostropovitch had an international career, and great influence also on a violinist like Anne-Sophie Mutter. And here a connection was made: There is a direct line from Shostakovich to the cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, even though he was born the year after his death. Because through Anne-Sophie Mutter, Müller-Schott became a pupil of Rostropovitch. Not so that he could trudge to a classroom and play, no, he said when he was in Copenhagen a few years ago: Müller-Schott traveled after Rostropovich, because the master could think of calling late in the evening - and that was it to strike. You can imagine it, the young German and the old Russian in a hotel room in Germany somewhere... At the age of 15, Müller-Schott won the fine Tchaikovsky competition for young musicians in Moscow, and with his talent and good teachers, there was no long before he played with great orchestras and fine musicians; the list is long. Müller-Schott has also taken an interest in premiering new works for cello, and working with other art forms, in what seems like an eternal curiosity.

World stars in Sønderborg

Alsion

The North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock is starting the New Year 2025 in a festive and pompous manner, crossing Europe from Tsarist Russia to the French metropolis of Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. The young Chilean conductor Eduardo Browne Salinas, 1st conductor at the Rostock Volkstheater, will wave the baton and lead the large orchestra through the exciting program, which will present the overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla and a waltz fantasy by Mikhail Glinka, music by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and, as the crowning finale, Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in the orchestral arrangement by Maurice Ravel.

2nd Classic Light / New Year's Concert

Theater Wismar

All Visiting Orchestras tickets include same-day admission to the The Baker Museum. Special museum hours on day of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra performance: 10am-7:30pm. In addition, the doors to Hayes Hall will open 90 minutes prior to this performance. Arrive early to enjoy the exhibitions and light fare available at Heidi's Place.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Artis–Naples

During its first intercontinentale tour with Klaus Mäkelä, the Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, music by Glinka, and Prokofjev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 featuring Lisa Batiashvili.

On tour in the USA with Klaus Mäkelä

Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts

Artis—Naples

Glinka Rakhmaninov Tschaikowsky

Jiangsu Center for the Performing Arts Nanjing

For the second time, the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of General Music Director Simon Gaudenz, invites members of the TA/TLZ and OTZ CLUB to an exclusive listening experience in the Volkshaus Jena. The concert afternoon opens with the energetic overture to Mikhail Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila", premiered in 1842. Soloist Aleksey Shust and the orchestra then interpret the expressive trumpet concerto by the Armenian composer Alexander Arutjunjan - a modern classic from 1950 that impresses with striking themes, virtuoso passages and the impressive dialogue between soloist and orchestra. The second half of the concert is dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" suite from 1888, which takes the audience into a fascinating world full of exotic sounds and fairytale stories.

KLUB reader concert of the Funke Media Group

Volkshaus Jena

Glinka Rakhmaninov Rimskij-Korsakow

Cologne Philharmonie

Cité de la Musique

Latin Dances

Congregation Beth Israel

An unforgettable evening as FSO showcases the talents of its own principal percussionist.
Glinka’s Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila sweeps you into the world of Russian folklore.
Ewazen’s beautiful Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra showcases the marimba’s
unique voice and Hanner’s artistry. Brahms’; Symphony No. 2 provides a calm counterbalance to
the evening’s earlier excitement.

Marimba Magic and Brahms

Northern Arizona University

Los Angeles Winds

Los Angeles Harbor College

Pacific Unitarian Church

The cello’s soulful tone has often been likened to that of the human voice, and nowhere does it speak more eloquently than in Elgar’s Cello Concerto. With our Principal Conductor at the helm, young Estonian cellist, Marcel Johannes Kits, makes his Philharmonia
debut with this deeply moving work.

Tallinn: Santtu conducts Sibelius

Estonia Concert Hall

Santtu conducts the Philharmonia
in his native Finland.

He’s joined by our Featured Artist Nemanja Radulović in Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto. A captivating performer, his ‘lyric delicacy and… super-virtuosity’ (The Times) shine through in the folk-infused first movement, the second movement’s melancholy song, and the fiery finale.

Tampere: Santtu and Nemanja Radulović Philharmonia

Tampere-talo Oy

Opening Night welcomes the return of GRAMMY Award-winning Aoife O’Donovan whose enchanting melodies and evocative lyrics weave an unforgettable musical tapestry about the women heroes in her piece America, Come. This work is inspired by the lives and letters of the Women’s Suffrage Movement in a musical exploration of voting rights for women during the 1920’s. Then, immerse yourself in the soundscape of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 composed during his heroic election into the Bohemian Academy of Sciences. Every note in the Symphony explores a journey through landscapes and stirring melodies, sure to captivate you with its grandeur and passion.

Opening Night featuring Aoife O’Donovan

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Join us for an unforgettable evening with the New World Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra on September 29th at the Rudder Theatre. This concert promises to be a mesmerizing journey through the New World, showcasing the extraordinary talents of internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and baritone Kelly Markgraf. 

The evening's program is set to captivate the audience with a selection of classical masterpieces, including the enchanting overture from Glinka's "Ruslan and Ludmila," a selection from Mahler's "Youth's Magic Horn," and the iconic "Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World" by Dvořák. These pieces promise to deliver an evening of breathtaking music that spans the emotional spectrum, from the dramatic to the sublime.

The event will take place at 5:00 PM, allowing attendees to immerse themselves in the beauty of classical music as the day transitions into evening. This concert is not just a performance but an experience, inviting you to explore the depths of classical music's power to evoke emotion and inspire the imagination.

Don't miss this opportunity to support the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra and experience the magic of live classical music. Purchase your season tickets now and prepare for an evening that promises to be both enchanting and unforgettable.

New World

Texas A&M University

Associate Conductor Hallé Pops, Stephen Bell and Zeb Soanes, Classic FM presenter, take us on a journey through iconic masterpiece by renowned composers. There will be thrilling overtures, passionate adagios, energetic dances, soulful spirituals, tender romances, and pieces so famous that you won’t be able to help humming along. This ‘Top of the Classics’ concert promises to be an unforgettable evening.

Top of the Classics

The Bridgewater Hall

Max Richter’s On the Nature of Daylight has become a modern icon following its use in movies and TV series such as Shutter Island, Arrival, and The Last of Us. Jessie Mongomery’s sparkling Rounds won a 2024 Grammy Award for the recording with our guest artist, Awadagin Pratt. Our opening night is capped by Tchaikovsky’s searing and melodic Fifth Symphony, a profoundly emotional work of passion and brilliance.

Masterworks 1: The Turning World

Martin Woldson Theater

Do you like Green Eggs and Ham? Musical storytellers Really Inventive Stuff return by popular demand, this time with their fully-staged adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ beloved children’s classic featuring Sam-I-Am. This engaging Family Concert also includes a musical twist on three of Aesop’s most familiar fables: “The Fox and the Crow,” “The Dog and His Reflection,” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.”

Composer

Mikhail Glinka

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 12 - Dec 14, 2026

Monday Lunchtimes 2026 · Royal Northern College of Music

Nov 2, 2026

Emma Burgess, Gareth Twigg and Benjamin Powell · Royal Liverpool Philharmonic

Nov 6, 2026

Glinka / Stravinsky / Tchaikovsky · Boston Philharmonic Orchestra

Nov 8, 2026

Marguerite Lynn Williams, harp · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

Nov 9, 2026

Lyric & Fire · Florence Symphony Orchestra

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Oct 18, 2026

London Philharmonic Orchestra: Scheherazade · Eastbourne Theatres

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Scheherazade · London Philharmonic Orchestra

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