Composer

Rays of hope, reflections of light, Mozart as a shining light: always musically and technically challenging, always a delight both in terms of playing and aesthetics. With youthful lightness and unadulterated joy, the enthusiastic musicians of the Salzburg Orchestra Academy interpret works by the immortal genius Wolfgang Amadé Mozart and his mentor Joseph Haydn, thus bringing musical highlights to life for future generations.

Salzburg Orchestra Academy: Light Shows

Mozarteum Foundation

EPSG:4326

The Clock

Empress Theatre

Camerata Salzburg / Ahss / de Maistre / Avital: string games

Adam Fischer and star pianist Igor Levit aroused a storm of enthusiasm with their joint performance at the 2025 Mozart Week. At the 2026 Mozart Week, they will span the period from Mozart's very early years to the years of his absolute mastery. The focus is on the Piano Concerto K. 467, which the genius loci wrote just a few weeks after his famous D minor concerto, and whose slow movement transports the listener to higher spheres.

Vienna Philharmonic III: Fischer / Levit

Great Festival House

Mozart Week Salzburg

Don’t miss the opportunity to hear the classical stars of tomorrow – today. Rising Stars is a unique and forward-looking collaboration between 23 of Europe’s leading concert halls, all part of ECHO – the European Concert Hall Organisation. Each year, a select group of young artists and ensembles from across Europe are given the opportunity to tour all of the venues and perform for international audiences. Time and again, the artists chosen for Rising Stars go on to enjoy internationally successful careers.

ECHO Rising Stars with Soprano

Stockholm Concert Hall

Joseph Haydn is often called the “father of the symphony”, having composed more than 100 symphonies that are inventive, refined, and often laced with wit.

Minkowski, Mozart & Wagner

The Royal Playhouse and The Old Stage

'The Ring' stands as the undisputed giant of operatic literature. Wagner's great divine tale of the creation and destruction of the world takes four evenings to perform, but in composer Henk de Vlieger's arrangement, the glowing orchestral sounds are allowed to shine with undiminished dramatic power, even though the suite only lasts a little over an hour.

Hermus & Wagner

DR Koncerthuset

In 1891, Richard Strauss read Don Quixote, a novel of adventurous knightly tales by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes, which had been suggested to him by Cosima Wagner. The book must have made a lasting impression on the composer. He worked on the symphonic poem for six years before it premiered in Cologne in 1898. British cellist Steven Isserlis will lend his instrument’s voice to the title character. Always by his side: Sancho Panza, brought to life by the violist Emiko Yuasa – who has been the First Principal Viola of the BRSO since last March. We are delighted to welcome back Daniel Harding, who will transport us into mythical worlds in this concert – which also include Hans Werner Henze’s Erlkönig. Between the two works, Haydn’s “La passione” in F minor will provide an intense, even existential experience.

Daniel Harding | Don Quixote

Munich Residence

Embark on an exhilarating journey through the heart of Latin America as the Minería Symphony Orchestra of Mexico makes its Orange County debut under the dynamic direction of Carlos Miguel Prieto in a spectacular night of vibrant, passionate music.

Minería Symphony Orchestra of Mexico

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Tapiola Sinfonietta's artistic partner Nicolas Altstaedt once again performed as both cellist and conductor. Mozart offered Tchaikovsky an image of a time of happiness and a world of beauty, which he sought in his Rococo Variations for cello and orchestra. The version of the Variations that spread around the world was tampered with by cello soloist Fitzenhagen, but Altstaedt offers an opportunity to hear the work in the form the composer intended. Wilhelm Killmayer (1927-2017), who was active in Munich, experimented with modernism early in his career before surrendering to the tonal joy of life, La joie de vivre. This is also reflected in the Transylvanian folk dances that follow in the footsteps of Veressin Bartok with a lighter step. Haydn's energetic Symphony No. 70 shed optimism on the Esterházy princely court after a devastating fire.

Joy of Life

Espoo Cultural Centre

The Mozartists’ revelatory MOZART 250 series continues with a concert celebrating Mozart’s 270th birthday.

This programme of works composed 250 years ago in 1776 includes highlights from Mozart’s incidental music to the play Thamos, King of Egypt, which contains some of the most dynamic and startlingly modernistic music that he ever wrote, and a symphony comprising four movements from his ‘Haffner’ Serenade – one of his earliest masterpieces but still curiously neglected and undervalued.

Mozart Birthday Concert

Cadogan Hall 

At the first Pro Musica concert of the year, the musicians of the Odense Symphony Orchestra take the audience on a journey through three centuries of chamber music history; from the inventor of the string quartet to the most beloved clarinet quintet of the high romantic period to a quintet from one of the greatest pioneers of the 20th century. In Haydn's stormy and ambitious late quartet, for example, we can look forward to the "witch's minuet" in two-part canon. Prokofiev's circus-inspired quintet from 1924 for the sonically motley combination of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass is the most whimsical piece of music you will hear in a long time. It was written for a traveling ballet troupe under the title Trapeze, but achieved immortality as a six-movement, picturesque quintet.

Haydn, Brahms & Prokofiev

Odense Concert Hall

The evening begins with a world premiere by Mackinnon-Botti, a contemporary composition that promises to challenge and inspire, featuring the composer himself as beatboxing soloist. This is followed by Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, delivering a dramatic exploration of political power, brought to life through a vivid orchestral and vocal arrangement. The concert concludes with Haydn’s Nelson Mass, a monumental work combining magnificence and emotional depth, showcasing the brilliance of both the orchestra and choir.

Haydn Nelson Mass

University of Oxford

The Chamber Music Society of Salt Lake City presents the LOS ANGELES PIANO TRIO on Monday, January 26, 2026, at Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus. This performance is part of the Society’s 60th Anniversary Season.

Los Angeles Piano Trio

University of Utah

A small but perfectly formed group of musicians from Royal Northern Sinfonia and, leading proceedings, Maria Włoszczowska.

Beethoven's Septet

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Cappella Andrea Barca & Sir András Schiff: Farewell concert at the Mozart Week

Christopher Patrick Corbett : Chamber orchestra

Prinzregententheater

This intimate, thought-provoking program begins with Joseph Haydn’s Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, “Abschieds-Symphonie; Farewell Symphony”—a poignant work that bids farewell with each movement as musicians leave the stage, symbolizing the departing court musicians. Tension simmers and pathos soars in this dramatic Classical gem.

The Unquiet Heart

Memorial University School of Music

Camerata Salzburg / Guzzo / Pires: L'Anima di Mozart

Mozart Symphony

The Garde Arts Center, Inc.

Travel to the heart of classical music with works from three centuries. Haydn’s elegance, Brahms’s powerful lyricism, and Clyne’s contemporary drive make this a compelling celebration of orchestral music.

Voyage to Vienna: Haydn & Brahms

Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center

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

Kerson Leong, a violinist who speaks “with sincerity and without exaggeration” (The Strad), performs Beethoven’s beloved Violin Concerto; Beethoven changed the genre with this innovative and lyrical concerto, which leaves ample space for the violinist to dazzle. The MSO welcomes leading Baroque expert Bernard Labadie to conduct one of the era’s finest gems: Haydn’s rambunctious “Drumroll” Symphony.


Beethoven & Haydn

Warner Grand Theater

Like the MDR Symphony Orchestra, our chamber music series focuses on Joseph Haydn—particularly on the compositions he composed during his two stays in England in 1791/92 and 1794/95. This includes a selection of folk song arrangements from Scottish and Welsh sources, as well as two of the four so-called London Trios for two flutes and cello. The program is complemented by the incredibly charming Harmoniemusik from Mozart's Don Giovanni, arranged by Joseph Triebensee around 1810. Incidentally, the Bohemian composer and oboist himself participated in the premiere of The Magic Flute under Mozart's direction.

Wiener Klassik

Augustusplatz

The Boston Musical Intelligencer praises the Isidore String Quartet’s “invigorating and refreshing” playing and “bold virtuosity.” Winner of a 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and the 14th Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022, the group was formed in 2019 at the Juilliard School. Since that time, the quartet has appeared in major series throughout North America, collaborating with eminent performers including James Ehnes, Jeremy Denk, Shai Wosner, and Jon Nakamatsu. The Isidore Quartet’s 2024-25 season included concert appearances across the US and Canada, as well as at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and multiple cities in Germany. Since their Banff Competition-winning performance featuring Billy Childs’s String Quartet No. 2 (“Awakenings”), the quartet has developed a strong connection to the composer’s works, and in the 2025-26 season, they will premiere a new string quartet written for them by Childs.

Isidore String Quartet

Northwestern University

For the first time, Iceland, with the Harpa in Reykjavik, is participating in the European Concert Hall Organization's annual "Rising Stars" program, which sends young artists on tour through the continent's major concert halls. And with Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, a singer from the Nordic island nation was directly nominated. She loves the poetic, mystical traditions of her country and is currently performing brilliantly not only on the major opera stages in Basel and Berlin, but also realizing unusual projects as a photographer and video artist.

Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir, Soprano

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

One of the audience favorites from UMS’s 23/24 season was the UMS debut of México’s Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería, led by the dynamic conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto. The sheer exuberance and palpable joy from the musicians were felt throughout the audience, which remained on its feet long after the performance ended, cheering for more.

Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería

University of Michigan

A dubious meeting of heroes: The notorious womanizer Don Juan and the tragicomic Don Quixote would have little in common if Richard Strauss hadn't so brilliantly captured their fates in music. The Vienna Philharmonic will juxtapose the two symphonic poems in their ProArte program, bringing to life the stories of the literary-confused knight with his aide Sancho Panza and the momentous love affairs of the other Don. At the helm will be Daniel Harding, arguably one of the most interesting conductors of our time: after a meteoric start to his career, he put his baton aside for a while to pursue his second passion, flying as a pilot for Air France. Now, fortunately for audiences, he regularly conducts the finest orchestras again. Perhaps he'll even fly to the performance himself? Who knows.

Vienna Philharmonic / Daniel Hardin

Concert in Hamburg

Concert in Cologne

Museum Ludwig

Music for a piano trio, consisting of violin, cello and piano, has been one of the staples of chamber music since Haydn. The programme includes Haydn’s and Brahm’s well known trios as well as a piece by Turina. This composer combines Romantic abundance and Impressionist sounds with Spanish folklore.

From Vienna To Se­vil­le: A Mu­si­cal Jour­ney

Nuremberg State Theater

The heart of the Valencia Baryton Project is the trio of baryton, viola, and violoncello, for which Haydn wrote 123 works of outstanding beauty as the court composer for the Prince Esterhazy of Austria. A cross between the viol da gamba and lirone, with 10 resonating and plucked strings down the back of the instrument, the baryton gives the traditional string trio an entirely new dimension.

 Valencia Baryton Project

California Institute of Technology

True to its mission of promoting and raising awareness of classical music, the Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie travels across the Occitanie region in various formations.

Cello and double bass duo

Collégiale Notre-Dame de la Carce

Trio Seoul was founded in 2022 by Bienen School associate professor of violin Jinjoo Cho, pianist Kyu Yeon Kim, and cellist and Bienen alumnus Brannon Cho. All three are top prize winners and laureates of prestigious international competitions including the Concours musical international de Montréal, the Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition. The trio regularly collaborates with artists in multiple fields, including composers, choreographers, writers, and visual artists, and its members have appeared as soloists with celebrated orchestras throughout the world. The city of Seoul serves as a dynamic symbol of the ensemble’s cultural roots and artistic intensity.

Trio Seoul

Chamber music and playing in smaller ensembles is the root of all the intensity and transparency of the orchestral sound. This is one of the reasons why the chamber music series of the Mainz Philharmonic State Orchestra have been a fixture in Mainz's musical life for many years and a key concern of the orchestra's members. Full of anticipation, various ensembles gather together, lovingly conceive their programs, and meticulously prepare for these highly esteemed performances.

Sunday matinee in January

Staatstheater Mainz

The Minguet Quartet's programs are not just chamber music of the highest caliber, but always also an invitation to the audience to engage in dialogue and participation. The four musicians have already committed themselves to this with their ensemble's name: their namesake is the Spanish writer and music educator Pablo Minguet, who strove in his writings to provide access to the fine arts for all. The fourth chamber concert also features works from different eras in dialogue with each other: the concert begins in a truly classical style with one of the last quartets by Joseph Haydn, the inventor of the string quartet; at the end, we hear Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2, nothing less than a milestone in New Music – the transition to atonality. Tradition and modernity also converge in the works of the Romantics Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, as they are performed in the transcription by Aribert Reimann, one of the most distinguished composers of the second half of the 20th century, who died in 2024. The quartet also enters into dialogue with soprano Sarah Maria Sun, who is also known for her profound program ideas and as a specialist in contemporary music: she has already sung more than 400 world premieres.

Dialogues

CityPalais

One of our favorite ensembles and Yale’s quartet-in-residence returns for a special extended program traversing one of Haydn’s seminal sets of quartets. The Brentano’s signature elegance and refined musicianship will illuminate the composer’s genius in the six masterworks.

Brentano Quartet Union College

Union College

Mexico’s leading orchestra, the Sinfónica de Minería, makes its Symphony Center debut led by Carlos Miguel Prieto, a conductor praised for his “extraordinary ferocity and drive” (The Guardian). Revueltas’ vibrant portrait of Mexico’s pre-Columbian heritage shares a program with concertos by Haydn and Paquito D’Rivera, performed by the esteemed Venezuelan trumpeter Pacho Flores.

Sinfónica de Minería

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

5th Subscription Concert

Vienna Music Society

The string quartet feels ubiquitous today, but in the 18th century, it was just taking shape. Through his dozens of quartets, Haydn established, honed, and elevated the form, shaping our modern understanding of it.

Chamber Series I – String Quartet

Blake Library (Martin County Library System)

Alina Ibragimova Plays Mozart’s Third Violin Concerto

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

2nd Soirée

Come in from the cold and join the Rochester Symphony String Quartet for a casual concert in the warmth of candlelight at the beautiful Historic Chateau Theatre. Musicians will perform some of their favorite chamber music selections along with commentary. To further warm your spirits, Bitter and Pour will provide mulled wine and seasonal cocktails/mocktail for purchase.

Cold Weather, Warm Music

Peace Plaza

Smouldering drama collides with daring humour in this vibrant matinee concert directed by inspirational Italian violinist Lorenza Borrani.

Haydn & Schubert

Dumfries Campus - University of the West of Scotland (UWS)

The Queen's Hall

City Halls

Finnish composer Ida Moberg’s Sunrise vividly portrays the sun’s morning ascent, setting a serene yet dynamic tone. Haydn’s Symphony No. 39, Storm at Sea, contrasts erratic bursts with sudden silences, blending Sturm und Drang with Romantic foreshadowing. Dvořák’s Seventh Symphony shifts between drama and lightness, while Martinů’s Rhapsody Concerto combines Romantic warmth with lyrical elegance. The spotlight falls on violist Antoine Tamestit, whose artistry brings Martinů’s effervescent concerto to life alongside the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

The sound of the Czech Republic with Antoine Tamestit

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Music Center De Bijloke

Morning Stars

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

As a boy, Giovanni’s parents wanted to enrol him in the preparatory department of the Milan Conservatoire. According to the school, their son was too high-spirited, and he was not admitted as a violin student, but he soon more than made up for their disappointment. He studied the recorder, and while still a student, he joined with the lute player Luca Pianca in establishing Il Giardino Armonico—an ensemble that has won worldwide renown over its 40 years of existence in the field of the informed interpretation of early music.

Czech Philharmonic • Giovanni Antonini

Rudolfinum

Igor Stravinsky was a musical chameleon: a radical avant-gardist, a curious neoclassicist, and later even a proponent of twelve-tone music. Stagnation? None of this! Pulcinella, the ballet from his neoclassical phase, is based on music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. But Stravinsky wouldn't be Stravinsky if he hadn't created a modern soundscape from Baroque quotations. The result is a modern classic. Joseph Haydn is a classic of "true" classical music. His Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major is a stroke of genius: playful, virtuosic, and full of sophisticated surprises. He knew exactly how to captivate his audience—and how to challenge his soloists, in this case Roman Lemmel, principal trumpeter of the Bremen Philharmonic. And of course, Brahms: He is always a classic—even if not in the stylistic sense. Clara Schumann was enraptured by his Third Symphony: "What a work, what poetry! Every movement a jewel, every note of a single piece."

Brahms: Symphony No. 3 | Marko Letonja

The Bell, Bremen

A new premiere by Arizona-raised Paolo Prestini is bookended by works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Villa-Lobos, and Haydn’s Overture to L’isola disabitata and Symphony No. 45, “Farewell.”

Although Haydn’s Symphony No. 45, the “Farewell,” is known for its dramatic Adagio final movement where the musicians exit the stage, it stands on its own as a beautiful, affecting work. Haydn was also an accomplished opera composer; his opera L’isola disabitata tells the story of sisters stranded on a desert island for 13 years, developed in partnership with the most famous librettist of his time, Pietro Metastasio.

Haydn’s Farewell

Catalina Foothills High School

Ring in the new year with music that will leave you on the edge of your seat! Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the brilliant H+H Orchestra with the glowing Carolyn Sampson, whose voice conveys “a world of meaning with every phrase” (St. Louis Today). Let your spirit soar with the radiant joy in Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate before feeling the profound expression in Haydn’s Symphony No. 44 and the surging drama of Telemann’s gripping Ino. Toast a brand new year with the wonders of this musical feast!

Mozart + Haydn

New England Conservatory of Music

A bucket list of favorite travel destinations is truly timeless. In this vibrant New Year's concert, Casco Phil charts a musical Grand Tour through Europe's major cultural capitals. The ensemble follows in the footsteps of generations of young travelers who, between the 17th and 19th centuries, embarked on exclusive journeys through the continent to soak up the best of its art and culture.

New Year's Concerts – The Grand Tour

Cultuurcentrum Ter Dilft

Sint-Laurentiuskerk

Municipal Theater Mechelen

The Velinx

Conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong leads the program including the Phoenix Symphony debut of Cellist Sterling Elliott in Haydn’s charming Cello Concerto No. 2. Gabriela Ortiz’s Antrópolis which paints Mexico City’s exciting nightlife with vibrant musical brush complements an exciting program that concludes with Maurice Ravel’s masterful orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Phoenix Convention Center

The philharmonic concerts of the Hamburg State Orchestra become ZeitSpielen and transcend the boundaries of the ordinary: In this concert, Detlev Glanert's play with Haydn's way of thinking will be heard - for his new composition inspired by the Farewell Symphony will be juxtaposed with the original. In this way, we encounter Haydn today as a mirror of the past and at the same time, through Glanert, as part of the here and now! This musical play without fear of contact opens up new perspectives on our musical culture, our way of thinking and being, on our way of receiving music.

4th Philharmonic Concert HAYDN / GLANERT

Elbphilharmonie

The Hamburg State Orchestra's Philharmonic Concerts become time-plays, transcending the boundaries of the ordinary: This concert showcases Detlev Glanert's play with Haydn's way of thinking – his new composition, inspired by the Farewell Symphony, is juxtaposed with the original. Haydn thus encounters us today as a mirror of the past and, through Glanert, as a part of the here and now. This unabashed musical play opens up new perspectives on our musical culture, our thinking and being, and our way of receiving music.

Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra / Omer Meir Wellber

“She is a statue of beauty when standing or sitting: grace itself when she moves,” the 18th century English writer and artist Horace Walpole wrote about the legendary Queen of France Marie Antoinette. This colourful character from French history inspired the ballet by the French choreographer Thierry Malandain that premiered with his own ensemble, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, in 2019 in the very theatre that Marie Antoinette inaugurated on 16 May 1770 to mark her wedding to Louis XVI: the Opéra Royal Château de Versailles.

Marie Antoinette’s life in Versailles is central to Malandain’s ballet, which the choreographer has created to music by two of her contemporaries – Joseph Haydn and Christoph Willibald Gluck. The piece depicts her arrival at court, her wedding day, the opening of the opera house with Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Persée – as a ballet within the ballet – the attempted escape that would ultimately be her undoing and the infamous parties and balls associated with the Queen.

Marie Antoinette

Volksoper Wien

Gabriel Gardiner Strawinsky Tartini Haydn

Gasteig HP8

Join Music Director Andreas Delfs in the intimate setting of Beston Hall on the campus of Nazareth University for our popular Sunday Matinees at Naz Series!

Mozart & Britten

Glazer Music Performance Center

December Concert 2025

Castro Valley Center for the Arts

Gustav Mahler’s symphonies have changed the way we think about music and his Fourth Symphony is a masterpiece of joy and childlike wonder that evokes the gates of heaven. Conductor Manfred Honeck makes his triumphant return in a program of orchestral gems from his homeland, Austria. 

Honeck: Mahler 4

New World Center

Svetlin Roussev and the dkn already thrilled the audience with their expressiveness and precision at the 2021 concert at the Ljubljana Philharmonic Hall. The internationally sought-after violinist and conductor regularly leads renowned ensembles and orchestras in Bulgaria, France, Poland, Korea, Japan, and Sweden. He is a valued guest soloist with the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and the Kremerata Baltica.

Christmas Concert

Zeughaus Neuss

Bloom – Into the Inner Within | Yeeun Kim | Graduating Student Project

Bloom – Into the Inner Within | Yeeun Kim, piano

Longy School of Music of Bard College

The Trio Lumina III plays works by Joseph Haydn, Amy Beach and Walter Bricht.

Trio Lumina III @ Young Talents

Wien Museum Haydnhaus

Thursday Concert No. 4

Volkshaus Jena

Enjoy festive music from Mexico, Ukraine, Canada, South Africa, Estonia, as well as traditional Celtic favourites, in a kaleidoscopic programme showcasing the rich tapestry of global Christmas music.

Christmas Around the World

Smith Square Hall

The Lush Guitar

Norton Museum of Art

Join the Newport Symphony in our annual celebration of Baroque music. Featuring the stunning talents of Hannah Brewer on the wonderful Bond Organ at First Presbyterian Church and our own Concertmaster, Casey Bozell, this is a not to be missed opportunity. Celebrate the season in our coastal home with the music of the Baroque masters as well as seasonal favorites.

Christmas at the Coast

First Presbyterian Church of Newport


Since its founding in 2010, Trio Gaspard has established itself as one of the finest and most sought-after piano trios of its generation. The ensemble, led by the wonderful pianist and chamber musician Nicholas Rimmer, is dedicated to the classical trio repertoire, but also explores more obscure works and contemporary works. The first installments of its complete recording of the Haydn Trios have been critically acclaimed and, according to "Strad" magazine, "have left us wanting more." Following performances at London's Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Shanghai Symphony Hall, among others, Trio Gaspard now makes its Blaibach debut.

Trio Gaspard

Blaibach Concert Hall

The string quartet is considered the pinnacle of chamber music – and we can experience why this is so at performances by the Quatuor Ébène: In around two decades, an ensemble has grown that not only plays in the premier league of international quartets, but also regularly leaves audiences breathless with its unconditional courage to take risks and the intensity of its interpretations. Even supposedly well-known repertoire sounds refreshingly new and excitingly different with the Quatuor Ébène. For example, Joseph Haydn, who is considered the inventor of the genre. The program features one of the Viennese classic's late quartets, the String Quartet in G major, Op. 76 No. 1, in which he bundled all his achievements in this field, as a kind of legacy. The bar was thus set high for subsequent generations of composers, a fact that Johannes Brahms also felt: he spent around 20 years exploring the genre before presenting his first quartets to the public with Opus 51. Framed by the two German-speaking composers, the only string quartet by the Frenchman Maurice Ravel can be heard, which is full of wonderful sound effects.

Quatuor Ébène

“A passion for musical discovery”— that is what the members of L’Armonia Terrena say unites them. What this ensemble has uncovered in the contrasting musical worlds of Haydn, Ravel and Martinů will be revealed in largest instrumental group performance to take place during this season’s matinee series. The ensemble will be led by Zdeněk Klauda, with Czech Philharmonic cellist Eduard Šístek appearing as soloist.

Czech Chamber Music Society • L'Armonia Terrena

Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Clara Schumann’s Three Romances are wistful and intimate, gracefully opening this concert led by frequent SLSO guest conductor John Storgårds. Haydn’s Cello Concerto, though exceptionally difficult to master, is leisurely and elegant. Cellist Kian Soltani, whose emotional connection with audiences has captivated many, makes his St. Louis debut. Then, a musical kaleidoscope takes shape in Shostakovich’s final symphony, a blend of the composer’s memories, transformed into an epic symphonic memoir.

Shostakovich's 15th

Powell Hall

"The Nutcracker"

Christ Lutheran Church in Allentown

Have you ever wondered what the great composers would talk about if they all got together for dinner? This program is that conversation, spanning centuries and musical styles but united by wit, charm, and genius. First it’s Mozart’'s radiant Symphony No. 29, a piece written when he was just 18 years old, yet full of a joyful energy and sophisticated elegance that will simply take your breath away.

Composer

Joseph Haydn

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 20, 2025 - Apr 5, 2026

Marie Antoinette · Volksoper Wien

Feb 4, 2026

The Flamboyant Barbara Hannigan · Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

Feb 4, 2026

ASMF & Steven Isserlis, Bury St. Edmunds · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Feb 5, 2026

ASMF & Steven Isserlis, London · Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Feb 8, 2026

Foundation Concert · Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie

Past events

Feb 1, 2026

Salzburg Orchestra Academy: Light Shows · Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum

Feb 1, 2026

The Clock · Vallejo Symphony

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