Make "more enjoyment" your resolution for the new year! The Jena Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Swann van Rechem offers the perfect opportunity to put this into practice. Forget Dubai chocolate! We will open our musical box of chocolates for you, filled with the finest sounds from France, Austria and Germany. And with us you know exactly what you are getting. Enjoy the finest delicacies from Strauss and Sons, from Frederick Loewe, Erik Satie, Emmanuel Chabrier, Julius Fučík, Émile Waldteufel, Claude Debussy and Paul Lincke - and all without regrets. Whether tenderly melting or sparklingly fast - every piece is a feast for the ears. Bon appétit!

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New Year's concert in the afternoon

Volkshaus Jena

Guest performance in Weißenfels New Year's Concert

Kulturhaus Weißenfels

New Year's Concert 2025

Guest performance in Arnstadt New Year's Eve concert • SOLD OUT

Theater im Schlossgarten

Don’t miss enjoying these favorite Yule festivities with your family and friends … and you can take advantage of our special rates for a package of 2 adult tickets and 3 children’s tickets.

Evanston Symphony Holiday Concert 2024

Evanston Township High School

Given the enormous success of SSO’s Nutcracker performance in December 2023, Tchaikovsky’s first symphony, called Winter Daydreams, will be the highlight of the winter season. Surely everyone of us has skated several laps of our local ice rinks to Waldteufel’s Skater’s Waltz with smiles on our faces and joy in our hearts. The SSO is pleased to present these and another seasonal favourite, The Sound of Music, at this most wonderful time of the year.

Sounds of the Season

The Machine Shop

This year the MSO celebrates the holidays with “Christmas Around the World.” Baritone Ricardo Jose Rivera joins the orchestra on a global musical journey, featuring beloved carols and festive favorites from nearly a dozen countries. From the timeless melodies of Europe to the rhythmic beats of Latin America and beyond, this concert bridges cultures and traditions, uniting hearts in the warmth and goodwill of the season.

Christmas Around the World

Saenger Theatre

Miracle Seoul

Starfield Library

Themed “Music From Film” the orchestra will be performing music composed for and featured on the silver screen at our Summer Concert. The concert will take place at Bramshaw Village Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday 15 June 2024. Conducted by Simon Wilkins, the orchestra will be playing a selection of music featured in and composed for film, including 2001 Space Odyssey, The Mission, Fantasia, The King’s Speech, Jean de Florette, Apocalpyse Now, Lord of the Rings, Rocketman, Apollo 13 and more!

Music From Film

Bramshaw Village Hall

CYSO’s Overture Strings, Preparatory Strings, and Debut Orchestra present their spring concert.

Overture Strings, Preparatory Strings, and Debut Orchestra Spring Concert

Northwestern University

The ETSO season concludes with the World Premiere of a piece commissioned by the orchestra. Written by Dr. Kyle Gullings, Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at UT Tyler, “Gridiron Symphony” celebrates the traditions surrounding the East Texas passion for high school football. The concert also features other sports-themed works, including Olympic-inspired pieces by John Williams, Vangelis’s popular theme from “Chariots of Fire,” and Charles Ives’s take on the Yale-Princeton football rivalry. The entire family will enjoy this uplifting end to the 2023/2024 season.

Gridiron Symphony

The University of Texas at Tyler

The Washington Post says it best: “The NSO has a knack for making old favorites sound not just new, but renewed.” Whether you are a seasoned classical music aficionado or a newcomer to the genre, you’ll delight in this light classical program promising extraordinary new insights to popular classics by Bernstein, Puccini, Rossini, Florence Price, William Grant Still, and others—a perfect night out at the symphony!

Classics in Concert: Timeless Favorites

Kennedy Center

Joining your genial host, conductor Stephen Bell, is versatile baritone Rodney Earl Clarke, whose velvet tone has been heard in a host of high-profile engagements, from opera houses and the BBC Proms to Twickenham and the West End. Alongside vocal highlights from Handel, Mozart, Mel Torme and Les Miserables you’ll also enjoy a sack full of seasonal orchestral showpieces from the likes of Adam Saunders, Erich Korngold, Paul Campbell and Serge Prokofiev, with some classic cinematic magic in the shape of music from Home Alone and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

The Hallé in Warwick

University of Warwick

NDSO brings you the magical wintry theme including Skaters Waltz, Rocket Sleigh, Harry Potter and Frozen, along with your favorite holiday classics. Don’t miss the return of the always-popular kiddie conductors on Jingle Bells Forever!

Winter Wonderland

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School

Celebrate 4th of July weekend with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra!

Symphony Under The Stars

Morris Performing Arts Center

Concert 2

Our Lady Star of the Sea

It's Magic

George Washington Masonic National Memorial

With this program, the orchestra wants to give its audience a real Christmas present. In the program, we have tried to collect the most beautiful Christmas melodies and the most famous Christmas songs. Everything from Sibelius' Christmas Carol, Koppången and Klang min vackra bjällra , to Sleigh Ride and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, which are also included in the program. To help us, we have Norrköping-born Olle Persson as soloist and the choirs Bel Canto and Musikaliska Sällskapets Kammarkör. It almost couldn't get better. Here you really get the chance to fill up on all the energy and Christmas spirit needed for the holidays.

Sound and cheers

Louis de Geer konsert & kongress

Under the direction of Dr. Frank Cook, Northern Colorado’s biggest, baddest, and boldest brass section takes center stage for this spectacular evening of holiday hymns and carols! Resounding trumpets and triumphant horns declare the magic and majesty of the holiday season. The breathtaking artistry of the musicians resonate in intimate settings across Northern Colorado. Don’t wait, reserve your tickets now as these performances sell out quickly!

Christmas Brass

First United Methodist Church of Windsor

Generations Church

King of Glory Lutheran Church

Copenhagen Phil is once again preparing for one of the year's big and atmospheric events, when the symphony orchestra kicks off 2026 with a very special musical fireworks display that celebrates the beauty of life, the seductive rhythms of music and unforgettable melodies - from Vienna to Harlem.

New Year's concert

Fredensborg Hall

Kalundborghallen

Køgehallerne - Spar Nord Arena

The Conservatory Concert Hall

Royal Stage, Hillerød

BORREN - Højby Idræts- og Kulturcenter

Nykøbing F Hallen

Paris and Vienna were Europe’s musical capitals in the 19th century, inspiring each other with elegant dance music and lively operettas. François-Xavier Roth conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in a New Year’s program that combines Strauss waltzes with French composers who refined and extended Vienna’s influence.

Émile Waldteufel

Events

Upcoming events

Jan 5, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

Guest performance in Weißenfels New Year's Concert · Jenaer Philharmonie

Dec 7, 2025

Concert 2 · Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra

Dec 14, 2025

It's Magic · Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association

Dec 18, 2025

Sound and cheers · Norrköpings Symfoniorkester

18 - 20 Dec, 2025

Christmas Brass · Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra

Past events

Jan 19, 2025

New Year's concert in the afternoon · Jenaer Philharmonie

Jan 5, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026

Guest performance in Weißenfels New Year's Concert · Jenaer Philharmonie

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