Composer

At the programme’s centre stand two monumental passacaglias: Bach’s famous Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor and the powerful Passacaille by Swiss composer Frank Martin (no relation to our soloist!) Written nearly two centuries later, Martin’s work refracts Bach’s great work through a twentieth-century harmonic language.

Passacaglia

Smith Square Hall

Joint concert by the via-nova-chor München with Le Madrigal de Paris as part of a concert tour to France.

Joint Concert with Le Madrigal de Paris

Paris

In this 60-minute Symphonic Happy Hour, experience the extraordinary talent of Jason Xu, winner of the 2024 OSM Competition, as he brings out the full technical richness of the saxophone in Frank Martin’s Ballade. Camille Pépin will captivate you with the vibrant energy of Vajrayana, while Mussorgsky will take you on a journey through his imagined museum with Pictures at an Exhibition, a stunning work enriched by beautiful orchestral colours.

Pictures at an Exhibition

Place des Arts

Reimagined brings familiar works into unexpected instrumental settings, offering a fresh perspective on well-known repertoire. Featuring Franck’s Violin Sonata arranged for saxophone and piano, Martin’s Ballade, and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 1, the program explores new colours, contrasts, and dialogue between instruments, bringing energy and character to these timeless masterpieces.

Reimagined

Ian Hanger Recital Hall - IHRH

Hari Maheswaran, saxophone

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

With outstanding musical partners—including clarinetist Karl-Heinz Steffens and Konzerthaus director Thomas E. Bauer—pianist Elena Bashkirova once again shares the special spirit of the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, which she founded in 1998. The highlight is an exquisite listening experience: three Mozart piano concertos in a chamber music ensemble!

Elena Bashkirova & Friends

Blaibach Concert Hall

EPSG:4326

Alain Altinoglu & Frank Peter Zimmermann

Munich Residence

A concert devoted to the music of the great Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974), offering an exceptional opportunity to hear his distinctive voice across numerous contrasting ensembles.

Festival of the Creative Arts – Chamber Music of Frank Martin

Longmire Alumni Building

Frank Peter Zimmermann is one of the great violinists of our time, renowned for his beautiful tone and dazzling virtuosity. He has graced the stage at Konserthuset Stockholm many times before, and is always a warmly welcomed guest. On this occasion, he performs the stunning Violin Concerto by Swiss composer Frank Martin – a work brimming with lyrical beauty, vivid orchestral colours and rhythmic vitality.

Martin and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Stockholm City Hall

We're taking a trip to the other side of the globe to meet Jessica Cottis, who grew up on her family's sheep farm in southeastern Australia. From there, she has a deep connection to nature, which is reflected in her passion for programs that explore music's relationship with nature and science.

Award-winning soloist sings Vier letzte Lieder

Alsion Concert Hall

South Jutland Hall

Scottish lute manuscripts, held in various aristocratic houses before the union of crowns, refer to a time when the border between folk and classical music was much more porous than it is these days; this music has only come to light relatively recently.

Sean Shibe: Forgotten Dances – Lute & Guitars

Southbank Centre

Chamber Concert 2

WDR Funkhaus

Spheric Sounds

St. Marien Kirche

Lübeck Cathedral

Three works that were created in the shadow of the world wars: Maurice Ravel actually wanted to create a monument to French music with "Le Tombeau de Couperin", and it is accordingly designed to be lively and optimistic. Completed during the First World War, Ravel took the title "Tombeau" as an opportunity to dedicate each of the individual movements to a fallen soldier from his circle of friends. For the day of liberation, when the oppressive period of the occupation of France would end, Francis Poulenc wrote "Figure humaine" in 1943. The Munich Philharmonic Choir sings this hymn to "Liberté", an impressive masterpiece for 12-part choir a cappella. Frank Martin also composed "In terra pax" in 1944 for the long-awaited first day of peace after the end of the Second World War. Premiered on May 7, 1945, the oratorio addresses grief and fear as well as exuberant joy and relief. The French conductor Alain Altinoglu will be in charge of this program.

Ravel Poulenc Martin

Gasteig HP8

It was the conductor Paul Sacher who inspired Frank Martin to focus on an instrumentation in a concert that one would actually associate with a baroque basso continuo. In the juxtaposition of two string orchestras with soloists on harp, piano and harpsichord, Martin created a constellation that is vaguely reminiscent of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos just before the end of the Second World War. 

7th  Symphony Concert

Music and Congress Hall

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study.

Guitar Department Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Around seven decades after the premiere of Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde", the Swiss composer Frank Martin set about retelling the same story - a bold undertaking given the enormous impact of Wagner's work. In any case, the pacifist Martin was not allowed to make any reference to Wagner's powerful Gesamtkunstwerk due to the Nazi rulers' appropriation of Wagner.

The magic potion

Munich Kammerspiele

Hailed as “lively and sensational” by Montreal’s Arts and Opinion, and “flawless” by New York Concert Review, prize-winning violinist Iryna Krechkovsky enjoys an international career as soloist, chamber music collaborator, educator, and arts executive. Celebrated for her tone, emotionality, and precision, she has performed in concert venues from Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in New York City, to The American Church in Paris, Chicago Cultural Center, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, and Seoul Arts Center in Korea.

Trio Céleste

St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church

Swiss composer Frank Martin extracts six monologue-like passages from Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s reworking of the medieval, “Everyman. The play of the rich man's death”, which traces the psychological development of the title character – from realisation of his impending death to revolt and despair, through to final acceptance of death. Martin’s essentially tonal, but extremely individually enriched music nestles closely with the text, until it fades off consolingly in C major. Anton Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 is is somewhat overshadowed by its more popular neighbours. The composer, a great admirer of Richard Wagner, pays homage to his idol with a quote from Tristan and Isolde in the finale. Vladimir Jurowski, taking a strictly chronological approach to the Austrian symphonist’s œuvre, interprets this complex, rhythmically striking piece, described by its composer as the “perkiest” of his symphonies, which will now be performed for only the fourth time in the history of the Musical Academy.

Academy Concert: Vladimir Jurowski

Max-Joseph-Platz

Both create music through the flow of air, and yet they could hardly be more different: the powerful, large organ and the intimate, modest flute. In this concert, Thomas Ospital, organist of St Eustache Church in Paris, and Emmanuel Pahud, principal flautist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, demonstrate how well the two instruments go together – with dreamy, often highly virtuosic works by Jehan Alain, Camille Saint-Saëns and Frank Martin. The full splendour of the organ’s sound comes into its own in the transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre as well as  in Liszt's Consolation and his variations on Johann Sebastian Bach’s “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”.

Organ matinee Thomas Ospital and Emmanuel Pahud

Berliner Philharmonie

‘Nimrod’, one of music’s most endearing tributes, lies at the heart of the ‘Enigma’ Variations, and there are many more touching portraits to unveil here. Each movement dedicated to in his own words ‘his friends pictured within’. Edward Elgar loved cryptic codes and he hid one in his most famous work – it is still to be cracked even to this day.

Cracking Elgar’s Enigma Code

The Bridgewater Hall

At this youth concert, young people get to know the flute in all its facets, because the two works by Frank Martin and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart couldn't be more different. Exciting virtuosity in Martin's ballad meets Mozart's delicate lightness, packaged in the form of a classical solo concerto. With Stathis Karapanos, we were able to get an international star for this concert. The young people sit on the stage at the youth concerts and thus have the opportunity to engage in direct interaction with the musicians.

Youth concert for the  3rd Symphony concert

When the 22-year-old Mozart was working on his second flute concerto, the later composer of the "Magic Flute" was not particularly fond of the instrument: "Then I'll be stuffed" (i.e. reluctant), he told his father, "if I have to write for an instrument that I don't like." And so he quickly managed to get his client, Ferdinand Dejean, to arrange his oboe concerto - a sleight of hand that of course does not detract from Mozart's cheerful and energetic music.

3rd  Symphony Concert

A programme running from Bach to Thomas Adès by way of leading composers from Paraguay, Brazil and the unique style of the Barcelona-born Federico Mompou, whose 1962 Suite compostelana – referring to the city of Santiago de Compostela – was written for Andrès Segovia.

Sean Shibe guitar

Wigmore Hall

In the summer of 1917, Sergei Prokofiev played a trick on all those who had previously denounced him as a merciless futurist by composing his first symphony as a homage to Joseph Haydn and giving it the title "Symphonie Classique", "out of high spirits, to annoy the philistines", as he later revealed.

The Swiss composer Frank Martin felt magically attracted by the old language, inspired by Hans Sachs, in Hugo von Hofmannsthal's "Jedermann". For a song cycle, he chose six monologues from the main character in the play to musically trace his psychological and religious development as in a monodrama. Bo Skovhus, one of the most outstanding opera and concert singers of our time, interprets this fascinating work.

Symphony concert

Now completing its eightieth season, Buxton Musical Society is the town’s foremost classical music performing group.

Buxton Musical Society

St John's Church Buxton

An incredibly popular annual jazz event, Indian Jazz Journey with Mahesh Kale and George Brooks is a captivating encounter between Indian classical and Western jazz musical traditions. Renowned vocalist Mahesh Kale, beloved for the intense beauty of his expressive voice, blends the intricate ragas and rhythms of Indian classical music with the improvisational spirit of jazz. His musical collaborator is George Brooks, whose soulful saxophone and deep understanding of Indian music create a dynamic dialogue between the two genres. Their melodies soar in unison over the rhythmic landscape of traditional Indian instruments and the Jazz rhythm section, creating a tapestry of sound that is both familiar and unexpected.

Indian Jazz Journey

Stanford University

Study concert with trombone students under Jesper Juul

Study concert with trombone students

The Studio Hall

Join us for an evening of exceptional trombone performance by Holden Welch, a talented Bachelor of Music student under the guidance of Michael Mulcahy. This recital is set to take place on Monday, May 20, 2024, at 8:30pm CDT in the Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, located within the prestigious Ryan Center for the Musical Arts at Northwestern University.

The program promises a diverse and captivating selection of pieces, including Derek Bourgeois' Trombone Concerto, Op. 114a, Frank Martin's Ballade, and original compositions by Holden Welch himself, such as the Trombone Sonata and "No Longer Mourn for Me." The evening will conclude with a special arrangement of Andrea Bocelli's "Time to Say Goodbye" by Holden Welch, showcasing his versatility and creativity as both a performer and arranger. Accompanying Holden on piano will be Yoko Yamada-Selvaggio, adding depth and harmony to the performance.

Admission to this event is free, and no tickets are required, making it an accessible opportunity for all music lovers. For those unable to attend in person, a live stream of the recital will be available, ensuring no one misses out on this musical showcase.

The Galvin Recital Hall, with its breathtaking views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline, coupled with its state-of-the-art acoustics, provides the perfect backdrop for this event. Don't miss this opportunity to support emerging musical talent and experience the power of live music in one of the most beautiful venues in Evanston.

Holden Welch, trombone

Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall

Join us for an enchanting evening of flute music featuring the talented Saeyeong Kim, a Master of Music student under the guidance of John Thorne. This recital is set to take place on Friday, April 26, 2024, at 6:00pm CDT in the exquisite Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall, located within the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts at Northwestern University.

Saeyeong Kim, accompanied by Kay Kim on piano, will present a captivating program that includes works by Adolphus Hailstork, J.S. Bach, Frank Martin, Georg Philipp Telemann, and Franz Schubert. The repertoire highlights include "Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees)" by Hailstork, Bach's Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034, Martin's "Ballade," Telemann's Fantasia No. 6 in D Minor, TWV 40:7, and Schubert's Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen," D. 802.

This event is free and open to the public, with no tickets required. For those unable to attend in person, a live stream will be available, ensuring that no one misses out on this remarkable performance.

The Galvin Recital Hall, with its stunning views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline, provides the perfect backdrop for this musical evening. The hall is renowned for its exceptional acoustics, thanks to the undulating walls covered with African moabi wood, ensuring that every note is heard in crystal clear quality.

Don't miss this opportunity to experience the artistry of Saeyeong Kim and Kay Kim in one of the most beautiful concert venues in the region.

Saeyeong Kim, flute

Program Six opens with George Balanchine’s Emeralds, the opening ballet in the choreographer’s renowned three-act ballet Jewels, the ballet whispers French perfume with its graceful clouds of tulle
in Romantic-length tutus. Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s tense psychological drama Las Hermanas* takes
a 180 degree turn from the splendor of the previous work. Profoundly musical, structurally complex,
yet exquisitely refined, the ballet is based on Federico García Lorca’s, The House of Bernarda Alba.
Las Hermanas is a remarkable dramatic ballet about sensuality under harsh repression as well as the emotional and violent consequences that follow. What better combination to bring audiences back from the weight of Las Hermanas than the brilliance of George Balanchine and George Gershwin? Closing Program Six, Who Cares? brings audiences through a wonderful series of solos, duets, quartets, and ensemble pieces all set to remarkable jazzy classics of Gershwin.

Portraits of Expression

Sarasota Opera House

 ATHELAS has the great honor of inviting to a concert with the recipient of the Léonie Sonnings Musikpris 2024, the French-Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud. The concert on March 10 in Den Sorte Diamant is not only the first award recipient gives in connection with the award reception, but also the only one in concert in Copenhagen. We are proud to have conductor Anu Tali on stage at this fireworks display of a concert.

Emmanuel Pahud, Sonnings Music Prize 2024

The Royal Library

Yidi Wang, Flute

The Juilliard School

This recital is given in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music. Elizabeth Kleiber is a student of Marianne Gedigian. 

Elizabeth Kleiber, Flute

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

Jamie Kim, Flute

Copland Harris Rose, Trombone – Doctoral Qualifying Recital

Study concert with flute students under Ulla Miilmann and Alena Valentin

Study concert with flute students

New Hall

Wincenc Flute Studio Recital

Harbingers of Change

St. Paul’s Church

Hamilton Hall

The right collaborative piano performance can take a great piece to another level. In this event, brilliant pianists partner with other musicians to bring classical melonies, harmonies, and ryhthms together in a breathtaking performance.

Collaborative Piano Showcase

Music Academy of the West

Detailed Programs for the 2022 - 2023 Season.

Chamber Music Sundaes Concert 4

Crowden Music Center

World Premiere for Chamber Orchestra
commissioned by the SFCO with NEA and Emerging Black Composers Project.

MainStage 4 - Onwards and Upwards

First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley

First United Methodist Church

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco

Delia Zaleski is a Senior at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Flute Performance, studying with Alberto Almarza. During her time at Carnegie Mellon, she has participated in the Philharmonic, Wind Ensemble, Contemporary Ensemble, and several chamber groups. Last year, she won the 2022-2023 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition and was named the 2023 Presser Scholar. Delia enjoys working with other students and is currently the section coach for the All University Orchestra flute section and has coached the non-major flute ensemble “Flutonium”. Apart from flute, Delia is an avid reader who dabbles in writing and enjoys learning about music history. She was a major contributor for Interlochen Public Radio’s sixth season of Kids Commute and has written for the Carnegie Mellon School of Music’s program notes team. She can also regularly be found caring for houseplants and hiking on the weekends.

Student Recital: Delia Zaleski

Carnegie Mellon University

Study concert with flute students under Ulla Miilmann and Alena Walentin

The Royal Danish Academy of Music

Savor a recital of Mendelssohn, Smetana, and Martin by Trio Céleste in Chamber Music | OC’s intimate, state-of-the-art concert hall. Artists in residence at UC Irvine from 2013-19, Trio Céleste are a dynamic ensemble whose performances have garnered critical acclaim in the US and abroad.

Chamber Music OC

Savor a recital of Mendelssohn, Smetana, and Martin by Trio Céleste in Chamber Music | OC’s intimate, state-of-the-art concert hall. Presented by the Da Camera Society in partnership with Chamber Music | OC.

The Da Camera Society Presents: Trio Céleste

Neave Trio, a well-known touring ensemble, that has visited Opus before, is now back on popular request. This time they will perform a program of pieces by Gabriela Lena Frank; Four Folk Songs, Frank Martin; Piano Trio of Irish Folk Songs and Bedrich Smetana; Piano Trio in G minor, among others. Their name ’Neave’ is actually a Gaelic name meaning ‘bright’ and ‘radiant,’ both of which certainly apply to this trio's music making. We are very much looking forward to another chance to host this outstanding piano-violin-cello trio.

Trio Neave

Preston Hall

CMOC’s Ensemble-in-Residence Trio Céleste presents its first full-length recital in the Weinstein Performance Space, featuring works by Martin, Barvinsky, and Mendelssohn. Presented as part of CMOC’s 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Trio Céleste, CMOC’s Ensemble-in-Residence

Written by James McLure, The Day They Shot John Lennon is a powerful story reliving the day The Beatles songwriter and musician, John Lennon, was assassinated. A group of strangers meet at the location of his murder to reminisce on his life with humorous and moving anecdotes. The play is set in December of 1980 when the songs of his era took on unfortunate new meanings.

The Day They Shot John Lennon

Youngstown Playhouse

Curtis Institute of Music students perform over 100 free recitals during the semester, held on most Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings. Admission requires advance registration and is complimentary.

Flute, Violin, Cello, Viola, and Piano

Curtis Institute of Music

Haydn, Boulanger, Mahler & Martin

St. Martin's Episcopal Church

CSUS Capistrano Hall

Two works for double choir—Paul Fowler’s wordless, hypnotic Calling and Frank Martin’s masterful setting of the Latin Mass—bookend an evening of music exploring the world of the spirit from many perspectives.

Songs of the Soul

Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church

Reena Esmail often says that her music exists between the worlds of Indian and Western classical music. You may have heard us perform Reena's work This Love Between Us or seen our music video for her piece TaReKiTa. This concert presents an in-depth look at the tapestry of Reena’s choral repertoire, paired with Frank Martin’s virtuosic a cappella masterpiece Mass for Double Choir, which will take you on a journey from personal religious devotion to a glorious confluence of inspirations including Renaissance polyphony, Bach, Venetian antiphony, and French Impressionism.

Esmail / Martin

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Concert program with Benjamin Bruns (tenor) and Fabio Luisi (conductor); Frank Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion and String Orchestra; Franz Liszt: A Faust Symphony in Three Character Pictures for Tenor, Men's Chorus and Orchestra.

Composer

Frank Martin

Events

Upcoming events

12 - 13 Mar, 2027

Martin / Liszt · Gasteig HP8

Past events

Oct 29, 2026

Passacaglia · Sinfonia Smith Square

May 29, 2026

Joint Concert with Le Madrigal de Paris · Via-nova-chor München

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