Composer

EPSG:4326

Trio Kobalt

Teatro La Fenice

After opening the season with Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7, Chief Conductor Marcus Bosch concludes the Philharmonic Concert series with the composer's Symphony No. 9 – and it's time to say goodbye. Composed in Toblach and New York, this large-scale symphony is Mahler's last completed work. The then New York Chief Conductor looks back with nostalgia, bids farewell, and seems to capitulate with his visions. The result was an impressive and bold sonic edifice, with which he builds a world using every means at his disposal – ultimately crossing the threshold to modernity.

10th Philharmonic Concert / Farewell

Volkstheater Rostock - Big House

Guest performance Viersen

Festhalle Viersen City

With its unforgettable Ode to Joy, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is always a special occasion – a glorious way to end any concert season. Tonight, Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn makes it the climax of a very special (and distinctly Scottish) celebration; starting with Mendelssohn’s Hebridean journey and pausing for a song or three with Sir James MacMillan and Scottish star, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill. As Beethoven himself put it: here’s a kiss for all the world! 

Season Finale: Ode to Joy

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Usher Hall, Edinburgh

With its unforgettable Ode to Joy, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is always a special occasion – a glorious way to end any concert season. Tonight, Principal Guest Conductor Patrick Hahn makes it the climax of a very special (and distinctly Scottish) celebration; starting with Mendelssohn’s Hebridean journey and pausing for a song or three with Sir James MacMillan and Scottish star, mezzo-soprano Karen Cargill. As Beethoven himself put it: here’s a kiss for all the world!

Ode to Joy

Usher Hall

Few works begin as majestically as Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto. Pianist Alexander Melnikov is able to unleash his highly emotional virtuosity right from the start. The most beautiful melodies and subtle nuances follow on the path to the thrilling finale. Felix Mendelssohn's overture "Ruy Blas" was also once described as "brilliantly chivalrous," opening the program with solemn wind sounds and stormy vehemence. The evening then embarks on a grand journey with Mendelssohn's atmospheric "Scottish Symphony." The evening will be conducted by the celebrated Maxim Emelyanychev.

Spirit of Romanticism - Beethoven & Mendelssohn

Museum Ludwig

WDR Happy Hour - Mendelssohn

Philharmonic Essen

Among Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's instrumental concertos, his Violin Concerto has held a particularly high status since its composition and premiere in the mid-1840s. As a work of great melodic qualities, harmonic finesse, and rhythmic intensity, it has not been without reason that it has garnered much admiration. Maurice Ravel's ballet music for Daphnis et Chloé , composed and premiered for the Ballets Russes in 1912 , is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of French Impressionism, featuring floating sounds and rich color nuances, as well as a wordless chorus. A story from Greek mythology is impressively relived with and through music.

Symphony Concert VIII

Bebelplatz

Čajkovskij & Rachmaninov

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre

The chamber music ensembles of the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Hallé Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton, takes the helm for this spectacular season finale. A true showstopper, Mendelssohn’s Elijah captures the full spectrum of humanity’s struggles and triumphs, bringing the powerful story of the prophet Elijah to life through music. For this masterpiece, Sheffield’s resident orchestra and chorus will be joined by a star-studded cast of soloists who will weave this rich tapestry of sound, blending rousing choruses, lyrical arias, complex choral fugues and vivid orchestrations, ending with a triumphant “Amen”.

Sheffield International Concert Season 2025/26 - The Hallé

Sheffield City Hall

A sextet? A chamber concerto, rather, which Felix Mendelssohn completed in about ten days, in the spring of 1824 – he was only fifteen years old. The music flows like pure water, the general tone, both light and virtuoso, draws an evanescent Andante, escaped from the generous muse of an adolescent who would say: "I would gladly exchange my virtues for the sins of Mozart." Clarity, transparency, generosity are also the qualities of the third of Dvořák's string quintets, breathing far from his native Bohemia, the fresh air of the Midwest, where the composer was staying at the time: pure enchantment.

National Sundays / Marie-Ange Nguci

Maison de la Radio et de la Musique

With performances acclaimed for both “high-octane” excitement (The Strad) and “dusky lyricism” (New York Times), the Aeolus Quartet has been awarded prizes at nearly every major competition in the United States and performed across the globe with showings “worthy of a major-league quartet” (Dallas Morning News). Their program features works by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Grażyna Bacewicz, and a newly revised version of Joan Tower’s Wild Summer.

Aeolus Quartet

Fisher Center at Bard

Thrills abound in this cinematically inspired program, with Herrmann’s “Psycho Suite” setting the stage for María Dueñas’s electrifying performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto — infused with the lush, film-score atmosphere of 1930s Hollywood.

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: María Dueñas Plays Korngold

Meridian Arts Centre

Ho San Toby Tse, clarinet

Northwestern Bienen School of Music

The Hallé’s fabulous Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton leads an inclusive and enjoyable day exploring Mendelssohn’s much-loved oratorio, Elijah.

Sing with the Hallé 2026: Mendelssohn’s Elijah

The Bridgewater Hall

Join us for a fun and inspiring day of singing alongside one of the world’s most renowned musical organisations. The Hallé’s fabulous Choral Director, Matthew Hamilton leads an inclusive and enjoyable day exploring Mendelssohn’s much-loved oratorio, Elijah. Everyone is welcome and you don’t need any previous experience to participate. If you love singing and would like the opportunity to develop your skills and musicianship in a relaxed environment, then we’d love you to join us. Or simply come along at the end of the day to enjoy the performance.

Sing with the Hallé: Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Mendelssohn’s sparkling “Italian” Symphony takes listeners on a journey through the picturesque landscapes and lively streets of Italy. Under the baton of Gustavo Gimeno, this Relaxed Masterworks program also features the World Première of a vibrant new work by Bekah Simms, and a few other surprises and delights.

Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony

David Pecaut Square

Step into a magical world of woodland fairies and the lovers who encounter them. The Orchestra and Music Director Laureate Hans Graf perform Mendelssohn's iconic score for Shakespeare's beloved A Midsummer Night's Dream, including one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of music ever written, the Wedding March. Rising star pianist Sophia Liu also joins the Orchestra for Chopin's beautiful Second Piano Concerto.

Hans Graf Returns: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Arts Commons

This electrifying Australian group, founded in 2007 by brothers Daniel Kowalik (violin) and Karol Kowalik (cello), and friends Thomas Chawner (viola) and David Dalseno (violin), is one of the most exciting string quartets of its generation. Known for their engaging performances, they inspire reviews like this one from the Canberra CityNews: “incredible passion, fire and intensity. The audience erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. It was an electric and enthralling evening of the finest music making.”

Orava Quartet

St. John's Episcopal Church Portsmouth

Jamie Park, double bass

This electrifying Australian group, founded in 2007 by brothers Daniel Kowalik (violin) and Karol Kowalik (cello), and friends Thomas Chawner (viola) and David Dalseno (violin), is one of the most exciting string quartets of its generation. Known for their engaging performances, they inspire reviews like this one from the Canberra CityNews: “incredible passion, fire and intensity. The audience erupted in thunderous applause and cheers. It was an electric and enthralling evening of the finest music making.” They are joined by award-winning pianist Olga Kern in what promises to be an evening you won’t want to miss!

Orava Quartet & Olga Kern, piano

Clay & Jay Barr Education Center

Music Arts Center

Mc Jefferson Agloro, baritone

Michael Mariotti

San Carlo Theatre

Guest performance in Essen

9th Chamber Music Concert in the Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

Felix Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" combines feather-light ghost dances and sparkling gaiety. The music, composed in 1843, is arguably the most beautiful musical setting of Shakespeare's comedy of the same name. In it, young people lose themselves in a fairy world and experience turbulent emotional turmoil. 150 years earlier, the British composer Henry Purcell composed his equally heartwarming stage work "The Fairy Queen" on the same subject. Marie Jacquot, the future WDR chief conductor, also leads the musical mythical creatures of Norwegian conductor Kristine Tjøgersen through the enchanted summer night forest.

Marie Jacquot - Midsummer Night's Dreams

William Scarrow, bass-baritone

Vintage baroque meets pure rock in this spirited double bill. Because when Vilde Frang and Kammerorchester Basel tackle Bach together, you know sparks will fly. The Norwegian string queen chose not only a violin concerto but also a harpsichord concerto, massaged into string music. And then there are Mendelssohn's string symphonies, brimming with youthful exuberance, and the Holberg Suite, in which Grieg proves that the spirit of Bach lingers even in the Far North.

Vintage baroque

Music Center De Bijloke

2nd Symphony Concert – Neuruppin

Veranstaltungszentrum Kulturkirche

Fizz / Tifu

Mendelssohn’s dramatic oratorio Elijah stands as a cornerstone of the choral repertoire, combining narrative intensity with moments of lyrical beauty. Rich in character and contrast, the work brings to life the story of the Old Testament prophet through powerful choruses, intimate arias, and vivid orchestral writing.

Brisbane Chamber Choir presents Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”

Queensland Conservatorium

Felix Mendelssohn filled his magnificent Second Symphony with festive fanfares, roaring orchestral cascades, and atmospheric choirs to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press. The first thing Gutenberg printed with his revolutionary invention was the Bible, and there Mendelssohn found verses that praise both God and enlightenment. When Mendelssohn’s cantata symphony is performed in Berwaldhallen, the Swedish Radio Choir will be joined by the Västerås Sinfonietta and soloists and conductor Simon Crawford-Phillips.

Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang

SR Berwaldhallen

Experience the artistry of Sir András Schiff in his dual role as pianist and conductor. One of today’s foremost interpreters of Bach and Mozart, he leads from the keyboard in a sunny concerto by each. He then takes the podium for Mendelssohn’s Third Symphony, a piece inspired by the composer’s travels in the dramatic landscape of the Scottish Highlands.

Sir András Schiff: Bach, Mozart & Mendelssohn

David Geffen Hall

Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is a masterpiece in piano music writing, a deeply intimate work that remains one of the composer’s best loved. Tonight, we hear it in the hands of Alim Beisembayev, winner of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021.  

Brahms’s magnificent First Symphony was many years in the making. The wait was worth it – it’s a 45-minute journey through all the poetry and power an orchestra can conjure.  

Bedford: Mendelssohn, Beethoven and Brahms

Bedford Corn Exchange

Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is a masterpiece in piano music writing, a deeply intimate work that remains one of the composer’s best loved. Tonight, we hear it in the hands of Alim Beisembayev, winner of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2017. 

Canterbury: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

The Marlowe

Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto is a masterpiece. Opening with the solo piano with no orchestral introduction, it’s a deeply intimate work that remains one of the composer’s best loved. Tonight, we hear it in the hands of Alim Beisembayev, winner of the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2021.

Brahms’s magnificent First Symphony was many years in the making. And it may never have seen the light of day without the support and friendship of Robert Schumann and his wife Clara – an article by Robert Schumann launched Brahms’s composing career when the three first met, and they soon became devoted friends. The symphony is a 45-minute journey through all the poetry and power an orchestra can conjure.

Philharmonia Orchestra: Alim Beisembayev plays Beethoven

Marlowe Theatre

Romantic Awakenings

Worthing Assembly Hall

With unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring. Each performance of the Juilliard String Quartet is a unique experience, bringing together the four members’ profound understanding, total commitment, and unceasing curiosity in sharing the wonders of the string quartet literature.

Juilliard String Quartet

Public High School

Leeds International Piano Competition winner, and BBC New Generation Artist 2023-25, Alim Beisembayev made his debut at the BBC Proms with the Sinfonia of London. Tonight he joins the Philharmonia Orchestra who celebrate their 80th Anniversary with rising star conductor Adam Hickox.

Philharmonia Orchestra

St Nicolas Church

Chamber III:  Music by Mendelssohn, Penderecki & Janáček

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim

Three works inspired in very different ways by folk music and the mix of different cultures. Perú Negro (Black Peru), by San Diego Symphony’s Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López, was composed in 2012, and in the words of the composer “showcases my native country’s Afro-Peruvian heritage” while celebrating the exuberant fusion of African and Latin elements in the popular music of his native land. Alban Berg’s last completed work, his mystical Violin Concerto, was written in 1935 “to the memory of an angel”. The angel was Manon, the daughter of Alma Mahler (by her second husband) who had died a few months earlier at the age of 18. Berg includes in his concerto a beautiful folk-tune from the Southern Austrian Catholic region of Carinthia, and a haunting old German Protestant hymn-tune, which Bach had used several times. Mendelssohn’s "Scottish" Symphony, like his Hebrides Overture, was inspired by his youthful trip to Scotland where the young Berliner was overwhelmed by the feeling of a haunting and ancient culture. In his symphony we hear echoes of Scottish traditional music for bagpipes, fiddles and harps, the skipping rhythms of Scottish folk dancing, and Romantic impressions of ruined medieval castles and monasteries.

Folk Auras: Thayer Plays Berg Violin Concerto

Jacobs Music Center

He was not yet 15 years old when Mendelssohn Bartholdy was already able to present twelve short so-called string symphonies. They were already far more than compositional finger exercises and caused open-mouthed performances at the distinguished concerts in his parents' garden hall (with professional musicians from the royal court orchestra!). And then Bach: musical demands on the performer? Oh yes! Precision, logical phrasing, teamwork, and a soaring sound. Perfectly suited to Vilde Frang. And his popularity among the audience? Ten!

Idols

Don Bosco Basel

It’s an evening of musical magic, drama, and destiny. Start with one of the most famous pieces in all of opera: a whimsical and sparkling piece of music of fantastical creatures, noble princes, and queens of the night. Then, Felix Mendelssohn’s rarely heard Concerto for Violin and Piano: a beautiful work where the violin and piano don’t just accompany each other—they are equal partners in a musical journey

From Fantasy to Fate

Fairmount Presbyterian Church

St Stanislaus Church

Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church

St Noel Church

Joshua Bell Leads Mendelssohn’s “Italian”

Mayo Performing Arts Center

New Jersey Performing Arts Center

Princeton University

Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori

Under the direction of Bruce Walker, the Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra (WWSYO) will present their concert for the Spring session, featuring the winners of the WWSYO Concerto Competition.

Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert: From Shadow to Light

Walla Walla Community College

Join us as the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra offers a festive preview of some of the upcoming season's musical highlights. Look forward to a potpourri of exuberant excerpts and movements, presented in an inviting format that whets the appetite for all that awaits.

Preview: Season 26/27

Aarhus Music Hall

Join us for an engaging evening of chamber music featuring talented students, collaborating together on one stage! The program includes exciting pieces for duos, quartets, and quintets including repertoire by Faure, Lachner, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Bridge, and more.

String Chamber Music Spring Concert Series

University of Arizona

Mendelssohn and   Auerbach

Downtown Ithaca Alliance (The Ithaca Commons)

The Symphony’s Season Finale explodes with Richard Strauss and his monumental storytelling. The Symphony’s powerful brass section is on display, from the composer’s Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare to the cinematic grandeur of his Alpine Symphony featuring 34 brass players. Amaryn Olmeda returns to Des Moines for Mendelssohn’s beautifully melodic Violin Concerto.

Season Finale: Courage – Alpine Symphony

Des Moines Civic Center

Experience an evocative journey through sound and emotion as the Hartford Symphony Orchestra presents Mozart & Mendelssohn- a program that explores color, character, and landscape. Anna Clyne’s Color Field opens the concert with a vibrant, contemporary tribute inspired by the bold hues of abstract expressionist art—setting the stage for a night of rich textures and emotional depth.

HSO Masterworks Series: Mozart & Mendelssohn

Maxwell M. & Ruth R. Belding Theater

In collaboration with the Wadsworth Atheneum, this program connects music, history, and art in a vivid exploration of sound and color.  The first half of the program brings to life the Wadsworth exhibit “Colorfast: The Story of Pigments and Dyes in Art”, with exhibit images set to music.  Each musical selection in this suite corresponds to a color in the visible spectrum of light (ROYGBIV).  Plus, there is one musical selection yet to be determined – you, the audience will be invited to participate in the selection process!  

Mendelssohn & Colorfast

The Bushnell

The evening begins with Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) – inspired by the composer's 1829 trip to Scotland and the mighty sea cave on the island of Staffa. The composition was completed in 1830 and premiered in 1832 in London.

Gothenburg Opera Orchestra

Vara Concert Hall

Eight celebrated musicians ignite the stage where tango-fueled fire meets soaring Romantic imagination. Two masterpieces. Eight voices. One unforgettable night.

This evenings' program brings together two electrifying masterworks that redefine the power of chamber music. Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round pulses with tango-inspired intensity, weaving raw emotion, rhythmic drive, and moments of haunting stillness into a gripping contemporary lament. Felix Mendelssohn’s Octet in E flat Major, composed when the composer was just sixteen, follows as a dazzling celebration of youthful genius—brimming with lyrical beauty, precision, and exuberant energy. Together, these works offer a striking contrast of passion and brilliance, uniting tradition and innovation in an unforgettable evening of chamber music.

Brilliance in Eight - From Tango to Triumph

SandBox

Take a musical journey with the Calgary Phil to beautiful Italy with conductor Cosette Justo Valdés as your guide — from Stravinsky's take on Pulcinella, a traditional character of the Neapolitan stage, to Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony, inspired by impressions of the country's scenery and architecture. Respighi's evocation of three celebrated paintings by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli rounds off the tour.

Postcards from Italy

Join the Residentie Orkest for an evening with a rich and compelling programme celebrating Britain-inspired music. Our regular guest conductor Richard Egarr will kick off the concert with Mendelssohn's The Hebrides, a vivid and evocative orchestral ode to the wild beauty of Scotland. Inspired by Mendelssohn's visit to the island of Staffa, it paints a musical picture of the waves crashing against the cliffs and the ruggedness of the landscape.

A British Evening

Amare

From a daring maritime adventure to a captivating showcase for the soulful cello – in the company of vibrant Principal Conductor Maxim Emelyanychev and exceptional SCO Principal Cello Philip Higham.

Schumann Cello Concerto

Aberdeen Music Hall

The Queen's Hall

City Halls

Composed between the "heroic" Symphony and the monumental Fifth , Beethoven's Fourth Symphony (1807) was appreciated for its modest dimensions and joyful atmosphere. Schumann described it as "a slender daughter of Greece between two Nordic giants ." Emilie Mayer (1812-1883), sometimes called "the female Beethoven," was an accomplished composer, sculptor, and co-director of the Berlin Opera. She devoted her life to music, writing eight symphonies and seven remarkable overtures. This stream of Romantic music is completed by Mendelssohn's Second Concerto , in which the talented Russian violinist Alena Baeva would make her Liège debut.

Beethoven, Symphony No. 4

BOZAR

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

The musical evocation of light is at the heart of this program created by Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras, which opens with the incandescent Symphonic Minutes by his compatriot Ernst von Dohnányi. A treasure trove of inventiveness, these subtly contrasting orchestral miniatures offer a captivating introduction to Mendelssohn's First Piano Concerto . Under the fingers of pianist Élisabeth Pion, a young rising star from Quebec who has won numerous international awards, this solar score is a declaration of love to a young pianist who had captivated the composer.

Dvořák's Radiant Eighth Symphony

Montcalm Palace

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare’s most whimsical comedy, bursts onto the stage in a lively collaboration between Alamo City Dance Company and Symphony Viva. Set to Mendelssohn’s sparkling score, this enchanting tale whirls audiences into a forest filled with quarrelsome lovers, mischievous fairies, and a bumbling band of actors who stumble into magic far beyond their grasp. With dazzling choreography and the joy of live orchestral music, this production promises a night of laughter, wonder, and delightful chaos for audiences of all ages.

Our Lady of the Lake University

This programme begins with one of the best loved string quartets of all time: Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden remains among of the most powerful and poignant works in the genre. In the second half we are joined by Canadian violin legend, Mark Fewer for a performance of Mendelssohn’s exuberant Viola Quintet in B flat.

Death and the Maiden

Winspear Centre

Experience the light and lyrical side of the BSO as Principal Oboe Katherine Needleman delights with Martinü’s rarely performed Oboe Concerto. Mendelssohn’s "Scottish" Symphony captures the charm of Scotland, while Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances brings vibrant folk tunes to life.

Mendelssohn & Needleman

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

Rutgers University–Camden

Violin virtuoso Andrew Sords returns for his third performance with the MSO, showcasing Richard Strauss’s vibrant and youthful “Violin Concerto in D Minor.” Composed when Strauss was only 17, the Concerto is a captivating showcase of late-Romantic virtuosity and artistic promise. The concert opens with Leopold Stokowski’s dramatic orchestral arrangement of J.S. Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor,” made famous by Disney’s Fantasia. Inspired by the ruins of Holyrood Chapel in Edinburgh, Felix Mendelssohn’s “Symphony No. 3 in A Minor” brings the program and MSO’s season to a close.

German Masters With Andrew Sords, violin

Hylton Performing Arts Center

First appearing with the MSO in 2011, violin virtuoso Andrew Sords returns to Merchant Hall for his third performance, this time showcasing Richard Strauss’s vibrant and youthful Violin Concerto in D Minor. Composed when Strauss was only 17, the concerto may be less frequently performed than his later tone poems and operas, but it remains a captivating showcase of late-Romantic virtuosity and artistic promise.

The concert opens with Leopold Stokowski’s dramatic orchestral arrangement of J. S. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, made famous by Disney’s Fantasia. Inspired by a walking tour through the ruins of Holyrood Chapel in Edinburgh, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (“Scottish”) brings the program — and the MSO’s season — to an exuberant close.

German Masters

Join us for an unforgettable evening where raw emotion meets musical might.
The night opens with Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture—a gripping sonic battle of will and destiny, capturing the fierce inner conflict of a tragic hero. Next, prepare to be swept away by the lyric fire of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, a masterwork that wields grace as strength and passion as purpose. Finally, revel in the bold exuberance of Schubert’s Symphony No. 2, a youthful yet commanding declaration of symphonic brilliance.

Finding Power

University of Redlands

Jörg Widmann, a former Daniel R. Lewis Composer Fellow with The Cleveland Orchestra, makes a winning return to Severance to conduct three of his own works — including the US premiere of his wildly propulsive Danse macabre — alongside Mendelssohn’s “Reformation” Symphony, a treasure of the composer’s youth that ends with a stately fantasy on a famous chorale by Martin Luther.

Mendelssohn’s Reformation Symphony

Severance Music Center

With A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Mendelssohn whisks you away to his enchanting fairytale world from the very first notes. Pianist Alexander Lonquich, a master of early Romantic repertoire, brings brilliance to Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto – a work with a hidden story. Did you know a passage was composed by Delphine von Schauroth, a German pianist, though her name never made the title page? Mendelssohn’s music, in turn, inspired his friend Robert Schumann, whose ‘Rhenish’ Symphony flows like the majestic Rhine, perhaps echoing his visit to Cologne Cathedral. Under Philippe Herreweghe’s baton, Schumann’s grandeur and Mendelssohn’s magic come alive in this collaboration with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

Alexander Lonquich enchants with Mendelssohn

The Concertgebouw

Queen Elisabeth Hall

Enjoy a powerful conclusion to our season, featuring an unforgettable evening of passion, virtuosity, and hope. Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers opens the evening, anchored by Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, – a sweeping tribute to the American landscape, rich with spiritual echoes and folk-inspired themes. Written during the composer’s time in the United States, this symphony reflects both longing and discovery, making it a perfect finale to a season of musical exploration. For this concert, ASO will be joined on stage by acclaimed violin virtuoso, Melissa White, who’ll perform Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto.

New World Symphony

University of Louisiana

Masaaki Suzuki conducts Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a program featuring Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major performed by Midori, and Mendelssohn’s “Italian” Symphony. From dramatic tension to vibrant dances, the concert journeys through pivotal works of the great classical and early romantic masters.

Midori Performs Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

Carnegie Hall

Violist Dana Kelley, celebrated chamber musician and associate principal of the National Symphony goes in depth exploring works being performed during the Schneider Concerts 2025-2026 season at The New School in four pre-concert talks in December, January, March, and April. Join us for one or all four.


Schneider Concerts Presents | Dana Kelley, April Preconcert Talk

The New School

The season closes with the Katarina String Quartet, 2025 Grand Prize winner of the Fischoff Competition. Selected by curating/performing ensemble Ulysses Quartet, the Katarina will perform works by Vivian Fung and Franz Joseph Haydn, and be joined by the Ulysses Quartet in a performance of Felix Mendelssohn's Octet.

Composer

Felix Mendelssohn

Events

Upcoming events

19 - 21 Jun, 2026

A Midsummer Night's Dream · Ballet North Texas

Jun 23, 2026

Roman Borisov · Wigmore Hall

Jun 26, 2026

Yannick Nézet-Séguin · Festspielhaus Baden-Baden

Jun 28, 2026

Rhine Bank Festival · Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

Jun 28, 2026

Italy trip · Bochumer Symphoniker

Past events

Jun 17, 2026

Trio Kobalt · Teatro La Fenice

14 - 16 Jun, 2026

10th Philharmonic Concert / Farewell · Norddeutsche Philharmonie Rostock

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