Composer

Schubert’s 1815 symphony was completed in less than two months and then debuted publicly 70 years later.  Beethoven’s piano concerto, from 1805-1806, was composed during a period of artistic and emotional turmoil.  This mysterious yet lyrical music expanded the role of piano in orchestral repertoire.

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Special Celebration Concert

The First Presbyterian Church of Newark

The Irish mezzo has risen to a high position as an exponent of numerous major roles around the world but enjoys a particular relationship with the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she received the prestigious Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum award in 2013 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the arts; earlier this year she was artist-in-residence at the Glimmerglass Festival.

Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano; James Baillieu piano

Wigmore Hall

This is the last recital of Paul Lewis' Schubert survey. Lewis has devoted the past four years almost exclusively to Schubert. It's fair to say the composer has no greater living ambassador. The final trilogy of piano sonatas, written at the very end of Schubert's short life, is the pinnacle of this keyboard poet's achievement. Only the last three Beethoven sonatas rival this program. Lewis played those Beethoven sonatas for us over a decade ago. Now comes Schubert's hour.

PAUL LEWIS, piano

Napa Methodist Church

† Co-Commissioned by the Kayden Music Commissioning Program at Juilliard Pre-College and Interlochen Center for the Arts

Pre-College Orchestra

Lincoln Center

Winner of the coveted Premio Abbiati (Best Soloist of the Year) in 2022, pianist Filippo Gorini is a supremely gifted musician who has impressed in many of the world’s great concert venues. In his Carnegie Hall debut recital, he performs Beethoven’s “Diabelli Variations,” a virtuosic undertaking that has earned Gorini a Diapason d’Or, as well as five-star reviews in The Guardian, BBC Music Magazine, and Le Monde. Berg’s single-movement Piano Sonata and Schubert’s exquisite Piano Sonata in A Major are also featured in this remarkable debut

Filippo Gorini, Piano

Carnegie Hall

Award-winning pianist, Christopher Goodpasture, returns to perform Liszt’s fiery Malédiction with orchestra. After intermission, the DCS will perform Schubert’s Death and the Maiden; Richard McKay conducts.

Liszt's Malédiction

Moody Performance Hall

Polish violinist Maria Włoszczowska is recognised for her versatile musicianship, performing as soloist, director/concertmaster, and chamber musician. Recent career highlights include her BBC Proms solo debut with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Dinis Sousa, her New York recital debut at 92NY with Jeremy Denk and directing the Chamber Orchestra of Europe at Mozartwoche Salzburg. As Leader of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, Maria also regularly directs the orchestra in repertoire such as Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante.

Malvern Concert Club: Maria Włoszczowska & Alasdair Beatson

Forum Theatre

Castalian String Quartet

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

Two musical Dames at the very tops of their respective professions – Dame Sarah Connolly received The King’s Medal for Music in 2023, whilst Dame Imogen Cooper received the late Queen’s Medal for Music in 2019 – once again join together in recital as they previously have to considerable acclaim at such venues as the Cheltenham Festival and the Oxford International Song Festival. ‘The warm relationship between both performers came across in their performance and the audience was delighted’, wrote the Henley Standard. The programme includes songs both familiar and unfamiliar , including Loewe’s setting of texts better known from Schumann and examples by the neglected Swiss composer Othmar Schoeck.

Dame Sarah Connolly mezzo-soprano; Dame Imogen Cooper piano

Vahauwaert Piano Quartet

Los Angeles Harbor College

### Event Description: Mozart, Schubert & Gruber - Richmond Symphony

**Event Title:** Mozart, Schubert & Gruber - Richmond Symphony

**Date:** Friday, November 15, 2024

**Time:** 7:30 PM

**Venue:** Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

**Conductor:** Hae Lee

**Featured Musician:** Sam Huss (Trumpet)

**Program:**
- **Mozart:** The Marriage of Figaro - Overture
- **H.K. Gruber:** 3 MOB pieces for trumpet and small orchestra
- **Schubert:** Symphony No. 5

Join the Richmond Symphony for an enchanting evening of classical music featuring the works of Mozart, Schubert, and H.K. Gruber. Under the baton of conductor Hae Lee, the symphony will perform Mozart's lively "The Marriage of Figaro - Overture," Gruber's intriguing "3 MOB pieces for trumpet and small orchestra" with trumpet soloist Sam Huss, and Schubert's elegant "Symphony No. 5."

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Mozart, Schubert & Gruber

St Christopher's School

Center for the Performing Arts, Blackwell Auditorium & Cobb-Kesler Theatre

Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education

The two leading musicians resume a partnership that has seen them acclaimed on disc in music by Britten, Shostakovich and Schnittke, as well as Chopin and Alkan: ‘both performances from this outstanding partnership are out of the top drawer, fresh and spontaneous’, said the critic of Gramophone of the latter.

Alban Gerhardt cello; Steven Osborne piano

In their Celebrity Series debut, the Castalian Quartet unveils a diverse repertoire that showcases their versatility and depth. From the nuanced moods, rich allusions, and intricate textures of Schubert to Kurtág’s collection of disparate miniature sound worlds; and from the sprightly and stately dances by Coleridge-Taylor to Beethoven’s Serioso Quartet, full of experimental techniques that set the stage for the composer’s later period, their program is a vivid journey through the landscape of classical music. 

Castalian String Quartet 

Longy School of Music of Bard College

The young pianist Tom Zalmanov studied with Murray Perahia, Emmanuel Ax and Sir András Schiff at the Jerusalem Music Centre before coming to London, and is completing his Advanced Diploma. An avid chamber musician, Tom was invited by Mitsuko Uchida and Jonathan Biss to be a resident artist at Marlboro Music Festival in 2023 and 2024, and was also a Fellow at the Ravinia Steans Music Institute. His rich piano recital connects Janáček's paean to Moravian folk music with Debussy’s light-filled reflections, culminating in Schubert’s virtuosic homage to his hero, Beethoven: the exhilarating 'Wanderer' Fantasy.

Tom Zalmanov piano

A recital of Janacek’s paean to Moravian folk music, Debussy’s light-filled reflections, and Schubert’s virtuosic homage to his hero, Beethoven: the exhilarating Wanderer-Fantasie.

Academy Piano Series at Wigmore Hall: Tom Zalmanov

‘The wonderfully satisfying partnership of cellist and pianist’ was how the Guardian described a recital by these fantastic artists. Steven is well known to us, but equally in the world class is cellist Alban Gerhardt. He is one of the world’s most versatile cellists, renowned for his musicality and virtuosity. It is hard to imagine a more appetising programme beginning with Schubert’s much loved Arpeggione and concluding in sparking French repertoire from Debussy and Ravel.

Classical Stars: Steven Osborne And Alban Gerhardt

Perth Concert Hall

Paul Lewis’s Schubert cycles have received worldwide acclaim and further established him among the leading pianists of his generation. “The British keyboardist has immersed himself in these works to the extent that the music seems to flow out of him effortlessly, as manifest in a poised and controlled execution that easily handles the formidable challenges posed by each piece” (Chicago Classical Review). This is a rare performance of these three monumental works of the piano repertoire.

Paul Lewis, piano

Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

OSNY opens its 24-25 season with an eclectic program of choral music highlighted by the ever-popular Carmina Burana, with a rare performance of Orff’s two-piano/percussion orchestration. Program also includes works by Brahms, Schubert, Libby Larsen, and Oliver Caplan.

Carmina Burana

‘Theirs is a marriage of wondrous colours and dextrous aplomb, subtly balanced to make a musical performance sound as one’, commented Music and Arts of the married couple, whose meeting at the 1997 Hamamatsu Competition has led to a remarkable musical as well as marital partnership. In addition to original works for the medium, arrangements include Ravel’s of Debussy’s orchestral masterpiece and their own of music by the Argentine master of nuevo tango.

Alessio Bax piano; Lucille Chung piano

Three acclaimed musicians, each a top-ranking soloist in their own right, come together to perform beloved works from the piano trio repertoire, selecting both of Schubert’s large-scale examples, written during the final two years of his brief life. The second includes a slow movement of particular poignancy, based on a Swedish folksong.

Hilary Hahn violin; Gautier Capuçon cello; Rudolf Buchbinder piano

Diana McVey

New England Conservatory of Music

Flutist Soyoung Lee '90 returns to campus to perform with Conservatory faculty members Alexa Still (flute), Robert Shannon, and Haewon Song (piano) in Kulas Recital Hall.

Faculty & Guest Recital: Soyoung Lee, flute with Still, Shannon & Song

Oberlin College

This unforgettable concert of music storytelling will include the CandideOverture, from the lively operetta by arguably the greatest American composer of the 20th century, Leonard Bernstein, Summer of 1915 by Barber, which will showcase soloist Nicky Spence and Schubert’s exquisite Ninth Symphony, nicknamed, ‘The Great’.

Carlo Rizzi & Nicky Spence with WNO Orchestra

Bute Park

An intriguing combination of works written by well-known composers when they were in their twenties begins with a Debussy suite which includes Clair de lune, one of the most famous musical pieces of all time, followed by NCMF Artistic Director Clive Greensmith performing Dobrinka Tabakova’s charming arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata.

 

Shostakovich’s acerbic wit and seriousness are then on full display in incidental music he wrote for “the most scandalous production (of Hamlet) in the history of Shakespeare,” presented here as a theatrical collaboration with local actors.

Twenty-Somethings

University of Nevada

**Event: Schwanengesang - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center**

**Date & Time:** Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 7:30 pm  
**Duration:** 2 hours, including intermission  
**Venue:** Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway at W 65th St, New York, NY 10023  

**Description:**  
Immerse yourself in an evening of profound musical expression with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center as we present "Schwanengesang," featuring the esteemed American tenor Matthew Polenzani. This event marks Polenzani's CMS debut and his first-ever performance of Schubert’s mystical song cycle, "Schwanengesang, D. 957," a work that stands among Schubert's most moving and powerful creations. The evening will conclude with Robert Schumann’s transformative "Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44," dedicated to his wife Clara, showcasing the embodiment of lyricism and originality.

**Performers:**  
- **Matthew Polenzani**, Tenor  
- **Gloria Chien**, Piano  
- **Ken Noda**, Piano  
- **Sean Lee**, Violin  
- **Richard Lin**, Violin  
- **Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt**, Viola  
- **Nicholas Canellakis**, Cello  

**Program:**  
- Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang for Voice and Piano, D. 957 (1828)  
- Robert Schumann: Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, Op. 44 (1842)

**About the Artists:**  
Matthew Polenzani is celebrated as one of the most gifted and distinguished lyric tenors of his generation, known for his elegant musicianship, innate sense of style, and dramatic commitment. Joining him are acclaimed artists Gloria Chien and Ken Noda on piano, alongside a stellar ensemble of string musicians including Sean Lee and Richard Lin on violins, Milena Pájaro-van de Stadt on viola, and Nicholas Canellakis on cello, each bringing their unique artistry to this unforgettable performance.

**Tickets:**  
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**Additional Information:**  
For more details on planning your visit, ticketing information, and upcoming subscriptions, please visit the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's official website. Join us for a night of exquisite chamber music that promises to be a highlight of the season.

Schwanengesang

Offering authoritative, profoundly considered performances of the music that means most to him, the great pianist has long enjoyed a special relationship with Wigmore audiences. Here he joins with the outstanding German lyric tenor who has made a special study of Schubert’s two song cycles to texts by Wilhelm Müller.

Julian Prégardien tenor; Sir András Schiff fortepiano

Experience the grandeur of Romanticism as the London Symphony Orchestra presents "Mendelssohn and Schubert 'The Great'" at the Barbican on Thursday, 7 November 2024, at 7pm. This evening promises to be a celebration of elegance, grace, and might, featuring the works of Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, and Franz Schubert under the baton of conductor Daniele Rustioni, with Francesca Dego on the violin.

The concert will open with Liszt's "Les préludes," a piece that, despite its modest scale, delivers an immense emotional impact, exploring themes of love and nature. Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto Op 64, his last and possibly most renowned concerto, will follow, showcasing the violin in a leading role from the outset. The evening will culminate with Schubert's Symphony No. 9, 'The Great,' a masterpiece that combines his rich orchestral experience and melodic brilliance, offering a fittingly grand finale to his symphonic works.

Daniele Rustioni and Francesca Dego are set to make their LSO Barbican debuts with this program, promising a performance that blends the LSO’s signature grace and power. The concert is expected to conclude at approximately 9pm, including a 20-minute interval.

Tickets are available at various price points, with a booking fee applicable per online or phone transaction. Discounts are available, including Wildcards for guaranteed entry with seat allocation on the day, multibuy discounts, and special rates for groups, young people, students, and Barbican Access Members.

This event is generously supported by The Huo Family Foundation and comes highly recommended by Classic FM. Don't miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in the beauty of Romantic music at its finest. Book your tickets now and be part of a memorable night with the London Symphony Orchestra.

Mendelssohn and Schubert 'The Great'

Barbican Centre

In a frenetic world where there never seems time 'to stop and stare', this evening of song celebrates the art of contemplation and what it means to be alive. Drawing inspiration from the poetry of the Romantics to the present day the programme will reflect 'On Man, On Nature and On Human Life'.

Samling Artists

Franz Liszt’s Les préludes is like a mini symphony: small in scale, but huge in emotional power, bringing to life themes of love and the natural world. Felix Mendelssohn’s last concerto is perhaps his most famous. The violin takes charge from the second bar with the first of many glorious themes. Schubert pours his orchestral experience and melodic genius into his last completed symphony (the ‘Great’) – a suitably grand final word.

London Symphony Orchestra/Daniele Rustioni

Korean-born violinist Aromi Park is acting concertmaster of the Bozeman Symphony and principal second violin of the Huntsville Symphony, where she also served as acting concertmaster in past seasons. She recently joined the Portland Opera as a member of the violin section and is a member of Iris and the Santa Rosa Symphony.

Music for String Trio

Ann E. Pitzer Center

The Fauré Quartett, formed in 1995 at the University of Music in Karlsruhe during Gabriel Fauré's 150th anniversary, is renowned for their phenomenal work in classical music. Signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2006, they set standards with recordings spanning from Mozart to pop hits. Their innovative collaborations and educational efforts, along with numerous awards, have solidified their global reputation. From world tours to teaching at prestigious institutions, their influence on chamber music is unmatched. With performances at renowned venues worldwide, the Fauré Quartett continues to captivate audiences with their passion, artistry, and expertise.

Fauré Quartett

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Join us for a captivating chamber music experience with "Les cordes en famille" at the Salle Philharmonique's Foyer Eugène Ysaÿe in Liège. This unique event, taking place on Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, at 12:30 PM, showcases the exceptional talents of Xu Han (violin), Ian Psegodschi (alto), and Paul Stavridis (violoncello), all distinguished soloists of the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège (OPRL).

Delve into the rich world of string trios with a program that highlights the youthful exuberance of Schubert's Trio nº 1 D. 471, composed at the tender age of 19, alongside the romantic intensity and bold expressions of Beethoven's Trio nº 5 op. 9 nº 3, a piece that left a lasting impression on Haydn and his contemporaries. This event promises an hour of sublime music, exploring the depth and versatility of string instruments through the works of these two legendary composers.

Admission is free, with tickets available for distribution starting at 12 PM on the day of the concert. With only 120 seats available, early arrival is recommended to secure your spot in this intimate setting. This performance is part of the "Musique à midi" series, offering a perfect midday escape into the world of classical music.

Don't miss this opportunity to support and enjoy the talents of the OPRL's musicians in a program that beautifully bridges the classical and romantic eras. Join us for a musical journey that promises to be both enlightening and enchanting.

Family ropes

Philharmonic Hall of Liege

Experience the profound beauty of Mozart's Requiem with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. This unforgettable evening will take place on November 6, 2024, at 8:00 PM at the Grand Théâtre de Québec. Tickets start at $57, offering you the chance to immerse yourself in the classical masterpieces of Wagner, Schubert, and Mozart under the baton of Dinis Sousa. The performance will feature the talents of Anna-Sophie Neher (soprano), Rihab Chaieb (mezzo-soprano), Philippe Gagné (ténor), Tomislav Lavoie (basse), and the Chœur de l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec, led by David Rompré.

The evening will begin with a prelude at 7:00 PM, hosted by Irène Brisson, offering insights into the creation process and historical context of the pieces. This pre-concert event is a perfect opportunity to deepen your appreciation of the music before the main performance.

Don't miss this classical music highlight of the season, part of the Les Mercredis classiques Hydro-Québec series. For tickets, visit the official website or call 1 877 643 8131. Join us for a night of emotional depth and sublime beauty with Mozart's Requiem and more.

Mozart's Requiem

Grand Théâtre de Québec

Viva España

First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City

Chiaroscuro Quartet

Kleinhans Music Hall

PC Morning Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Irish pianist Barry Douglas has established a major international career since winning the Gold Medal at the 1986 Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow. As Artistic Director of Camerata Ireland and the Clandeboye Festival, he continues to celebrate his Irish heritage whilst also maintaining a busy international ensemble and solo touring schedule. In January 2021 Barry Douglas was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to music and community relations.

Barry Douglas

Sunset Center

Franz Schubert was 27 years old when he was commissioned to write a large-scale work in the style of Beethoven’s Septet, Op. 20. Taking Beethoven’s instrumentation and adding an extra violin, Schubert created an Octet for string quartet, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, and horn that has become one of the most beloved masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

Schubert Octet

Sarasota Orchestra

This concert is expected to last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. There will not be any intermission.

Schubert’s Cello Quintet

Tucson Symphony Center

Daniel Simmons, Viola

The Juilliard School

Outspoken

The Church of St. John the Divine

Start your weekend with our new must-see Friday night concert series and social experience, Symphonic Piazza. Prepare to escape, mingle, and be entertained as you enjoy the perfect combination of a shorter format concert with enjoyable and engaging lobby activities to share with family, friends, and our musicians. Arrive early and unwind with a signature beverage, then let our music take you on a journey to new places as you experience Friday evenings in a whole new way.

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Jonathan Biss has established himself as “one of his generation’s most serious musical thinkers” (New York Times). His latest PCMS recital pairs one of Schubert’s last sonatas—“works which address the mysteries of life and death, and do so unflinchingly and with astonishing beauty”—with a newly commissioned work by Black composer Alvin Singleton. “The intention is not to suggest a particular connection between the old and new works: it is to show that one can immerse oneself in the greatest music of the past and work to ensure that the present and future are more just, and so much richer for it” (Jonathan Biss).

Jonathan Biss, piano

Two supernovas of today’s piano world share the stage in virtuoso works for two pianos and piano four hands, crossing three centuries of music.

Víkingur Ólafsson & Yuja Wang: Two Pianos

Southbank Centre

Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) grew-up in a supportive family where his schoolmaster father, Franz Theodor Schubert, and his older brother Ignaz, provided him with musical training on the viola. From there he went on to learn to play the organ at his local parish church. Schubert’s young talent eventually earned him a scholarship placement at the Stadtkonvikt, which was the premier boarding school for commoners. While there, he also earned a place as a singer in the Imperial Court chapel. At the Stadtkonvikt, Schubert’s music theory and composition teacher was none other than the famed court composer Antonio Salieri.

“The Trout”

The University Club of New York

Wednesday Concert

Frederiksberg Town Hall

Discover chamber music masterworks by Mozart and Schubert with a striking new clarity and richness. With a dynamic performance style and use of historical bows and gut strings, the Chiaroscuro Quartet achieves a sound “so immediate, you could summon any musical line at any time for the closest of attention” (The Irish Times). In this program, the ensemble performs the last of the quintessential string quartets Mozart dedicated to Haydn (who, upon hearing it, immediately declared Mozart “the greatest composer I know, either personally or by reputation”). The quartet also performs Schubert’s monumental final string quartet, whose visceral, dynamic intensity and technical variety make it an especially enticing piece.

The young “Russian genius” (Corriere della Sera) came to international prominence when, in 2014, he won the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at age thirteen. “Contrary to what could be expected of a youngster …, he demonstrated not only high technical accuracy but also an incredible maturity. Crystal clear sounds and perfect balance revealed his exceptional ability” (Amadeus). Malofeev has quickly established himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation. His performances have garnered high praise from critics, with publications such as Der Standard declaring his debut at the Musikverein as “a world piano revolution”.

Alexander Malofeev

St. Francis Auditorium

### Event Description: Paul Lewis - Schubert Cycle III

**Date and Time:**  
Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 2:00 PM

**Location:**  
The Town Hall, New York City

**Virtual Concert Availability:**  
Available on subscription only for renewed and NY area in-person & virtual subscribers from Thursday, October 31 to Sunday, November 3, 2024.

**Ticket Information:**  
- Single tickets starting at $25 for rear/side seating, on sale from October 7, 2024.
- Purchase Salomon Series Tickets for the full experience.

**Event Overview:**
As part of the 125th season celebration of Peoples' Symphony Concerts, the series is honored to present the only New York performance of Paul Lewis’ Schubert Cycle. This event is a unique opportunity to experience the profound and evocative piano sonatas of Franz Schubert, performed by one of the leading musicians of our time, Paul Lewis.

**Program:**
- Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537
- Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 9 in B Major, D. 575
- Intermission
- Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 18 in G Major, D. 894

Schubert’s completed piano sonatas take us on a unique and heart-wrenching journey through the last 12 years of his life. From the charming lyricism of the early sonatas to the transcendent creativity of the late masterpieces, via harrowing moments of despair as his health started to decline. Schubert’s sonatas express with directness and sincerity some of the most fundamental elements of human experience - longing, consolation, despair, joy, loss, nostalgia, and hope. In our time, his music is as essential and poignant as ever.

**About Paul Lewis:**
Paul Lewis is internationally regarded as one of the leading musicians of his generation. His cycles of core piano works by Beethoven and Schubert have received unanimous critical and public acclaim worldwide, consolidating his reputation as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of the central European classical repertoire. His numerous awards include the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Instrumentalist of the Year, two Edison awards, three Gramophone awards, the Diapason D’or de l’Annee, the Preis Der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Premio Internazionale Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and the South Bank Show Classical Music award. He holds honorary degrees from Liverpool, Edge Hill, and Southampton Universities, and was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

**Additional Information:**
For more details, visit [Paul Lewis' official website](http://paullewispiano.co.uk). 

**Photo Credit:** Kaupo Kikkas

Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of Schubert’s masterpieces, interpreted by the extraordinary Paul Lewis. Secure your tickets early and be part of this historic celebration!

Paul Lewis

The Town Hall

Once again working with close musical associates – all leading performers in their own right – Isabelle Faust takes the lead in two major chamber pieces by Schubert: his last quartet, composed in June 1826; and his final chamber composition, written within a couple of months of his death and a work that holds a special place in the hearts of audiences worldwide.

Isabelle Faust violin; Anne Katharina Schreiber violin; Antoine Tamestit viola; Jean-Guihen Queyras cello; Christian Poltéra cello

Delight in every turn of phrase as SF Symphony musicians perform together within the intimate realm of chamber music.

Gunn Theater At Legion Of Honor

Legion of Honor

### Event Description: Symphonic Spooktacular

#### Dates and Times:
- **Saturday, October 26, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.**
- **Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 2:30 p.m.**

#### Venue:
- **California Theatre, San Jose, CA**

#### Concert Length:
- **Approx. 1 hr 55 min. with intermission**

#### Pre-Concert Activity:
- **Music Notes**: Occur one hour prior to the concert in the auditorium.

#### Artists:
- **Conductor**: Peter Jaffe
- **Performers**: Symphony San Jose and Symphony San Jose Chorale

#### Program:
- **J.S. Bach**: Toccata & Fugue in D minor
- **Camille Saint-Saëns**: Danse Macabre
- **Modest Mussorgsky**: Night on Bald Mountain
- **John Williams**: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- **Franz Schubert**: Erlkönig
- **Bernard Herrmann**: Psycho
- **Edvard Grieg**: In the Hall of the Mountain King

#### About This Performance:
Just in time for Halloween, Symphony San Jose and Symphony San Jose Chorale conjure up some of classical music’s scariest hits. This thrilling and bone-chilling concert experience is perfect for the entire family. Whether you bring your flesh and blood, your broom-mate, your boo, or just come on your own, Symphonic Spooktacular is guaranteed to raise your spirits.

#### Special Features:
- **Costume Contest**: Dress up for your chance to win some spooktacular prizes. Whether you’re trying out your costume for some pre-trick-or-treating or are a seasoned cosplayer, this is your moment to shine.
- **Costume Parade**: Don’t feel like dressing up? Fear not! Come as you are and enjoy the costume parade.

#### Fun Facts:
- The violin solo in Danse Macabre represents Death playing the fiddle, while the xylophone imitates the sound of rattling bones.
- The screeching violins and eerie melodies of the Psycho score have become synonymous with suspense and terror in cinema, influencing countless horror film composers in the years since its release.

#### Tickets:
- **Purchase Tickets**: [Link to buy tickets]
- **Subscribe and Save**: [Link to subscription options]

For more information and to unveil the secrets of this performance, visit the Symphony San Jose website.

Symphonic Spooktacular

California Theatre

Under the baton of Andreas Delfs, this concert unfolds with the tender melodies of Debussy’s Clair de lune, setting the stage for an evening of emotional depth and beauty. Roberto Sierra’s Violin Concerto, performed by the brilliant Juliana Athayde, promises a voyage of sorrow and remembrance, dedicated to the memory of a friend’s lost child. The journey culminates with Schubert’s Symphony No. 9, “The Great,” an expansive work that traverses through joy, despair, and triumphant optimism. This concert is a testament to the power of music to encapsulate the breadth of human emotion, offering a space for reflection, solace, and exhilaration.

Schubert Symphony No. 9, “The Great”

In the intervening years, Lewis returned as a solo recitalist, recital partner, and orchestral soloist, always drawing praise for the deftness, shading, and intelligence of his interpretations. Celebrated as the “world’s most compelling interpreter of Schubert piano music” (The Arts Desk), Lewis returns this season, once again immersed in a worldwide recital tour of the composer’s final three sonatas. These introspective and profound works offer endless opportunities for reflection, and we invite you to experience—again or for the first time—these masterworks with the brilliant Paul Lewis. 

Paul Lewis, piano 

Onyx Ensemble make their debut with a vibrant and diverse programme including chamber music by Franz Schubert and Danny Elfman.

RNCM Spotlight: The ONYX Ensemble

RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)

Maxim Emelyanchev conducts the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Franz Schubert's eighth symphony, the unfinished one. In addition, Richard Wagner's symphonic poem Siegfried-Idyll – written as a birthday present for the composer's wife, and Maurice Ravel's rhapsody for solo violin Tzigane performed by the Radio Symphony's second concertmaster Henrik Naimark Meyers.

Schubert's Unfinished Symphony

SR Berwaldhallen

The double bass might be the largest of string instruments, but it has the soul of a great singer. In the hands of the Orchestra’s principal bass Marcel Becker it’ll stretch its wings in music by Handel, Bruch – the passionate Kol Nidrei – and Schubert.

Marcel Becker, double bass and David Dear, piano

The Music Room

Pacific, Going Away Party , Rock of Ages, Castor and Pollux

George Mason University

Asolo Repertory Theatre

Benjamin Dix, Piano

A spellbinding superstar, Le Gateau Chocolat is a sequin-clad, wig-wearing musical chameleon serving Queer Black excellence with his incredible bass vocals. Joining the Hallé for one night only, experience this musical phenomenon performing music in his own inimitable style, from opera and disco to musicals and pop.

The Hallé - Le Gateau Chocolat: Bass Diva

The Bridgewater Hall

Mezzo-soprano Diana Moore has created her own tribute to one of the most beloved of all English singers who acquired – and more than 70 years after her death, retains – an international following.

Diana Moore mezzo-soprano, narrator; Zeb Soanes narrator; John Reid piano

Join a quintet of players from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for an afternoon of chamber music delights.

String Ensemble

The Hawth Crawley

Premiered earlier this year, Bushra El-Turk’s new work celebrates singers from the Arab Cultural Renaissance. It resonates with Gesualdo’s tortured madrigal, and Schubert’s searing quartet references one of his most harrowing songs. Comfort is at hand, however. Originally conceived for the ondes martenot; repurposed in the Quartet for the End of Time, Messiaen’s Oraison contemplates the eternal.

Dudok Quartet: Abandoned Voices

Milton Court Concert Hall

Four outstanding pianists come together for a programme which starts and ends with Mozart but encompasses a wide range of repertoire in between, including Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov’s 1977 Kitsch Music.

Alexander Melnikov piano; Alexei Lubimov piano, fortepiano; Mikhail Shilyaev piano; Olga Pashchenko piano

Young Turkish pianist Can Çakmur opens our new season with a characterful programme of lyrical colours and rich romanticism. He begins with Schumann’s youthful story of a masked ball where two brothers – representing the composer’s vying personalities – dance until the clock strikes midnight. Next is an epic Ballade, regarded as the most intense and powerful of all Chopin’s compositions and inspired by a poem by his Polish contemporary, Adam Mickiewicz. Can’s recital ends with four pieces written by Schubert shortly before his untimely death at 31. They are rich and atmospheric, delivering deep emotions.


Sunday Piano Series: Can Çakmur

Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall

Join us for an exquisite afternoon of music at Hertz Hall on October 13, 2024, at 3:00 pm, featuring the dramatic baritone Lester Lynch and the accomplished pianist Kevin Korth. This recital marks Lynch's debut with Cal Performances, where he will showcase his remarkable vocal range and emotional depth through a carefully selected program of songs exploring love, loss, and mortality.

Lester Lynch, known for his regal stage presence and acclaimed performances in some of opera's most iconic roles, will bring his dramatic flair and vocal beauty to Hertz Hall. Accompanied by Kevin Korth, Lynch will perform selections from Schubert's "Schwanengesang," Brahms' "Vier ernste Gesänge," Mussorgsky's "Songs and Dances of Death," and works by American composers Charles Ives and Gordon Getty.

Tickets for this captivating recital start at $74, with season subscriptions available now and single tickets going on sale at noon on August 6. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the "greatest singing actor of the production," whose "vocal beauty and emotional honesty" promise a deeply touching and mesmerizing performance.

Lester Lynch, baritone Kevin Korth, piano

University of California, Berkeley

Pianist Georgia Lazaridou in Recital

Christ Lutheran Church in Allentown

The internationally acclaimed Swedish mezzo-soprano is one of the finest singers of her generation, with a wealth of recordings and numerous awards, including two Grammys for Best Classical Vocal Performance, the most recent being in 2015 for her double CD, Douce France. The beloved artist collaborates with a leading player of several keyboard instruments in Schubert’s final, posthumously published song collection.

Anne Sofie von Otter mezzo-soprano; Kristian Bezuidenhout piano

Two masterly pianists join together for a collection of works for piano duo (or in Schumann’s case, organ or pedal piano). Reviewing their disc of such works by Schubert (including tonight’s pieces), Gramophone stated that ‘in this repertoire they are as one, touch and tone indistinguishable from one another, playing with a delicious fluency and obvious affection ... this is a Schubert disc to return to and live with’.

Steven Osborne piano; Paul Lewis piano

Elisabeth Leonskaja will hold a masterclass for RDAM piano students on Sunday 6 October. More information will follow.

Pianist Elisabeth Leonskaja

Konservatoriets Koncertsal

The Irish mezzo studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin under Veronica Dunne before moving on to the Opera Studio at the Bavarian State Opera from 2016 to 2018. She is a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist for 2023-5, during which time she will debut at major recital venues including Wigmore Hall. She recently sang Wellgunde in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House and will make her role debut as Carmen at the 2024 Buxton Festival. Her programme takes an avian theme.

Niamh O'Sullivan mezzo-soprano; Gary Beecher piano

Spend an evening with classical music greats as Sir András Schiff play-directs and conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a trio of Classical masterpieces.

András Schiff: Haydn, Schubert & Mozart

András Schiff’s devoted fans will turn out for whatever he decides to play or conduct, and this evening they’re in for not one treat but three. Schiff performs two of the finest concertos of the late 1700s. Haydn’s, the epitome of Classical elegance and expression, features a lively Hungarian-style finale. Mozart’s explores deeper emotional territory, the lullaby-like melody of its slow movement leading to a masterly set of variations. Schiff directs the orchestra from the keyboard, as Mozart and Haydn themselves would have done.

András Schiff: Haydn, Schubert and Mozart

Royal Festival Hall

A Rolls Royce pairing of two of Britain’s world leading pianists. Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne return to Perth Concert Hall with a fantastic programme of Schubert piano duets. How often do you see two Steinways onstage? Today we have the absolutely luxury of hearing Brahms’s timeless Haydn variations in its version for two pianos? Exclusive to Scotland and a wonderful piece of programming.

Classical Stars: Osborne And Lewis - Music For Two Pianos

Brilliant Hungarian-born pianist Peter Toth has concertized widely in Europe, including Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Russia, France, Holland, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland. In addition, he has performed in Japan, South Korea, Peru, Costa Rica, China, Australia, and throughout the United States. His recent Carnegie Hall debut solo recital was hailed by the New York Concert Review as “music-making of true passion and intelligence.”

Peter Toth

Classical Coffee Morning at the Royal Albert Hall: String Quintet 256

Royal Albert Hall

The Masterworks season opens with the TSO’s beloved concertmaster Lauren Roth performing Beethoven’s sublime Violin Concerto, a dramatic showpiece written during one of the most creative periods in the composer’s life. Antonio Sarrier’s Symphony in D from the 18th century was long-lost until its discovery in an archive in Mexico. Schubert’s dynamic third symphony continues the TSO’s journey to survey the composer’s full symphonic output.

Lauren Roth Plays Beethoven

Catalina Foothills High School

The celebrated Balourdet Quartet produces both emotionally intense and intimate moments on international stages. Its unique closeness and willingness to take creative risks earned it the 2024 Avery Fisher Career Grant, as well as Chamber Music America’s 2024 Cleveland Quartet Award. With more than 70 concerts per season, recent highlights include the Balourdet’s debuts at Carnegie and Wigmore Halls, and new string quartets by composers Karim Al-Zand and Paul Novak through grants from Chamber Music America (2021) and the Barlow Foundation (2023). They are currently the Graduate Quartet in Residence at the prestigious Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and are recent graduates of the New England Conservatory’s Professional String Quartet Program.

Balourdet Quartet with Astrid Schween: Schubert Cello Quintet

Detroit Country Day School - Upper School

The award-winning Balourdet Quartet is joined by Juilliard String Quartet cellist Astrid Schween for a performance of Schubert’s immortal Cello Quintet. Also on the program, Haydn’s “Bird” Quartet and “Strange Machines” by Canadian composer Karim Al-Zand.

Franz Schubert

Composer

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 19, 2024 - Mar 3, 2025

Pacific, Going Away Party , Rock of Ages, Castor and Pollux · Mark Morris Dance Group

Nov 24, 2024

Bochmann String Trio at the Lion Ballroom · The Courtyard

Nov 24, 2024

Elisabeth Leonskaja · Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège

24 - 26 Nov, 2024

Death and the Maiden · Naples Philharmonic

Nov 26, 2024

Alasdair Beatson And Maria Wlozczowska · Perth Theatre and Concert Hall

Past events

Nov 23, 2024

Special Celebration Concert · Newark Symphony Orchestra

Nov 23, 2024

Tara Erraught mezzo-soprano; James Baillieu piano · Wigmore Hall

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