“From the heart, may it again go to the heart,” an inspired Beethoven wrote above the opening “Kyrie” in the manuscript of his greatest choral work, the Missa Solemnis. The Washington Chorus and remarkable guest soloists Erika Grimaldi, Rihab Chaieb, Saimir Pirgu, and Marko Mimica join the NSO for this infrequently performed epic mass—a vast symphonic statement of mysticism,  drama, and sacred intimacy.

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Gianandrea Noseda conducts Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis

Kennedy Center

Musicians from the New York Youth Symphony's Orchestra, Chamber Music and Jazz ensembles perform world premieres of original works by NYYS composers. The performances are led by members of the Robert L. Poster Apprentice Conducting program.

New York Youth Symphony: Composition Date 2025

National Sawdust

What better place to celebrate music together than in the heart of Dresden, before the impressive backdrop of the historical center? In 2025, the popular open-air event »Dresden sings & makes music« once again occupies its traditional place between Cathedral and Brühlsche Terrasse, inviting everyone to listen and sing along, and serving up an entertaining, diverse program of familiar and popular melodies. Suspiciously good sound will be guaranteed by the Federal Police Orchestra Berlin and singers from various local choruses under the baton of Gerd Herklotz. Ina Richter’s charming moderation will contribute to a wonderful evening under an open sky – a treat for every music-loving heart.

Dresden sings & makes music

Brühlsche Terrasse / Schlossplatz

Experience the profound intensity and emotional depth of Verdi's Requiem with the Pacific Symphony, under the baton of esteemed conductor Carl St.Clair. This monumental work, often described as an opera in ecclesiastical dress, showcases Verdi's unparalleled ability to convey human emotions through music. The performances will take place at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall from June 5th to June 7th, 2025, each evening at 8:00 pm.

Verdi's Requiem is celebrated for its dramatic force, lyrical arias, and powerful choral and orchestral arrangements. Highlights include the thunderous "Dies irae" and the sublime "Sanctus," offering audiences a transcendent experience that bridges the divine and the human. The Pacific Chorale, led by artistic director Robert Istad, will join the orchestra, adding their exquisite vocal harmonies to the mix. While the vocal soloists will be announced, the anticipation for their performance adds to the excitement surrounding this event.

Before each concert, attendees will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of this masterpiece during a preview talk at 7 p.m. hosted by KUSC's midday host, Alan Chapman. This pre-concert discussion is an excellent way to enhance your concert experience, providing insights into Verdi's life, his Requiem, and what makes this work a cornerstone of choral-orchestral repertoire.

Don't miss this opportunity to witness one of the most powerful and moving pieces of music ever composed, performed by the talented musicians of the Pacific Symphony and Chorale. Tickets are available now for this limited engagement. Join us for an unforgettable journey through the depths of Verdi's Requiem, a true celebration of life, death, and the human spirit.

A Grand Finale: Verdi's Mighty Requiem

Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall

This isn't your typical requiem; it's Verdi unbuttoned and unbound. With St.Clair's commentary slicing through the history and straight to the heart, expect a visceral journey through the "Dies irae," where terror and beauty collide, and the "Sanctus," a celestial burst of clarity. The "Libera me" is not just sung; it's unleashed—a raw, pleading force of nature that will seize your soul.

Rediscover Verdi's Requiem

Due to organizational reasons, the performance of the Verdi Requiem has to be postponed until next year. We will keep you updated with further details. Already purchased tickets will be refunded. Please return them via our customer service.

Verdi Requiem

Kreuzkirche, Dresden

An unprecedentedly popular oratorio: the story of the sufferings of the enslaved Israelites in Egypt and their determination to free themselves is awe-inspiring. No hero appears, even Moses himself remains in the background; the chorus alone describes the action. This work announces Handel’s inner volte-face, which is then fully expressed in Messiah. A chance to hear the inspiring Hervé Niquet and his Concert Spirituel in Halle for the first time.

Israel in Eqypt, Oratorio HWV 54

The Market Church

G. F. Handel based his grandiloquent oratorio Israel in Egypt on three models: his own funeral anthem for Queen Caroline, a serenade by Alessandro Stradella and a Magnificat by Dionigi Erba – all complete works in themselves. Here, you will get to know them before hearing the original oratorio in the evening: a unique opportunity. For the great Egyptologist and Handel fan Jan Assmann, the exodus of the people of Israel from Egyptian captivity was of course a significant subject, including philosophically, and he authored an important book on Israel in Egypt. Sadly, his wish to be able to hear the originals together cannot be fulfilled, as he died in 2024. This is why we have dedicated this concert to his memory.

Israel in Egypt: The Originals

The Concert Hall Ulrichskirche

When, in 1741, Handel was forced to admit that the London audiences were sick of hearing Italian opera, he thought back to what he had learned from his teacher Zachow in Halle. At this difficult time, an invitation to Dublin gave him the opportunity to create something completely novel: a sacred oratorio without action, an intimate confession of faith instead of superficial pomp. What is often lost in mass performances, the choir and orchestra of Liberati rekindle with their very special positioning. The choir stands in front of the orchestra and the organist right at the back: they cannot see one another, so they must listen all the more, and the tension thus created takes us to the very core of Messiah.

Messiah Oratorio HWV 56

The George Frederic Handel Hall

In the Bible account of the Annunciation, Mary is told by the archangel Gabriel that she will bear God’s son. Alessandro Scarlatti devoted one of his numerous sacred oratorios to this episode from St. Luke’s Gospel: this is the sumptuous sound of the Italian establishment at the time the young Handel came to Rome. It made a lasting impression on him, but also provoked his contradictory spirit: in La Resurrezione, Handel went on to do things quite differently.

A. Scarlatti: La Santissima Annunziata, Oratorio

Halle Cathedral

You don’t need sets or costumes (or even live elephants!) to appreciate the magnitude and wonder of Aida, Verdi’s tumultuous tale of love and loyalty set in Ancient Egypt. All you need is a prima donna as spectacular as soprano Angel Blue, whose “voice perforated the hearts of her listeners and miraculously captured the tortured oscillations of Aida’s existence perfectly” (OperaWire), reported after a concert production led by BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward with the Detroit Opera. This concert adaptation allows the beauty and drama of the original opera to soar on the symphonic stage.

Verdi’s Aida Conducted by Heyward

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

What began in 2023 with a concert performance of »Das Rheingold« and continued in 2024 with »Die Walküre« and now with »Siegfried« is no less than a redefinition of standards in Wagner interpretation. The project »The Wagner Cycles« is dedicated to a unique collaboration between academic expertise and practice, tackling Richard Wagner’s monumental opera tetralogy. In Dresden and on tour through Europe’s musical centers, the results of this spectacular sound workshop and the historically informed perspective on Wagner’s epoch-making theatrical oeuvre have been celebrated as revolutionary. In the third part of the »Ring«, »Siegfried», depictions of nature and the visceral portrayals of action reveal Wagner at the height of his expressive musical powers. As in previous years, the newly-won transparent orchestra sound and the focus on the singers’ treatment of language will ensure novel listening experiences.

Richard Wagner: »Siegfried«

Kulturpalast Dresden

Lucerne Festival

Verdi’s Requiem Mass, in its fervent quest for eternal rest, stands as a powerful demonstration of the composer’s ability to harness the human voice. Hailed by NPR as “simply magnificent” for their two-time Grammy Award-winning CSO Resound recording of this work, Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus are joined by a thrilling quartet of international singers to once again deliver a masterful blend of passion and precisio

Muti Conducts Verdi Requiem

Symphony Center

Elgar conceived The Kingdom as part of a trilogy of oratorios though he only completed two, the second being The Apostles. His oratorio The Dream of Gerontius stands apart from these two works, but the best writing in The Kingdom and The Apostles marks them as equals. The soaring soprano solo ’The sun goeth down’ is outstandingly impressive and demanding for the singer, in this performance to be sung by Sophie Bevan, returning after last singing it with CCS to great acclaim in 2011 at the outset of her prolific career.

Elgar tells the story of the development of the Christian church with choruses and solos of touching beauty together with some of his most stirring and evocative orchestral writing. A wonderful work not to be missed!

Canterbury Choral society presents Elgar: The Kingdom

Canterbury Cathedral

"This oratorio far surpasses anything of its kind that has ever been performed in this or any other kingdom," wrote the newspapers when George Frideric Handel's oratorio "Messiah" premiered in Dublin in 1742. Indeed, it is not difficult to imagine the profound impression this work must have made on the Irish audience at its premiere. Even today, it is easy to be overwhelmed by this oratorio, which is as powerful in sound as it is multifaceted. With fresh musicality, soloists, the Chamber Choir of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, and the Cappella Academica Frankfurt will bring this monumental work to life in June in the Basilica of Eberbach Monastery.

Handel: “Messiah”

Eberbach Abbey

Vibrant baroque music sounds especially good in the acoustics of Olavinlinna. We experience delicacy and richness at the same time, a bit like the fluffy wigs of the courtiers, or like macarons.

Il diluvio universale

Olavinlinna

Paul McCartney? The Beatle? Composer of an oratorio? Of course! In 1991, McCartney composed this large-scale choral work, which premiered in Liverpool Cathedral that same year. To kick off the season and under the direction of Christopher Ward, members of the opera ensemble, together with the Aachen Opera Choir and the Aachen Symphony Choir, will perform this extraordinary work in the spa park.

Kurpark Classix - »To Liverpool«

Kurpark

Dame Jane Glover leads the Music of the Baroque Chorus, Orchestra, and international stars Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen and Heidi Stober in our first performances of Gluck’s emotionally charged Orfeo ed Euridice. Follow Orfeo’s desperate journey to the underworld as he battles fate to rescue his beloved Euridice, armed with nothing but his voice. With soaring arias like “Che farò senza Euridice,” dramatic choruses, and famous instrumental music including “Dance of the Blessed Spirits,” will music—and love—conquer all?

Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice

Harris Theater

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie

Join us for at the beautiful St. Mary’s Cathedral for an evening full of Handel’s greatest works!

Handel at the Cathedral

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception

Handel’s Messiah is a glorious oratorio, full of soaring arias, memorable choruses, and all the elegance we associate with the High Baroque. This masterpiece is also one of the most enduring messages of hope in the entire choral repertoire.

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The Washington Chorus

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National Sawdust

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Dresdner Musikfestspiele

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Pacific Symphony

Rediscover Verdi's Requie...

Pacific Symphony

Verdi Requiem

Dresdner Musikfestspiele

Israel in Eqypt, Oratorio...

Händel-Festspiele Halle

Israel in Egypt: The Orig...

Händel-Festspiele Halle

Messiah Oratorio HWV 56

Händel-Festspiele Halle

A. Scarlatti: La Santissi...

Händel-Festspiele Halle

Verdi’s Aida Conducted by...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner: »Siegfrie...

Dresdner Musikfestspiele

Muti Conducts Verdi Requi...

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Canterbury Choral society...

Canterbury Festival

Handel: “Messiah”

Rheingau Musik Festival

Il diluvio universale

Savonlinna Opera Festival

Kurpark Classix - »To Liv...

Sinfonieorchester Aachen

Gluck—Orfeo ed Euridice

Music of the Baroque

Handel at the Cathedral

Peoria Symphony Orchestra

handel’s messiah

The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus...