When a sound endures for centuries, when an ensemble of musicians not only survives but preserves, carries on, and renews cultural heritage – then one approaches what one can in good conscience call “tradition.” With the opening of the 2026 anniversary season, the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra looks back on 375 years of orchestral tradition – not as a mere chronology, but as a living movement between past, present, and future. This special season invites you not only to hear, but to eavesdrop; not only to remember, but also to think further – and so the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach is celebrating 375 years not as the culmination of achievements, but as a new beginning: namely, into what is possible. The future of music does not begin tomorrow – it begins with the next note of today. In this sense, may the music of this season unite us all, indeed transform us – and remind us of the essence of music: Where people listen together, a space of humanity always arises. 

B1 Festive New Year's Concert – Opening! The Ninth!

Gotha Cultural Center

We've long been asked to perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony on New Year's Day. And now: our first New Year's concert in the newly opened Beethoven Hall! What better time than today to sing Beethoven's message of peace and joy to the world? We look forward to outstanding soloists and our partner choir, the Bonn Philharmonic Choir, whose members will help us anchor the Beethoven Hall in Bonn's cultural heart.  And we're also looking forward to the winner of the Telekom Beethoven Competition, who will join us in playing the first notes of the new year in the hall for everyone to enjoy.

New Year's Concert

Beethoven Hall

Hallelujah! Celebrate the New Year with the RSNO’s annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. Laurence Cummings directs an all-star cast alongside the RSNO and its mighty Chorus. From For Unto Us a Child is Born to the unforgettable Hallelujah Chorus, enjoy all the glory and joy of this truly timeless masterpiece.

Handel’s Messiah

Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

When a sound endures for centuries, when an ensemble of musicians not only survives but preserves, carries on, and renews cultural heritage – then one approaches what one can in good conscience call “tradition.” With the opening of the 2026 anniversary season, the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra looks back on 375 years of orchestral tradition – not as a mere chronology, but as a living movement between past, present, and future. This special season invites you not only to hear, but to eavesdrop; not only to remember, but also to think further – and so the Thuringia Philharmonic Orchestra Gotha-Eisenach is celebrating 375 years not as the culmination of achievements, but as a new beginning: namely, into what is possible. The future of music does not begin tomorrow – it begins with the next note of today. In this sense, may the music of this season unite us all, indeed transform us – and remind us of the essence of music: Where people listen together, a space of humanity always arises. Full of exuberance, Friedrich von Schiller's poem "Ode to Joy" evokes a feeling that unites all humankind, a kind of divine inspiration that unites and inspires all earthly life. Ludwig van Beethoven was fascinated by this ode from a young age, especially because of its heroic and sublime power of language and its overarching humanistic message. When Beethoven was at the height of his compositional creativity, he was almost compelled to let this "Ode to Joy" resound in the final movement of his 9th Symphony, a daring, vocal-symphonic hymn. Let us all be inspired by the idealism of Schiller and Beethoven and welcome the new year 2026 together!

Festive New Year's Concert – Opening! The Ninth!

State Theatre Eisenach

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Do you struggle with hitting the notes, are you a confident choir enthusiast – or are you perhaps even a professional singer? Regardless of your starting point, you are invited to FÆLLESSANG, which is for everyone who wants to sing in a group.

Community singing

Folketeatret

Under the title "Tears and Jubilation," the program combines works from the Renaissance and modern eras, arranged in ascending order of tonal development—like a musical journey from dark depths to luminous exuberance.

Tears and cheers

Anneliese Brost Musikforum Ruhr

EPSG:4326

Carmina Burana

Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Nottingham’s famous Kanneh-Mason family are our Patrons, but this performance of Beethoven’s ‘Triple Concerto’ is the first time that three of them will have appeared together with Sinfonia Viva. Written around the time of the Eroica Symphony it’s an adventurous musical hybrid, playfully combining elements of the piano trio with the concerto and presenting the soloists as a collective force against the grandeur of the orchestra.

The rest of the programme is a feast of Germanic and British orchestral and choral music. Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture launches the concert with both the Masonic solemnity and the comedic high spirits of his opera, whilst the pioneering Emilie Mayer’s Overture in D Minor is an example of her taut and dramatic writing at its best. The two choral items form a fascinating contrast: Brahms’s dramatic cantata Schicksalslied (‘Song of Fate’) was inspired by Friedrich Hölderlin’s poem concerning the Greek mythical titan Hyperion, and the contrast it makes between the blissful lives of the Immortals and the restless existence of human beings, buffeted by fate.

Sinfonia Viva with Braimah, Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason

Royal Concert Hall Nottingham

An exceptional vocal program, featuring arias and choruses from the finest gems of French opera: to be savored in Paris, while we wait for Shanghai!

Orchestre de Paris / Xu Zhong

Philharmonie de Paris

Chorus - Peace Concerto 2026

Coliseum, A Coruña

Leon Feichter, a student majoring in choral conducting, will present his work with his own ensemble. Students majoring in ME/IME choral conducting will also present an evening of Latin American rhythms, and the ensemble kju:pid will present a cappella pop and more.

Final concert major in choral conducting

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna

Crown Jewels - Chamber Orchestra

Second Presbyterian Church Bloomington

First Presbyterian Church Springfield

Join the Pink Singers for a night of power, pride, and resilience, as they journey in song through darkness and into the light.

In You Are Not Alone, this 90-strong LGBTQ+ choir performs songs by inspiring artists that explore life’s challenges and celebrate the unbreakable strength to be found in community and within ourselves in troubled times.

Conducted by Olivia Doust, the choir channel queer joy, singing new arrangements of well-known pop, soul and R&B classics alongside contemporary choral music from composers Katerina Gimon, Mari Esabel Valverde, and James Woodhall.

Pink Singers

Cadogan Hall 

	
What better way to ring in the New Year than with an exciting program featuring all your favorites from the world of opera performed by members of The Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus. Enjoy overtures and melodies from Mozart, Rossini, Bizet and Leoncavallo alongside dances, choruses and other works from Verdi, Borodin, and Wagner. 

operatic favorites

Lensic Performing Arts Center

Making people sing, not just voices, is the declared goal of treffpunkt:singen at the Anton Bruckner Institute for Choral and Ensemble Conducting and Composition in Music Education.

meeting point: singing

In keeping with the turn of the year, the chamber choir's two concerts will feature works on the theme of "Passing of the Year." The repertoire ranges from the Romantic era of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Johannes Brahms, through the 20th century to Benjamin Britten and the present day.

Passing of the Year

Parish of St. Paul

In 2026, the United States of America will be 250 years old.Vienna Boys' ChoirVienna Boys' ChoirVienna Boys' ChoirThe Vienna Boys' Choir will congratulate the world with a program of American and Austrian music, including Beethoven's Ode to Joy in the "Joyful" version, Michael Jackson's "We Are the World," Johann Strauss's waltz "One Thousand and One Nights," and the Archduke Johann Yodel.

The Concert In The New Year

Das MuTh

Season Ticket V10 - Soloists - OSG Choir - Carlos Mena

Opera House, A Coruña

Verdi’s Requiem is a powerful tribute to life eternal. Best known for the fateful drum strikes in its iconic Dies Irae, Verdi’s dramatic tour de force offers a breathtaking journey through the stages of grief, ultimately ending in peaceful consolation. Music Director Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus are joined by an elite lineup of soloists for this transcendent work.

Miami — Verdi’s Requiem

Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County

Immerse yourself in TRANSCENDENCE, a contemporary choral-orchestral experience.
Immerse yourself in TRANSCENDENCE, a contemporary choral-orchestral experience from the Grammy-winning Phoenix Chorale, presented exclusively by Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Described by BBC Music as “enviably smooth and sumptuous,” Phoenix Chorale’s world-class sound brings warmth to this evocative program, where music, visuals, and place converge in a sweeping journey through contemporary landscapes. 

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Bochumer Symphoniker

Carmina Burana

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Universität Mozarteum Salzburg

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