From Schubert’s Swan Song to Strauss’ Four Last, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts events happening this week:
Violinist Maxim Vengerov returns to Carnegie Hall with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to perform Mozart’s complete works for violin and orchestra across two concerts November 6 and 7. The first concert will include Mozart’s first, third, and fourth violin concertos; the Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E Major; and the Concertone for two Violins and Orchestra with guest violinist Miho Saegusa. The second concert includes the second and fifth violin concertos, and the Sinfonia concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola, with guest violist Lawrence Power. These concerts mark the start of Vengerov’s three-year Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall. Vengerov will also lead a master class at Carnegie Hall November 10.
Cellist Sandra Lied Haga makes her Carnegie Hall debut November 8 with pianist Anna Fedorova, performing works by Schumann, Prokofiev, Brahms, and Chopin. Pianist Mao Fujita will give a solo recital at Carnegie Hall November 10, featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Scriabin, and Yashiro.
Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali joins the New York Philharmonic November 7-12 for a concert exploring the stages of life. Beginning with Julia Wolfe’s Fountain of Youth, the program will also include Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony, which was commissioned by the Finnish government to celebrate the composer’s own 50th birthday; and Richard Strauss’ Four Last Songs, the composer’s final completed work. Soprano Miah Persson sings the orchestral lieder.
Tenor Matthew Polenzani joins the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to perform Schubert Schwanengesang at Alice Tully Hall November 9. Schubert’s song cycle will be followed by a performance of Robert Schumann’s Quintet in E-flat major for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and Cello, featuring violinists Sean Lee and Richard Lin, violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, and cellist Nicholas Canellakis.
Ainadamar concludes performances at the Metropolitan Opera November 9. Performances also conclude this week of this fall's run of Rigoletto, although Bartlett Sher’s production of the Verdi classic will return to the Met stage in January.
November 10, Works & Process presents To the Body, a new commissioned work by Nico Muhly, at the Guggenheim Museum. The piece is an immersive soundscape created for the exhibition Yu Hong: Another One Bites the Dust, currently on display in Venice. Muhly’s work incorporates fragments of Baroque composer Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri, combined with electronically manipulated sounds.
The Attacca Quartet comes to the Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall for a concert on November 7. The program, titled “Bridges,” will include Jessie Montgomery’s Strum, Caroline Shaw’s Valencia, Gabriella Smith’s Carrot Revolution, Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major, and Jacobus Clemens non Papa’s Ego flos campi.
The Limón Dance Company returns to the Joyce Theater November 5-10 with revivals of José Limón’s The Traitor, a retelling of the story of Jesus’ betrayal by Judas; Scherzo, for its first revival in nearly 45 years; and Missa Brevis. The program will also include Doris Humphrey’s Two Ecstatic Themes, and the premiere of a new work by Kayla Farrish.
The JACK Quartet, comprising violinists Christopher Otto and Austin Wulliman, violist John Pickford Richards, and cellist Jay Campbell, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a concert at the 92nd Street Y November 10 featuring a program of JACK Quartet commissions, including Eduardo Aguilar’s HYPER, Seare Farhat’s Aporias, Juri Seo’s Three Imaginary Chansons, and the world premiere Anthony Cheung’s Twice Removed.
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