Texas Classical Review

April 20 – Mar 25, 2026

DACAMERA

Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
Geneva Lewis, violinist
Kyle Armbrust, violist
Jay Campbell, cellist
Schubert: Moment Musical No. 2 in A-flat major
Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

April 21

Chamber Music Houston
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Leclair: Sonata for Two Violins in E major
Arensky: Piano Quintet in D major
Viotti: Duo for Two Violins in G minor
Saint-Saëns: Piano Quintet 
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

April 23

Cliburn Concerts
Paul Lewis, pianist
Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K. 457
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 330
Poulenc: Improvisations
Debussy: L’isle joyeuse
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

April 24

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 25

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Steve Hackman, conductor
Hackman: Stravinsky X Kendrick Lamar
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Handel/Mozart: Messiah
Ying Fang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ben Bliss, Nicholas Newton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 26

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Mercury
Works by Ravel, Velásquez and others
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

April 27

Dallas Chamber Music Society
Stephen Isserlis, cellist
Connie Shih, pianist
Beethoven: Twelve Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Fauré: Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 69
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University

April 28

Houston Symphony 
Chanticleer
“Our American Journey”
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

April 29

Houston Grand Opera
Handel/Mozart: Messiah
Ying Fang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ben Bliss, Nicholas Newton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 30

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian”
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

March 26 – Feb 24, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Chamber Music Houston
Doric Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, no. 5
Tarrodi: Quartet No. 3 “Light Scattering”
Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 “Harp”
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Barber, Price, Rzewski, Dvořák and others
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

March 27

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Gershwin, Schneider, Ravel and Schoenfeld and jazz standards
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Orchestra of New Spain
Avant Chamber Ballet
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Falla: El Amor Brujo
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas

March 28

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Boulanger, Beach, Ravel, Copland, Korngold, Foss and others
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

DACAMERA
Parker Quartet
Raman Ramakrishnan, cellist
Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
Glass: Quartet No. 5
Schubert: Quintet in C major
7 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

ROCO
Works including Tokunaga’s Echoes of the Cosmos
7 p.m. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by MacDowell, Loeffler, Barber, Coleman and Beach
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Orchestra of New Spain
Avant Chamber Ballet
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Falla: El Amor Brujo
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas

March 29

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Liebermann, Barber, Still, Bernstein and others
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Amanda Mole, organist
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Vierne, Howells and Reger
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Elijah McCormack and Elizabeth Tait, sopranos
Michael Skarke, alto
Micah Perry and Matthew Newhouse, tenors
Peter Schoellkopff, bass
Leopold I: Stabat Mater
Bertali: Il Pentimento
4 p.m. First Lutheran, Houston

February 27 – Jan 23, 2026

Dallas Opera
Verdi: Don Carlo
Stephen Costello, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis, Clémentine Margaine, Christian Van Horn; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violinist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Texas Performing Arts
Balourdet Quartet
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Ravel: Quartet
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
7:30 p.m. KMFA, Austin

February 28

Chamber Music Society Fort Worth
Leonkoro String Quartet
Bosmans: String Quartet
Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Webern: Langsamer Satz
Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

ROCO
Laurie Meister, harpist
Eva Burmeister, violinist
Shino Hayashi, cellist
Wallen: New work
Debussy: Children’s Corner (arr. Salzedo)
Saint-Saëns: Fantaisie
Bantock: Hamabdil
5 p.m. Julia Ideson Library, Houston

Dallas Bach Society
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
7:30 p.m. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violinist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor; Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Derek Welton, bass
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act 2
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Texas Performing Arts
Balourdet Quartet
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3
Ravel: Quartet
Brahms: Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major
7:30 p.m. First Unitarian Church, Austin

March 1

Dallas Opera
Verdi: Don Carlo
Stephen Costello, Nicole Car, Etienne Dupuis, Clémentine Margaine, Christian Van Horn; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violinist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor; Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano; Derek Welton, bass
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act 2
2 p.m. Jones Hall

January 23 – Dec 23, 2025

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
David Childs, euphonium
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Walton: Coronation Te Deum (arr. Palmer)
MacMillan: Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock (U.S. premiere)
Holst: The Planets
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Markus Stenz, conductor
Stas Chernyshev, clarinetist
George Sakakeeny, bassoonist
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Strauss: Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Puts: Silent Night
Miles Mykkanen, Sylvia D’Eramo, Ryan McKinny, Iurii Samoilov,
Thomas Glass; Kensho Watanabe, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Houston Symphony
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato’s ”Symposium”)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

January 24

ROCO
Works for quartet including Stephenson’s Quartet for Tomorrow
5 p.m. Rhinehart Music Auditorium, Texas Southern University, Houston

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner, conductor
David Childs, euphonium
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Walton: Coronation Te Deum (arr. Palmer)
MacMillan: Where the Lugar meets the Glaisnock (U.S. premiere)
Holst: The Planets
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Markus Stenz, conductor
Stas Chernyshev, clarinetist
George Sakakeeny, bassoonist
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Strauss: Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Symphony
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato’s ”Symposium”)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

January 25

Fort Worth Symphony
Markus Stenz, conductor
Stas Chernyshev, clarinetist
George Sakakeeny, bassoonist
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Strauss: Duet-Concertino for Clarinet and Bassoon
Schumann: Symphony No. 2
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Puts: Silent Night
Miles Mykkanen, Sylvia D’Eramo, Ryan McKinny, Iurii Samoilov,
Thomas Glass; Kensho Watanabe, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Houston Symphony
Marin Alsop, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist
Barber: Second Essay for Orchestra
Bernstein: Serenade (after Plato’s ”Symposium”)
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Dallas Opera
Hart Institute for Women Conductors 10th Anniversary Concert
3 p.m. Winspear Opera House

January 29

Cliburn Concerts
Nicole Car, soprano
Étienne Dupuis, baritone
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

January 30

Houston Grand Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Mané Galoyan, Sasha Cooke, Jamie Barton, Alexandra Loutsion, Reginald Smith Jr.; Andreas Ottensamer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

DACAMERA
Julia Bullock, soprano
Conor Hanick, pianist
Messiaen: Harawi
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center, Houston

January 31

Bach Society Houston
Bach: Alles nur nach Gottes willen, BWV 72
3 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church

Houston Early Music
Cor Mundi, chamber choir
7:30 p.m. St. Paul’s United Methodist Church

Houston Grand Opera
Puts: Silent Night
Miles Mykkanen, Sylvia D’Eramo, Ryan McKinny, Iurii Samoilov, Thomas Glass; Kensho Watanabe, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

January 1, 2026 – Dec 01, 2025

The Texas Classical Review calendar of events will return in January 2026.

November 30 – Oct 25, 2025

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jun Märkl, conductor
Javier Perianes, pianist
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Čekovská: New work
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Strauss: Ein Heldenleben
2 p.m. Jones Hall

October 25 – Sep 21, 2025

Mercury
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
2:30 p.m. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston

Ars Lyrica
Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano
Telemann: Concerto for Flute, Violin and Cello
White: The Peace of Wild Things
Rieti: Pastorale e fughetta
Haydn: Arianna a Naxos
5 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

Dallas Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Marina Viotti, Saimir Pirgu, Teresa Perrotta, Gihoon Kim; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

Houston Chamber Choir
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Puts: If I Were a Swan
Shafer: Medieval Bestiary
Knaggs: Houston Seasons—Autumn (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

Austin Symphony Orchestra
Peter Bay and Pablo Zamora, conductors
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Coleman: Seven O’Clock Shout
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 “Polish”
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

October 26

Dallas Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Marina Viotti, Saimir Pirgu, Teresa Perrotta, Gihoon Kim; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House

Houston Grand Opera
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Michael Sumuel, Angel Blue, Blake Denson, Demetrious Sampson Jr., Latonia Moore; James Gaffigan, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Mercury
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

October 27

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Schubert: Winterreise
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

October 29

DACAMERA
Matthias Goerne, baritone
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Schubert: Sonata in G major, D. 894
Schubert: Schwanengesang
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center, Houston

October 30

Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: Il Trittico
Corinne Winters, Ryan McKinny, Arturo Chacón Cruz, Jamie Barton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Mercury
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
7:30 p.m. Bayou Theater, University of Houston-Clear Lake

October – Sep 15, 2025

October calendar to come

September 14 – Aug 04, 2025

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
David Robertson, conductor
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Adams: Harmonielehre
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Hall

September – Jun 08, 2025

The Texas Classical Review calendar of events will return in September.