Texas Classical Review

February 20 – Jan 23, 2026

DACAMERA
Brooklyn Rider
Alumni of DACAMERA Young Artist Program
Jacobsen: Beloved, Do Not Let Me Be Discouraged
Frank: Frida’s Dreams (world premiere)
Golijov: Ever Yours
Folk songs (arr. Brooklyn Rider)
7:30 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conducor
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens
Holmès: “La Nuit et l’Amour” from Ludus pro Patria
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cellist
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music
Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)
Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

February 21

Houston Chamber Choir
Jason Max Ferdinand, guest conductor
7:30 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conducor
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens
Holmès: “La Nuit et l’Amour” from Ludus pro Patria
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cellist
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Incidental Music
Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)
Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper: Polka and Fugue
Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

February 22

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conducor
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Gubaidulina: In Tempus Praesens
Holmès: “La Nuit et l’Amour” from Ludus pro Patria
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Scriabin: Le Poème de l’extase
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Cliburn Concerts
Camille Thomas, cellist
Julien Brocal, pianist
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

February 27

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.

June 7 – Apr 22, 2025

Cliburn Competition
Awards Ceremony
7 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth
cliburn.org

April 22 – Mar 23, 2025

Cliburn Concerts
Emanuel Ax, pianist
Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 27, no. 1
Corigliano: Fantasia on an Ostinato
Beethoven: Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, no. 2 “Moonlight”
Schumann: Fantasie in C major
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

April 23

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Loeb, conductor
Vicky Glikin, narrator
Murray Sidlin, creator and narrator
Allison Charney, soprano
Eleni Matos, mezzo-soprano
Roy Cornelius Smith, tenor
Scott Conner, bass
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Temple Emanu-El Choir
Sidlin: Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

April 25

Houston Grand Opera
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Russell Thomas, Tamara Wilson, Sasha Cooke, Luke Sutliff; Erik Nielsen, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Austin Opera
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raquel González, Joseph Dennis, Kristen Choi, Malcolm Mackenzie; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Fort Worth Opera
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Stephanie Doche, Victor Ryan Robertson, Adelmo Guidarelli, Efraín Solís; Christian Capocaccia, conductor
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

April 26

ROCO
Alastair Willis, conductor
Jazz Houston
Wei: Invisible Portals
Southard: Lamentation
Gardner: Mancini Mashup
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (arr. Helder)
5 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University, Houston

Austin Opera
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Yulia Lysenko, Joseph Dennis, Kristen Choi, Malcolm Mackenzie; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Houston Grand Opera
Mazzoli: Breaking the Waves
Lauren Snouffer, Ryan McKinny; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

April 27

Austin Opera
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Raquel González, Joseph Dennis, Kristen Choi, Malcolm Mackenzie; Timothy Myers, conductor
2 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Fort Worth Opera
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Stephanie Doche, Victor Ryan Robertson, Adelmo Guidarelli, Efraín Solís; Christian Capocaccia, conductor
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Polychoral works by Schütz, Praetorius and others
4 p.m. First Lutheran, Houston

April 29

Houston Grand Opera
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Russell Thomas, Tamara Wilson, Sasha Cooke, Luke Sutliff; Erik Nielsen, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Chamber Music Houston
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: Ricercar from The Musical Offering
Haydn: String Trio in G major, Op. 53, no. 1
Schubert: String Trio in B-flat major
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

Dallas Chamber Symphony
Richard McKay, conductor
Adam Jackson, pianist
Kraemer: Rivers and Dust (world premiere)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Schumann: Symphony No. 1 “Spring”
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall

April 30

Houston Grand Opera
Mazzoli: Breaking the Waves
Lauren Snouffer, Ryan McKinny; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org