Texas Classical Review

January 16 – Dec 23, 2025

DACAMERA
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cellist
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
“D’Est en musique (From the East),” multimedia program including works by Rachmaninoff, Janáček, Chopin, Martinů, Schnittke and others
7 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Bruckner: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Miguel Espinoza Fusion
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Espinoza: Nagi Yate and Veneta
Holst: The Planets
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

January 17

DACAMERA
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cellist
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
“D’Est en musique (From the East),” multimedia program including works by Rachmaninoff, Janáček, Chopin, Martinů, Schnittke and others
7 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Miguel Espinoza Fusion
Copland: Danzón Cubano
Espinoza: Nagi Yate and Veneta
Holst: The Planets
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

January 19

Dallas Chamber Music Society
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Beethoven: Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 12, no. 3
Beethoven: String Trio in D major, Op. 9, no. 2
Beethoven: Piano Trio in B-flat major “Archduke”
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University

January 20

Chamber Music Houston
Merz Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 1, no. 3
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht
Dvořák: Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

January 22

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

January 23

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

March 23 – Feb 22, 2025

Fort Worth Opera
McCammon Voice Competition
10 finalists and 5 alternates perform
2 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Liadov: The Enchanted Lake
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Zemlinsky: The Mermaid
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Frescobaldi: Selections from Fiori musicali
Gregorian chant
4 p.m. First Lutheran Church, Houston

March 25

Chamber Music Houston
Leonkoro Quartet
Haydn: String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, no. 5
Berg: Lyric Suite
Ravel: String Quartet
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

March 26

Performing Arts Houston
Les Arts Florissants
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violinist
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and other baroque works
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Cliburn Concerts
Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot, violinists
Hsin-I Huang, pianist
8 p.m. Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall, Fort Worth

March 27

Cliburn Concerts
Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot, violinists
Hsin-I Huang, pianist
Works by Stravinsky, Korngold, Rózsa and others
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

Texas Performing Arts
Les Arts Florissants
Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violinist
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and works by Monteverdi, Geminiani and Uccellini
7:30 p.m. Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin

March 29

ROCO
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, composer and instrumentalist
Cuong: Commissioned song cycle (world premiere)
Fung: Lamenting Earth
Cuong: Pulse Train
Võ: Works incorporating traditional Vietnamese instruments
5 p.m. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston

Ars Lyrica
Handel: Theodora
Nola Richardson, soprano
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Cody Bowers, countertenor
Brian Giebler, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass-baritone
Moores School Concert Chorale
6 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

March 31

DACAMERA
Merz Trio
Schumann: Trio No. 2 in F major
Brahms: Trio No. 1 in B major
Works by Purcell, Schumann, Monk and others
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston