Texas Classical Review

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

February 22 – Jan 22, 2025

Houston Chamber Choir
Works by Brahms, Schubert, Sandström and others
7:30 p.m. South Main Baptist Church

San Antonio Philharmonic
Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
Blake Pouliot, violinist
Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5
Frank: Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Scottish Rite Auditorium

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Ephraim Owens, trumpeter
Ellington: Three Black Kings
Lipman: Cradled by Grace (world premiere)
Bernstein: “Three Dance Episodes” from On the Town
Gershwin: An American in Paris
8 p.m Long Center for the Performing Arts

February 24

DACAMERA
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
John Churchwell, pianist
Korngold: Songs of Farewell
Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
Jewish songs and works by Adams, Price and Heggie
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

February 27

Menil Collection
Meredith Monk, voice and keyboard
Katie Geissinger, voice
Allison Sniffin, voice, violin and keyboard
Selections from works by Monk
7 p.m. Richmond Hall, Houston

Cliburn Concerts
Haochen Zhang, pianist
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

February 28

Menil Collection
Meredith Monk, voice and keyboard
Katie Geissinger, voice
Allison Sniffin, voice, violin and keyboard
Selections from works by Monk
7 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

Dallas Opera
Puccini: La bohème
Sylvia D’Eramo, Bekhzod Davronov, Emily Pogorelc, Takaoki Onishi, William Guanbo Su; Emmanuel Villaume
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org