Texas Classical Review

January 1, 2026 – Dec 23, 2025

Bach Society Houston
James Bobb, organist
6 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church

January 4

Orchestra of New Spain
Works by Antonio Soler
6 p.m. Christ the King Catholic Church

January 6

Ars Lyrica
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Jesús Pacheco, percussionist
“Ring in the Peace” holiday program
7 p.m. Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston

January 7

ROCO
ROCO Brass Quintet
Annual “Beer and Brass” concert
7 p.m. Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston

January 8

Ars Lyrica
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Jesús Pacheco, percussionist
“Ring in the Peace” holiday program
7 p.m. Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston

January 9

Ars Lyrica
Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano
Jesús Pacheco, percussionist
“Ring in the Peace” holiday program
7 p.m. Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, Houston

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Jennifer Rowley, soprano; Manuela Custer, mezzo-soprano;
Evan LeRoy Johnson, tenor; Alessandro Luongo, baritone
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Robert Spano, conductor
Pedja Mužijević, pianist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Debussy: La Mer
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

January 10

Chamber Music Society Fort Worth
CMSFW Ensemble
Dvořák: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major
Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Fort Worth Symphony
Robert Spano, conductor
Pedja Mužijević, pianist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Debussy: La Mer
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Mercury
Antoine Plante, conductor
Stéphane Tetreault, cellist
Denis Plante, bandoneon
Works by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Grieg, Pärt, Plante and others
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

January 11

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Jennifer Rowley, soprano; Manuela Custer, mezzo-soprano;
Evan LeRoy Johnson, tenor; Alessandro Luongo, baritone
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Robert Spano, conductor
Pedja Mužijević, pianist
Ravel: Pavane for a Dead Princess
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Berlioz: Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet
Debussy: La Mer
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Mario Aschauer, fortepianist and director
Micah Perry, tenor
Haydn: Scene from Orlando Paladino
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 “Jenamy”
4 p.m. First Lutheran, Houston

January 15

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

January 16

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
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
Duke Kim, 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
Duke Kim, 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
Six alumni of the institute lead the Dallas Opera Orchestra and guest singers in excerpts from works important to the company’s history
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
Duke Kim, 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