Texas Classical Review

September 24 – Sep 09, 2020

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Emily Levin, harpist
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague” 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

September 25

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Emily Levin, harpist
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague” 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

September 26

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Emily Levin, harpist
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague” 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

Houston Symphony—Livestreamed event
Yue Bao, conductor
Kelley O’Conner, mezzo-soprano
Esmail: Khirkiyaan for Brass Quintet—“Tuttarana”
Price: String Quartet No. 2
Smyth: Songs
8 p.m. Livestream Link

September 27

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Emily Levin, harpist
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Ginastera: Harp Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague” 
2:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

October 1

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jörgen van Rijen, trombonist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Dessner: Trombone Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

October 2

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jörgen van Rijen, trombonist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Dessner: Trombone Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

October 3

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jörgen van Rijen, trombonist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Dessner: Trombone Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

October 4

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Jörgen van Rijen, trombonist
Beethoven: Symphony No. 1
Dessner: Trombone Concerto
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
2:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center

Streaming performances – Apr 30, 2020

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
mydso.com/multimedia/watch-and-listen

Houston Symphony
houstonsymphony.org/listenathome/

Ars Lyrica Houston
arslyricahouston.org

River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
roco.org/live/

Editor’s Note

The Texas Classical Review calendar of events is on hiatus for the duration of the Covid-19 shutdown.

If you have streaming events taking place, please feel free to submit them here as a Comment.

Stay safe, everybody.

April 29 – Mar 29, 2020

March 29 – Feb 29, 2020

Houston Symphony–CANCELLED
Matthias Pintscher, conductor
Cédric Tiberghien, pianist
Anton Webern: Im Sommerwind
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Debussy: Images
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Opus 100 Organ Series–CANCELLED
Thomas Ospital, organist
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
mydso.com; 214-692-0203

February 29 – Dec 26, 2019

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Kirill Karabits, conductor
Cameron Carpenter, organist
Joseph Jongen: Symphonie Concertante
Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com; 214-692-0203

Society for the Performing Arts
Andrew Tyson, pianist
Works by Schumann, Rachmaninoff and others
8 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

December 31 – Nov 27, 2019

Ars Lyrica
Matthew Dirst, harpsichordist and leader
Alana Youssefian and Elizabeth Blumenstock, violinists
Colin St-Martin, flutist
Concertos and sonatas by Vivaldi and other Venetian composers
9 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

November 29 – Oct 29, 2019

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
8 p.m. Jones Hall
houstonsymphony.org; 713- 224-7575

November 30

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Miah Persson, soprano
Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Strauss: Don Juan
Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks
8 p.m. Jones Hall
houstonsymphony.org; 713- 224-7575

October 29 – Sep 26, 2019

Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: Rigoletto
Brian Mulligan, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Mané Galoyan, David Shipley, Zoie Reams; Jordan de Souza, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org; 713-228-6737

October 30

Dallas Opera
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel
Olga Pudova, Nikolay Didenko, Kevin Burdette, Barry Banks, Viktor Antipenko, Lindsay Ammann, Corey Crider, Jeni Houser; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

September 26 – Aug 18, 2019

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell, conductor and violinist
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com

September 27

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía india”
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Copland: El Salón México
Gershwin: Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
8 p.m. Jones Hall
houstonsymphony.org

September 28

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía india”
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Copland: El Salón México
Gershwin: Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
8 p.m. Jones Hall
houstonsymphony.org

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
“DSO Gala”
Christian Reif, conductor
Joshua Bell, violinist
Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3
Brahms: Violin Concerto
8:45 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com

September 29

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell, conductor and violinist
Mozart: Symphony No. 25
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Mozart: Adagio for Violin and Orchestra
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4, “Italian”
2:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
mydso.com

Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, pianist
Chávez: Symphony No. 2, “Sinfonía india”
Gershwin: Concerto in F
Copland: El Salón México
Gershwin: Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall
houstonsymphony.org

August 31 – May 28, 2019

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Jesus Castro-Balbi, cellist
Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordianist
Jamey Haddad, percussionist
Cyro Baptista, percussionist
Golijov: Azul
Revueltas: La noche de los mayas
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall