Texas Classical Review

November 6 – Oct 22, 2026

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley, Aaron Blake,
Deborah Nansteel, Malcolm MacKenzie; James Gaffigan, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor
Yoonshin Song, soloist
Khachaturian: Suite from Ballet Gayane
Prokoviev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

November 7

Dallas Opera
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

Houston Grand Opera
Gounod: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, John Relyea,
Sean Michael Plumb, Sun-ly Pierce, Deborah Nansteel
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor
Yoonshin Song, soloist
Khachaturian: Suite from Ballet Gayane
Prokoviev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Orchestra of New Spain
Rahim Alhaj, oud
Ehsan Shafiee, setar
Works of Arabic and Persian classical music
5 p.m. Home concert, Dallas address given with ticket purchase

November 8

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley, Aaron Blake,
Deborah Nansteel, Malcolm MacKenzie; James Gaffigan, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Houston Symphony
Emmanuel Tjeknavorian, conductor
Yoonshin Song, soloist
Khachaturian: Suite from Ballet Gayane
Prokoviev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
2 p.m. Jones Hall

November 10

DACAMERA
Igor Levit, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 “The Tempest”
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 25
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21“Waldstein”
7:30 p.m. Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

November 12

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Stèphane Denève, conductor
Cédric Tiberghien, soloist
Roussel: Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Milhaud: La Création du monde
Gershwin: An American in Paris
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

November 13

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Stèphane Denève, conductor
Cédric Tiberghien, soloist
Roussel: Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Milhaud: La Création du monde
Gershwin: An American in Paris
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Gounod: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Kyle Ketelsen
Sean Michael Plumb, Sun-ly Pierce, Deborah Nansteel
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Fort Worth Opera
Wang: Scalia/Ginsburg
Jennifer Zetlan, Peter Scott Drackley, Andrew Simpson
Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conductor
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Ridglea Theater

November 14

Bach Society Houston
“Dancing Through Bach”
Collaboration with ConTempo Studios
3 p.m. Christ the King Lutheran Church

Fort Worth Opera
Wang: Scalia/Ginsburg
Jennifer Zetlan, Peter Scott Drackley, Andrew Simpson
Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conductor
Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth Ensemble
7:30 p.m. Ridglea Theater

Mercury (Mercury Chamber Orchestra)
Antoine Plante, conductor
Timothy Jones, Bass-baritone
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
Billings: “Chester”; “I Am the Rose of Sharon”
Wranitzky: Symphony in C minor, “La Paix,” I. Die Revolution
Vandenbroek: Symphony in C, “La Prise de la Bastille,” II. Adagio a poco andante
Davaux: Sinfonie Concertante mêlée d’airs patriotíques (1794), I. Allegro moderato
Spirituals
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Pärt: Fratres
Maroney: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Meyer: As within, So without (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
5 p.m. Ismaili Center

November 15

Houston Grand Opera
Gounod: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Kyle Ketelsen
Sean Michael Plumb, Sun-ly Pierce, Deborah Nansteel
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

ROCO (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra)
Rei Hotoda, conductor
Pärt: Fratres
Maroney: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
Meyer: As within, So without (world premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
2 p.m. Ismaili Center

November 17

Chamber Music Houston
Schumann Quartet
Wolf: Italian Serenade
Mozart: String Quartet No. 1 (“Lodi”)
Ives: String Quartet No. 2
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

November 18

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, soloist
Hovhaness: And God Created Great Whales
Bizet: L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 1
Bizet: L’Arlésienne: Suite No. 2 (excerpts)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
8 p.m. Long Center, Dell Hall

November 20

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, soloist
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Tomáš Netopil, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Copland: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

November 21

Apollo Chamber Players
Glass: String Quartet No. 3 “Mishima”
Roukens: Forgotten Dutch Melodies
Debussy, String Quartet
Qin: New work (world premiere)
Regan: Splash of Indigo
5 p.m. Live Oak Meeting House, Houston

Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth
CMSFW Ensemble with Baya Kadouberi, pianist
Beethoven: String Trio in C minor
Jalbert: Piano Quintet
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Karen Gomyo, soloist
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
Samy Moussa: Violin Concerto (“Adrano”)
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Debussy: La mer
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Tomáš Netopil, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Copland: Symphony No. 3
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

November 22

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Karen Gomyo, soloist
Mozart: Symphony No. 31 “Paris”
Samy Moussa: Violin Concerto (“Adrano”)
Dukas: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Debussy: La mer
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony
Tomáš Netopil, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, pianist
Dvořák: Carnival Overture
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Copland: Symphony No. 3
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

November 27

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Tom Borrow, soloist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Sasha Cook, mezzo-soprano
Herrmann: Prelude, Nightmare and Love Scene from Vertigo
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

November 28

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Tom Borrow, soloist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Sasha Cook, mezzo-soprano
Herrmann: Prelude, Nightmare and Love Scene from Vertigo
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

November 29

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Tom Borrow, soloist
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Gounod: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, John Relyea,
Sean Michael Plumb, Sun-ly Pierce, Deborah Nansteel
Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Sasha Cook, mezzo-soprano
Herrmann: Prelude, Nightmare and Love Scene from Vertigo
Ravel: Shéhérazade
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7
2 p.m. Jones Hall

October 22 – Oct 01, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Lise de la Salle, pianist
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” 
6:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

October 23

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley,
Aaron Blake; James Gaffigan, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Center

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Lise de la Salle, pianist
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

October 24

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor

Lise de la Salle, pianist
Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 “Mysterious Mountain”
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1

Schubert: Symphony No. 8 “Unfinished” 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

October 25

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley,
Aaron Blake; James Gaffigan, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Center

October 30

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center\

Dallas Opera
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan;
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

October 31

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley,
Aaron Blake; James Gaffigan, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center

November 1

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Center

Dallas Opera
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan;
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House

November 4

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center

Dallas Opera
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan;
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

November 6

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley,
Aaron Blake; James Gaffigan, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center

November 7

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center

Dallas Opera
Janáček: The Cunning Little Vixen
Mirjam Mesak, Zachary Nelson, Shannon Keegan;
Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House

November 8

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Susannah
Sylvia D’Eramo, Rod Gilfry, Bille Bruley,
Aaron Blake; James Gaffigan, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Center

November 13

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Center

November 15

Houston Grand Opera
Floyd: Faust
Matthew Polenzani, Pretty Yende, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo,
Sean Michael Plumb; Giacomo Sagripanti, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Center

September 27 – Aug 10, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín, conductor

Pablo Sainz-Villegas, guitarist
Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia
Marquez: Concierto Místico y Profano

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

September – May 31, 2026

The TXCR calendar of events will return in September.

May 30 – Apr 23, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
María Dueñas, violinist
Korngold: Straussiana
Korngold: Violin Concerto 
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

April 23 – Mar 25, 2026

Cliburn Concerts
Paul Lewis, pianist
Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K. 457
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 330
Poulenc: Improvisations
Debussy: L’isle joyeuse
7:30 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

April 24

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 25

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Steve Hackman, conductor
Hackman: Stravinsky X Kendrick Lamar
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Handel/Mozart: Messiah
Ying Fang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ben Bliss, Nicholas Newton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 26

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Lieberson: Neruda Songs
Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

Mercury
Works by Ravel, Velásquez and others
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

April 27

Dallas Chamber Music Society
Stephen Isserlis, cellist
Connie Shih, pianist
Beethoven: Twelve Variations on Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Fauré: Sonata No. 2 in G minor
Boulanger: Three Pieces for Cello and Piano
Beethoven: Sonata in A major, Op. 69
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University

April 28

Houston Symphony 
Chanticleer
“Our American Journey”
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

April 29

Houston Grand Opera
Handel/Mozart: Messiah
Ying Fang, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Ben Bliss, Nicholas Newton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

April 30

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian”
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Will Liverman, Daniela Mack, Jack Swanson, Alessandro Corbelli, Luca Pisaroni; Gemma New, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

March 26 – Feb 24, 2026

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Chamber Music Houston
Doric Quartet
Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, no. 5
Tarrodi: Quartet No. 3 “Light Scattering”
Beethoven: Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 “Harp”
7:30 p.m. Brockman Music and Performing Arts Center, Rice University

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Barber, Price, Rzewski, Dvořák and others
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

March 27

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Gershwin, Schneider, Ravel and Schoenfeld and jazz standards
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Orchestra of New Spain
Avant Chamber Ballet
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Falla: El Amor Brujo
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas

March 28

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Boulanger, Beach, Ravel, Copland, Korngold, Foss and others
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

DACAMERA
Parker Quartet
Raman Ramakrishnan, cellist
Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”
Glass: Quartet No. 5
Schubert: Quintet in C major
7 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

ROCO
Works including Tokunaga’s Echoes of the Cosmos
7 p.m. Asia Society Texas Center, Houston

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by MacDowell, Loeffler, Barber, Coleman and Beach
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Amaryn Olmeda, violinist
Rózsa: Violin Concerto
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
Kodály: Dances of Galanta
Brahms: Selections from Hungarian Dances
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Orchestra of New Spain
Avant Chamber Ballet
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
Falla: El Amor Brujo
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall, Dallas

March 29

Cliburn Concerts
Cliburn Festival America 250
Works by Liebermann, Barber, Still, Bernstein and others
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Amanda Mole, organist
Works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Vierne, Howells and Reger
2 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Symphony
Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor
Karita Mattila, soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Still: Threnody (In Memory of Jean Sibelius)
Sibelius: The Captive Queen
Grieg: Selections from Peer Gynt
2 p.m. Jones Hall

Harmonia Stellarum
Elijah McCormack and Elizabeth Tait, sopranos
Michael Skarke, alto
Micah Perry and Matthew Newhouse, tenors
Peter Schoellkopff, bass
Leopold I: Stabat Mater
Bertali: Il Pentimento
4 p.m. First Lutheran, Houston

February 27 – Jan 23, 2026

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.