Texas Classical Review

October 27 – Sep 22, 2023

Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: Falstaff
Reginald Smith Jr., Nicole Heaston, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Andrea Carroll, Blake Denson, Jack Swanson; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org
 
October 28
 
Mercury
Jonathan Godfrey, violinist
Bach: Sonata No. 1
Bach: Partita No. 2
Biber: Passacaglia in G minor
2:30 p.m. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston
6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
 
Houston Chamber Choir
Music from Hollywood films
7:30 p.m. Miller Outdoor Theatre
 
Houston Grand Opera
Heggie: Intelligence
Jamie Barton, Janai Brugger, J’Nai Bridges; Kwamé Ryan, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org
 
October 29
 
Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: Falstaff
Reginald Smith Jr., Nicole Heaston, Jennifer Johnson Cano, Andrea Carroll, Blake Denson, Jack Swanson; Patrick Summers, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org
 
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Pianists Buddy Bray and Keith Cerny with members of the orchestra
Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
Mozart: Piano Quintet in G minor
3 p.m. Kimbell Art Museum
 
Mercury
Jonathan Godfrey, violinist
Bach: Sonata No. 1
Bach: Partita No. 2
Biber: Passacaglia in G minor
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

September 23 – Aug 31, 2023

Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth
Maria Piccinini, flutist
Ranjbaran: Fountains of Fin
Mozart: Flute Quartet in D Major
Paganini: Serenade for Two Violins and Harp
Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Jolivet: Chant de Alibis
Jolivet Chant de Linos
2 p.m. Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth

September 28

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinetist
Carl Tanner, tenor
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Schuman: American Festival Overture
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

September 29

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe-Suites Nos. 1 & 2
7:30 p.m. Jones Hall

September 30

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet)
8 p.m. Jones Hall

October 1

Houston Symphony
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Erin Morley, soprano
Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées
Poulenc: Gloria
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet)
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Anthony McGill, clarinetist
Carl Tanner, tenor
Dallas Symphony Chorus
Schuman: American Festival Overture
Copland: Clarinet Concerto
Liszt: A Faust Symphony
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

September – May 29, 2023

The calendar of events will return in September.

May 28 – Apr 23, 2023

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jaime Martín, conductor
George Li, pianist
Ligeti: Concert Românesc
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

April 25 – Mar 24, 2023

Dream House Quartet
Katia and Marielle Labèque, pianists; Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin, guitarists
Works by Glass, Pärt, Andres, Guðnadóttir and others
7:30 p.m. Bass Concert Hall, University of Texas at Austin

April 27

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Pekka Saraste, conductor
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Mercury
Traditional: Four Klezmer Songs (arr. Ichmouratov)
Ichmouratov: One day of an almost ordinary life
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Plante)
7:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston

April 28

Houston Grand Opera
Strauss: Salome
Laura Wilde, Karita Mattila, Ryan McKinny, Chad Shelton; Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

April 29

Mercury
Traditional: Four Klezmer Songs (arr. Ichmouratov)
Ichmouratov: One day of an almost ordinary life
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Plante)
2:30 p.m. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church; 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

ROCO
Michelle Merrill, conductor
Houston Youth Symphony
Beethoven: Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus
Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite
Fung: Parade (world premiere)
Farrenc: Symphony No. 1
5 p.m. Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: Tosca
Tamara Wilson, Jonathan Tetelman, Rod Gilfry; Benjamin Manis, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Austin Opera
Bizet: The Pearl Fishers
Madison Leonard, David Portillo, Will Liverman; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Pekka Saraste, conductor
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

April 30

Houston Grand Opera
Strauss: Salome
Laura Wilde, Karita Mattila, Ryan McKinny, Chad Shelton; Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Dallas Bach Society
Bach: Magnificat
Bach: Easter Oratorio
3 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Jukka Pekka Saraste, conductor
Sibelius: Pohjola’s Daughter
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Mercury
Traditional: Four Klezmer Songs (arr. Ichmouratov)
Ichmouratov: One day of an almost ordinary life
Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances (arr. Plante)
7 p.m. Dosey Doe, The Woodlands

March 24 – Feb 22, 2023

Dallas Bach Society
Nini Marchese, soprano
Mattieu Peyregne, tenor
7 p.m. Aldredge House

Dallas Opera
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Elizabeth DeShong, Sara Gartland, David Portillo, Lucas Meacham, Rodney Gilfry; Elizabeth Askren, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, conductor
Jake Fridkis, flutist
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Reinecke: Flute Concerto
Liszt: Les Préludes
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

March 25

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, conductor
Jake Fridkis, flutist
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Reinecke: Flute Concerto
Liszt: Les Préludes
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Austin Symphony
Peter Bay, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 7
8 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Mercury
Antoine Plante, conductor
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center

March 26

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Abbado, conductor
Jake Fridkis, flutist
Schumann: Symphony No. 4
Reinecke: Flute Concerto
Liszt: Les Préludes
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Dallas Opera
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Elizabeth DeShong, Sara Gartland, David Portillo, Lucas Meacham, Rodney Gilfry; Elizabeth Askren, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

Ars Lyrica
Lauren Snouffer, soprano
Cecelia McKinley, contralto
Key’mon Murrah, countertenor
Handel: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno
4 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Dallas Chamber Music Society
Harlem Quartet
Michael Brown, pianist
Beach: Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor
López-Gavilán: Cuarteto en Guaguancó
Von Schauroth: Song without Words, Op. 18, no. 1
Mendelssohn: Rondo Capriccioso
Schumann: Piano Quintet
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Texas Christian University

March 29

Dallas Opera
Mozart: Così fan tutte
Elizabeth DeShong, Sara Gartland, David Portillo, Lucas Meacham, Rodney Gilfry; Elizabeth Askren, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org

March 30

DACAMERA
Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Dörken Trio
Schubert: Trio in B-flat major
Tchaikovsky: Trio in A minor
7:30 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston

March 31

Orchestra of New Spain
Cantatas and tonadillas
7:30 p.m. Zion Lutheran Church, Dallas

February 23 – Jan 26, 2023

Ciburn Concerts
Timo Andres, composer and pianist
7:30 p.m. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Ortiz: Antrópolis
Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 “Latin”
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

February 24

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Ortiz: Antrópolis
Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 “Latin”
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

ROCO
Thomas Hultén, trombonist (without orchestra)
Ali Jackson, tuba
Sarah Spencer, pianist
Classical and jazz works featuring brasses
7:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center, Houston

February 25

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Robert Spano, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 “A London Symphony”
Elgar: Cello Concerto
7 p.m. Bass Performance Hall

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Gabriela Montero, pianist
Ortiz: Antrópolis
Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 “Latin”
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Early Music
Istanpitta
Music illustrating Western and Eastern influences in medieval Spain
7:30 p.m. Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston

February 28

DACAMERA
Sarah Rothenberg, pianist
Sonia Wieder-Atherton, cellist
Bach: Cello Suite No. 1
Schnittke: Sonata No. 1
Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5
Beethoven: Sonata in C major, Op. 102, no. 1
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston

January 26 – Dec 24, 2022

Houston Grand Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicole Heaston, Elena Villalón, Lauren Snouffer, Adam Plachetka; Patrick Summers, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

January 27

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Randall Goosby, violinist
Dvořák: The Wood Dove
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Houston Grand Opera
Massenet: Werther
Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, Jasmine Habersham, Sean Michael Plumb; Robert Spano, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

January 28

Fort Worth Opera
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Damien Geter, conductor
Brandie Sutton, soprano; Karmesha Peake, mezzo-soprano; Bernard Holcomb, tenor; Thomas Cannon, baritone
Fort Worth Symphony
Fort Worth Opera Chorus
Geter: An African American Requiem
6 p.m. Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University

Houston Grand Opera
Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro
Nahuel Di Pierro, Nicole Heaston, Elena Villalón, Lauren Snouffer, Adam Plachetka; Patrick Summers, conductor
7 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Austin Opera
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Kevin Burdette, Mela Dailey, Raven McMillon, Mark Diamond; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Randall Goosby, violinist
Dvořák: The Wood Dove
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

January 29

Houston Grand Opera
Massenet: Werther
Matthew Polenzani, Isabel Leonard, Jasmine Habersham, Sean Michael Plumb; Robert Spano, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org

Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Randall Goosby, violinist
Dvořák: The Wood Dove
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org

Ars Lyrica
Josefien Stoppelenburg, soprano
Manami Mizumoto, violinist
Mario Aschauer, harpsichordist
Works by Purcell, Rameau, Gluck and others
4 p.m. Rienzi, Houston

January 30

Dallas Chamber Music Society
Dallas Symphony Chamber Players
Stravinsky: A Soldier’s Tale
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University

January 2023 – Dec 20, 2022

TBA

December 18 – Nov 22, 2022

Houston Grand Opera
Martínez: El Milagro del Recuerdo
Cecilia Duarte, Federico de Michelis, Vanessa Becerra; Benjamin Manis, conductor
2:30 p.m. Wortham Center
houstongrandopera.org