Calendar
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
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November 22 – Oct 25, 2022
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and conductor
DSO musicians
Faculty and students from Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts
Strauss: Sextet from Capriccio
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano and Winds
Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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November 25
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Cohn, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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November 26
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Cohn, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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November 27
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Cohn, conductor
Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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November 28
Dallas Chamber Music Society
Junction Trio
Tao: Eventide
Ives: Trio
Ravel: Trio in A minor
7:30 p.m. Caruth Auditorium, Southern Methodist University
October 26 – Sep 25, 2022
Mercury
Beilang Zhu, cellist
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1 in G major, 2 in D minor and 6 in D major
7:30 p.m. Bayou Theater, University of Houston-Clear Lake
October 28
Dallas Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Elena Villalón and Patricia Racette, sopranos; Kangmin Justin Kim, countertenor; Mark Delavan, baritone; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova, conductor
Michael Shih, violinist
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers
Mané Galoyan, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Norman Reinhardt, tenor; Reginald J. Smith Jr., baritone; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
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Houston Symphony
Jane Glover, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist; Joan DerHovsepian, violist
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart: Music from Thamos, King of Egypt
8 p.m. Jones Hall
October 29
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova, conductor
Michael Shih, violinist
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Verdi: La Traviata
Angel Blue, soprano; Matthew White, tenor; Andrey Kymach, baritone; Matthew AuCoin, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
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Houston Symphony
Jane Glover, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist; Joan DerHovsepian, violist
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart: Music from Thamos, King of Egypt
8 p.m. Jones Hall
October 30
Dallas Opera
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
Elena Villalón and Patricia Racette, sopranos; Kangmin Justin Kim, countertenor; Mark Delavan, baritone; Emmanuel Villaume, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Delyana Lazarova, conductor
Michael Shih, violinist
Glinka: Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Ethel Smyth: The Wreckers
Mané Galoyan, soprano; Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano; Norman Reinhardt, tenor; Reginald J. Smith Jr., baritone; Patrick Summers, conductor
2 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
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Houston Symphony
Jane Glover, conductor
Yoonshin Song, violinist; Joan DerHovsepian, violist
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 “Haffner”
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Mozart: Music from Thamos, King of Egypt
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall
September 29 – Aug 18, 2022
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Jan Vogler, cellist
Strauss: Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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September 30
Houston Symphony
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and pianist
Okpebholo: Zoom
Hailstork: Still Holding On
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Gershwin: Concerto in F
8 p.m. Jones Hall
October 1
Houston Symphony
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and pianist
Okpebholo: Zoom
Hailstork: Still Holding On
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Gershwin: Concerto in F
8 p.m. Jones Hall
October 2
Houston Symphony
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor and pianist
Okpebholo: Zoom
Hailstork: Still Holding On
Barber: Symphony No. 1
Gershwin: Concerto in F
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, conductor
Jan Vogler, cellist
Strauss: Don Quixote
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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Note – Jul 25, 2022
The Texas Classical Review calendar of events will return in September.
July 23 – Jun 20, 2022
Austin Chamber Music Festival
Boyd Meets Girl, guitar and cello duo
Works by Schubert, Debussy, Florence Price, Lennon and McCartney, and others
7:30 p.m. Bates Recital Hall, University of Texas at Austin
July 24
Austin Chamber Music Festival
Invoke, alt-classical quartet
The Tale of the Fox, film with score performed live
3 p.m. AFS Cinema, Austin
June 15 – May 26, 2022
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Final round; six competitors play two concertos each
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop conducting
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth
June 17
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Final round; six competitors play two concertos each
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop conductor
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth
June 18
Round Top Music Festival
Chamber music by Poulenc, Saint-Saens and others
1:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall, Round Top
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Final round; six competitors play two concertos each
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop conductor
3 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth
Round Top Music Festival
Chamber Music by Mozart
3:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall, Round Top
Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Awards Ceremony
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall, Fort Worth
Round Top Music Festival
Texas Festival Orchestra
Alex Amsel, conductor
Regis Pasquier, violinist
Verdi: La Forza del Destino Overture
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
7:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall
Texas Music Festival
Festival Orchestra
Hans Graf, conductor
Leoš Janáček: Sinfonietta
Guillaume Lekeu: Adagio for Strings
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Moores Opera House, University of Houston
June 21
Texas Music Festival
TMF faculty members
Dvořák: String Sextet in G major
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet in F-sharp minor
7:30 p.m. Dudley Recital Hall, University of Houston
June 25
Round Top Music Festival
Guillaume Sutre, violinist
Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harpist
Works by Saint-Saens and others
1:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall, Round Top
Round Top Music Festival
Chamber music by Pierre Sancan, Richard Strauss and Bohuslav Martinů
3:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall, Round Top
Round Top Music Festival
Texas Festival Orchestra
Dongmin Kim, conductor
Kyle Sherman, trumpeter
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Tomasi: Trumpet Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11
7:30 p.m. Festival Concert Hall, Round Top
Texas Music Festival
Festival Orchestra
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber
Concerto TBA
William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
7:30 p.m. Moores Opera House, University of Houston
May 27 – Apr 25, 2022
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Donnacha Dennehy: Memoria
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Grainger: “Pastoral” from In a Nutshell
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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May 28
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Dennehy: Memoria
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Grainger: “Pastoral” from In a Nutshell
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org
May 29
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Dennehy: Memoria
Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Grainger: “Pastoral” from In a Nutshell
Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
3 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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April 26 – Mar 24, 2022
Dallas Chamber Symphony
Richard McKay, conductor
Misha Galaganov, violist
Prokofiev: “Classical” Symphony
Bloch: Suite Hébraïque
Brahms: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Moody Performance Hall
April 28
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violinist
Meredith Kufchak, violist
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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Mercury
Chamber music by Mercury musicians
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
7:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston
April 29
Austin Opera
Beethoven: Fidelio
Alexandra Loutsion, Vanessa Becerra, Sean Panikkar, Myles Mykkanen, Musa Ngqungwana, Matt Boehler; Timothy Myers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
David Briskin, conductor
Artyom Dervoed, guitarist
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
Joby Talbot: Ink Dark Moon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 Eroica
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Gounod: Romeo and Juliet
Adriana Gonzalez, Michael Spyres, Thomas Glass, Donnie Ray Albert, Nicholas Newton; Patrick Summers, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org
Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
8 p.m. Jones Hall
April 30
Mercury
Chamber music by Mercury musicians
Mozart: String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
2:30 p.m. Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston; 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Musiqa
Musiqa ensemble
Kurt Stallmann: Lumina II
Rob Smith: Sprint
Marcus Maroney: Velvet
Trevor Weston: Stars
4:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Alexander Kerr, violinist
Meredith Kufchak, violist
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6
7:30 p.m. Meyerson Symphony Center
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Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
David Briskin, conductor
Artyom Dervoed, guitarist
Mendelssohn: The Hebrides Overture
Joby Talbot: Ink Dark Moon
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Grand Opera
Puccini: Turandot
Tamara Wilson, Nicole Heaston, Kristian Benedikt, Peixin Chen; Eun Sun Kim, conductor
7:30 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
houstongrandopera.org
Musiqa
Musiqa ensemble
Shui-Hui Chen: Twice Removed
Karim Al-Zand: Stomping Ground
Marcus Maroney: Velvet
Trevor Weston: Stars
4:30 p.m. Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston
Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Kelley O’Connor, mezzo-soprano
Houston Symphony Chorus
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
8 p.m. Jones Hall
March 24 – Feb 24, 2022
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, pianist
Mozart: Chaconne from Idomeneo
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
7:30 Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org
March 25
Dallas Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Wallis Giunta, Alasdair Kent, Lucas Meacham, Adam Lau, Valeriano Lanchas; Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
7:30 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, pianist
Mozart: Chaconne from Idomeneo
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
7:30 Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Henrik Nánási, conductor
Kevin Burdette, baritone
Stanislav Chernyshev, clarinetist
Strauss: Don Juan
Veronika Ágnes Fáncsik: From hence your memory death cannot take (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
March 26
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
Mak Grgic, guitarist, and musicians from the orchestra
Solo and chamber works by Aaron Jay Kernis, Bruce Adolphe and others
5:30 p.m. Holocaust Museum Houston
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Benedetto Lupo, pianist
Mozart: Chaconne from Idomeneo
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 “Jupiter”
7:30 Meyerson Symphony Center
dallassymphony.org
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Henrik Nánási, conductor
Kevin Burdette, baritone
Stanislav Chernyshev, clarinetist
Strauss: Don Juan
Veronika Ágnes Fáncsik: From hence your memory death cannot take (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
7:30 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
William VerMeulen, horn
Dave Kirk, tuba
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bruce Broughton: Horn Concerto
Wynton Marsalis: Tuba Concerto
Ravel: Boléro
8 p.m. Jones Hall
Mercury
Antoine Plante, conductor
Beethoven: String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130 (arr. Plante)
Ravel: String Quartet in F major (arr. Plante)
8 p.m. Wortham Theater Center
March 27
Dallas Opera
Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Wallis Giunta, Alasdair Kent, Lucas Meacham, Adam Lau, Valeriano Lanchas; Lina Gonzalez-Granados, conductor
2 p.m. Winspear Opera House
dallasopera.org
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
Henrik Nánási, conductor
Kevin Burdette, baritone
Stanislav Chernyshev, clarinetist
Strauss: Don Juan
Veronika Ágnes Fáncsik: From hence your memory death cannot take (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
2 p.m. Bass Performance Hall
Ars Lyrica
Elizabeth Blumenstock and Cynthia Roberts, violinists
Joseph Boulogne: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 3, no. 1
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3
Haydn: Symphony No. 83 “The Hen”
2:30 p.m. Zilkha Hall, Houston
Houston Symphony
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
William VerMeulen, horn
Dave Kirk, tuba
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Bruce Broughton: Horn Concerto
Wynton Marsalis: Tuba Concerto
Ravel: Boléro
2:30 p.m. Jones Hall
March 28
DACAMERA
Elias String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, no. 1
Beethoven: Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, no. 2
Beethoven: Quartet in D Major, Op. 18, no. 3
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston
March 29
DACAMERA
Elias String Quartet
Beethoven: Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, no. 4
Beethoven: Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, no. 5
Beethoven: Quartet in B-Flat Major Op. 18, no. 6
7:30 p.m. Menil Collection, Houston
Houston Early Music
Tabea Debus, recorder
Alon Soriel, lutenist
7:30 p.m. Live Oak Friends Meeting House
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