Boston Symphony Orchestra
The program includes the New York premiere of Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Bayan, and Orchestra by Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall for its 125 Commissions Project and featuring guest soloists Baiba Skride (violin), Harriet Krijgh (cello), and Elsbeth Moser (bayan). The work is performed alongside Shostakovich’s “Leningrad” Symphony.
Tuesday, March 28 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $24.50 to $151
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Pianist Emanuel Ax joins Maestro Nelsons and the BSO for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 22 following the late Gunther Schuller’s Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee. The program concludes with Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony.
Wednesday, March 1 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $12.50 to $156
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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A Dance That Empties & Blade of Love
Battle Trance
Roulette presents Dance That Empties, a newly commissioned long-form composition from tenor saxophonist Travis Laplante. The evening will also feature Laplante’s saxophone quartet Battle Trance performing the album-length composition Blade of Love.
Wednesday, March 1 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15 to $20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Countertenor Bejun Mehta joins the orchestra for the New York premiere of Dream of the Song by George Benjamin. The work, which also features the women’s vocal ensemble, Lorelei Ensemble, intertwines 11th-century Hebrew poetry from Spain (in English translation) with 20th-century Spanish poems by Federico Garcia Lorca. The work is paired with Ravel’s Le tombeau de Couperin and Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique.
Thursday, March 2 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $24.50 to $151
Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY
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Misato Mochizuki | Composer Portraits
Miller Theatre features composer Misato Mochizuki in this composer portrait, featuring performances by Yarn/Wire and JACK Quartet.
Thursday, March 2 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $20-$30
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway, New York, NY
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Modern Voices, Then and Now
Focused on the music of our time, this program pairs works of world composers/performers Nico Muhly, Nadia Sirota, Caroline Shaw, and Andy Akiho with pieces by the winners of PUBLIQuartet’s national emerging composers competition, PUBLIQ Access.
Friday, March 3 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $40
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY
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CompCord Big Band NY, NY | CompCord Festival
The six-concert festival will launch at The Cutting Room, with the CompCord Big Band premiering 10 compositions. Composers will include Kinan Azmeh, as well as Dan Cooper, John Clark, Anthony Branker, Joseph Martin Waters, and others.
Friday, March 3 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
The Cutting Room, 44 East 32nd Street, New York, NY
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Leila Bordreuil: Void and Dismissal
For her third and final performance as a 2016 Artist-In-Residence, Leila Bordreuil premieres Void and Dismissal — a collaborative piece developed by Bordreuil and composer, guitarist and vocalist Austin Julian (Sediment Club, Sunk Heaven). Featuring Tamio Shiraishi (alto sax) and Julia Santoli (spatialized amplifiers), the piece combines music and performance art within an operatic structure using homemade instruments and creative amplification methods.
Friday, March 3 at 8:00 PM
Free ($10 suggested donation)
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY
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New Music for Electronic Instruments | OpenICE
This concert features Levy Lorenzo, Monte Weber, Dennis Sullivan, Viola Yip, and electronics OpenICE students with composer Monte Weber.
Friday, March 3 at 8:00 PM
Free
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY
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Guitar. Piano. Sine Tones
Alvin Lucier
Assaf Gidron, Teodora Stepančić, and Elliot Simpson perform music by Larry Polansky, Alvin Lucier, Samuel Vriezen, and Manfred Werder.
Friday, March 3 at 8:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, Second Floor, New York, NY
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8th Annual Comp-Play-Comp Marathon: NYC Theme | CompCord Festival
Paula Matthusen
No fewer than 25 composers will perform original compositions inspired by New York. Featured composer-performers will include Adam Holzman, bassist Mark Egan, and Paula Matthusen. Comedian and Chelsea gallerist Jim Kempner will perform a piece about the NY art world with Gene Pritsker – guitar and Peter Jarvis – drumset.
Saturday, March 4 at 7:00 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Spectrum, 121 Ludlow Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY
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Curated by Meredith Monk: Don Byron: Works For Quartet
Don Byron, Blair McMillen, Cornelius Dufallo, and Wendy Sutter join forces to premiere new works for quartet by Don Byron and works by Anton Webern, Erik Satie and Olivier Messiaen.
Saturday, March 4 at 8:00 PM
Tickets $15-$20
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
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Solo Sets | OpenICE
This concert features solo sets by Nuiko Wadden and Gareth Flowers.
Saturday, March 4 at 8:00 PM
Free
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY
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Apple Hill String Quartet | Great Music at St. Bart’s
Apple Hill String Quartet’s program will include the premiere of Presences, a new work by John Harbison for cello, string quartet and string bass commissioned in memory of David Anderson, a young student cellist who studied at Apple Hill.
Sunday, March 5 at 2:30 PM
Tickets $25, $15 students/seniors
St. Bart’s, 325 Park Avenue, New York, NY
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Eric Whitacre Singers | Sacred Music in a Sacred Space
Sacred Music in a Sacred Space presents the Eric Whitacre Singers, who will premiere You Rise, I Fall by Eric Whitacre alongside performances of the composer’s other works.T
Sunday, March 5 at 4:00 PM
Tickets $35-$85
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, 980 Park Avenue, New York, NY
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Voices in Motion | Musica Viva
The concert program features choral works by Arvo Pärt, Morten Lauridsen, Henrik Górecki, Ēriks Ešenvalds, John Tavener, and Imant Raminsh are paired with solo organ works by composers including Dan Locklair and Jehan Alain that showcase the many sonic colors of the Holtkamp pipe organ. All Souls’ historic sanctuary is used in dynamic ways as the choir moves throughout the space during the program in varying configurations.
Sunday, March 5 at 5:00 PM
Tickets $30
All Souls Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
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Solo Sets | OpenICE
Photo by Chelsea Ross Photography
This concert features solo sets by Alice Teyssier and Ryan Muncy.
Sunday, March 5 at 6:00 PM
Free
Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY
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Sonic Divide New York | CompCord Festival
This concert is a performance-screening of percussionist-vocalist Payton MacDonald’s recent project, which combines newly commissioned music, ultra-distance mountain biking, and documentary film.
Sunday, March 5 at 7:30 PM
Tickets $15, $10 students/seniors
Goddard Riverside, Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Avenue, New York, NY
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