Mozart Requiem in context of Requiem Mass for All Souls' Day
Featuring the Choirs of Trinity Church Princeton with Orchestra and Organ
Two of France’s greatest composers of mélodie, known for their aching melancholy and brooding drama.
Passions II: Chausson and Duparc
Two of France’s greatest composers of mélodie, known for their aching melancholy and brooding drama.
Ernest Chausson: Selected Songs
Henri Duparc: Selected Songs
Pre-Concert Lecture (4:30PM):
Daniel Felsenfeld (Juilliard)
This concert is made possible by the generosity of Sandy and Cathy Leff.
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Artists:
Sarah Brailey
Anna Laurenzo
Tyler Duncan
Jorell Williams
Michael Brofman
Erika Switzer
Adrian Daurov
Stanichka Dimitrova
Chieh-Fan Yiu
Yezu Woo
Andrew Fuchs
Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 15, 2026 at 4 pm
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel's Overture is the composer's only work for orchestra alone, and is highly representative of her style. Simone Porter marks her return performing Mozart's riveting fifth violin concerto, and the orchestra performs one of Haydn's most beloved symphonies.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Simone Porter, piano
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Fanny MENDELSSOHN HENSEL / Overture
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART / Violin Concerto No. 5
Joseph HAYDN / Symphony No. 88
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Recording and performance of Tod Machover’s Flow Symphony
In partnership with MIT Media Lab, Sejong commissioned and premiered Tod Machover’s Overstory Overture in 2023 and Flow Symphony in 2024, continuing its commitment to works that connect music with the ideas of our time.
Handel’s riveting Judas Maccabeus, chock-full of justly famous arias and choruses, invokes our timeless human quest to separate truth from falsehood, and find the moral clarity and courage to live our choices boldly and with honor. By turns heroic and reflective, Handel's captivating oratorio speaks inspiringly to our present moment.
Saturday, December 19, 2026 at 3 pm Select
Saturday, December 19, 2026 at 6 pm Select
Get into the spirit of the holidays with festive music and carols sung by Broadway and West End vocalist Scarlett Strallen and the Princeton High School Choir. John Devlin conducts the Princeton Symphony Orchestra through music of the season.
PERFORMERS
John Devlin, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocalist
Princeton High School Choir | Vincent Metallo, director
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Performance Length: 90 minutes with no intermission
Sunday, December 20, 2026 at 2 pm Select
Get into the spirit of the holidays with festive music and carols sung by Broadway and West End vocalist Scarlett Strallen and the Princeton High School Choir. John Devlin conducts the Princeton Symphony Orchestra through music of the season.
PERFORMERS
John Devlin, conductor
Scarlett Strallen, vocalist
Princeton High School Choir | Vincent Metallo, director
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Performance Length: 90 minutes with no intermission
A New Year's Concert. The PhiloSonia Ensemble returns to Ridotto to celebrate the new year with a program including Franz Schubert's Trout Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 114.
Ridotto Tickets. Single tickets: $35 for general admission; $30 Seniors; $25 Ridotto Members/Donors. $12 student. Ridotto Membership is $50 for one, $75 family. A Four-Choice card ($90) is for any four admissions. Tutto Ridotto ($150) is an all-Season pass.
Saturday, January 23, 2027 at 7:30 pm Select
Sunday, January 24, 2027 at 4 pm Select
World-renowned dramatic soprano Christine Goerke sings Mahler's tender and poignant Kindertotenlieder, a song cycle for voice and orchestra with texts from poems by Friedrich Rückert. Richard Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isoldeand The Mysteries, a new work by Gregory Spears, complete the program.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Christine Goerke, soprano
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Richard WAGNER / Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Gustav MAHLER / Kindertotenlieder
Gregory SPEARS / The Mysteries.*
*Princeton Symphony Orchestra Co-Commission
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Saturday, March 6, 2027 at 7:30 pm Select
Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 4 pm Select
Audience favorite Maxim Lando performs Brhams' first piano concerto on a program with Felix Mendelssohn's The Hebrides and Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony. John Devlin conducts.
PERFORMERS
John Devlin, conductor
Maxim Lando, piano
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Felix MENDELSSOHN / The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Franz SCHUBERT / Symphony No. 8, “Unfinished”
Johannes BRAHMS / Piano Concerto No. 1
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Saturday, February 13, 2027 at 7:30 pm Select
Sunday, February 14, 2027 at 4 pm Select
Joshua Roman marks his long-anticipated return with Shostakovich's defiant Cello Concerto No. 1. Michael Abels' Liquify depicts shifting riverfront scenes, and maestro Rossen Milanov embraces the drama and Russian folk elements of Stravinsky's The Firebird Suite.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Joshua Roman, cello
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Michael ABELS / Liquify
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH / Cello Concerto No. 1
Igor STRAVINSKY / The Firebird: Suite (1919)
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Le Beau Piano Quartet
Pegasus: The Orchestra continues its 10th Anniversary Season with bold new music, sweeping Romanticism, incisive wit, and vibrant folk-inspired energy. Led by Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan, the evening features internationally acclaimed pianist, composer, and arranger Vyacheslav Gryaznov.
The concert opens with the winning composition from Pegasus’s Second International Call for Works. Gryaznov then joins Pegasus for Rachmaninoff’s passionate and brilliantly virtuosic Piano Concerto No. 1. After intermission, Shostakovich’s volatile Ninth Symphony moves from sparkling wit and biting irony to haunting reflection. Kodály’s Dances of Galánta brings the evening to an exhilarating close, transforming Hungarian folk melodies into a richly colored orchestral showpiece.
Location: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
129 W 67th St., New York, NY
Tickets: $40-$65*
*$30 senior and $15 student tickets are available
Pegasus: The Orchestra and DOROT celebrate two remarkable milestones together: DOROT’s 50th Anniversary and Pegasus’s 10th Anniversary. Led by Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan, every work is heard in an arrangement created by Hakobyan for Pegasus, in an evening celebrating music’s power to connect generations.
The program opens with Haydn’s dramatic Symphony No. 59 “Fire.” Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist and GRAMMY-nominated cellist Sergey Antonov then takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s passionate Cello Concerto No. 1, followed by Rachmaninoff’s hauntingly lyrical Vocalise, featuring Antonov. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue brings the evening to an exhilarating close, with Hakobyan leading from the piano in a vibrant fusion of classical brilliance and American jazz.
Location: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
129 W 67th St., New York, NY
Stravinsky’s great choral works — his deeply spiritual Symphony of Psalms, and his electrifying Les Noces — are rarely performed. The original instrumentation of his thrillingly ritual Les Noces, with four grand pianos and percussion, was last heard in Carnegie Hall in the birth year of the internet, when Sally Ride became the first American woman to venture into space, and Vanessa Williams the first Black Miss America. The evening’s program traces a glorious crescendo: Symphony of Psalms with two pianos; a newly commissioned work by Trevor Weston with three pianos; and Les Noces with four pianos. Featuring four of New York’s finest contemporary pianists.
Pegasus concludes its 10th Anniversary Season with one of the most ambitious events in its history: all five Saint-Saëns piano concertos in a single evening at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
Five extraordinary pianists — Asiya Korepanova, Albert Cano Smit, Nicolas Namoradze, Reed Tetzloff, and Vyacheslav Gryaznov — each bring a distinctive artistic voice to one concerto, joining Pegasus under Karén Hakobyan, Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor of Pegasus: The Orchestra.
Spanning nearly four decades, the complete cycle takes audiences on a sweeping musical journey from the elegance, clarity, and brilliance of Paris to the radiant color and exoticism of the celebrated “Egyptian” Concerto. Heard together, these five works reveal the astonishing breadth of Saint-Saëns’s imagination: refined and daring, dramatic and dazzlingly virtuosic.
Rarely experienced as a complete cycle in the concert hall, this singular evening celebrates not only the genius of Saint-Saëns, but ten years of Pegasus bringing extraordinary artists together for musical experiences unlike any other.
Five concertos. Five exceptional pianists. One unforgettable night.
Location: Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center - 1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023
Pegasus: The Orchestra kicks off its 10th Anniversary Season at Merkin Hall with a program shaped by brilliance, momentum, and imagination, led by Founder, Artistic Director, and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan.
The evening culminates with Prokofiev’s electrifying Piano Concerto No. 3, featuring Reed Tetzloff, a formidable artist on the world stage, alongside Glinka’s dazzling Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila and Nielsen’s bold Symphony No. 1.
Location: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center
129 W 67th St., New York, NY
Tickets: $40-$65*
*$30 senior and $15 student tickets are available
Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 4 pm
Silver Medalist at the XVI International Tchaikovsky Competition and winner of the 73rd Geneva International Music Competition, Dmitry Shishkin marks his debut performance with the PSO playing Rachmaninoff's dynamic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. The orchestra takes its turn in the spotlight with two very different concertos by Joan Tower and Béla Bartók.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Dmitry Shishkin, piano
and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Joan TOWER / Suite from Concerto for Orchestra
Sergei RACHMANINOFF / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Béla BARTÓK / Concerto for Orchestra
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Lone Traveler
"A stranger I arrive. A stronger I depart."
Join seven acclaimed musicians from the Roaring Fork Valley and across the nation for a two-day festival exploring the exquisite song cycles and chamber music of Franz Schubert. Through music and storytelling, four distinctive programs illuminate a world of beauty, longing, and imagination, revealing why Schubert's deeply human artistry continues to captivate audiences nearly two centuries later.
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Founded in 2008 by violinist Byung-Kook Kwak, the New York-based Solisti Ensemble consists of eleven active string soloists and chamber musicians dedicated to reviving the traditions of small-ensemble chamber music. The ensemble is exceptional for its unique size and the individual virtuosity of each member. Solisti Ensemble performs not only classical chamber music, but also arrangements of pop, tango, and jazz.
Since its inception, the ensemble has given concerts around the Metropolitan Area, including appearances at Alice Tully Hall and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. In January 2013, the ensemble made its debut at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium. In hopes of making a meaningful musical contribution to its community, both local and global, Solisti Ensemble envisions the enthusiastic revival of classical music in a way that is both culturally relevant and nostalgically reminiscent of an oft-forgotten period of the art. Solisti Ensemble promises to bring a most fulfilling and fascinating musical experience to audiences everywhere.
For questions, contact Christine Kwak - christine.kwak@gmail.com.
Saturday, July 18, from 7 to 9 pm.
A suggested donation of $10 is appreciated.
The Solisti Ensemble, directed by violinist Byung-Kook Kwak, is a conductorless string group of 11 virtuosi performers. Their 2026 program, titled "Summer Serenade," features works by Dvořák, Handel, Mozart, and Elgar.
In this free concert, the celebrated chamber orchestra performs works by Tchaikovsky, R. Schumann and Lera Auerbach.
The versatile Sejong Soloists bring their signature sound to Los Angeles. The concert opens with an orchestral arrangement of the Adagio from Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor. This is followed by Lera Auerbach’s Dialogues on Stabat Mater, which Auerbach describes in her composer’s note as “a dialogue not so much on the differences of cultural and harmonic esthetics between the 18th and 21st centuries, but rather on their similarities, which is much more challenging.“ The work will feature Korean-born percussionist Ji Hye Jung, deemed “spectacular” by The Los Angeles Times, which describes her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.” The two string soloists are Frank Huang, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic and former concertmaster of Sejong Soloists, and award-winning violist Che-Yen Chen, who is Susan G. and Mitchel D. Covel, M.D., Professor of Music, Viola Performance and Chamber Music at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and a longtime member of Sejong Soloists. The program is anchored by Tchaikovsky’s Serenade, a large-scale work specifically for string orchestra that balances the more intimate works on the first half of the concert.
SEJONG SOLOISTS Saturday, June 20 at 4:00 PM at Schoenberg Hall
Frank Huang, Violin
Che-Yen Chen, Viola
Ji Hye Jung, Vibraphone
Schumann
Adagio from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (arranged for string orchestra)
Lera Auerbach
Dialogues on Stabat Mater
Frank Huang, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Ji Hye Jung, vibraphone
Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
This free concert is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew B. Kim and Wan Kyun Rha Kim Family Foundation Inc. which has made a five-year, $1 million commitment to Sejong Soloists. Foundation president Ty Kim said, “My hope is that the Sejong Soloists keep the tradition alive of crafting great classical music while innovating to embrace change. Our investment reflects our respect and love for its founders, the team behind the magic, and most of all the artists whose lives have been changed forever.”
This concert is co-sponsored by The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Sejong Soloists’ Gala concert brings together Metropolitan Opera artists and longtime Sejong friends for a one-night celebration, featuring tenor Lawrence Brownlee, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, violinist Chee-Yun, and soprano Hera Hyesang Park. In keeping with Sejong’s emphasis on collaboration and virtuosity, the program combines vocal favorites with sparkling instrumental gems. The evening is co-hosted by Emmy Award–winning journalist Paula Zahn and Anthony Roth Costanzo.
Tickets start at $66 ($55 + $11 fee)
Student and Senior Discount Tickets Available at the Box Office
Performers
Sejong Soloists
Lawrence Brownlee, Tenor
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor
Chee-Yun, Violin
Hera Hyesang Park, Soprano
Bradley Moore, Conductor
Program
BRIDGE Valse-Intermezzo, H. 17
DUPARC "L'invitation au voyage"
VERDI Allegro from String Quartet in E Minor (arr. Lucas Drew)
VERDI "Ave Maria" from Otello
DONIZETTI "Una furtiva lagrima" from L'elisir d'amore
VERDI "Parigi o cara" from La Traviata
TURINA La oración del torero
RICKY IAN GORDON "Will There Really Be a Morning?"
PIAZZOLLA “Invierno Porteño” (“Buenos Aires Winter”) from Las cuatro estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
MOZART Finale from The Marriage of Figaro
6 PM Concert│Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall
8 PM Dinner│Weill Music Room, Carnegie Hall
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Fri / May 1 - 8:00PM
Sat / May 2 - 8:00PM
Sun / May 3 - 2:00PM
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor
María Dueñas, violin
Program
Michael TILSON THOMAS Agnegram
KORNGOLD Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 35
Intermission
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
About this Performance
“With her gorgeous sound—dense, warm, and brilliant—and her immaculate technique, [María] Dueñas is already at the top” (Bachtrack). The Gen-Z violinist makes her highly anticipated return to Walt Disney Concert Hall with Korngold’s mesmerizing and theatrical Violin Concerto.
Like Dueñas, Korngold was one of classical music’s great child prodigies, and he went on to become one of the most influential film composers in Hollywood. In hopes of solidifying his reputation beyond cinema, Korngold zeroed in on composing more concert music, including the Violin Concerto. He might have snatched some melodic ideas from his earlier film scores, but the music stands on its own as a shimmering showpiece for the instrument.
Colombian conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada makes his LA Phil debut, leading the Korngold piece alongside Dvořák’s austere Seventh Symphony, a piece he hoped would “make a stir in the world.” And that, it did—becoming a critically acclaimed work among Romantic symphonies for its rumbling percussion and warm, lyrical spirit.
This performance is generously supported in part by the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund.
Sat / Apr 25 - 8:00PM
Sun / Apr 26 - 2:00PM
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
John Adams, conductor
Conrad Tao, piano
Program
arr. John ADAMS
Oblivion
Libertango
Century Rolls
Intermission
About this Performance
Inspired by the self-playing pianos of the early 1920s, John Adams’ Century Rollsimitates the machine-like chirping and precise, continuous motion of player pianos. Pulsating woodwinds, pizzicato strings, flashes of brass, and metallic percussion accompany the piano as it “moves in and out of precipitous situations with the ease of a roadrunner,” Adams says. “[T]he casual listener will be able to detect homages to Fats Waller, Gershwin, Zez Confrey, and even to Ravel and Debussy, all of whom shared the experience of hearing their music transformed by the medium of the piano roll.”
When Conrad Tao performed Adams’ concerto in 2023, Cleveland’s Plain Dealercalled him “an animated pianist who doesn’t just play every rhythmic motif, from jagged punches to sublime bits of melody, but truly embodies them.”
Adams pairs his concerto with Piazzolla’s liberating Two Tangos and two impassioned Russian works—Stravinsky’s lavish and visceral Song of the Nightingale and the suite from Prokofiev’s first film score. Though Prokofiev claimed to not know “what kind of sauce” to put on the music, Lieutenant Kijé is undoubtedly marked with his signature sound that blends satire and sentiment.
This performance is generously supported by the Contemporary Initiatives Fund and Christian Stracke.
Please Note: Due to illness, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson regrets he will not be able to appear with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in John Adams’ Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes? during the April 25–26 performances, as previously announced. He will be replaced by pianist Conrad Tao, who will perform Adams’ Century Rolls.
Tickets purchased for the concert remain valid for John Adams & Conrad Tao. No action is needed for those ticketholders. For other ticket options, including exchange, account credit, donation, or refund, please contact Audience Services at information@laphil.org.
The 175 voices of The Cecilia Chorus of New York, led by Music Director Mark Shapiro, present excerpts from Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli alongside the world premiere of Robert Sirota and Victoria Sirota’s A Call for the Battle to Cease and the New York premiere of Mark Buller and Leah Lax’s Mass in Exile. The program is performed with orchestra, vocal and instrumental soloists, and guest youth choruses. Through evocative texts and music, the program responds to today’s hunger for justice and peace with an uplifting vision of inspiration.
Performers
The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Orchestra
Mark Shapiro, Music Director and Conductor
Simone Dinnerstein, Piano
David Leisner, Guitar
Karen Vuong, Soprano
Marcella Astore, Mezzo-Soprano
Henry Drangel, Tenor
Shavon Lloyd, Baritone
Every Voice Children’s Choir
Nicole Becker, Director
All-City Chorus
Kristy Jung, Director
Singers Workshop at Teachers College
Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Director
Program
HAYDN Excerpts from Missa in tempore belli
ROBERT SIROTA A Call for the Battle to Cease (World Premiere)
MARK BULLER Mass in Exile (NY Premiere)
Fri / April 10 - 8:00PM
Sat / April 11 - 8:00PM
Sun / April 12 - 2:00PM
Program
MESSIAEN Turangalîla-symphonie
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Simone Young
conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Cynthia Millar
ondes martenot
About this Performance
Inspired by the tragic romance of Tristan and Isolde, Turangalîla-symphonie is an orchestral tour-de-force that is at times carnal and at others mystical. Messiaen, who experienced sound-to-color synesthesia, wrote that Turangalîla is “a love that transcends the body, transcends even the limitations of the mind, and grows to a cosmic scale,” making this sensory symphony a fitting addition to the LA Phil’s Body and Sound festival.
The piece weaves together sounds of birdsong, Indian talas, and imposing pre-colonial Mexican statues, punctuated by massive brass, percussion, and the eerie electronic hum of an ondes martenot (a retro-sounding, theremin-like instrument from the 1920s). The Guardian says Cynthia Millar is “the musician of choice” for the instrument that “gives the symphony its voluptuous, unearthly qualities.”
Australian conductor Simone Young returns to lead the LA Phil in this epic, gripping, and sweeping expression of all-consuming love. The Washington Post said Young has a “handle on grandeur—how to grow, manage, sustain and tame” Messiaen’s “more is more” symphony.
Taking on the daunting piano part, Jean-Yves Thibaudet performs “the equivalent of about three concertos, most of it played at lightning speed…[with remarkable] stamina and exquisite expressivity.” (San Francisco Classical Voice).
Fri / March 27 - 8:00PM
Sat / March 28 - 8:00PM
Sun / March 29 - 2:00PM
Program
SCHUMANN Overture, Scherzo and Finale, Op. 52
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Intermission
BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Artists
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Paavo Järvi, conductor
Behzod Abduraimov, piano
About this Performance
Paavo Järvi won raves when he led Brahms’ Second Symphony at New York’s Lincoln Center: “When the music built in urgency, Järvi made its outbursts sudden and awesome, with slashing rhythms and harrowingly great contrasts of volume and tempo,” reported The New Yorker. The acclaimed Brahmsian leads the LA Phil in the composer’s sunny, yet seductive, symphony.
Järvi kicks off the concert with Schumann’s Overture, Scherzo and Finale, filled with the “flush of spring” and the promise of new love and Beethoven’s bold Piano Concerto No. 1 with Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov.
Bachtrack praised Abduraimov for his playful imitation of the concerto’s trumpets and drums, writing that he “entered with a gentle lyrical lilt and made it quickly clear [he] was a pianist who fully enjoyed Beethovenian delights.”
Please Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, Beatrice Rana will not perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 as previously announced. She will be replaced by Behzod Abduraimov, who will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1. For any questions about this change, email Audience Services at information@laphil.org.
Saturday | March 21 2026 | 4:00 pm
Pegasus: The Orchestra returns to the TheraYouth Foundation for a third consecutive year, led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan. Every work on the program is heard in a new version crafted by Hakobyan for Pegasus’s eighteen-member ensemble, curated specifically for this concert. The journey moves from the sparkle of Haydn and the lyricism of Saint-Saëns to the soulful elegance of Rachmaninoff and the exuberance of Gershwin.
The evening opens with Haydn’s Symphony No. 59 “Fire”, spotlighting Pegasus’s clarity, precision, and expressive range. 2017 International Tchaikovsky Competition Gold Medalist and GRAMMY-nominated cellist Sergey Antonov then takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, performed in an intimate, chamber-scale setting.
After intermission, Komitas’s Three Armenian Miniatures offer a graceful bridge to Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, featuring Antonov and the ensemble. The concert culminates with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with Hakobyan at the piano in a vibrant finale that captures the spirit of American classical jazz.
Location: Dorothy Young Center for the Arts at the Drew University
36 Madison Avenue Madison, New Jersey
Tickets: $40-$65
Friday | March 20 2026 | 7:00 pm
Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Karén Hakobyan leads Pegasus: The Orchestra in its debut at St. Vartan Cathedral in a vibrant program bridging Armenian heritage, classical masterworks, and American innovation. Guest pianist Kiron Atom Tellian opens with a selection of Komitas’s Armenian Dances, while cellist Sergey Antonov joins Hakobyan in Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1 and Arutunian’s Impromptu, followed by Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise and Komitas arrangements. The concert culminates with Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, played and conducted by Hakobyan.
Location: St. Vartan Cathedral
630 2nd Ave, New York, NY
Tickets: $40 Ages 12 and under free
Discounted parking for $16 at 300 E 34 Street, New York, NY 10016
Michelle Cann, lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, joins the PSO for Edvard Grieg’s majestic piano concerto. Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City is based on her recollections of the music that surrounded her as she grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s and 1990s. Ludwig van Beethoven’s second symphony, one of his lesser-known works, brims with positivity.
Kenneth Bean, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
PROGRAM
Jessie MONTGOMERY / Records from a Vanishing City
Edvard GRIEG / Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN / Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Michelle Cann, lauded as “exquisite” by The Philadelphia Inquirer, joins the PSO for Edvard Grieg’s majestic piano concerto. Jessie Montgomery’s Records from a Vanishing City is based on her recollections of the music that surrounded her as she grew up on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1980s and 1990s. Ludwig van Beethoven’s second symphony, one of his lesser-known works, brims with positivity.
Kenneth Bean, conductor
Michelle Cann, piano
PROGRAM
Jessie MONTGOMERY / Records from a Vanishing City
Edvard GRIEG / Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN / Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Bulgarian-American violinist Bella Hristova has won international acclaim for her “expressive nuance and rich tone” (The New York Times). She performs Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical first violin concerto. Andreia Pinto Correia’s 2018 work Ciprés explores themes of trees and water. The program concludes with Dmitri Shostakovich’s first symphony, an early work revealing the composer’s profound talent.
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin
PROGRAM
Andreia PINTO CORREIA / Ciprés
Sergei PROKOFIEV / Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH / Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Bulgarian-American violinist Bella Hristova has won international acclaim for her “expressive nuance and rich tone” (The New York Times). She performs Sergei Prokofiev’s lyrical first violin concerto. Andreia Pinto Correia’s 2018 work Ciprés explores themes of trees and water. The program concludes with Dmitri Shostakovich’s first symphony, an early work revealing the composer’s profound talent.
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Bella Hristova, violin
PROGRAM
Andreia PINTO CORREIA / Ciprés
Sergei PROKOFIEV / Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19
Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH / Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 10
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 3 pm
Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 6 pm
Join us for our annual Holiday POPS! concert, and enjoy all the magic of the season brought forth through festive music and song. Bring family and friends, and prime your voices for a cheerful carol sing-along led by the Princeton High School Choir! John Devlin returns to conduct this very special concert.
PERFORMERS
John Devlin, conductor
Kara Dugan, vocalist
John Brancy, vocalist
Princeton High School Choir | Vincent Metallo, director
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Capturing all the magic of the holiday season, this year’s program includes popular favorites in addition to traditional carols and our annual sing-along!
Performance Length: 75 minutes with no intermission
In celebration of its 120th season, the 175 voices of The Cecilia Chorus of New York return to Handel’s Messiah with orchestra and four emerging soloists making their Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage debuts. Handel composed Messiah in just 24 days. Music Director Mark Shapiro draws on his experience leading opera and symphonies to highlight the beloved oratorio's drama and expression.
Tickets start at $20 ($15 + $5 fee)
The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Orchestra
Mark Shapiro, Music Director and Conductor
Song Hee Lee, Soprano
Lauren Randolph, Mezzo-Soprano
Matthew Goodheart, Tenor
Sam Dhobhany, Bass-Baritone
Date & Time
*Friday, November 21, 2025 7:30pm
~Sunday, November 23, 2025 2:30pm
Artists
Judith Ingolfsson leader and violin
Min-Young Kim violin
Program
Handel Concerto Grosso in D Major, HWV 323; Op. 6 No. 5
J.S. Bach Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
Berio Selections from Duetti per due violini (1979)
Schnittke Concerto Grosso No. 1
For those who love the violin, Judith Ingolfsson plays and directs a program of double violin concertos with concert-master, Min-Young Kim, including Bach’s only concerto for two violins: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043. It is, a work of remarkably expressive intensity. Double violin concertos by Schnittke and Handel complete the program.
Making her Chamber Orchestra debut, violinist Judith Ingolfsson is recognized for her intense, commanding performances, uncompromising musical maturity, and charismatic performance style. The New York Times has characterized her playing as producing “both fireworks and a singing tone” and Strings Magazine described her tone as “gorgeous, intense, and variable, flawlessly pure and beautiful in every register.”
22-year-old American pianist Maxim Lando has been lauded by The New York Times for his “brilliance and infectious exuberance.” He joins the PSO for performances of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s rarely-heard Piano Concerto No. 2. Felix Mendelssohn described his fourth symphony, inspired by the sights and sounds of Italy, as a “blue sky in A major.” Gioachino Rossini’s sparkling overture to L’italiana in Algeri marks the composer’s first foray into comic opera.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Maxim Lando, piano
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Gioachino ROSSINI / Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Felix MENDELSSOHN / Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian”
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY / Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
22-year-old American pianist Maxim Lando has been lauded by The New York Times for his “brilliance and infectious exuberance.” He joins the PSO for performances of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s rarely-heard Piano Concerto No. 2. Felix Mendelssohn described his fourth symphony, inspired by the sights and sounds of Italy, as a “blue sky in A major.” Gioachino Rossini’s sparkling overture to L’italiana in Algeri marks the composer’s first foray into comic opera.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Maxim Lando, piano
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Gioachino ROSSINI / Overture to L’italiana in Algeri
Felix MENDELSSOHN / Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 “Italian”
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY / Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 7:30pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025 - 4:00pm
Richardson Auditorium
Our 2025-26 season opens with a burst of energy in Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus' Comet. Audience favorite Aubree Oliverson returns for performances of Antonín Dvořák’s endearing Violin Concerto, and renowned twentieth-century composer Arnold Schoenberg reimagines Johannes Brahms’ romantic Piano Quartet in G Minor with a new depth of orchestral color.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Aubree Oliverson, violin
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Dobrinka TABAKOVA / Orpheus' Comet
Antonín DVOŘÁK / Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Johannes BRAHMS / Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
orch. Arnold Schoenberg
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Saturday, October 25, 2025 - 7:30pm
Sunday, October 26, 2025 - 4:00pm
Richardson Auditorium
Our 2025-26 season opens with a burst of energy in Bulgarian composer Dobrinka Tabakova’s Orpheus' Comet. Audience favorite Aubree Oliverson returns for performances of Antonín Dvořák’s endearing Violin Concerto, and renowned twentieth-century composer Arnold Schoenberg reimagines Johannes Brahms’ romantic Piano Quartet in G Minor with a new depth of orchestral color.
PERFORMERS
Rossen Milanov, conductor
Aubree Oliverson, violin
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra
PROGRAM
Dobrinka TABAKOVA / Orpheus' Comet
Antonín DVOŘÁK / Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53
Johannes BRAHMS / Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25
orch. Arnold Schoenberg
Performance Length: 2 hours, including a 15-minute intermission
Power and wealth have always been part of the arts. Portraits of royalty, magnificent castles and a music to match. Ensemble PhiloSonia performs Beethoven Op.9 no.1 and Schubert’s deeply moving String Quintet. Margaretha Maimone narrates.
Stani Dimitrova, Violin
Ji-in Yang, Violin
Chieh-Fan Yiu, Viola
Adrian Daurov, Cello
Ani Kalayjian, Cello
BenFeng Music Productions and Thunder River Theatre Company Present:
KREUTZER
September 26, 27 & 28, 2025
SHOWTIMES:
September 26 at 7:30pm
September 27 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm
September 28 at 2:00pm
Thunder River Theatre Company
67 Promenade, Carbondale, CO
Kreutzer is a genre-blending theatrical production that fuses three masterworks—Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy’s incendiary novella The Kreutzer Sonata, and Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)—into a provocative tale of jealousy and redemption. Set aboard a train with no clear beginning or end, the production immerses audiences in a powerful emotional landscape enriched by a haunting score interwoven with music by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ljova, and Tavener.
Join us for Farmette Music Soirée: Postcards from Near and Far—a musical journey across borders and through time.
This program brings together works from Finland, Sweden, Bulgaria, and composers including Mahler, Brahms, Waits, and Karmanov. Each piece is a postcard, carrying with it memories, footprints, and moments of awe, joy, and nostalgia. Rooted in the spirit of Sounds of Lyons and blossoming into BenFeng Music Productions, this soirée traces a path from 2019 to now—honoring tradition while embracing innovation and exploring the powerful intersections of art and humanity. Come celebrate where we've been and imagine where we're going.
Guests can enjoy complimentary appetizers and can purchase drinks to support the Lyons Creative District !
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Hailed as “the classical group that does it all” Frisson melds technical tradition and genre-bending innovation to create just what their French eponym inspires: “a shiver or a thrill, a sudden feeling of excitement.” Joining Patrick Hopkins (cello), Avi Nagin (violin) and Chieh-Fan Yiu (viola) are virtuoso oboist Tom Gallant and pianist Marika Bournaki who The Huffington Post described as “the Celine Dion of Classical” for her dazzling vivacity. www.frissonensemble.com
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Marika Bournaki, piano
Avi Nagin, violin
Chieh-Fan Yiu, viola
Patrick Hopkins, cello
Tom Gallant, oboe
Mozart, Faure, Bernstein & Schumann
Frisson ensemble (replacing Cuarteto Latinoamericano)
Frisson: Blending Tradition and Innovation in Classical Music
Frisson features some of today’s brightest stars of classical music and, in just a few seasons, has become one of the most popular chamber ensembles in America. The group brings together emerging young artists and distinguished professionals, many of whom have appeared at renowned festivals including Marlboro, Verbier, Spoleto, and Mostly Mozart, as well as in performances at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Several members have participated in Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program, with alumni now serving as principal players in leading ensembles such as the Cleveland Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Praised as “the classical group that does it all,” Frisson offers dynamic programs that span an array of ensemble combinations — from winds, piano trios, and piano quartets to octets and nonets. Their repertoire ranges from masterworks to lighter fare, with programs featuring Gershwin, Cole Porter, John Williams, and Astor Piazzolla, as well as their own celebrated version of Peter and the Wolf.
Since its founding, Frisson has performed more than 100 concerts across the United States and abroad. Recent and upcoming engagements include appearances at the Morgan Library and Museum (New York City), the Da Camera Society (Los Angeles), the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Bermuda Festival, Newport Classical, Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music, InConcert Sierra, Chamber Music Marin, El Camino College, Sarasota Opera House, Woodstock Town Hall, the Mann Center in Fort Myers, and the Palm Springs Concert Association.
