2026-2027

The American Symphony Orchestra presents a memorial concert surrounding the 25th anniversary of September 11th. While serving as an occasion for remembrance and reflection, the program also celebrates the enduring strength of the human spirit. The majesty of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, the anguished beauty of Gustav Mahler’s Adagio from the composer’s tenth…

Presented in partnership with Bryant Park for the Picnic Performances series, the American Symphony Orchestra presents a memorial concert on the 25th anniversary of September 11th. While serving as an occasion for remembrance and reflection, the evening’s musical program also celebrates the enduring strength of the human spirit. The majesty of Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the…

The ASO continues its celebration of Louis Armstrong with a first-time performance in partnership with Bronx Music Hall the day before the legendary trumpeter’s 125th birthday. Curated by longtime orchestra member Louis Bruno, the ASO Jazz Ensemble will perform a program of Armstrong’s lesser-recorded works including Cool Cart Blues, Don’t Forget to Mess Around, Hear Me Talkin’…

Richard Strauss’s rarely performed Intermezzo (1924) is a charming, deeply personal opera inspired by episodes from the composer’s own married life. Blending wit, warmth, and lyrical refinement, this comedic masterpiece offers a rare glimpse into Strauss’s lighter compositional side, portraying candidly the misunderstandings and reconciliations of life with humanity, remarkable technical command, and musical sophistication. The ASO’s…

The American Symphony Orchestra presents an all-Beethoven program at Carnegie Hall, showcasing several rarely performed scores from the composer’s oeuvre, two hundred years following the composer’s death. Experience early works such as the Cantata on the Death of Emperor Joseph II and concert trio Tremate, empi, tremate, that reveal the unmistakable qualities of Beethoven’s genius, through scores…

The American Symphony Orchestra illuminates sacred scores of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and contemporaries in this program featuring vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra, presented at the historic Riverside Church. Enjoy Mozart’s beloved “Coronation Mass” in C Major, K. 317, alongside selections by several contemporaries who influenced the famous composer: Johann Adolf Hasse’s Miserere in C minor seamlessly…

The 36th Bard Music Festival: Mozart and His World The Bard Music Festival returns with an exploration of Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, the most celebrated and recognized name in classical music. Program 9: Friends, Family, and Students Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and his sophisticated “Linz” Symphony, composed in just four days, are two of the…

A hypnotic blend of myth, melodrama, and psychological intrigue, Richard Strauss’s seldom heard The Egyptian Helen (Die ägyptische Helena) receives a lavish, rare U.S. staging at Bard SummerScape. Botstein, and his annual opera production at Bard, seem more invaluable by the year. —The New York Times Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal reimagine the Helen myth, set in the…