Upcoming
Taneyev’s At the Reading of a Psalm
July 15
Carnegie Hall
The ASO presents the U.S. Premiere of Sergei Taneyev’s final work, At the Reading of a Psalm. Conceived as a massive statement of Russian Orthodox faith at the onset of…
Bard Music Festival – Program 3
Aug 6
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
It was the runaway success of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto that helped restore his confidence after the depression and writer’s block triggered by his First Symphony’s failure. Marking the ASO’s…
Bard Music Festival – Program 6
Aug 7
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Anchored by the ASO, this all-Rachmaninoff event opens with the First Symphony, which the composer abandoned after its ill-starred premiere, and died without hearing a second time. Nevertheless, the work…
Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert at Radio City Music Hall
Aug 13-17
Radio City Music Hall
These performances have been rescheduled: Monday, January 24, 2022 has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2022 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 has been rescheduled for Monday, August 15, 2022 Wednesday, January 26,…
Past Performances
Woodwind Trio at Morris Museum
June 2
Morris Museum
Due to inclement weather, this concert has been rescheduled. Please join us on its rain date, Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00pm Together, the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon possess a wonderful…
Winds Among the Trees: American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Sextet
June 24
Opus 40
Enjoy an evening of rarely-heard music that will immerse you in a sprawling landscape. Featuring works from Carl Maria von Weber, Matyas Seiber, and more, this unique program exploring the…
Italian Expressiveness and Expressionists at Magazzino Italian Art
July 10
Magazzino Italian Art
Experience the vibrancy of Italian chamber music in the courtyard of Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, NY. A string quartet of ASO musicians performs a program that spans four…
Modernism in Mexico at Morris Museum
July 11
Morris Museum
Modernism in Mexico explores string quartets by some of Mexico’s most important 20th-century composers: Manuel Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas, and Carlos Chávez. Ponce was Mexico’s leading classical musician, and this performance of…
King Arthur (Le roi Arthus) at Bard SummerScape
Opens July 25
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Idealism, treachery, honor, and perfidy collide in this richly lyrical opera by French composer Ernest Chausson. This opulently scored work, which premiered in 1903, lays bare the tragedy of King…
Bard Music Festival – Program Nine
August 14
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Remembering Ethel Smyth and Boulanger’s Circle at Home and Abroad The American Symphony Orchestra’s first concert at the Bard Music Festival opens with Fête galante by Dame Ethel Smyth, a…
Bard Music Festival – Program Twelve
August 15
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Boulanger’s Credo In 1962, when Boulanger led the New York Philharmonic in a program featuring the world premiere of Virgil Thomson’s powerful orchestral piece A Solemn Music and Fauré’s beloved Requiem, the Carnegie…
Winds Among the Trees: American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Trio
Sept 9
Opus 40
Together, the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon possess a wonderful sonority and range. Treat your ears to a program of impressive works for this woodwind trio by Canteloube, Tansman, Koechlin, and…
Reawakening Quartet at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sept 16
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Join us on Thursday, September 16 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. As the sun sets over the New…
Visions Trio at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sept 30
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Join us on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. This eclectic trio will perform a variety…
CANCELED: String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
Rain Date: May 20
Bryant Park
In celebration of 40 years of Fête de la Musique, which started in France and is now celebrated around the world, a string quartet of ASO musicians performs works by…
Strike Force at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 17
Bryant Park
This percussion ensemble combines Afro-Cuban Batá drumming and poetry with the sounds of contemporary chamber percussion, featuring Grammy-nominated Imani Winds’ oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz in compositions by percussionist and composer Javier…
Jazz Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 23
Bryant Park
A truly American genre, the ASO presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America’s jazz royalty: New Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the…
Jazz Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 24
Bryant Park
A truly American genre, the ASO presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America’s jazz royalty: New Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the…
World Opera Day: King Arthur
October 25, 2021
Online
“Richly costumed and dramatically effective…Botstein, leading the American Symphony Orchestra, an impressive cast and the excellent Bard Festival Chorale, made a compelling case for the piece.”—New York Times, August 2021…
Clarinet Quintet at St. Monica
Oct 24
Church of St. Monica
Join us on Sunday, October 24 at 3:00pm for a free chamber music concert at the Church of St. Monica as part of their live concert series. The program will…
Mahler in New York
Dec 16
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
This performance is now sold out. Doors will open at 6 pm for the pre-concert talk with Music Director Leon Botstein at 7 pm. Ticketholders should arrive at the Cathedral no later than…
Duke Ellington + Marcus Roberts Trio
March 24
Carnegie Hall
The ASO toasts the genre-defying genius of Duke Ellington with an evening including New World A-Comin’ and Three Black Kings for jazz trio and full orchestra with renowned jazz pianist…
American Masters
Jun 5
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The ASO offers another free performance to close its 60th anniversary season. In line with the ASO’s long history of championing American artists, the closing concert offers a trio of…
String Quartet at Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 9
Brooklyn Bridge Park
A string quartet of ASO musicians performs a program of Italian chamber music. The finale of the concert will feature the soaring melodies and filigreed lines of the 19th century…
Upcoming
Taneyev’s At the Reading of a Psalm
July 15
Carnegie Hall
The ASO presents the U.S. Premiere of Sergei Taneyev’s final work, At the Reading of a Psalm. Conceived as a massive statement of Russian Orthodox faith at the onset of…
Bard Music Festival – Program 3
Aug 6
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
It was the runaway success of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto that helped restore his confidence after the depression and writer’s block triggered by his First Symphony’s failure. Marking the ASO’s…
Bard Music Festival – Program 6
Aug 7
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Anchored by the ASO, this all-Rachmaninoff event opens with the First Symphony, which the composer abandoned after its ill-starred premiere, and died without hearing a second time. Nevertheless, the work…
Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert at Radio City Music Hall
Aug 13-17
Radio City Music Hall
These performances have been rescheduled: Monday, January 24, 2022 has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2022 Tuesday, January 25, 2022 has been rescheduled for Monday, August 15, 2022 Wednesday, January 26,…
Past Performances
Woodwind Trio at Morris Museum
June 2
Morris Museum
Due to inclement weather, this concert has been rescheduled. Please join us on its rain date, Wednesday, June 2 at 7:00pm Together, the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon possess a wonderful…
Winds Among the Trees: American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Sextet
June 24
Opus 40
Enjoy an evening of rarely-heard music that will immerse you in a sprawling landscape. Featuring works from Carl Maria von Weber, Matyas Seiber, and more, this unique program exploring the…
Italian Expressiveness and Expressionists at Magazzino Italian Art
July 10
Magazzino Italian Art
Experience the vibrancy of Italian chamber music in the courtyard of Magazzino Italian Art in Cold Spring, NY. A string quartet of ASO musicians performs a program that spans four…
Modernism in Mexico at Morris Museum
July 11
Morris Museum
Modernism in Mexico explores string quartets by some of Mexico’s most important 20th-century composers: Manuel Ponce, Silvestre Revueltas, and Carlos Chávez. Ponce was Mexico’s leading classical musician, and this performance of…
King Arthur (Le roi Arthus) at Bard SummerScape
Opens July 25
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Idealism, treachery, honor, and perfidy collide in this richly lyrical opera by French composer Ernest Chausson. This opulently scored work, which premiered in 1903, lays bare the tragedy of King…
Bard Music Festival – Program Nine
August 14
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Remembering Ethel Smyth and Boulanger’s Circle at Home and Abroad The American Symphony Orchestra’s first concert at the Bard Music Festival opens with Fête galante by Dame Ethel Smyth, a…
Bard Music Festival – Program Twelve
August 15
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Boulanger’s Credo In 1962, when Boulanger led the New York Philharmonic in a program featuring the world premiere of Virgil Thomson’s powerful orchestral piece A Solemn Music and Fauré’s beloved Requiem, the Carnegie…
Winds Among the Trees: American Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Trio
Sept 9
Opus 40
Together, the oboe, clarinet, and bassoon possess a wonderful sonority and range. Treat your ears to a program of impressive works for this woodwind trio by Canteloube, Tansman, Koechlin, and…
Reawakening Quartet at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sept 16
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Join us on Thursday, September 16 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. As the sun sets over the New…
Visions Trio at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Sept 30
Brooklyn Bridge Park
Join us on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00pm for a free chamber music concert at Pier 3 Greenway Terrace in Brooklyn Bridge Park. This eclectic trio will perform a variety…
CANCELED: String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
Rain Date: May 20
Bryant Park
In celebration of 40 years of Fête de la Musique, which started in France and is now celebrated around the world, a string quartet of ASO musicians performs works by…
Strike Force at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 17
Bryant Park
This percussion ensemble combines Afro-Cuban Batá drumming and poetry with the sounds of contemporary chamber percussion, featuring Grammy-nominated Imani Winds’ oboist Toyin Spellman-Diaz in compositions by percussionist and composer Javier…
Jazz Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 23
Bryant Park
A truly American genre, the ASO presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America’s jazz royalty: New Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the…
Jazz Ensemble at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 24
Bryant Park
A truly American genre, the ASO presents this jazz ensemble as a salute to America’s jazz royalty: New Jersey-native jazz pianist, organist, and composer Count Basie, considered one of the…
World Opera Day: King Arthur
October 25, 2021
Online
“Richly costumed and dramatically effective…Botstein, leading the American Symphony Orchestra, an impressive cast and the excellent Bard Festival Chorale, made a compelling case for the piece.”—New York Times, August 2021…
Mahler in New York
Dec 16
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
This performance is now sold out. Doors will open at 6 pm for the pre-concert talk with Music Director Leon Botstein at 7 pm. Ticketholders should arrive at the Cathedral no later than…
Duke Ellington + Marcus Roberts Trio
March 24
Carnegie Hall
The ASO toasts the genre-defying genius of Duke Ellington with an evening including New World A-Comin’ and Three Black Kings for jazz trio and full orchestra with renowned jazz pianist…
American Masters
Jun 5
Jazz at Lincoln Center
The ASO offers another free performance to close its 60th anniversary season. In line with the ASO’s long history of championing American artists, the closing concert offers a trio of…
String Quartet at Brooklyn Bridge Park
June 9
Brooklyn Bridge Park
A string quartet of ASO musicians performs a program of Italian chamber music. The finale of the concert will feature the soaring melodies and filigreed lines of the 19th century…
String Quartet at the Statue of Liberty
June 21
Statue of Liberty
Forty years ago, France launched the Fête de la Musique, a national holiday to celebrate music, open to everyone who wants to perform, with thousands of free concerts on streets…