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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…
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…
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…
The Silent Woman (Die Schweigsame Frau) at Bard SummerScape
Opens July 22
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Considered Strauss’s only true comic opera, this rarely performed work is by turns elegiac and incisively witty. The brilliantly written libretto by Stefan Zweig (loosely based on the Renaissance play…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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America UNBOUND
May 23
Bryant Park
Experience the world premiere of this new piece by percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. Commissioned by the American Symphony…
America UNBOUND – World Premiere
May 22
Bryant Park
Experience the world premiere of this new piece by percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights. Commissioned by the American Symphony…
A Century of Great American Jazz Composers
May 16
Bryant Park
The American Symphony Orchestra explores a truly American genre—jazz, with an ensemble comprised of ASO musicians and other featured artists active in the New York jazz scene today. The program…
A Century of Great American Jazz Composers
May 15
Bryant Park
The American Symphony Orchestra explores a truly American genre—jazz, with an ensemble comprised of ASO musicians and other featured artists active in the New York jazz scene today. The program…
Daphne
March 23
Carnegie Hall
The ASO spotlights Richard Strauss’s seldom heard pastoral opera Daphne. With its lush orchestral palette, endlessly shifting harmonic motion, sumptuous melodies, combined with a diaphanous serenity typical of Strauss’s later…
Organ + Orchestra
Jan 27
St. Bartholomew's Church
The ASO and St. Bartholomew’s Church share a connection rooted deep in the history of both institutions. ASO founder Leopold Stokowski began his American career as organist and choirmaster of…
String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
Sept 20 & 21
Bryant Park
Musicians from American Symphony Orchestra performs pillars from the string quartet repertoire: Haydn’s Quartet op 76 No 5, nicknamed at various points in history “Largo” for its particularly comforting but…
Celebrating New York
Sept 17
Bryant Park
Continuing a partnership forged between the American Symphony Orchestra and the Bryant Park Corporation in the wake of COVID-19, the ASO will present a free concert to celebrate its 60th…
Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert at Radio City Music Hall
Aug 13-17
Radio City Music Hall
These performances have been rescheduled: Saturday, August 13, 2022 Monday, August 15, 2022 Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Thursday, August 18, 2022 Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music…
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…