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The Key of Dreams
March 22, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Based on the French play Juliette, ou La clé des songes (Juliette, or The Key of Dreams) by Georges Neveux, Martinů’s operatic masterpiece Julietta, one of the greatest 20th-century works…
Sounds of the American Century
January 25, 2019
Carnegie Hall
Robert Mann Photo by Charles AbbottNew York City composers of the mid-20th century sought to define a new American sensibility in orchestral music. The abstract works of Robert Mann, the…
A Walt Whitman Sampler
October 17, 2018
Carnegie Hall
Walt Whitman, the defining 19th-century poetic voice of America, inspired several generations of European composers. In the 20th century, Whitman’s poetry was beautifully adapted during World War I by Othmar…
Intolerance
March 1, 2018
Carnegie Hall
In post-Fascist Italy, Luigi Nono attempted to reverse the darkness of Mussolini and rescue art from being the handmaiden of the state. His one-act opera Intolleranza 1960 speaks out against…
Hollow Victory: Jews in Soviet Russia after the World War
January 28, 2018
Carnegie Hall
Despite the brutal suppression of Jewish culture in the late 1940s under Stalin, Jewish composers sustained a vibrant and active musical culture, as these grippingly beautiful works reveal. Explore the…
Triumph of Art
December 7, 2017
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
Each of these composers was influenced by confrontation with authoritarian regimes, both fascist and communist. This concert reveals the compositional response to resistance, inner emigration, and exile by three leading…
The Sounds of Democracy
October 11, 2017
Carnegie Hall
American democracy was shaped by the ideals, vision, and principles of its leaders, particularly Roosevelt and Kennedy. These presidents protected our liberties, including freedom of expression, and stood by the…
The Apostles
May 12, 2017
Carnegie Hall
England’s greatest composer since Purcell wrote a magnificent but rarely-heard setting of the New Testament. Elgar’s The Apostles follows the story of the Twelve through the Resurrection. On a par…
Prague Central: Great 20th Century Czech Composers
February 10, 2017
Carnegie Hall
Though right in the center of the group of countries that defined the western musical tradition, Czech composers often felt like outsiders looking in. Perhaps it was this strange perspective…
Bernstein and the Bostonians
November 18, 2016
Carnegie Hall
This concert pays tribute to a group of composers known as the “Boston School” who lived, studied, taught, and composed in and around that city. This group of friends, of…
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Bach at St. Bart’s
Jan 24
St. Bartholomew's Church
Long associated with the instrumental genre, Carl Phillipp Emanuel Bach is most well-known for his concertos, sonatas, and symphonies. These works earned him a leading position in the years of…
The Glenwood Quartet at PAC
Apr 19
Perelman Performing Arts Center
Join us for a performance by a string quartet of ASO musicians on the Lobby Stage at the Perelman Performing Arts Center. As part of the Park Avenue Artists’ Spotlight…
Woodwind Quintet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 20 & 21
Bryant Park
Join us for a performance by a woodwind quintet of ASO musicians, with pieces by American composers including William Grant Still, Amy Beach, and John Philip Sousa. Curated by ASO…
String Quartet at Bryant Park Upper Terrace
May 13 & 14
Bryant Park
A string quartet of ASO musicians performs works by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, William Grant Still, and Antonín Dvořák, in a program curated by violinist Ashley Horne, a longtime member of the American Symphony Orchestra….
Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder
March 22
Carnegie Hall
One hundred and fifty years after the composer’s birth—and more than 90 years since ASO founder Leopold Stokowski premiered the work in the U.S. with the Philadelphia Orchestra—the ASO presents…
Dvořák’s Requiem
Jan 25
Carnegie Hall
Dating from the composer’s late creative period, Antonín Dvořák’s Requiem mystifyingly remains a rarity in his impressive oeuvre. It is nowhere near as well known, or as frequently performed, as…
String Quartet at City Winery
Jan 3
City Winery Grand Central
Join us at City Winery Grand Central Terminal in the magnificent Vanderbilt Hall for a musician-curated program featuring a selection of works for string quartet that highlight connections in the…
Judas Maccabaeus
Dec 14
The Riverside Church
This holiday season the ASO offers an alternative to George Frideric Handel’s Messiah with another oratorio, Judas Maccabaeus. Set amidst the story of Hanukkah, the oratorio is a dramatization 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…
America UNBOUND – Canceled
Sept 25
Bryant Park
Due to inclement weather, this performance has been canceled. A new work commissioned by the American Symphony Orchestra, written by composer and percussionist Javier Diaz, whose studio credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side…