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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…
Troubled Days of Peace
October 19, 2016
Carnegie Hall
Two one-act operas with strikingly different reactions to tyranny. The Dictator (1928) explores the rise of a charismatic fascist leader, based loosely on Mussolini. Day of Peace (1938) remains controversial…
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Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films
July 11, 12 & 13
Madison Square Garden
Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki will take place July 11, 12 & 13. We are thrilled to be making our third appearance…
Le prophète at Bard SummerScape
July 26–Aug 4
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
Religion, power, ego, and manipulation collide in composer Giacomo Meyerbeer’s glorious psychodrama. Director Christian Räth (Die schweigsame Frau, 2022 and Das Wunder der Heliane, 2019) returns for a third SummerScape to…
Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World
Aug 17 & 18
Fisher Center, Sosnoff Theater
The 34th Bard Music Festival: Berlioz and His World A singular composer, writer, and conductor, Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) is the definitive Romantic composer. Drawing music and sound into dialogue with…
Beyond the Hall
Sept 6
Bryant Park
The ASO presents a free concert as part of the Picnic Performance series at Bryant Park with a program of music sourced from dance salons, opera houses, cabaret, and the silver screen. For our…
Beyond the Hall
Sept 7
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
The ASO will co-present a free Saturday matinee with Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College/CUNY. Beyond the Hall explores music that draws its inspiration from outside the traditional concert setting….
Bach at St. Bart’s – Sold Out
Jan 24
St. Bartholomew's Church
This performance is now SOLD OUT. Doors will open at 6pm and seating will remain open through the pre-concert talk, which is free for all attendees. Within General and Priority sections,…
Tapping into the Twenties
March 23
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center
The ASO’s first concert at the new David Geffen Hall focuses on music of composers who came of age in the 1920s. Chief among them was Edgard Varèse. Varèse’s symphonic…
Strauss’s Guntram
June 6
Carnegie Hall
Completed in 1893, Richard Strauss’s very first opera is rarely performed today. The ASO’s presentation marks its first performance in New York City in this century. A riveting story 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…