Schedule
September 23, 2023
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
NOW is the Time Gala
NOW is the time to experience your Pittsburgh Symphony at the 2023 Annual Gala. Manfred Honeck leads your orchestra with Renée Fleming in an event showcasing the voices of NOW.
Programme features Carlos Simon's Ring Shout.
September 30, 2023
IRIS Collective
Midori, soloist
Michael Stern, conductor
The visionary artist who builds connections between music and the human experience and breaks with traditional boundaries, is one of the most outstanding violinists of our time and not to be missed! Featuring works by Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers; Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53; and Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, op. 92, A major.
October 20, 2023
Minnesota University Wind Ensemble
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine by J.P. Sousa/ed. Fennell (1923/1972/2000)
Go Down Moses by Carlos Simon (2023)
Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme by Michael Gandolfi (2010)
Divertimento for Brass and Percussion by Karel Husa (1957)
Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger/ed. Fennell (1937/1987/2010)
Emily Threinen, conductor
October 21, 2023
Guelph Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Adam Johnson
Pianist, Sheng Cai
The stage is set to celebrate the start of a spectacular new season with our dynamic new Music Director, Adam Johnson! The program will feature Beethoven’s sunny, life-affirming, Second Symphony, Carlos Simon’s atmospheric Breathe, and Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto; his most popular work for piano and orchestra.
December 7th, 2023
University of Washington
The UW Wind Ensemble (Timothy Salzman, director) and Symphonic Band (Shaun Day, director) present “Uplift,” a program of music by Jack Stamp, Melissa Wang, Salvador Alan Jacobo, Vincent Persichetti, Steven Bryant, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and others.
Programme includes Carlos SIMONS Amen!
February 9, 2024
Oregon Symphony Orchestra
From its ominous opening — “Fate knocking at the door” — to the closing passages of radiant triumph, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony charts an exhilarating spiritual journey. Beethoven’s legacy looms in works by Carlos Simon and Timo Andres, whose Blind Bannister reimagines the grace and wit of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto.
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Timo Andres: The Blind Bannister, Piano Concerto
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
February 10, 2024
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Carlos Simon: AMEN!
George Gershwin: An American in Paris
Jack Frerer: Trombone Concerto (world premiere)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Conductor: David Alan Miller
February 10-12, 2024
Oregon Symphony Orchestra
From its ominous opening — “Fate knocking at the door” — to the closing passages of radiant triumph, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony charts an exhilarating spiritual journey. Beethoven’s legacy looms in works by Carlos Simon and Timo Andres, whose Blind Bannister reimagines the grace and wit of Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto.
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Timo Andres: The Blind Bannister, Piano Concerto
Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven: Symphony No. 5
February 16, 2024
Here I Stand (World Premiere)
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
Oakland Symphony Chorus
JOAN TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6
CARLOS SIMON WITH LIBRETTO BY DAN HARDER: Here I Stand: Paul Robeson (World Premiere – Oakland Symphony Commission, Generously Funded by The Robeson Centennial Committee)
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5
February 7, 8, 24 2024
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Jazz is America’s greatest indigenous art form. BSO Artistic Partner Wordsmith leads listeners on an exciting journey along the path jazz followed on its way to the concert hall and the contributions of Baltimore artists like Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Cab Calloway, and Billie Holiday. Join us for this multimedia presentation of iconic works by great American composers: Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, and many more.
Conductor: Wordsmith (known as Anthony Parker)
Repertoire TBC
March 14, 2024
Requiem for the Enslaved
From the piano, Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon leads a small ensemble in Requiem for the Enslaved. The program invokes African American spirituals and the form of a Catholic liturgical mass to tell the story of 272 enslaved people sold in 1838 to pay the debts of Georgetown University.
Carlos Simon, piano
MK Zulu, trumpet
Marco Pavé, writer and spoken word artist
Hub New Music
Michael Avitabile, flute
Gleb Kanasevich, clarinet
Meg Rohrer, violin/viola
Jesse Christeson, cello
ANGÉLICA NEGRÓN
Pedazos intermitentes de un lugar ya fragmentado
JESSICA MEYER
Spirits and Sinew
TYSHAWN SOREY
New work
NICO MUHLY
New work
CARLOS SIMON
Requiem for the Enslaved