October 27-28

Reveries

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Conductor Reuben Blundell directs an evocative program from the late Romantic era.

Friday 10.27.23
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor —

Ballade in A Minor

Édouard Lalo —

Cello Concerto in D minor

Johannes Brahms —

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90

Saturday 10.28.23
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor —

Ballade in A Minor

Carl Reinecke — Flute Concerto in D Major, op. 283
Sarah Abrams, Flute
Johannes Brahms —

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op.90

December 1

Holiday

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Works by Saint-Saëns, Anderson, Dai

Friday 12.1.23
Camille Saint-Saëns —

Havanaise, Op.83

Camille Saint-Saëns —

Introduction & Rondo capriccioso, op. 28

Derek Xu, Violin
Leroy Anderson — Sleigh Ride
Aaron Dai —

The Night Before Christmas

January 19-20

Heritage

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

TCS Artistic Director Mark Seto leads a program that celebrates the cultural heritage of the Americas.

Friday 1.19.24
Gabriela Lena Frank —

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra

Mike Boyman —

World Premiere

Sue Rangeley, Cello
Jennifer Shaw, Cello
Florence Price —

Symphony No. 3

Saturday 1.20.24
Gabriela Lena Frank —

Apu: Tone Poem for Orchestra

Mike Boyman —

World Premiere

Sue Rangeley, Cello
Jennifer Shaw, Cello
Florence Price —

Symphony No. 3

March 8-9

Transcendence

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

Conductor Laureate Yaniv Segal returns to TCS for a program that captures the outer reaches of the human experience.

Friday 3.8.24
Aaron Dai —

New Work

Aaron Dai, Composer
Fernande Breilh Decruck —

Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Mvts 1 & 2

Liann Cline, Harp
Richard Wagner —

Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

Gustav Mahler —

Totenfeier

Richard Wagner —

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

Saturday 3.9.24
Aaron Dai —

New Work

Aaron Dai, Composer
Henri Frédien Tomasi —

Concerto for Trombone

Mike Mulligan, Trombone
Grace Williams —

Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra

Kevin Barnes, Trumpet
Richard Wagner —

Prelude from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

Gustav Mahler —

Totenfeier

Richard Wagner —

Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90

May 17-18

Idyllic Echoes

St. Paul's Church, 315 West 22nd Street

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony is an ebullient celebration of rhythm: Richard Wagner described the piece as "the apotheosis of dance."

Friday 5.17.24
Britta Byström —

A Walk to Beethoven

Eric Ewazen —

Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra

Jackie Traish, Flute
Ludwig van Beethoven —

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92

Saturday 5.18.24
Britta Byström —

A Walk to Beethoven

Rebecca Clarke —

Viola Sonata

(arr. Ruth Lomon)

Ludwig van Beethoven —

Symphony No. 7, Op. 92

June 14-15

Rhythm and Colors

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

TCS’s season finale features vibrant Latin American idioms in Leonard Bernstein’s beloved Symphonic Dances from West Side Story and Gabriela Ortiz’s exuberant Kauyumari.

Friday 6.14.24
Gabriela Ortiz —

Kauyumari

Jennifer Higdon —

Percussion Concerto

Tyler Hefferon, Percussion
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Saturday 6.15.24
Gabriela Ortiz —

Kauyumari

John Corigliano —

Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra

Eric Schultz, Clarinet
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Previous Concerts This Season

September 22-23

Celestial Waters

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street

Artistic Director Matthew Aubin kicks off TCS’s 18th season with the US premiere of Les Eaux célestes (Celestial Waters), a sparkling work by the dynamic young composer Camille Pépin.

Friday 9.22.23
Camille Pépin —

Les Eaux célestes

(US premiere)

Sergei Prokofiev —

Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor, Op.63

Inna Langerman, Violin
Béla Bartók —

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123

Saturday 9.23.23
Camille Pépin —

Les Eaux célestes

(US premiere)

Amanda Maier-Röntgen —

Violin Concerto in D minor

Juliana Pereira, Violin
Béla Bartók —

Concerto for Orchestra, BB 123