December 3
Fretwork
Isetyn Davies, countertenor
Silas Wollston, organist and virginalist
Tunder, Geist, Schein, Butxtehude, J.C. Bach
7:30 p.m. Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Gwyn Hugh Jones, Angela Meade, Olesya Petrova, Igor Golovatenko
Daniele Callegari, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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TAK Ensemble
Qiujiang Levi Lu: Solo
Zeynep Toraman: veils
Seare Ahmad Farhat: Bring me your silence
inti figgis-vizueta: form the fabric
Eric Wubbels: “ROOT AND VEIN (quintet as solo)” from interbeing
7:30 p.m. DiMenna Center
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Xenia Löffler, baroque oboist
Georg Kallweit, violinist
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1
Telemann: Quintet in E minor, TWV 44:5
Bach: Oboe Concerto, BWV 1056R
Telemann: Overture from Burlesque de Quixotte
Bach: Oboe Concerto, BWV 1060R
7:30 p.m. 92NY
Boston Early Music Vocal & Chamber Ensembles
Telemann: Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho
Telemann: Suite Burlesque de Don Quichotte
7:30 p.m. Morgan Library
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychokov, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cellist
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Smetana: Selections from Má Vlast
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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Philip Glass Ensemble
Glass: Powaqqatsi (performed live to film)
8 p.m. Town Hall
December 4
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, conductor
2 p.m. Times Square
Free admission
carnegiehall.org
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
6 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Metropolitan Opera
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Megan Moore, soprano
John Brancy, baritone
Freya Waley-Cohen: Spell Book Volume 2
Schubert: Des Fischers Liebesglück
Schuber: Der Doppelgänger
Hildegard von Bingen: Columba Aspexit
Purcell: “Thy Hand Belinda….When I Am Laid in Earth” from Dido and Aeneas
Matthew Aucoin: This Earth
Matthew Aucoin: Revelations of Divine Love, Chapter III (world premiere)
7 p.m. DiMenna Center
PUBLIQuartet
Jlin: Baobab (world premiere)
Mazz Swift: Digging Gold; Deeper Blue (world premiere)
Jeff Scott: Blues for Buddy (world premiere)
Eddie Venegas: Cachumbambeando En Clave (world premiere)
7 p.m. The Blue Building
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
7:30 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Benett Tsai, cellist
HyeJin Kim, pianist
Ginastera: Pampeana No. 2, Rhapsody for Cello & Piano, Op. 21
Beethoven: Seven Variations on “Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen,” WoO 46
Barber: Cello Sonata
Penderecki: Capriccio per Siegfried Palm
Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 1
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
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Sharon Isbin, guitarist
Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Elizabeth Askren, conductor
Forrest Eimold, pianist
Jeffrey Ziegler, cellist
Javier Diaz, percussionist
Mariana Rodriguez, percussionist
Rolando Morales, percussionist
Victor Pablo García-Gaetán, percussionist
Karen LeFrak: Miami Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra
Karen LeFrak: Urban Tango
Karen LeFrak: Habanera Nights (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. National Sawdust
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Gil Shaham, violinist
Dvořák: Violin Concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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December 5
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
6 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Metropolitan Opera
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Gwyn Hugh Jones, Angela Meade, Olesya Petrova, Igor Golovatenko
Daniele Callegari, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Frank Huang, violinist
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (with screening of Wiliam Kentridge’s Oh to Believe in Another World)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Cecile Licad, pianist
Scriabin: Two Impromptus, Op. 12
Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28
Beach: Hermit Thrush at Eve
Schelling: Nocturne, “Ragusa”
Ravel: Alborada del gracioso
Joplin: TBA
7:30 p.m. Carnegie Hall/Weill Recital Hall
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The Tallis Scholars
Peter Philips, conductor
Pärt: Magnificat
Pärt: Da pacem Domina
Von Bingen, De Lassus, Pearsall, Praetorius, Victoria, et al
7:30 p.m. Church of St. Mary the Virgin
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
7:30 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Hub New Music
Jessica Meyer: Spirits and Sinew
Tyshawn Sorey: For Alvin Singleton
Nico Muhly: Drown
Angélice Négron: Pedazos intermittentes de un lugar ya fragmento
Donnacha Dennehy: Concertina
Marcos Balter: Young Blood
Sage Shurman: Shatter Me
Andrew Norman: new work
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
Czech Philharmonic
Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Daniil Trifonov, pianist
Lyubov Petrova, soprano
Lucie Hilscherová, mezzo-soprano
Aleš Briscein, tenor
David Leigh, bass
Daniela Valtová Kosinová, organist
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Dvořák: Pinao Concerto
Janáček: Glagolitic Mass
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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December 6
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
6 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Lukáš Vasilek, conductor
Pavel Černoch, tenor
Members of the Czech Philharmonic
Eben: Prague Te Deum 1989
Janáček: Our Father
Dvořák: In Nature’s Realm
Martinů: Four Songs About Mary
J. Novák: Testamentum
7:30 p.m. Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall
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Trio Mediaeval
Catalina Vicens, organettoist
Catalina Vicens, David Lang, J. Cooke, Byttering, Marianne Reidarsdatter Eriksen, et al
7:30 p.m. Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall
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New York Philharmonic
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Frank Huang, violinist
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (with screening of Wiliam Kentridge’s Oh to Believe in Another World)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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American Classical Orchestra
Chaeyoung Park, pianist
Sandra Miller, flutist
Masayuki Maki, clavichordist
Avi Stein, harpsichordist
Couperin: Pièces de clavecin
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue
C.P.E. Bach: Sonata for Flute and Obbligato Keyboard
Ana Sokolovic: Danse 5 from Danses et Interludes
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus, No. 15 – “Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus”
Ligeti: Études, Book 2, No. 10, “Der Zauberlehrling”
7:30 p.m. Salmagundi Club
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Bach: Oboe Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060R
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056
Bach: Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053R
Bach: Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Crypt Sessions
Ekmeles
David Lang: The Little Match Girl Passion
7:30 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Israeli Chamber Music Project
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Stravinsky: Petrushka
Ravel: La Valse
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
Kirill Gerstein, pianist
Schumann: Carnaval
Francisco Toll: Two Waltzes Toward Civilization (after Lorca’s Poet in New York)
Ravel: La valse
Liszt: “Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude” from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Liszt: Piano Sonata in B minor
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
“Messiah Sing”
Handel: Messiah
8 p.m. Union Theological Seminary
December 7
Metropolitan Opera
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
1 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
Joshua Roman, cellist
Simone Porter, violinist
2 p.m. Resnick Education Wing/Carnegie Hall
carnegiehall.org
Silvelin von Scanzoni
Stephen Gosling, pianist
“Gheorghe Costinescu Memorial Concert”
3 p.m. Rutgers Presbyterian Church
Free admission
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
“Welcome Yule: Willkommen, süßer Bräutigam”
Handel, Bruckner, Mendelssoh, Florence Price, et al
4 p.m. Union Theological Seminary
Joshua Roman, cellist
Simone Porter, violinist
5:30 p.m. Resnick Education Wing/Carnegie Hall
carnegiehall.org
Pavel Haas Quartet
Suk: Meditation on an Old Czech Hymn, “St. Wenceslas”
Smetana: String Quartet No. 1, “From My Life”
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters”
7:30 p.m. Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall
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New York Philharmonic
Keri-Lynn Wilson, conductor
Frank Huang, violinist
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 (with screening of Wiliam Kentridge’s Oh to Believe in Another World)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
nyphil.org
Talea Ensemble
Jon Deak: Passion of Scrooge
7:30 p.m. Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
Adam Tendler, pianist
Inheritances album release
7:30 p.m. David Rubenstein Atrium
Free admission
Stonewall Chorale
Cynthia Powell, conductor
Poulenc: Gloria
Vivaldi: Magnificat in G minor
Fauré: Tantum Ergo
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Morten Lauridsen: Sure on this Shining Night
7:30 p.m. Holy Apostles
New York Repertory Orchestra
David Leibowitz, conductor
Bach/Webern: Ricercar a 6
Bruckner: Symphony No. 6
8 p.m. Church of St. Mary the Virgin
December 8
People’s Symphony Concerts
The Knights
Alex Sopp, flutist
Mozart: Flute Quartet
Loggins-Hull: World premiere
Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
2 p.m. The Town Hall
The Orchestra Now
Leon Botstein, conductor
Wagner: Selections from Parsifal
2 p.m. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Parlando
Ian Niederhoffer, conductor
JP Jofre, bandoneonist
Erwin Schulhoff: Suite for Chamber Orchestra
Unsuk Chin: Gougalon
Piazzolla: Suite Punta del Ester
3 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
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Orchestra of the Bronx
Michael Spierman, conductor
Handel: Messiah
3 p.m. Lehman College
Dessoff Choirs
Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
“Welcome Yule: Willkommen, süßer Bräutigam”
Handel, Bruckner, Mendelssoh, Florence Price, et al
4 p.m. St. Philip’s, Brooklyn
Parthenia
“An Elizabethan Christmas”
4 p.m. Church of St. Luke in the Fields
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Paolo Bordignon, organist
Alessandro Scarlatti: Three Arias for Trumpet, Oboe, and Organ
Johann Gottfried Walther: Organ Concerto in B minor
Biber: “The Annunciation” from Rosary Sonatas
Bach: SInfonia from Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
Bach: Sinfnia from Ich habe meine Zuversicht
Louis-Claude Daquin: “Noël, grand jeu et duo” from Livre de Noëls
Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor
Handel: Organ Conceto in A minor
Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, “Estienne Roger 188”
5 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Musica Viva
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Reena Esmail: this Love Between Us: Prayers for Unity
Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243
5 p.m. All Souls NYC
Either/Or
Mendi + Keith Odabike: Big House/Disclosures
Anthony Braxton: Composition No. 98
8 p.m. Church of St. Luke & St. Matthew, Brooklyn
December 9
Mannes Orchestra
David Hayes, conductor
Hailstork: Ndemara
Marion Bauer: Symphony No. 1
Diamond: Symphony No. 2
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Helmut Deutsch, pianist
Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Karłowicz, Schumann
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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December 10
Golka-Park-Speltz Trio
Beethoven, Dvořák, Bloch
2 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
Metropolitan Opera
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Paolo Bordignon, organist
Alessandro Scarlatti: Three Arias for Trumpet, Oboe, and Organ
Johann Gottfried Walther: Organ Concerto in B minor
Biber: “The Annunciation” from Rosary Sonatas
Bach: SInfonia from Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal
Bach: Sinfnia from Ich habe meine Zuversicht
Louis-Claude Daquin: “Noël, grand jeu et duo” from Livre de Noëls
Telemann: Trio Sonata in G minor
Handel: Organ Conceto in A minor
Giuseppe Torelli: Concerto in D major for Trumpet, Strings, and Continuo, “Estienne Roger 188”
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
New York Baroque Incorporated
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Emily Donato, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Rufus Müller, tenor
David Soar, bass
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m. Saint Thomas Church
Janine Jansen, violinist
Denis Kozhukhin, pianist
Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2
Clara Schumann: Three Romances
Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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December 11
New York Philharmonic
Ton Koopman, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor
Kieran White, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. David Geffen Hall
nyphil.org
Trinity Choir
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. Trinity Church
Sandbox Percussion
Michael Torke: BLOOM (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. John L. Tishman Auditorium
Free admission
Hélène Grimaud, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30
Brahms: Three Intermezzos, Op. 117
Brahms: Seven Fantasies, Op. 116
Bach (arr. Busoni): Chaconne
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Julien Labro, bandeonist
Piazzolla, Ginaster, Saluzzi, Schissi
8 p.m. Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall
December 12
OPERA PRAKTIKOS
Lee Hoiby: Bon Appetit
Spicer Carr: Fluffernutter (world premiere)
Hailey McAvoy, Shanley Horvitz
Calvin Hitchcock, pianist
1:30 p.m. Asylum NYC
Asmik Grigorian, soprano
Lukas Geniušas, pianist
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff
7 p.m. Zankel Hall/Carnegie Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Ton Koopman, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor
Kieran White, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Trinity Choir
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. Trinity Church
Jeremy Denk, pianist
Beethoven: Sonata No. 27
Joplin: Bethany Waltz
Gottschalk: The Banjo
Simone: Just in Time
William Bolcom: Poltergeist Rag
Beethoven: Sonata No. 31
Ives: Sonata No. 2, “Concord, Mass., 1840–1860”
7:30 p.m. 92NY
Pedja Mužijević, pianist
Haydn, Henry Cowell, et al
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
New York Baroque Incorporated
Jeremy Filsell, conductor
Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys
Emily Donato, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Rufus Müller, tenor
David Soar, bass
Handel: Messiah
7:30 p.m. Saint Thomas Church
December 13
OPERA PRAKTIKOS
Lee Hoiby: Bon Appetit
Spicer Carr: Fluffernutter
Hailey McAvoy, Shanley Horvitz
Calvin Hitchcock, pianist
1:30 p.m. Asylum NYC
New York Philharmonic
Ton Koopman, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor
Kieran White, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Handel: Messiah
2 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Trinity Choir
Trinity Baroque Orchestra
Jane Glover, conductor
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. Trinity Church
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Music Devine
Josquin: Une Mousse de Biscaye
Heinrich Isaac: Een vrolic wesen
8 p.m. Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
December 14
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
12 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
OPERA PRAKTIKOS
Lee Hoiby: Bon Appetit
Spicer Carr: Fluffernutter
Hailey McAvoy, Shanley Horvitz
Calvin Hitchcock, pianist
1:30 p.m. Asylum NYC
New York Philharmonic
“Sounds of the Seasons”
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
2 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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New York Philharmonic
Ton Koopman, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Maarten Engeltjes, countertenor
Kieran White, tenor
Klaus Mertens, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
People’s Symphony Concert
Espressivo! Piano Quartet
Mozart: Piano Quartet in E-flat
Ngwenyama: JOY STEPPING
Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor
7:30 p.m. Washington Irving High School
Juilliard Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
Salina Fisher: Kintsugi
Walton: Violin Concerto
Holst: The Planets
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
December 15
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cellist
Isata Kanneh-Mason, pianist
Mendelssohn: Cello Sonata No. 1
Fauré: Cello Sonata No. 1
Natalie Klouda: Tor Mordôn
Poulenc: Cello Sonata
2 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
2 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
New York Philharmonic
“Sounds of the Seasons”
Jeff Tyzik, conductor
2 p.m. David Geffen Hall
nyphil.org
Music Before 1800
“Letters to a Young Poet”
Diderot String Quartet
Bill Barclay and David Joseph, actors
Debussy: String Quartet
Ravel: String Quartet
4 p.m. NY Society for Ethical Culture
mb1800.org
Central City Chorus
“Christmas in Venice”
4 p.m. Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6
5 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Zamir Choral Foundation
Zamir Chorale
Zamir Noded
Matthew Lazar, conductor
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Other works by American and Israeli composers
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
December 16
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Robert Kahn: Violin Sonata No. 2
Max Bruch: Septet in E-flat Major
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
2 p.m. Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
Music Mondays
Imani Winds
Stravinsky (arr. Russell): Rite of Spring
Jean Francaix: Quintet No. 2
Lalo Schifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans
Valeries Coleman: Portraits of Josephine Baker
7:30 p.m. Advent Lutheran Church
Free admission
Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players
Robert Kahn: Violin Sonata No. 2
Max Bruch: Septet in E-flat Major
Brahms: Piano Trio No. 1
7:30 p.m. Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church
December 17
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1–6
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
December 18
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Musica Sacra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Simone Dinerstein, pianist
Susanna Phillips, soprano
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Bach: Selections from Christmas Oratorio
Franz Biebl: Motets
Poulenc: Motets
James Bassi: Motets
Morten Lauridsen: Motets
Mozart: Exsultate, Jubilate
7:30 p.m. Carnegie Hall
Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble
Petr Kotik, conductor
Kamala Sankaram, soprano
Joseph Kubera, pianist
Cage: Concert for Piano and Orchestra
Rudolf Komorous: Olympia
Anna Heflin: The Man who Owned the Forest also Owned the Racetrack
Luboš Mrkvička: Quartet, Part A
Feldman: Structures
Petr Kotik: Why Melody? (world premiere)
8 p.m. Paula Cooper Gallery
December 19
Sonnambula
William Byrd, Richard Dering, Leonora Duarte, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
6 p.m. St. Paul’s Chapel/Columbia University
Metropolitan Opera
Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
Elza van den Heever, Lise Lindstrom, Nina Stemme, Michael Volle
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
John Debney: Elf in concert (performed live to film)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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American Modern Opera Company
John Adams: El Niño
Julia Bullock, Rachel Wilson, Kyle Tingzon, Davóne Tines
Christian Reif, conductor
7:30 p.m. Cathedral of St. John the Divine
December 20
New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
John Debney: Elf in concert (performed live to film)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
8 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
December 21
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
1 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
John Debney: Elf in concert (performed live to film)
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
nyphil.org
The Crossing
David Lang: poor hymnal
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
December 22
New York Philharmonic
Justin Freer, conductor
John Debney: Elf in concert (performed live to film)
2 p.m. David Geffen Hall
nyphil.org
December 23
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Joshua Blue, tenor
Joseph Parris, bass-baritone
Handel: Messiah
7 p.m. Carnegie Hall
December 24
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
12 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
metopera.org
New York String Orchestra
Jaime Laredo, conductor
Ricardo Morales, clarinet
Mozart: Overture to The Impresario
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
Mozart: Symphony No. 36, “Linz”
7 p.m. Carnegie Hall
carnegiehall.org
December 26
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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December 27
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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December 28
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
12 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
David Portillo, Hera Hyesang Park, Will Liverman, Kathryn Lewek
Nimrod David Pfeffer, conductor
6 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York String Orchestra
Jaimie Lardo, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violinist
Ellen Taafe Zwilich: Prologue and Variations
Barber: Violin Concerto
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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December 29
Metropolitan Opera
Mozart: The Magic Flute
Duke Kim, Emily Pogorelc, Sean Michael Plumb, Aigul Khismatullina
J. David Jackson, conductor
2 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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December 31
Metropolitan Opera
Verdi: Aida
Angel Blue, Piotr Beczała, Judit Kutais, Eric Owens
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
6:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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