May 17
Crypt Sessions
Green Room Ensemble
Katherine Balch: drip music
Hannah Ishizaki: Looking for you
Nina Shekhar: if these walls
Kennedy Taylor Dixon: the walls kept me warm
Paul Wiancko: Tiny Doors
6 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Jeffrey Swann, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 2, No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 49, No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 10, No. 1
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 49, No. 2
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 22
6 p.m. Bargemusic
MATA Festival
MATA Mavens
Jane Sheldon, vocalist
Henryk Golden, speaker
April Dawn Guthrie: ToyToyToypurina
Henryk Golden: Sprechen Sie Musik?
Anne Hui-Hsin Hsieh: Permeating Through the Pores of Shifting Planes
Marco Adrián Ramos: Altar with pines and bread from Acámbaro (Music with my grandma)
Qiujiang Levi Lu: Before It Gets Too Late
Jane Sheldon: I am a tree, I am a mouth (world premiere)
Paul Swartzel: Music for Mental Health
7 p.m. Fotografiska
Bach Virtuosi Festival
7 p.m. French Church du Saint-Esprit
Sejong Soloists
Steven Banks, saxophonist
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Thomas: Haemosu’s Celestial Chariot Ride (world premiere)
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
7:30 p.m. Carnegie Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Adams: El Niño
Julia Bullock, Davóne Tines, J’Nai Bridges
Marin Alsop, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Tony Siqi Yun, pianist
Brahms: Theme and Variations in D minor
Beethoven: Piano Sonata Op. 57, “Appassionata”
Busoni: Berceuse
Schumann: Symphonic Etudes
7:30 p.m. 92NY
Crypt Sessions
Green Room Ensemble
Katherine Balch: drip music
Hannah Ishizaki: Looking for you
Nina Shekhar: if these walls
Kennedy Taylor Dixon: the walls kept me warm
Paul Wiancko: Tiny Doors
7:30 p.m. Church of the Intercession
Seong-Jin Cho, pianist
Haydn: Piano Sonata in E minor
Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn
Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année: Italie
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic
Constantine Kitsopolous, conductor
John Williams: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (with film screening)
8 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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May 18
Metropolitan Opera
Puts: The Hours
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, William Burden, Sean Panikkar, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
1 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Peoples’ Symphony Concerts
Paul Lewis, pianist
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 15
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13
Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 16
2 p.m. Town Hall
International Contemporary Ensemble
Either/Or
Talib Rasul Haim: Currents
Talib Rasul Haim: Four
Talib Rasul Haim: Music for Nine Players and Soprano Voice
Talib Rasul Haim: Psalm of Akhnaten; ca. 1365–1348 B.C.
Talib Rasul Haim: Scope-Seven
2 p.m. New York Library for the Performing Arts
Free admission
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Misha Dichter, pianist
Schubert: Sonata No. 4, “Grand Duo”
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8
Grieg: Sonata No. 3
4 p.m. Bargemusic
MATA Festival
Brooklyn Orchestra
Olivier Glissant, conductor
Anthony R. Green: Connections
Wenbin Lyu: Duke’s Fantasy I
Mariel Teran: Manos de Tierra
Glass (arr. Glissant): Aguas da Amazonia (world premiere)
7 p.m. Fotografiska New York
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Mozart: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano
Mozart: Oboe Quartet
Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in C Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in E-flat Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in D Major
Mozart: Grande Sestetto, Concertante
7:30 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Clémentine Margaine, Michael Fabiano, Aiyn Pérez, Ryan Speedo Green
Diego Matheuz, conductor
8 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Constantine Kitsopolous, conductor
John Williams: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (with film screening)
8 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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New York Repertory Orchestra
David Leibowitz, conductor
Sarah Nelson Craft, mezzo-soprano
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture
Berlioz: La mort de Cléopâtre
Hanson: Symphony No. 4, “Requiem”
8 p.m. Church of St. Mary the Virgin
May 19
New York Philharmonic
Constantine Kitsopolous, conductor
John Williams: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (with film screening)
2 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Metropolitan Opera
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, Elena Villalón
Christian Curnyn, conductor
3 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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The Orchestra Now
Chloé Van Soeterstède, conductor
Peter Moore, trombonist
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Dani Howard: Trombone Concerto
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
3 p.m. Rose Theater/Jazz at Lincoln Center
Mark Peskanov, violinist
Misha Dichter, pianist
Schubert: Sonata No. 4, “Grand Duo”
Beethoven: Sonata No. 8
Grieg: Sonata No. 3
4 p.m. Bargemusic
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Mozart: Sonata in E minor for Violin and Piano
Mozart: Oboe Quartet
Mozart: Piano Trio in G Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in C Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in E-flat Major
Mozart: Church Sonata in D Major
Mozart: Grande Sestetto, Concertante
5 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Musica Viva NY Choir and Orchestra
Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor
Rudy Giron, countertenor
Golijov: Oceana
Mozart: Requiem
5 p.m. All Souls NYC
Gila Goldstein, pianist
Franck/Bauer: Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in E Major, WTC Book 1
Villa-Lobos: Alma Brasileira
Schubert: Sonata in A minor, D. 784
Yedidia: 5 preludes (world premiere)
Schubert/Liszt: Wohin, Standchen
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A minor
7:30 p.m. West End Presbyterian Church, 165 W. 105th St.
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May 20
Takt Trio
Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano
Hilda Paredes: Koan
Marcos Balter: new work
6 p.m. The Forum at Columbia University
Free admission
Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Ken Noda, pianist
Schubert: “Im Frühling“; “Frühlingsglaube”; “Der Einsame”; “Ständchen”; Im Abendrot”
Gerald Finzi: A Young Man’s Exhortation
Schumann: Liederkreis
Ives: “Feldeinsamkeit”; “The World’s Highway”; ”Memories”; “The Greatest Man”; “When Stars are in the Quiet Skies”
7:30 p.m. Park Avenue Armory
May 21
Metropolitan Opera
Puts: The Hours
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, William Burden, Sean Panikkar, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Oxford Bach Soloists
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
Tom Hammond-Davies, conductor
Molly Quinn, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Nick Pritchard, tenor
Jonathan Woody, bass
“Shall We Gather at the River”
Bach: Cantatas
Black American Spirituals
7:30 p.m. Park Avenue Armory
Bach Virtuosi Festival
Bach, Handel, Vivaldi
7:30 p.m. Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church
Weston Olencki, trombonist
TAK Ensemble
Weston Olencki: when the great fires were lit on the other side of the ocean (world premiere)
8 p.m. Roulette
May 22
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Clémentine Margaine, Michael Fabiano, Aiyn Pérez, Ryan Speedo Green
Diego Matheuz, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Matthew Polenzani, tenor
Ken Noda, pianist
Schubert: “Im Frühling“; “Frühlingsglaube”; “Der Einsame”; “Ständchen”; Im Abendrot”
Gerald Finzi: A Young Man’s Exhortation
Schumann: Liederkreis
Ives: “Feldeinsamkeit”; “The World’s Highway”; ”Memories”; “The Greatest Man”; “When Stars are in the Quiet Skies”
7:30 p.m. Park Avenue Armory
Yarn/Wire
Jad Atoui, Bryan Jacobs, Seong Ae Kim
8 p.m. Roulette
May 23
Juilliard Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Hilary Purrington: world premiere
Strauss: Don Juan
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
6 p.m. Alice Tully Hall
Twelfth Night
Julie Roset, soprano
Xenia Puskarz Thomas, mezzo-soprano
Handel, Rameau, Vivaldi, Bach, et al
7:30 p.m. Weill Recital Hall/Carnegie Hall
Metropolitan Opera
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, Elena Villalón
Christian Curnyn, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinetist
David Shifrin, clarinetist
Emi Ferguson, flutist
Bridget Kibbey, harpist
Stella Chen, violinist
Siwoo Kim, violinist
Matthew Lipman, violist
Samuel DeCaprio, cellist
Sam Suggs, bassist
Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Sibelius: En Saga
Charles Martin Loeffler: Octet
7:30 p.m. Morgan Library
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Inna Faliks, pianist
Ljova Zhurbin: Sirota for piano and historical recording Mike Garson: Psalm for Odessa (world premiere)
J.S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor, Book 1
Rodion Shchedrin: Basso Ostinato
Veronika Krausas: Have You Stopped Loving Me?
Veronika Krausas: 14th on the Month of Nisan
Maya Miro Johnson: Manuscripts Don’t Burn
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie
Beethoven: Eroica Variations
Paganini (arr. Liszt): La Campanella
7:30 p.m. National Sawdust
May 24
Young-Ah Tak, pianist
Beethoven: 6 Variations on G Major
Berg: Piano Sonata No. 1
Judith Zaimont: Wizards
Schubert: Impromptu, Op. 90, No. 3
Schubert: Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784
6 p.m. Bargemusic
The Angel’s Share
Ruckus
Handel: Water Music
7 p.m. Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
America Modern Ensemble
Robert Paterson: NEW YORK STORIES (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Opera America
Evgeny Kissin, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27
Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2
Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Brahms: Four Ballades
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
Metropolitan Opera
Puts: The Hours
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, William Burden, Sean Panikkar, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
8 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
8 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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May 25
Metropolitan Opera
Bizet: Carmen
Clémentine Margaine, Michael Fabiano, Aiyn Pérez, Kyle Ketelsen
Diego Matheuz, conductor
12:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Mark Peskanov, violinist
Olga Vinokur, pianist
Mozart: Sonata in G Major
Mozart: Sonata in B-flat Major
Schubert: Fantasia in C Major for Violin and Piano
4 p.m. Bargemusic
Ekmeles
Ben Johnston: Sonnets of Desolation
Cassandra Miller: Guide
Josh Levine: Cicada June | Geheimlicht
Elaine Mitchener: BloodCirclesEarWhistles
Andile Khumalo: world premiere
Dai Fujikura: Zawazawa
Eric Dudley: QuietUs
7:30 p.m. DiMenna Center
Metropolitan Opera
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, Elena Villalón
Christian Curnyn, conductor
8 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
8 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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May 26
Dorian Wind Quintet
Karl Kramer: Spirations (world premiere)
Jessica Meyer: Avenue of Giants
Beethoven (arr. Rechtmann): String Quintet Op. 4
4 p.m. Bargemusic
May 27
New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Ryan Roberts, English hornist
Christopher Martin, trumpeter
Wagner: Prelude to Act I of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Copland: Quiet City
Brahms: Symphony No. 4
7 p.m. Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Free admission
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May 28
Metropolitan Opera
Puts: The Hours
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, William Burden, Sean Panikkar, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, violist
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
Cecelia Hall, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Michael Sumuel, bass-baritone
Musica Sacra
Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto
Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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May 29
Metropolitan Opera
Puccini: Turandot
Elena Pankratova, SeokJong Baek, Olga Kulchynska, Soloman Howard
Marco Armiliato
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Evgeny Kissin, pianist
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 27
Chopin: Nocturne in F-sharp Minor, Op. 48, No. 2
Chopin: Fantasie in F minor
Brahms: Four Ballades
Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
May 30
Metropolitan Opera
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ying Fang, Elena Villalón
Christian Curnyn, conductor
7:30 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Frank Huang, violinist
Sheryl Staples, violinist
Cynthia Phelps, violist
Carter Brey, cellist
Christopher Martin, trumpeter
Igor Levit, pianist
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings
Brahms: Double Concerto
7:30 p.m. David Geffen Hall
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Nicholas Phan, tenor
Myra Huang, pianist
Jasper String Quartet
Vivian Fung: Lamenting Earth (world premiere)
7:30 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
May 31
New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Frank Huang, violinist
Sheryl Staples, violinist
Cynthia Phelps, violist
Carter Brey, cellist
Christopher Martin, trumpeter
Igor Levit, pianist
Mozart: Sinfonia concertante
Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Piano, Trumpet, and Strings
Brahms: Double Concerto
11 a.m. David Geffen Hall
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Jeffrey Solow, cellist
Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1–3
6 p.m. Bargemusic
Metropolitan Opera
Puts: The Hours
Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, Joyce DiDonato, William Burden, Sean Panikkar, Kyle Ketelsen, Brandon Cedel
Kensho Watanabe, conductor
7 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House
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Sylvan Winds
Valerie Coleman: Umoja
Mozart: Serenade in C minor
Elizabeth Brown: Pentalogue
Strauss: Suite in B-flat Major
7 p.m. Merkin Concert Hall
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Mitsuko Uchida, pianist
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
Valerie Coleman: Concerto for Orchestra, “Renaissance”
Debussy: La mer
8 p.m. Carnegie Hall
