Live Classical Music in New York

Marek Janowski, who “conveyed a sense of long experience and expert certitude” (New York Classical Review) in his NY Phil debut in 2025, conducts works including Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, inspired by the composer’s visit to the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. NY Phil Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin is the soloist in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Mozart’s Serenata notturna opens the program. Program: Mozart: Serenade No. 6, Serenata notturna; Haydn: Trumpet Concerto; Fe. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish Performers: Marek Janowski (Conductor); Christopher Martin (Trumpet)

Marek Janowski, who “conveyed a sense of long experience and expert certitude” (New York Classical Review) in his NY Phil debut in 2025, conducts works including Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, inspired by the composer’s visit to the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. NY Phil Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin is the soloist in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Mozart’s Serenata notturna opens the program. Program: Mozart: Serenade No. 6, Serenata notturna; Haydn: Trumpet Concerto; Fe. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish Performers: Marek Janowski (Conductor); Christopher Martin (Trumpet)

Grammy-nominated composer Nathalie Joachim takes center stage as vocalist in her highly anticipated World Premiere, which, in her words, “reimagines, reframes, and reinterprets” music of Caribbean, American, and Pan-African freedom movements. Also on the program: Lou Harrison’s Gamelan-flavored concerto — featuring the Philharmonic’s own Assistant Concertmaster Michelle Kim as soloist, accompanied only by percussion — which comes to life with rhythmic verve and kaleidoscopic textures. Program: Harrison: Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra; Nathalie Joachim: Le présent éternel (World Premiere of Instrumental Version–New York Philharmonic Commission) Performers: Christopher Rountree (Conductor); Michelle Kim-Solman (Violin); Nathalie Joachim (Vocalist); Nathalie Cerin (Vocalist); Jade Hicks (Vocalist); Laurin Talese (Vocalist); Mark Grey (Sound Designer); Nicholas Houfek (Lighting Designer); Keesean Moore (Stylist)

Marek Janowski, who “conveyed a sense of long experience and expert certitude” (New York Classical Review) in his NY Phil debut in 2025, conducts works including Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony, inspired by the composer’s visit to the ruins of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. NY Phil Principal Trumpet Christopher Martin is the soloist in Haydn’s Trumpet Concerto, and Mozart’s Serenata notturna opens the program. Program: Mozart: Serenade No. 6, Serenata notturna; Haydn: Trumpet Concerto; Fe. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, Scottish Performers: Marek Janowski (Conductor); Christopher Martin (Trumpet)

Elim Chan conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella — a harmonically rich, at times whimsical ballet not often heard in an orchestral setting — plus the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, with textures as delicate as the title suggests. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Elgar’s Cello Concerto, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season doing to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. He is extremely disappointed to be unable to play with the New York Philharmonic and Elim Chan. He is grateful for the support and understanding he has received, and looks forward to returning to the New York Philharmonic. Program: Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (New York Premiere); Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite Performers: Elim Chan (Conductor); Carter Brey (Cello)

Elim Chan conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella — a harmonically rich, at times whimsical ballet not often heard in an orchestral setting — plus the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, with textures as delicate as the title suggests. Principal Cello Carter Brey also takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Bloch’s Schelomo, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season due to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. Program: Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (New York Premiere); Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite Performers: Elim Chan (Conductor); Carter Brey (Cello)

Elim Chan conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella — a harmonically rich, at times whimsical ballet not often heard in an orchestral setting — plus the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, with textures as delicate as the title suggests. Principal Cello Carter Brey also takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Bloch’s Schelomo, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season due to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. Program: Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (New York Premiere); Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite Performers: Elim Chan (Conductor); Carter Brey (Cello)

Elim Chan conducts selections from Prokofiev’s Cinderella — a harmonically rich, at times whimsical ballet not often heard in an orchestral setting — plus the New York Premiere of Noriko Koide’s Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain, with textures as delicate as the title suggests. Principal Cello Carter Brey also takes center stage in Saint-Saëns’s dramatic Cello Concerto No. 1. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, previously scheduled to perform Bloch’s Schelomo, has had to withdraw from his New York Philharmonic appearances this season due to his ongoing recovery from a finger injury. Program: Noriko Koide: Swaddling Silk and Gossamer Rain (New York Premiere); Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite Performers: Elim Chan (Conductor); Carter Brey (Cello)