Visiting Presenters

The Orchestra Now welcomes rising French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède in her NY debut. She is a former Dudamel and Taki Alsop Fellow who has conducted orchestras around the globe, including the London and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras. Her program begins with one of Debussy’s most popular works, "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun", inspired by a poem about the mythical creature and some alluring nymphs. Trombonist Peter Moore, principal trombonist of the London Symphony Orchestra, joins the orchestra for the U.S. premiere of Dani Howard’s Trombone Concerto, which was declared “an instant classic” by the London Times following its 2021 premiere. The afternoon concludes with Rachmaninoff’s vibrant Symphonic Dances, the last piece he ever wrote, and his only work that was fully composed in the United States.

A Concert for Our Times
The Second Ending Ensemble, conceived by Music Director and Conductor, Ian Carleton Schaefer, has as its short and long-term goals to present classical music to the world in an accessible format that pairs warhorse symphonic works with those borne just months or weeks prior to performance by up-and-coming composers. In doing so, the goal is to allow audiences to experience the spectrum and journey of this great artform and find space for its relevance in today’s modern times and in an accessible format. No intermissions. No tuxedos. No fear of clapping between movements. And yes, we might even say some things here and there. The composition of the Second Ending Ensemble will be fluid by design, with performances including musicians from the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Juilliard School and the New York Youth Symphony. But the Ensemble will have as its constant a community of passionate musicians at that highest of levels who share the joy and the mission of this music and the power of music to transform lives and unite communities.
This program will pair rising star jazz musician, Alexa Tarantino’s first “World Premiere for Symphony Orchestra,” commissioned by the Second Ending Ensemble, with Tchaikovsky’s epic and heart-wrenching take on fate in his iconic Symphony No. 4. All of this in the intimate setting of the Appel Room with unparalleled views of Central Park for a fully immersive concertgoing experience.

Teatro Nuovo presents Bel Canto classics and rarities with a period-instrument orchestra and a performing style the Wall Street Journal calls “transformative.” Carolina Uccelli was unique: the only female opera composer to reach a major theater in Italy's Bel Canto era. Her promising talent had strong supporters, Gioachino Rossini among them. But “Anna di Resburgo” was overshadowed by the premiere of “Lucia di Lammermoor” just a month earlier in the same city (Naples), and Uccelli's theatrical career did not take flight. Thanks to the survival of just one manuscript copy, her music can speak for itself in the 21st century. The opera is a stirring Romantic thriller ready to join the world's repertory. Pre-opera serenade at 6:00pm: Songs by Uccelli and arias composed by Donizetti and Verdi for the original cast of "Anna." Pre-opera lecture at 6:30pm: Will Crutchfield introduces “Anna di Resburgo.”