Vasily Petrenko, conductor

Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45

See Jan. 8

See Jan. 9

Riccardo Muti, conductor

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

See Jan. 22

Music of John Adams, Elliott Carter and Milton Babbitt; Liz Ames, piano

See Jan. 22

Riccardo Muti, conductor

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky

TMEA Convention San Antonio, TX Frank Ticheli Saxophone Concerto Texas A&M University Symphonic Band Dr. Timothy Rhea, conductor

Belle Nuit CD Release Concert including special guest, Fritz Kaenzig, tuba music of Bruch, Franck, Vaughan Williams, Messiaen, and more!

Darius Milhaud La Creation du Monde Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings H. Robert Reynolds, conductor

Works by Nono, Francesconi, Berio and Scelsi. Gustavo Dudamel, conductor. Jennifer Koh, violin.

LiveConnections brings you unique collaborations and fresh sounds from some of the best artists today, in the intimate atmosphere of World Cafe Live. LiveConnections is pairing Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Uri Caine, “a musical polymath with abundant improvising skills” (NPR), with the acclaimed PRISM Quartet for a concert of adventurous new music. Building on the artists’ reputations as innovators, LiveConnections has commissioned Caine to write a quintet for piano and saxophones that fuses modern jazz and new classical styles. The program also features music by Dutch avant-pop composer Jacob TV from PRISM’s Pitch Black CD, and recent solo piano music by Caine.

William Walton, FACADE Entertainments

Music of Bruch, Messiaen, Franck, Gabel, & more! Gail Williams, horn; Randy Hawes, bass trombone; Tim McAllister, saxophone; Kathryn Goodson, piano

PRISM performs William Bolcom’s Concert Grosso along with works by Beethoven and Rossini

Presented by PRISM Quartet, Inc. in partnership with the Curtis Institute of Music, PRISM presents an electrifying program of world premieres of new saxophone quartets by Bang on a Can composer and Pulitzer Prize-finalist Julia Wolfe; Grammy Award-winner Michael Daugherty; the Curtis Institute’s David Hertzberg; Princeton University’s Emma O’Halloran, Viet Cuong and Jonathan Russell; counter)induction’s Kyle Bartlett; Solon Snider and Mark Macaluso, winners of the PRISM/Walden School Commissioning Award; and PRISM’s own Matthew Levy. The program also features the U.S. premiere of “La Caverne des Idées” by Leilei Tian, winner of the Rome Prize.

Steven Mackey is an electric guitarist and composer whose concert music is influenced by all the jazz and rock he’s played. The World Premiere of his new, 45-minute orchestral work is followed by Reich’s moving three-act video opera (2002) about advancing technology, created in tandem with visual artist Beryl Korot and combining projections with live performers.

John Adams CITY NOIR Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

John Adams CITY NOIR Gustavo Dudamel, conductor

Hailed by Chamber Music Magazine for “pioneering achievements of the highest order,” the PRISM Quartet presents the next installment of Heritage/Evolution, a groundbreaking project featuring world premieres of new works composed and performed by today’s most inventive jazz saxophonists. This time around, Heritage/Evolution spotlights PRISM with saxophone luminaries Chris Potter and Ravi Coltrane. The program follows PRISM’s January 2015 CD release of Heritage/Evolution, Volume 1 on Innova Recordings with guest saxophonists Steve Lehman, Dave Liebman, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Greg Osby, Tim Ries, and Miguel Zenón.

Timothy McAllister, alto saxophone; Jon Kimura Parker, piano Music of Prokofiev and Dinicu

See Aug. 6

see Aug. 6

Lorna McGhee, flute; Jon Kimura Parker, piano; Tim McAllister, saxophone Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat Major, KV 493; Charles Koechlin Épitaphe de Jean Harlow for flute, saxophone and piano; Gershwin (arr. McAllister) Preludes for saxophone and piano; William Walton Façade – An Entertainment

Riccardo Muti, conductor; Mussorgsky/Ravel: Pictures from an Exhibition

Music of Zupko, Biedenbender, Schnyder, Fisher-Lochhead and World Premiere of “Mahagony Moods” by James Stephenson.

Ingolf Dahl’s Saxophone Concerto (1949/53); Michael Haithcock, conductor

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Marin Alsop, conductor Jon Kimura Parker, piano

McAllister joins with celebrated percussionist Doug Perkins! Music of Ueno, Etezady, Finnissy, Xenakis, Cage and more!