Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
SPECIAL OPENING-NIGHT PRESENTATION
Divine Connection
A staging of Mozart’s Requiem and works by Arvo Pärt
July 14–15, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Behold the glorious company of Mozart’s Requiem interwoven with timeless music by Arvo Pärt in this sublime premiere staging directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer. Learn More
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
SPECIAL OPENING-NIGHT PRESENTATION
Divine Connection
A staging of Mozart’s Requiem and works by Arvo Pärt
July 14–15, 2020
David Geffen Hall
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Wednesday, July 15, 2020
David Rubenstein Atrium
A charming wind octet of Festival Orchestra members presents a delightful, free concert of Mozart chamber works. Learn More
July 17–18, 2020
Alice Tully Hall
British conductor Andrew Manze returns for an engaging concert experience in Alice Tully Hall, including Mozart’s resplendent “Linz” Symphony and Piano Concerto No. 22. Learn More
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July 21–22, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Bach’s achingly beautiful cantata is echoed in Brahms’s ever-popular Fourth Symphony under music director Louis Langrée. Learn More
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July 22–25, 2020
David H. Koch Theater
Mark Morris’s masterpiece marries Handel’s soaring music with the choreographer’s joyful, life-affirming vision. Learn More
July 22–25, 2020
David H. Koch Theater
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July 24–25, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Pianist Beatrice Rana sparkles in Beethoven’s B-flat major Concerto, as Joshua Weilerstein conducts a Viennese program featuring Haydn and Mozart. Learn More
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Friday, July 24, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
New York Festival of Song performs beloved songs by Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori (Blue) in a late-night cabaret Learn More
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Walter Reade Theater
This outstanding Shakespeare adaptation features commanding performances by Jeremy Irons, Tom Hiddleston, and Simon Russell Beale in an epic of fathers and sons, with a country in crisis. Learn More
July 25–27, 2020
Rose Theater
A powerful, urgent new opera explores the joys and tragedies of an African American couple and their teenage son. Learn More
July 25–27, 2020
Rose Theater
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Saturday, July 25, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pianist Beatrice Rana explores striking Schumann and Stravinsky in this spellbinding late-night recital. Learn More
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Walter Reade Theater
Lovers of Shakespeare on film can keep binging on the tragicomic adventures of Sir John Falstaff and Prince Hal, masterfully played by Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston. Learn More
Music
MUSIC ON PERIOD INSTRUMENTS
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Sunday, July 26, 2020
Alice Tully Hall
Exceptional fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout and inimitable violinist Isabelle Faust join the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra for an all-Beethoven evening. Learn More
July 28–29, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Venezuelan conductor Rafael Payare makes his New York debut in a soaring program of Mendelssohn and Mozart with pianist Emanuel Ax. Learn More
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International Contemporary Ensemble
Why We Love Anthony Braxton
Music of Anthony Braxton, including Language Music and Ghost Trance Music
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
David Rubenstein Atrium
ICE honors composer Anthony Braxton’s experimental legacy in this improvisational free performance. Learn More
July 29–31, 2020
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
Colombian dancers find transcultural connections between the founder of Japan’s Butoh and beloved songwriter Leonard Cohen. Learn More
July 29–31, 2020
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Pamela Frank present a dreamlike evening of sparkling Mozart and Beethoven sonatas against the glittering city skyline. Learn More
July 31–August 1, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Impeccable pianist Stephen Hough performs the cascading “Emperor” Concerto during a magisterial all-Beethoven evening. Learn More
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Friday, July 31, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Pianist Stephen Hough and the exhilarating Dover Quartet present Brahms’s majestic Piano Quintet. Learn More
Panel Discussion
Vienna, City of Music
Saturday, August 1, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Scholars from the Mozart Society of America examine Vienna on the cusp of the 19th century, with Beethoven poised to inherit the mantle of Haydn and Mozart. Learn More
August 1–4, 2020
Rose Theater
Musicians share the stage with singers in Iván Fischer’s uproarious concert staging of Verdi’s comic masterpiece. Learn More
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Sunday, August 2, 2020
Walter Reade Theater
Orson Welles’s final Shakespeare film is a masterful meditation on youth and old age, loyalty, and betrayal, and an excellent addition to the body of work about Sir John Falstaff. Learn More
August 4–5, 2020
David Geffen Hall
An all-star evening features violinist Joshua Bell, pianist Jeremy Denk, and cellist Steven Isserlis in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto. Learn More
August 4–5, 2020
David Geffen Hall
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Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
The phenomenal Junction Trio pairs Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio with otherworldly music by John Zorn. Learn More
Opera
International Contemporary Ensemble
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A chamber opera by Anna Thorvaldsdottir
(North American premiere)
August 5–7, 2020
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
International Contemporary Ensemble premieres a mesmerizing new chamber opera by the inventive Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir. Learn More
Opera
International Contemporary Ensemble
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A chamber opera by Anna Thorvaldsdottir
(North American premiere)
August 5–7, 2020
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
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Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
Daring pianist Jeremy Denk pairs Beethoven’s rapturous final piano sonata with contemporary American works in this astonishing late-night program. Learn More
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Alice Tully Hall
The astonishing Danish String Quartet reimagines beloved works by Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart. Learn More
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
The Danish String Quartet revels in rousing folk songs in an after-hours celebration of its Nordic roots. Learn More
Saturday, August 8, 2020
Josie Robertson Plaza
A thousand voices rise up at Josie Robertson Plaza in a massive choral piece about loss and renewal. Learn More
Saturday, August 8, 2020
David Geffen Hall
Louis Langrée and the Festival Orchestra recreate the legendary 1808 Akademie concert in Vienna where Beethoven premiered some of his most iconic works. Learn More