Saturday | October 17, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES Rhythm Nation celebrates American rhythmic traditions as an expression of bodily autonomy and tacit history keeping. From the jagged grooves of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s String Quartet No.1: X (an homage to Malcolm X), to the otherworldly textures of Sun Ra’s…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Monday | October 19, 2026 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT? Featuring violinist Timothy Chooi and the Manhattan School of Music Camerata Nova The 1881 premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major got one of the most famous bad reviews in the history of Western music. Savaged as “music that stinks to the ear” in…
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | October 20, 2026 | 8 pm
From Beethoven’s “Adelaide” to Fauré’s “Lydia” to Noël Coward’s “Nina,” our playlist is composed of songs whose titles are the given names of a colorful cast of characters, ranging from Biblical times (Belsazar) and Greek myths…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Thursday | October 22, 2026 | 7:30 pm
MUSICIANS ON THE RISE BRAHMS – Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2 (from FAE Sonata) YSAŸE – Sonata Op. 27, No. 3 “Ballade” DEBUSSY – Preludes, Books 1 and 2 Ondine La danse de Puck…
(classical, season-highlights)
Friday | October 23, 2026 | 7:30 pm
Join us for an unforgettable evening celebrating the iconic film music of the legendary Ennio Morricone. We invite you to experience a magnificent selection of works by one of the greatest composers in cinematic history. This unique concert brings to life a rich repertoire of Morricone’s most…
Saturday | October 24, 2026 | 7:30 pm
$30 senior and $15 student tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. Brilliance in Motion - Season Opener Pegasus: The Orchestra kicks off its 10th Anniversary Season at Merkin Hall with Brilliance in Motion, a program shaped by brilliance, momentum, and orchestral…
Sunday | October 25, 2026 | 1 pm
$40 tickets are available for groups of 10 or more. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. THE YIDDISH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS Binyumen Schaechter, Music Director Seth Weinstein, Pianist We’re celebrating three anniversaries! It’s 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of…
Monday | October 26, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BROADWAY CLOSE UP Hosted by Sean Hartley Celebrate one of the most distinctive voices in modern musical theater at this festive soirée honoring the life and work of the Tony-winning composer and lyricist William Finn (1952-2025). A stellar lineup of cast members – many of whom worked…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Tuesday | October 27, 2026 | 7:30 pm
ARTIST AS CURATOR Curated by Lembit Beecher & Karen Ouzounian Grammy-nominated Armenian-Canadian cellist and composer Karen Ouzounian and her husband, Rome Prize-winning Estonian-American composer, pianist and animator Lembit Beecher, give the NYC premiere of their new program Mayrig…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Thursday | October 29, 2026 | 7:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS Oct 30: VOCES8 at Trinity Church Lead Me Home The ever-popular, Grammy-nominated British vocal VOCES8 returns to Merkin Hall with journeys through the rich and varied landscape of American choral music, tracing a path through faith, folk tradition, poetry and popular song. The…
(classical, musical-theater, new-music, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Friday | October 30, 2026 | 6:30 pm
GREAT VOCALISTS Oct 29: VOCES8 at Merkin Hall Featuring Trinity Choral Scholars The Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble VOCES8 returns in a unique collaboration with Kaufman Music Center and Trinty Church NYC. Praised by The Times (London) as “close harmony singing doesn’t get much more…
(classical, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Sunday | November 1, 2026 | 3 pm
Up Close and Personal Join Musicians of the Philharmonic for personal and intimate performances, and experience the personality of the performers. See how a small setting can amplify a huge musical event! SHOSTAKOVICH – Five Pieces BEETHOVEN – String Trio in…
(classical, season-highlights)
Tuesday | November 3, 2026 | 2 pm
TUESDAY MATINEES CLARA SCHUMANN – Three Romances, Op. 22 ALBAN BERG – Vier Stücke, Op. 5 ERWIN SCHULHOFF – Suite Op. 1, for Violin and Piano (arr. Jonathan Leibovitz for clarinet and piano) ROBERT SCHUMANN –…
(classical, season-highlights)
Saturday | November 7, 2026 | 7:30 pm
The music of Antonio Vivaldi has captivated audiences for more than three centuries with its extraordinary beauty, emotional depth, and timeless brilliance. Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons and Other Masterpieces of Italian Music invites you on an unforgettable journey into the heart of the…
Monday | November 9, 2026 | 7:30 pm
$60 senior tickets are available. Call the box office at 212 501 3330. The All New “Broadway by the Seasons” introduces a brand-new format for this time-honored series. For the first time, we will celebrate, in each concert, a wide variety of Broadway seasons. In other words, in…
Thursday | November 12, 2026 | 7:30 pm
The NYC premiere of a new English version of the sharp, jazz-infused 1929 musical satire by Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann blazes with wit, grit and dark glamour. A follow-up to the trio’s success with The Threepenny Opera, Happy End is a satire of big…
(classical, musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Monday | November 16, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BOUND FOR BROADWAY Hosted by Liz Callaway Bound for Broadway returns with a sneak peek at four of the best new shows headed for New York’s bright lights! Emmy Award-winner and Tony nominee Liz Callaway interviews some of musical theater’s most fascinating voices, followed by performances…
(musical-theater, season-highlights, vocal-performance)
Saturday | November 21, 2026 | 7:30 pm
BRIDGES Members of the fabulously whimsical Dance Heginbotham join the eclectic ensemble The Hands Free for The Party Scene, a music and dance extravaganza inspired by The Nutcracker and your rowdy holiday office party. Lightly immersive and family friendly, The Party Scene features Nathan Koci,…
(classical, new-music, season-highlights)
Friday | December 4, 2026 | 7:30 pm
REVUELTAS – Ocho por Radio GINASTERA – Harp Concerto SCHULHOFF — Symphony No. 1 Parker Ramsay, harp How do you make a "people" around music? Cowboy Nations explores how three composers across three continents wrestled with and created identity, politics, and…
(classical, season-highlights)
Sunday | December 6, 2026 | 3 pm
Up Close and Personal Join Musicians of the Philharmonic for personal and intimate performances, and experience the personality of the performers. See how a small setting can amplify a huge musical event! BARTÓK – String Quartet No. 1 BEETHOVEN –…
(classical, season-highlights)