Gustavo Dudamel — the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music & Artistic Director Designate — conducts Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite as well as Earth Between Oceans, a new work by Pulitzer Prize winner Ellen Reid. The program also features a choral work by Schubert and Wagner’s idyllic Forest Murmurs from his opera Siegfried.

Program

Ellen Reid

Earth Between Oceans (New York Premiere–New York Philharmonic Co-Commission with the Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Schubert

Gesang der Geister über den Wassern

Wagner / Arr. Zumpe

Forest Murmurs, from Siegfried

Stravinsky

The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

530-730p Oscar Noriega's Crooked Quartet

For years, composer and multi-instrumentalist OSCAR NORIEGA brought his Crooked Trio to Barbès every Friday from 5 to 7 - which he had conceived as a vehicle for his drumming. 
Oscar is back with his crooked ways, but concentrating on his main instruments, alto saxophone and clarinets. The sets will retain the casual vibe of the trio, with a mixture of standards and Oscar's compositions. 
Among other things, Oscar Noriega is a member of Tim Berne’s Snakeoil, Endangered Blood (Chris Speed, Jim Black, Trevor Dunn), Boss Tenor and he co-leads the brass band Banda De Los Muertos with Jacob Garchik. 
With: Oscar Noriega - Compositions. saxophone and clarinets, and a rotating casts of musicians often including   Marta Sanchez - Piano; Christopher Tordini - Bass and Jason Nazary - Drums; Justin Mullens - trumpet as well as many others. 

8-930p Las Rubias Del Norte

 
Las Rubias del Norte's sound is a re-invention, a nostalgic throwback to a time and place mostly imagined where Peruvian waltzes, Andean huaynos and Cuban Guajiras mix with French opera, Cowboy tunes and Bollywood classics. The result plays like a dreamy soundtrack with classical harmonies set to a Latin beat. All three of their albums are available on Barbès Records, including Ziguala, their attempt at reimagining what a pop record would sound like had the global Latin influence - which was so prevalent until the early 60's -  continued its course without interruption. Expect forays into Bollywood, Sicilian songs, Kurt Weill and Yéyé.
Featuring Allyssa Lamb - vocals & keyboards; Emily Hurst - vocals; Taylor Bregren-Chrisman - bass; Olivier Conan - cuatro; Greg Stare - percussion; Giancarlo Vulcano - guitar. 
10-12a Big Lazy 

Big Lazy is an instrumental trio from New York City. 'The Big Apple's Creme de la Creme' according to the Village Voice. References have been made to noir, spaghetti western, Lynch and Tarantino soundtracks, crime jazz and burlesque but Big Lazy's organic and uncontrived music remains beyond category. "the beauty of Ulrich’s music is how it avoids specificity, leaving it to listeners to imagine where they want to…A beguiling new album, “Don’t Cross Myrtle,” alternates between the raucous and the lyrical.” The New Yorker.

With Stephen Ulrich - guitars; Andrew Hall - bass and Yuval Lion - drums

Moby Dick
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
Music by Anna Calvi
Direction, design and lighting by Robert Wilson

Regarded as one of the greatest of all American novels, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick comes to BAM in a new production created by the iconic avant-garde director Robert Wilson for Germany’s Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. This classic tale of obsession and vengeance becomes enigmatic and new in Wilson’s mix of tart dialogue with indie-rock riffs and soaring ballads by British singer-songwriter Anna Calvi.

Born in Waco, Texas, Robert Wilson (1941—2025) was among the world’s foremost theater and visual artists, renowned worldwide for his poetically deliberate use of time, space, and light. His longstanding relationship with BAM commenced with The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud (1970), and included visionary collaborations with such disparate artists as Philip Glass, David Byrne, Tom Waits, Kathleen Brennan, Lou Reed, and Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon. He was last here to present Letter to a Man with Mikhail Baryshnikov during Next Wave 2016.

Anna Calvi is an award-winning English singer-songwriter, composer, and guitarist, who previously collaborated with Wilson on the opera The Sandman. Moby Dick is her BAM debut.

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Program

Overture to Candide (1956)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Approx. Duration: 4 minutes

Ziwei Ma

Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety" for Piano and Orchestra (1948-49)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Approx. Duration: 35 minutes

The Prologue: Lento moderato

The Seven Ages: Variations 1–7
L'istesso tempo
Poco più mosso
Largamente, ma mosso
Più mosso
Agitato
Poco meno mosso
L'istesso tempo

The Seven Stages: Variations 8–14
Molto moderato, ma movendo
Più mosso (Tempo di Valse)
Più mosso
L'istesso tempo
Poco più vivace
L'istesso tempo
Poco più vivace

Jean-Yves Thibaudet

-Intermission-

I Got Rhythm Variations (1933-34)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Arranged by William C. Schoenfeld
Approx. Duration: 9 minutes

An American in Paris (1928)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Approx. Duration: 17 minutes

This complete, three-part performance of Il trittico, Puccini’s grand triptych of one-act operas—a first at Carnegie Hall—is conducted by 2023 Puccini Award winner Gianandrea Noseda. An international cast of all-star singers brings each tale to life—from intense tragedy to comical farce—alongside the National Symphony Orchestra and The Washington Chorus.

Performers

National Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, Music Director and Conductor
Erika Grimaldi, Soprano
Sabrina Gárdez, Soprano
Agnieszka Rehlis, Mezzo-Soprano
Jonathan Tetelman, Tenor
Roman Burdenko, Baritone
The Washington Chorus
Eugene Rogers, Director

Program

Il Trittico

Il tabarro

Suor Angelica

Gianni Schicchi

50th Anniversary of the Concert of the Century

A Gala Evening at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 7 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage

Broadcast Live on WQXR.org or 105.9FM

Carnegie Hall celebrates its “Concert of the Century” with another once-in-a-lifetime convening of all-stars. Organized 50 years ago by Isaac Stern, the original event brought together some of the world’s greatest musicians for a now-legendary “concert-celebration” that commemorated the anniversary of the Hall’s opening on May 5, 1891. Fifty years later—and 135 years after the opening of the Hall—a new lineup of Carnegie Hall icons makes music history of its own, performing a program that tells the Hall’s story for a new generation. Featured artists include Emanuel Ax, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Feinstein, Renée Fleming, Evgeny Kissin, Lang Lang, Isabel Leonard, Audra McDonald, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Daniil Trifonov with the NYO-USA All-Stars, Oratorio Society of New York, and more.

Complete this glamorous evening with gala tickets that include the best possible concert seating and your choice of a pre-concert cocktail party; a post-concert, black-tie gala dinner; or both! This gala evening supports our artistic, education, and social impact programs.

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Tickets start at $761 ($750 + $11 fee)

Performers

NYO-USA All-Stars
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Renée Fleming, Soprano
Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Isabel Leonard, Mezzo-Soprano
Audra McDonald, Vocalist
Michael Feinstein, Vocalist and Piano
Emanuel Ax, Piano
Evgeny Kissin, Piano
Lang Lang, Piano
Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Oratorio Society of New York
Kent Tritle, Director
Additional artists to be announced

Program

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

TCHAIKOVSKY Allegro molto vivace from Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"

MOZART "Laudate Dominum" from Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339

CHOPIN Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor

G. MAHLER "Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft" from Rückert-Lieder

G. MAHLER "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" from Rückert-Lieder

GERSHWIN Allegro agitato from Piano Concerto in F

ARLEN "If I Only Had a Brain" from The Wizard of Oz

ARLEN "Come Rain or Come Shine" from The Sky’s the Limit

TCHAIKOVSKY Allegro con fuoco from Piano Concerto No. 1

BIZET "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) from Carmen

BERNSTEIN "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide

And  selected songs by Bernstein, Ellington, and Gershwin

Music that has shaped the ensemble’s identity, works that mark turning points in our history, and sounds that point to what's next

For twenty-five years, Alarm Will Sound has pushed at the edges of what a chamber orchestra can be:curious, fearless, and always in motion. This anniversary concert is both a celebration and a snapshot: music that has shaped the ensemble’s identity, works that mark turning points in our history, and sounds that point toward what’s next.

The program reflects the ensemble’s long-standing commitment to living composers, deep collaboration, and stylistic range, where precision meets risk, and structure meets play. Familiar voices return alongside newer ones, tracing a through-line from our earliest projects to the questions we’re asking now.

This is not a retrospective in amber. It’s a living portrait of an ensemble still evolving, honoring the past, fully present in the moment, and leaning into the future with curiosity and conviction.

Death of Classical and the Metropolitan Opera collaborate for the first time on a large-scale outdoor event at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery inspired by the Met’s upcoming opera El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, with music by Gabriela Lena Frank and a libretto by Nilo Cruz. Rooted in Mexican cultural traditions and sung in Spanish, the work imagines a magical-realist reunion between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera on Día de los Muertos. The evening begins at sunset with an immersive pre-show experience for approximately 1,000 attendees, featuring complimentary tastings and performances by mariachi ensembles, dancers, and other artists, followed by a seated program at dusk including performances by Met Opera singers, poetry, and a conversation with the composer.

+Editrix- Editrix is Steve Cameron, Josh Daniel, and Wendy Eisenberg. Steve plays bass, Josh plays drums, Wendy plays guitar and sings. God plays the synth.

+Mari Bruno & Jessica Pavone-

+Dan Friel- Joyful noises/basement dispatches. Ex-Parts & Labor, current guitar/vox in Upper Wilds.

Join the NY Phil for a free concert at the historic Cathedral of St. John the Divine as two outstanding artists — conductor Enluis Montes Olivar and trumpeter Pacho Flores — make their New York Philharmonic debuts. This special concert features Elgar’s lyrical Serenade for Strings, late-Baroque master Neruda’s Trumpet Concerto, and Beethoven’s exhilarating Symphony No. 2.

This event is free, and tickets are required. Tickets will be available beginning May 1 at 10 AM. Please check back for details.

Sets at 7:30PM & 9:00PM

ALDEN HELLMUTH - Saxophone
Adam O'Farrill - Trumpet
Tyrone Allen - Bass
Brandon Lopez - Bass
Miguel Russell - Drums

 
Alden Hellmuth is a saxophonist, improviser, and composer “out of the ordinary” (In & Out Jazz) and currently based in New York. Originally from Hartford, Connecticut, she grew up surrounded by the legacy of the great saxophonist Jackie McLean and received her bachelor’s degree from the Hartt School at the University of Hartford. In 2025 she received her master’s degree from the Herbie Hancock Institute at UCLA, where she was mentored by artistic director Ambrose Akinmusire and Herbie Hancock. Grounded by her foundations in tradition and drawn to a wide spectrum of experimental musical practices, Alden is deeply inspired by art that moves with emotion and lives within dissonance. As a composer and improviser, Alden strives for authentic expression through freedom, intuition, and a deep dedication to her craft. Her debut album, "Good Intentions," released in September 2024 under the Fresh Sound New Talent label, won “Debut Album of the Year International” (Deutscher Jazz Preis) and garnered international acclaim, with Steve Smith of For The Record describing it as "a vital debut," and Culture Jazz praising it as "...full of character, great imagination, and vibrant energy." She recently recorded her sophomore album with Justin Brown, Logan Kane, and Miller Wrenn, featuring Paul Cornish and Yakiv Tsvietinskyi. 

Alden has been awarded a number of opportunities including Chamber Music America’s Performance Plus grant (2025), ASCAP’s Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award (2024), New Music USA Next Jazz Legacy Semi-Finalist (2022), The Focusyear Fellowship (2021-22), and since 2016 has participated in numerous programs committed to the support and empowerment of female artists, including the Women In Jazz Organization and the Dorothy Goodwin Fund. She has performed at venues and festivals across the globe including The Hollywood Bowl (LA), Blue Note Jazz Festival (LA), International Jazz Day (Morocco & Abu Dhabi), Stanford Jazz Festival (CA), the Jazz Aux Écuries Festival (FR), the Hartford Jazz Festival (CT), Ottawa Jazz Festival (CA), Rochester Jazz Festival (NY), The Jazz Gallery (NYC), Smalls (NYC), Smoke Jazz & Supper Club (NYC), Bird’s Eye (CH), Jamboree (ES), The Loft (DE), Porgy & Bess (AU), and many more.

Alden has performed and/or recorded widely across genres with artists including Herbie Hancock, Dianne Reeves, Adi Meyerson, Josh Evans, Lex Korten, Kahiem Rivera, Moses Sumney, and in 2023 released two electronic tracks (sophia x maxine). She has also arranged pieces for Moses Sumney, Brandee Younger, and other artists.