The Orchestra Now to Give New York City Premiere of Josef Tal’s ‘Exodus’

Photo credit: Israeli Opera The Orchestra Now (TŌN) opens its 2023-24 Carnegie Hall season with the New York City premiere of Josef Tal’s “Exodus,” starring baritone Noam Heinz. The program titled “Exodus: Jewish Composers in Exile” features seldom-heard works by Jewish composers Alexandre Tansman, Josef Tal, Walter Kaufmann, and Marcel Rubin. The two NYC premieres on the docket, “Exodus,” and {…}

Sun-Ly Pierce & Katherine Lerner Lee Headline The Orchestra Now’s May 2023 Slate

The Orchestra Now has announced two performances for May 2023. First up will be “Before and After Soviet Communism” on May 4. The concert will feature Eastern European works including Karol Szymanowski’s “Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin,” Boris Tishchenko’s Fifth Symphony, and György Kurtág’s “… concertante….” The concert will feature mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce, violinist Luosha Fang, and violist Rosemary Neils. {…}

The Orchestra Now to Present ‘New Voices from the 1930s’ Featuring Deborah Nansteel

Photo: Arielle Doneson The Orchestra Now (TŌN), led by Leon Botstein, will close its Carnegie Hall season on May 12, 2022, with “New Voices from the 1930s,” a concert spotlighting seldom-heard works from the late 1930s and featuring mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel. Nansteel will perform in Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Symphony No. 1, “Essay for a Requiem,” a work that speaks to conditions {…}

The Orchestra Now to Premiere Scott Wheeler’s ‘Birds of America’ at Carnegie Hall

(Credit: Photo by Trans-Siberian Art Festival) On Nov. 18, 2021, The Orchestra Now will give its first Carnegie Hall concert of the season. The program will feature the world premiere of award-winning composer Scott Wheeler’s “Birds of America,” performed by violinist Gil Shaham, as well as the venue’s first full performance of Julia Perry’s “Stabat Mater,” performed by mezzo-soprano Briana {…}