Classical Concerts This Month in New York

Presented by BroadwayEveryDay Foundation, Inc.. Performers: Stephanie J. Block; Christian Borle; Andrew Rannells; Anthony Rosenthal; Tracie Thoms; Brandon Uranowitz; Betsy Wolfe; Vadim Feichtner, Music Director and Conductor

Bekah Simms: Metamold (2022 NYNME commission); Rand Steiger: Nimbus Violin; The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker: planting seeds by moonlight (2026 commission, world premiere); Jacob Druckman: Come Round (1992 commission). Source’s Simms/Sims duplicate-paragraph spelling is not a second composer. Individual instrumental cast unannounced; staff/member/attendee cards are not this concert’s roster. Numerical general-public admission unconfirmed. Subscription, concession, donation and free-parking benefits are not single-ticket prices. Fees and availability unconfirmed. One individually reviewed public physical classical performance in the 2026–2027 edition. Exact current primary identity/full date/main clock/physical venue required; no guessed end, unnamed cast, biography repertoire, private activity or virtual duplicate. New seasons, changed native IDs and moved performances require continuity review; a missing listing is not cancellation. Current individually endorsed primary/full-year main 7-p.m. clock/exact physical building required. November 2 local is November 3 UTC. November/January EST, April EDT. General ticket asks above $25 plus service fee while schema says $25.63: no fixed ordinary amount or maximum inferred; membership discount and unselected $0 total do not make it free. April tickets not yet on sale is not cancellation. May 10 versus April 26 narrative/sale-end contradiction held; Buffalo tour excluded. No attendee list, biography roster, cart action or inferred end.

Program: Marie Leopoldine BLAHETKA Nocturne No. 1 Op. 46; Carl CZERNY Nonet in E-flat Major; BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 “Kreutzer” Op. 47 (arranged for 2 violins, viola, and 2 cellos possibly by Beethoven or by one of his pupils and published in 1832, a few years after his death) Current-season seats are listed at $17 (unnumbered) or $25 (numbered). Reservations advised; payment by check or cash, exact change. Confirm availability and any fees with the presenter. The generic page heading also mentions $10, which is not in the dated current-season seat table and is not used as an adult minimum.

Presented by LE LA NI CORP. Performers: Valerian Shiukashvili, Piano

TUESDAY MATINEES CLARA SCHUMANN – Three Romances, Op. 22 ALBAN BERG – Vier Stücke, Op. 5 CARL MARIA VON WEBER – Grand Duo Concertant, Op. 48 ROBERT SCHUMANN – Three Romances, Op. 94 PAUL HINDEMITH – Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (arr. Jonathan Leibovitz for clarinet and piano) PAUL BEN-HAIM – Three Songs without Words With pianist Matteo Generani Jonathan Leibovitz is “an extraordinarily gifted clarinetist” with “that singular ability to mesmerise the listener in everything he does, moulding every phrase with imagination, infallible control and above all with a commanding personality” (BBC Music Magazine). The program traces the lineage of the German-speaking musical tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most fertile chapters in Western music and a world of Romantic introspection, rigorous craftsmanship and expressive depth. A winner of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2024, he is the winner of the 2022 Arthur Waser Prize and the 2021 Crusell International Clarinet Competition, and a laureate of both the Israeli Wind Competition and the Aviv Competition of the America-Israeli Cultural Foundation. As a concerto soloist, Leibovitz has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and the Vaasa City and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras in Finland. In 2024, he released his debut album, Eastern Reflections, on Delphian Records.

Program: Airs (Paul Taylor); Piazzolla Caldera (Paul Taylor); No Longer Silent (Robert Battle) Performers: Paul Taylor Dance Company; David LaMarche , Conductor; Jennifer Tipton , Lighting Designer

World Premiere - New Production October 19–November 14 George Saunders’s, Booker Prize–winning novel arrives at the Met in operatic form, with music by American composer Missy Mazzoli—hailed by The New Yorker as a “once-in-a-generation magician of the orchestra”—and libretto by Royce Vavrek. The supernatural story takes place in the “bardo,” a transitional plane between the end of this life and the beginning of the next, populated by those who resist all the powers of light and darkness and refuse to accept their fates. The action revolves around 11-year-old Willie, recently deceased son of Abraham Lincoln, whose grief-stricken visits to Willie’s tomb prevent his son’s spirit from moving on. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts an ensemble cast led by baritone Peter Mattei as Lincoln, alongside a superlative group of singers as the kaleidoscopic residents of the bardo, who band together to help Willie escape being trapped there for eternity—including soprano Christine Goerke, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo. Director Lileana Blain-Cruz has created an otherworldly setting for one of the great literary achievements of the 21st century.

Program: Mazzoli , Lincoln in the Bardo Performers: Metropolitan Opera; Yannick Nézet-Séguin , Conductor; Steven Osgood , Conductor; Lileana Blain-Cruz , Director; Peter Mattei , Lincoln