Antonio Pappano opens the London Symphony Orchestra’s season with Mahler’s Resurrection, and the tickets are gone. The Bruckner Ninth that follows is still on sale. In Los Angeles, Daniel Harding, who takes over the LA Phil in 2027, is back with Leif Ove Andsnes. And in Rome, a staged Siegfried begins on 21 October and lasts five hours. Every listing below was checked on the venue’s own site.
New York
David Geffen Hall, Wu Tsai Theater. The Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid, conducted by Gustavo Gimeno, with guitarist Juan Manuel Cañizares and soprano Adriana González. Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, selections from Falla’s El amor brujo and Siete canciones populares españolas, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade. Thursday 15 October, 8:00 pm. Tickets.
Alice Tully Hall. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center opens its season on Tuesday 13 October, 7:30 pm, with Bolcom’s Three Rags, Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet, Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho: A Narrative and Copland’s Appalachian Spring in its ensemble version. The page lists it as sold out. Details.
Los Angeles
Walt Disney Concert Hall. Wednesday 14 October, 8:00 pm: Lisa Batiashvili, Gautier Capuçon and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in piano trios by Shostakovich, Debussy and Dvořák. Tickets.
Walt Disney Concert Hall. Friday 16 October, 8:00 pm: Elim Chan conducts the LA Phil in a world premiere by Donghoon Shin, Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Yefim Bronfman, and the Swan Lake suite. Tickets.
Walt Disney Concert Hall. Friday 6 November, 8:00 pm: Daniel Harding and Leif Ove Andsnes in Brahms’s Second Piano Concerto, after Betsy Jolas’s Latest. One hour, no interval. Tickets.
London
Barbican. Sunday 25 October, 7:00 pm: Sir Antonio Pappano and the LSO with cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason in Edmund Finnis’s Cello Concerto, then Bruckner’s Ninth. Limited tickets remain. Tickets.
Barbican. Wednesday 21 October, 6:30 pm: Pappano introduces and conducts Bruckner’s Ninth in an hour-long “Half Six Fix”. Tickets.
Barbican. Thursday 29 October, 7:00 pm: Liadov, a new work by Hannah Kendall, and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, with mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron. Tickets.
Barbican. Season opening, Sunday 18 October, 7:00 pm, and Thursday 22 October: Mahler’s Second with the UK premiere of Dai Fujikura’s Amber Alchemy. Both nights are sold out. Details.
Italy
Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia. Wagner’s Siegfried, staged, with Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia orchestra, directed by Vincent Huguet. Clay Hilley sings Siegfried, Michael Volle the Wanderer, Elisabet Strid Brünnhilde. Wednesday 21 October 6:00 pm, Saturday 24 October 3:00 pm, Tuesday 27 October 6:00 pm. About five hours with two intervals. Details and tickets.
Milan, Teatro alla Scala. Riccardo Chailly conducts the Filarmonica della Scala with violinist Augustin Hadelich, making his La Scala debut, in Sibelius’s Violin Concerto and Prokofiev’s Fifth. Sunday 18 October, 8:00 pm. Tickets.
Rome, Teatro Costanzi. Michele Mariotti conducts Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in its orchestral version, with Emőke Baráth, Carlo Vistoli, Dmitry Korchak and Michele Pertusi. Saturday 17 October, 8:00 pm. Details.
Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia. Alexander Soddy conducts Dukas’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Poulenc’s Gloria with soprano Elsa Benoit, and Prokofiev’s Fifth. Thursday 5 November 7:30 pm, Friday 6 November 8:00 pm, Saturday 7 November 6:00 pm. Details.
Rome, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Sala Santa Cecilia. The Classical Rave Party, Sunday 15 November, 8:00 pm. Conceived by Enrico Melozzi with the Orchestra Notturna Clandestina; announced guests include Niccolò Fabi, Giovanni Sollima, Alessandro Baricco and the Banda dell’Esercito Italiano. Tickets €30 to €40 on Vivaticket; Romaeuropa Festival page.
Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic block automated access this week, so their calendars are not covered here.